Invercargill and Southland mayors are clashing over how the Oreti River should be managed under proposed council reforms, with both citing the waterway as crucial to their preferred governance models.Invercargill Mayor Tom Campbell says his council cannot accept Southland District Council's two-council model because it would separate the city from the Oreti catchment. Under SDC's proposal, the catchment would be managed by a rural council combin…
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