Police maintain visible presence in Southland communities

Can't view this email, [click here]( [Southland Times Banner]( 27 August 2021 Hi {NAME}, Catch up on the most popular Southland Times stories you might have missed this week. [Large Article Image]( [Police maintain visible presence in Southland communities]( Police set up a checkpoint near Otatara on Sunday to check the movement of people heading towards Sandy Point and Oreti Beach, near Invercargill. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Large Article Image]( [Southland businesses celebrate excellence through pandemic]( Innovation, passion and resilience shown through the Covid-19 pandemic has been highlighted by the finalists for this year's Southland Business Excellence awards. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Enough tiptoeing around serious Three Waters issues]( OPINION: Councils should not let fear of compulsion stop them from standing up for their communities. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Invercargill - south of the Bombay Hills but right by the Bombay Rock]( Bombay Rock at the entrance to the New River estuary is named after the whaleship Bombay which was stuck on a sandbar nearby for six weeks in 1837. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Rogue possum trapping happening in Thomsons Bush]( The Invercargill City Council says people should not be trapping or baiting possums in native bush without its approval. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Police investigating Otautau shed fire]( Police are investigating a suspicious shed fire off Glenburn Rd, Otautau. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Southland residents given a reprieve on paying rates]( Invercargill, Southland and Gore councils have give residents a reprieve on paying rates in response to the nationwide lockdown. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Mayor Tim Shadbolt filmed as he arrives to meeting]( An extraordinary meeting of the Invercargill City Council was ready to start on Tuesday, but councillors were left wondering briefly where the mayor was. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Time for action on Invercargill's malfunctioning mayoralty]( OPINION: This cannot go on. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Making sense of someone else's agenda]( OPINION: Months of complex, convoluted, and at times hard-to-stomach, discussions with Wellington have left one thing quite certain about the Three Waters reforms. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( Stuff daily quiz Have you taken part in today's quiz? [See what it takes to reach the top of the leader board.]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Google Plus]( [Unsubscribe]( [Newsletter Settings]( [Privacy Policy]( [Advertise]( [Feedback](