Councils

Invercargill City Council paid out $212,100 across seven payments, ranging from $5,025 to $99,059, while Gore District Council made no severance payments at all.

Four non-elected committee members will lose their voting rights under proposed legislation changes from March 18, 2027.

Gone after 78 years — and the rubble won't go to waste. Crushed concrete from the old Gore tower will form the foundation of a new reservoir on the same site.

Closed since April, Curio Bay sits near Hector's dolphins and a petrified forest — and the council still doesn't know what it costs to run.

Environment Southland has pocketed $30 million by selling down its stake in South Port NZ, dropping from a 66% shareholding to 52% — still the majority owner, but with a lot more cash to spread around. The regional council offloaded 3,750,000 shares in the port company on Thursday, with

Four million dollars into a $21 million repair budget, and not a single fix has been made to Invercargill's crumbling civic headquarters. The Civic Building on Esk Street — several decades old and struggling with water ingress, failing heating and cooling systems, and outdated electrics — shed 167 of its

Invercargill's rules around residential development are changing — and from this Friday, they'll be locked in for good. Plan Change 2: Housing and Code of Practice becomes fully operative on October 2, rewriting parts of the Invercargill City District Plan to allow greater density and a wider

Invercargill City Council is consulting on parking changes at four locations — the Museum of Southland, Wachner Place, Esk Street West, and Stirling Point in Bluff — along with a structural overhaul of how parking rules are written and updated. Consultation opened Wednesday September 23 and runs until 5pm Sunday October 25.