Invercargill Mayor, councillor take aim at council neighbours

“This is not a staff issue, it’s a lack of leadership from us. We are not forceful enough with our colleagues in the other two councils.”

Are we doing enough in Southland to minimise our waste?

Invercargill’s mayor and a long-serving councillor have taken aim at their Gore and Southland colleagues over what they say is a lack of action around waste minimisation.

Speaking at a council meeting on Tuesday Invercargill Mayor Nobby Clark said the province had the worst regional minimisation results in the country.

“That’s nothing to be proud about,” Clark said.