https://iherald.nz/news/gore-roading-rate-rise-maintenance-contract-above-budget-nzta-bid The Invercargill Herald en 2026-11-14T21:25:00.000Z Gore roading rate to rise 8–12% as new road maintenance contract comes in well above budget gore district council, roading, rates, nzta, bridges https://iherald.nz/news/southland-possum-control-areas-failing-regional-standard-2026 The Invercargill Herald en 2026-11-14T20:40:00.000Z Possums above regional limit in 23 of Southland's 63 control areas, up from eight in 2023 environment southland, possums, pest control, farming, biosecurity https://iherald.nz/news/police-number-plate-search-winton-cctv-cameras-oreti-board The Invercargill Herald en 2026-11-14T20:05:00.000Z Police ask council to switch on number plate recognition in three Winton CCTV cameras, which their agreement bans winton, cctv, police, privacy, ōreti community board https://iherald.nz/news/milford-sound-larger-tour-boat-hearing-plan-change-5-fiordland The Invercargill Herald en 2026-11-14T19:20:00.000Z Bigger Milford Sound tour boat goes to hearing on Tuesday as objectors point to Fiordland fleet freeze environment southland, milford sound, fiordland, tourism, resource consents https://iherald.nz/news/southland-district-community-board-rates-draft-ltp-mowing-contracts The Invercargill Herald en 2026-11-14T18:45:00.000Z Southland District community board rates up 17–76% in draft budgets as new mowing contracts bite southland district council, rates, long term plan, community boards, tuatapere https://iherald.nz/news/invercargill-city-council-audit-prior-period-errors-annual-report The Invercargill Herald en 2026-11-14T18:15:00.000Z Audit finds Invercargill City Council wrongly capitalised millions and misclassified metered water revenue invercargill city council, annual report, audit, rates, council finances https://iherald.nz/news/invercargill-free-30-minutes-70-dollar-parking-tickets-kiosks-app The Invercargill Herald en 2026-11-14T08:25:38.439Z Free 30 minutes, $70 fine: tickets show Invercargill drivers caught by plate rule, dead kiosks and app charges invercargill, parking, invercargill city council, central city https://iherald.nz/news/kerryn-tomlinson-way-coola-winton-gold-chip-final-harness The Invercargill Herald en 2026-11-13T20:40:00.000Z Cup Day winner Kerryn Tomlinson takes four drives to Winton, with her own mare Way Coola in Sunday's Gold Chip Final winton, harness racing, racing, southland, sport https://iherald.nz/news/civic-theatre-120th-birthday-open-day-every-door-open-ghost-freddie The Invercargill Herald en 2026-11-13T18:45:00.000Z Civic Theatre marks 120 years by opening every door, from the basement to the roof, for a free open day invercargill, civic theatre, heritage, arts, open day https://iherald.nz/news/environment-southland-councillors-wilding-conifers-dna-tracing-working-group The Invercargill Herald en 2026-11-13T18:40:00.000Z Environment Southland councillor says council is 'stuffed' on wilding conifers as DNA tracing hits consent hurdle invercargill, environment southland, wilding conifers, biosecurity, northern southland, douglas-fir