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After a year of infighting at the Gore District Council a new leader for staff has been appointed. The new Chief Executive is Deborah Lascelles. She takes over from Stephen Parry who resigned last year after 22 years of service and a very public falling out with Mayor Ben Bell. Deborah Lascelles spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Today on The Panel, Wallace and panellists speak to a Waimarama resident disgruntled by driving on beaches calling for change, and get an analysis on the ongoing tumult of Gore District Council. And, a Plant and Food research scientist says we should eat more red fruit.

Tess joins Kathryn to talk about developments in the long-running saga of the Gore District Council, the plans on how to make Te Anau-Manapouri Airport financially viable and Queenstown's treatment plant pipes being flushed after the town's cryptosporidium outbreak.

The Gore District Council has rejected a second petition calling for its chief executive, Stephen Parry, to go. Parry's fractured relationship with the mayor led him to resign in September but he was appointed interim CEO last month until the council finds a replacement. Tuesday's meeting demonstrated the clear divisions still running through the council and the town. Timothy Brown was there.

The search for Gore District Council's next chief executive is gathering steam after a former chief financial officer, who says he was pushed out, announced his intention to seek the top job. Gore Mayor Ben Bell says he hopes the unexpected publicity boost will help recruitment and early next year the council can just get down to work. Our Otago-Southland reporter, Timothy Brown, has the story.

Che joins Kathryn with another update on what's happening at the Gore District Council, where some ratepayers are unhappy with the decision to keep Stephen Parry on as interim CEO even after he'd announced his decision to resign. And the Council's procedures are in the spotlight over the way it dealt with a number of crab apple trees planted on the town's main street. The Tour of Southland, won by Englishman Dan Gardner, has been heralded a great success. And Che will also talk about the death of long-serving Southland Times editor and Dominion chief reporter Fred Tulett. He had 50 years in journalism and was considered a "true newspaper man".

Logan Savory is in Southland, where National's electorate candidate Penny Simmonds has held on to the seat by a landslide. In 2020 she beat Labour's Liz Craig by just 224 votes. This time around, the majority is closer to 9000. And just when things appeared to be resuming to normal at Gore District Council, it is back in the headlines. CEO Stephen Parry resigned last month following an ongoing tumultuous relationship with mayor Ben Bell. However the incoming interim CEO has now also resigned - and Mr Parry has been voted in to stay until a proper replacement is found.

Gore District Council's chief executive Stephen Parry is back in the role despite resigning last month. Parry resigned after failed mediation and months of tension with Mayor Ben Bell, who was elected a year ago. Reporter Tim Brown spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.  

The Gore District is under a state of emergency. Heavy relentless rain set in early this morning and hasnt stopped causing surface flooding. The Gore and Mataura storm and waste water systems have been overwhelmed. A number of roads are closed. And residents are being asked to stay indoors and stay home if possible. Council staff are pumping floodwater and laying sandbags to protect properties. Meanwhile Metservice has heavy rain, wind and snow warnings in place for the majority of the South Island. Sonia Gerken from Gore District Council speaks to Lisa Owen. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6337530602112

Southland Times editor Che Baker joins Kathryn to talk about the latest in the Gore District Council saga, which has seen the resignation of long-serving CEO Stephen Parry. Parry says he leaves with no regrets and mayor Ben Bell - with whom he had a high-profile spat - has "wished him well". Southland's Charity Hospital has reached a milestone and the latest Groundswell NZ protest tour leaves Invercargill on Friday bound for Auckland.

RNZ Otago-Southland reporter Tim Brown is in Dunedin, where deputy mayor Sophie Barker has recently resigned, citing difficulties working with mayor Jules Radich. And big changes for Gore District Council too, with CEO Stephen Parry resigning after highly-publicised fallout with mayor Ben Bell. Tim also looks at the latest on the controversial Tarras Airport proposal.

Gore District Council's embattled chief executive, Stephen Parry, has resigned after more than two decades in the job. It's been a fraught term for the local government stalwart, with the 22-year veteran of the Gore District Council sharing a frosty relationship with Mayor Ben Bell ever since the 24-year-old became the country's youngest ever mayor in last October's local elections. Stephen Parry's resignation follows a very public spat with Ben Bell, with RNZ first breaking that the pair weren't speaking back in March. Otago-Southland reporter Timothy Brown spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Gore District Council has spent $11,000 on facilitation in the hopes of leaving its troubles behind. They've been keeping tight-lipped about chief executive, Stephen Parry, and his clash with young mayor, Ben Bell. After months of requests Mr Bell and his deputy, Keith Hovell, sat down for an interview with Otago-Southland reporter, Timothy Brown.

After months of squabbling and sniping, the Gore District Council is finally maintaining a united front, unanimously passing an 11 percent rates rise. The controversy-plagued council was forced to approve the double-digit rates hike without public consultation, after its infighting led to delays in the annual plan process. Our Otago-Southland reporter, Timothy Brown, has more.

