Invercargill City Council
The site that would go on to become Invercargill was selected and streets laid out by the chief surveyor for the Otago Province, John Turnbull Thomson, in 1856.[4] The Invercargill Town Hall and Civic Theatre, opened in November 1906, was initially built for the council.[7] The modern borders of the city of Invercargill took shape when Bluff was amalgamated in the local government reforms of 1989.[6] Since 2021, the council has appointed two mana whenua representatives nominated by local runaka.The Bluff Community Board consists of five elected members[14] and two councillors appointed by the council.
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