Invercargill City Council and WasteNet are supporting Clean Up Week New Zealand, which runs 7-13 September 2020. Keep New Zealand Beautiful Trust runs Clean Up Week every year. Last year over 52,000 volunteers picked up 507,000 kilograms of litter nationwide. WasteNet is offering registered groups the ability to dispose of their collected litter for free at […]
Read More >ICC appoints independent evaluator
Invercargill City Council has appointed James Crichton to undertake an independent evaluation of the current standard of governance performance at the Council. Mr Crichton’s role is to provide Council with a thorough analysis of the current state of play, including what is working well, what could be improved, and suggestions or strategies for improvement. Bruce […]
Read More >ICC releases reports relating to DIA considerations
In the interest of openness and transparency, the Invercargill City Council has today released the reports which were considered in Public Excluded sessions of Council last week, as well as the Invercargill City Council’s response to the DIA’s letter, which was sent on Friday. The reports can be viewed here, and the letter here The […]
Read More >Positive start to DIA discussions
Invercargill City councillors are pleased to have made a positive start to discussions regarding the process it will put in place following a request for information from the Department of Internal Affairs. Council considered the matter during a public excluded session of Council on Tuesday, August 25. Department of Internal Affairs Representative Richard Hardie attended […]
Read More >Invercargill City Council welcomes opportunity to review, improve relationships
The Invercargill City Council will appoint an independent advisor to guide the Council as it seeks to improve relationships and strengthen governance ahead of the Long-Term Plan process. The move comes as ongoing tensions between elected members, and at times, between elected members and staff, have regularly been subject of public, media, and social media […]
Read More >Gala Street Fountains to turn yellow for Daffodil Day
To mark 30 years of Cancer Society’s Daffodil day, the Queens Park Gala Street Fountains will be coloured a shade of yellow for a week from Monday, August 24. This is the first time the fountains have been used to highlight an event like this. Invercargill City Council Parks Performance Manager Zealan Simpkins said Council […]
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