Meetings
You can find agendas and meeting minutes on this page as they become available. Agendas are available at least two working days before a meeting. Minutes are loaded once they are confirmed at the next meeting of the Council or Committee.
- The Council and its principal standing committees generally meet six weekly, or quarterly.
- All meeting dates and times are advertised in the Southland Express and The Gore Ensign newspapers.
- Most meetings are held in the Council Chamber of our building located at the corner of North Road and Price Street in Invercargill. Live streamed meetings can be viewed here, or on our YouTube page.
- View the complete 2026 meeting calendar here.
- Read our standing orders, which are a set of rules that provide formal guides about the way that a Council conducts its meetings.
- If you'd like to speak at a Council or Committee meeting, find out how in this handy factsheet.
- If you're speaking to a submission you've made to a council consultation, check out this handy factsheet.
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Council Workshop - Long-term Plan - Activity Management Planning
Council WorkshopThis meeting has been cancelled
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Council Workshop - Long-term Plan - Activity Management Planning
Council WorkshopNote change of start time. This meeting will be held in the Council Chamber, Environment Southland, cnr North Rd & Price St, Waikiwi, Invercargill
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Emergency Management Committee
Emergency Management CommitteeFormerly the SCDEMG Committee. This meeting will be held in the Council Chamber, Environment Southland, cnr North Rd & Price St, Waikiwi, Invercargill
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Council Workshop - Strategic Risks
Council WorkshopThis meeting will be held with the public excluded.
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Strategy & Policy Committee
Strategy and policy committeeNote change in start time. This meeting will be held in the Council Chamber, Environment Southland, cnr North Rd & Price St, Waikiwi, Invercargill
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Risk & Assurance Committee
Risk and assurance committeeThis meeting has been postponed to 2 December 2026
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Finance & Performance Committee
Finance and performance committeeThis meeting will be held in the Council Chamber, Environment Southland, cnr North Rd & Price St, Waikiwi, Invercargill
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Consent Hearing - S Ellis & M Kuster - APP-20211024
HearingThe hearing before Independent Commissioner Sharon McGarry to be held at Environment Southland, cnr North Rd & Price St, Waikiwi, Invercargill
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Consent Hearing - Mitre Peak Cruises - APP-20262029
HearingThe hearing before Independent Commissioner Sharon McGarry to be held at Environment Southland, cnr North Rd & Price St, Waikiwi, Invercargill
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Council Workshop - Pest Animals
Council WorkshopNote change of date and time. This meeting will be held in the Council Chamber, Environment Southland, cnr North Rd & Price St, Waikiwi, Invercargill
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Integrated Catchment Management Committee
Integrated Catchment Management CommitteeThis meeting will be held in the Council Chambers at Environment Southland, cnr North Rd & Price St, Waikiwi, Invercargill
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Council Workshop - Long-term Plan + Spatial Planning
Council WorkshopLTP Workshop - Policy & Strategy Review. This workshop will be held in the Council Chamber at Environment Southland, cnr North Rd & Price St, Waikiwi, Invercargill