The Gore District Council saga continues with a petition calling chief executive Stephen Parry to resign presented at a council meeting yesterday. The petition had gained nearly 4900 signatures. It alleged there was a toxic, bullying culture the Gore District Council's CEO has a known history of. Former Invercargill Mayor, Sir Tim Shadbolt is wanting a statue to be made and erected in the city in his honour. However, Che says it appears the current mayor Nobby Clark doesn't agree. Sir Tim has declined to have a prominent Invercargill reserve, or the swimming pool, named after him as a part of a civic tribute.

Gore District Council's chief executive is not going anywhere after a five thousand signature petition calling for his resignation was rejected by councillors. The public petition to remove Stephen Parry went out in direct response to a group of councillors calling for the resignation of Mayor Ben Bell. The chief executive and mayor have not been speaking, and the dysfunction at the council led them to agree in April to undertake an independent review into how things got so bad. Ben Bell presented the petition at a meeting this afternoon - where most councillors said it was not credible.

The dysfunction at the Gore District Council has been on display again with a petition calling on chief executive Stephen Parry to resign. The petition was rejected by all councillors at a meeting yesterday, but the mayor disagreed. Our Otago-Southland reporter, Timothy Brown, was there.

The Gore District Council will this afternoon consider a petition calling for chief executive Stephen Parry to resign. The almost 5000 signature petitions came in response to calls from a group of councilors last month for 24-year-old Mayor, Ben Bell, to resign. Mr Bell and Mr Parry aren't speaking, and that broken relationship has reverberated around the council table, with battle lines drawn in the council chambers and in the community. Our Otago-Southland reporter Timothy Brown broke the news back in March that the two men aren't speaking, and spoke to Tim Brown

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Toby Manhire crosses live to our correspondents in Wairoa and Ponsonby, Ben Thomas and Annabelle Lee-Mather, for an assessment of Grant Robertson's attempt to thread the needle in the so-called no-frills budget and a National Party response that had a hint of artificial intelligence about it. Plus: is the $140 million being handed to foreign-owned NZ Steel for an electric furnace money well spent? Was Chris Hipkins' whistlestop visit to Papua New Guinea time well expended? And is there anything more absorbing than the moody upheavals of Mayor Ben Bell and the Gore District Council? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gore District mayor Ben Bell made history in October last year when, at the age of 23, he was voted in as the country's youngest ever mayor.   But his tenure has been fraught with scandal and conflict so far, with his relationship with his chief executive Stephen Parry deteriorating to the point a mediator had to be called in.  For this special bonus, Georgina is joined by NZ Herald Christchurch senior reporter, Kurt Bayer, to discuss what has happened here, this week's extraordinary meeting and what happens next. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tonight on The Huddle, Jack Tame from ZB's Saturday Mornings and Q&A and Newstalk ZB's Tim Beveridge joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day- and more! The Ministry of Education planned to hire 82 attendance officers as part of their Centralised Attendance Service. The deadline is under two months away, yet they've only hired 7 truancy officers. Do you think this goal is realistic? Does the Ministry of Education care about truancy? The much-anticipated Gore District Council showdown was today- no-one moved the motion of a no-confidence vote, despite the lack of confidence in mayor Ben Bell. Will the Council give away any specifics as to why Ben Bell was asked to step down? Chris Luxon's popularity is still in decline, according to the latest round of polls. Why is this the case? Will National write Luxon off this close to the election? A text message between former Police Minister Stuart Nash and Police Commissioner Andrew Coster stressed the need for more police resources in Hawke's Bay following Cyclone Gabrielle, despite public claims from Chris Hipkins stating crime wasn't an issue. What do we think of this? LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gore mayor Ben Bell survived the clash of the ages at Gore District Council. Councillors this afternoon backed down on a motion of no confidence against the 24-year-old mayor, to the approval of a packed public gallery. Clutha mayor Bryan Cadogan was present at the showdown meeting, and said the verdict left a lot of questions unanswered. "I've had a bit of time to ruminate on it, and while I'm thankful for democracy and for Ben that they did pull back- in the cold light of day, where does it go from here? When there isn't that intense scrutiny that was on today?" LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A community board chair says she's seen Gore District Council staff behave unprofessionally towards Mayor Ben Bell, and they've been less than helpful to the community board as well. Nicky Coats is one of many voices saying the council will achieve very little - other than creating further disharmony - by voting on a motion of no confidence. in the 24-year-old mayor tomorrow. Our Otago-Southland reporter, Timothy Brown, has more.

Young councillors around the country will be among those watching the Gore District Council meeting closely on Tuesday as the future of the Mayor Ben Bell may be decided. A months-long stoush will come to a head as the 24 year-old Mayor faces a potential vote of no confidence from his fellow councillors. While mystery surrounds the core of the conflict, the Young Elected Members group says the treatment of Ben Bell is not unusual for young people in these positions. Logan Soole is the co-chair of Young Elected Members Aotearoa, and spoke with Corin Dann.

