A by-election will be held on 17 February next year to fill the extra-ordinary vacancy left by Cr Toni Biddle following her resignation earlier this year. Nominations for the by-election close next week on 22 December 2020. Deputy Electoral Officer Michael Morris said the nominations would close at noon on Tuesday 22 December 2020. ‘Nomination […]
Read More >New Exhibitions for He Waka Tuia
A change is as good as a holiday and that’s just what Invercargill is getting when new exhibitions are unveiled at He Waka Tuia Art + Museum on Kelvin St. Two new sets of work from Michele Beevors and Tom Fox will be gracing the space just in time for Christmas. Michele Beevors, whose previous […]
Read More >External Appointees to support city governance action plan
Invercargill City Council has selected two External Appointees with broad community governance experience to guide the organisation through its response to a recent Governance Review. The appointees are Jeff Grant and Lindsay McKenzie. They will have a wide-ranging role to support elected members and Council staff through the implementation of an Action Plan to address […]
Read More >ICC Community Wellbeing Fund opens
Invercargill City Council is pleased to announce the opening of its new funding pool: The Community Wellbeing Fund. The fund will be launched on 14 December, with the first round closing on 29 January 2021. The Community Wellbeing Fund replaces the previous Council funds, the Community Grants Fund, the Neighbourhood Fund, the Iconic Events and […]
Read More >Crematorium to use eco-friendly urns
The Southland Crematorium has changed from plastic urns to sustainably sourced wooden urns. The new wooden urns are made in New Zealand from untreated pine sourced from sawmills that have Forest Stewardship Council ‘Chain of Custody Certification’. This means that their timber products must be from a responsibly managed forest. We believe the move away […]
Read More >Govt Ministers hold Tiwai briefing
Southland Mayors and their Deputies, the Chair of Environment Southland and Deputy together with local iwi met with Cabinet Ministers Grant Robertson and Megan Woods in Invercargill today. Mayor of Gore District Tracy Hicks, speaking as the Chair of the Southland Mayoral Forum said the meeting was useful to update Southland on what was happening […]
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