Three tickets sent to the Herald were issued for not registering a plate, each after less than 30 minutes parked. Drivers also describe a kiosk that wouldn't work and an app that charged for a half-hour stay. The council has been asked to explain.
Eric Roy says he is grieving over the spread, a mana whenua representative wants forest owners to carry the cost, and a working group with Southland District Council is on the way.
Shareholders angry at a $1 million investment in methane-research partnership AgriZeroNZ have put six resolutions to the 24 November meeting. Hewett calls a proposed directorship ban "ludicrous".
Deputy mayor Grant Dermody says water has become invisible to city residents, as the council prepares to spend $37 million on pipes and treatment next financial year.
Environment Southland has asked the Environment Court for permission to do the work but has not decided whether it will, while the district council's offer depends on funding being found.
A community-built pontoon at Steamers Beach breaks DOC and Environment Southland rules but remains on the lake. Councillors have agreed to fund a compliant one by June 2027.
Workers at the eastern Southland dairy factory were reportedly blindsided. Fonterra says consultation is under way and the change is separate from the $150 million cream plant being readied on site.
The Facebook page that shared the footage changed its post overnight to say it was filmed in Dunedin, not Invercargill. Where it was filmed has not been confirmed.
A driver who says they paid $283 for parking this week was ticketed for a short overstay. The council collected more than $1.14 million in parking fines in nine months after national fees rose.
Cotality's quarterly Pain and Gain report puts Invercargill's median resale gain at $244,500, while 15.8 per cent of homes sold nationwide went for less than the seller paid.
The community-owned hospital, which serves about 20,000 people, plans 456 square metres of ED work, a new GP wing and more parking, and is asking residents, businesses and funders for help.
Riley Consultants' digital platform was used to lay out the South Island's largest wind farm, which Mercury says can power about 96,000 homes after its 36-turbine second stage.
The campground has been shut since April. Councillors have handed the chief executive power to appoint an operator, with any stopgap arrangement to end by 30 June 2027.
Opportunity will talk to National first but could turn to Labour, Qiulae Wong says, while Invercargill's Penny Simmonds stays a caretaker Cabinet minister until 399,365 special votes are counted.
Greenpeace says up to 20,000 Southlanders may be drinking water with unsafe nitrate levels. People need to bring 200ml of tap water, and results take about 15 minutes.
MetService has put Southland, Clutha and Dunedin on watch as an unstable airmass builds. Invercargill's forecast is for heavy, thundery showers this afternoon, with a fine Friday to follow.
Southland was also the only region where average asking prices for homes fell in October, down 5% on September, while prices rose in the other 14 regions.
The policy covering the CBD, playgrounds, parks and Splash Palace carries no fines. A health adviser called it one of the strongest in the country, but a survey found 70% of people had not heard of it.
Farmers Weekly found rural increases of up to 57% on the council's online dashboard, while most town properties showed no rise, as Gore weighs shifting more of the rates burden onto farms.
The Invercargill lines company was Highly Commended twice at the Emergency Media and Public Affairs Awards, its third national award for the response to a storm that cost about $7 million to repair.
Fields 1 and 2 at ILT Centrepoint Oreti Park are being reworked by Southland firm Ryal Bush, taking the union's recent spending at the park past $180,000, with lights on two more fields the next goal.
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Southland dairy farmer and former Power Company chair Peter Moynihan was one of four candidates for two seats. Eastern Southland's Don Moore was returned unopposed to the Co-operative Council.
Invercargill and Bluff rely on a single river for drinking water and the network holds only a few days' supply. The council plans about three years of pumping tests at an Awarua aquifer.
The Department of Conservation approved the Government's application for a lease, licence and easement at Milford Aerodrome on 16 October. All four public submissions supported it.
Ngā Kete Mātauranga Pounamu Charitable Trust's new service is for adults with moderate to severe methamphetamine problems, and takes referrals from people themselves, their whānau and professionals.
The four chief executives of Invercargill, Southland District, Gore and Environment Southland together earn more than $1.5 million a year, far more than the mayors and chair they work with. Southland District did not give an updated figure.
Divers have finished underwater work on Riverton's two wharves, but one T-Wharf platform stays fenced off until construction resumes in December. In Winton, Meldrum and Wemyss streets close for 12 hours on 14 November.