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It'll be another tense day at the Gore District Council today as the stoush between the Mayor, councillors and the chief executive heats up. 24 year old Mayor Ben Bell and long-standing chief executive Stephen Parry have been at odds for months. Most councillors have sided with the chief executive, indicating they want the Mayor gone. Councillors will consider three options in an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday: a vote of no confidence in the Mayor, a removal of the Mayor from all committees, or intervention from the Local Government Minister. RNZ Otago-Southland reporter Timothy Brown has been following the developments and spoke with Corin Dann.

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There are hopes that Gore's council can sort out a rift between councillors and the Mayor. 24-year-old Ben Bell and Chief Executive Stephen Parry have suffered a breakdown in communication. Seven councillors are calling on Bell to resign and he'll face them tomorrow at an emergency meeting. Local Government New Zealand President Stuart Crosby says that there's been trouble since the start of Bell's mayoralty. He says even Bell's attendance at a mayoral college caused issues for him back home. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gore District councillors will meet next Tuesday to begin the process of removing their Mayor. Ben Bell, who is New Zealand's youngest ever Mayor has been asked to resign by the majority of his council but has refused. Bell won Gore's mayoralty with a razor-thin margin at October's local elections and ever since, the Gore District Council has been rocked by conflict and controversy. [picture id="4LHEYFB_ben_bell_and_stewart_macdonell_jpg" crop="16x10" layout="full"] To explain the state of play our Otago reporter Timothy Brown spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

This week on the Raw Politics podcast: Grant Robertson's eye-of-a-needle Budget narrow political options, plus Act's disciplined caucus amid chaos.The politics is raw and so is the pre-Budget analysis this week - as we take a Budget-adjacent look at what lies in store for the country and the parties next week.The Finance Minister Grant Robertson is already signalling a uniquely difficult setting for next Thursday's big reveal. "It is hard to imagine a period in our post-War history when the wellbeing of our nation has been put under greater strain, from an economic, environmental and a social perspective," he said in a pre-Budget speech Thursday.And triggered by the candidacy of Federated Farmers leader Andrew Hoggard for the Act Party, we take a look at Act's tightly-run caucus this term and prospects of growing it again from October.A questioner asks if there's any chance the term 'coalition of chaos' will catch on with the voters. And the panel recommends for your weekend pleasure a deep dive Newsroom inquiry into the workplace shenanigans at the little Gore District Council, a Mike Hosking interview with Chris Hipkins and revelations two Act MPs could head to Taiwan regardless of a cross-party group declining.Every Friday, Jo Moir, Sam Sachdeva and Tim Murphy talk through the big issues and scrutinise politicians' performances in a lively 25-minute show aiming to take viewers and listeners inside the actions and motivations of our elected leaders.Moir is Newsroom's political editor, having been in the gallery for eight years also with Stuff and RNZ, Sachdeva is our national affairs editor, former political editor and was a Stuff political writer and Murphy is Newsroom's co-editor, a former member of the Parliamentary press gallery and former editor-in-chief of the NZ Herald.Watch Raw Politics on YouTube, or download or listen to it as a podcast on Spotify, or via Apple Podcasts. And send us your burning political questions to jo.moir@newsroom.co.nz and we'll endeavour to find the answer and explain the issues.This week's recommendations:Mud and Gore: Ex-staff speak out about decades of complaints (by Vaneesa Bellew on Newsroom)Two ACT MPs to travel to Taiwan after cross-party group decides against trip (from Thomas Manch at The Post):Mike Hosking interview with Chris Hipkins on Tuesday (on Newstalk ZB)

A council paralysed, a mayor and a chief executive not speaking to each other - what's going on in Gore?

Predictions we're on the pathway for commissioners to be called in at Gore District Council. An independent review's been sought following ongoing issues between mayor Ben Bell and his Chief Executive Stephen Parry. Massey University expert Jeff McNeill says there's been a fundamental breakdown between the two and things just aren't working. "The way out is going to be- get somebody else in to break this financial circuit process. It may be they don't go as far as a commission, it could be that they just put in a manager." LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Gore District Council is holding its first public meeting since it was revealed its most senior elected and unelected officials are no longer speaking. Ben Bell ousted long-time incumbent Tracy Hicks by just eight votes to become New Zealand's youngest ever mayor at October's local elections. But since then he and the council's chief executive, Stephen Parry, have shared a frosty relationship. At a behind-closed-doors meeting last month councillors were told the pair have been in mediation since December and the relationship has broken down to the point they're no longer on speaking terms. Details of that meeting were leaked to RNZ, and that led to a call for an independent review into exactly what's going on. Our Otago-Southland reporter, Timothy Brown, has been at the meeting and joins Lisa Owen with the latest details.

The Gore District Council met publicly yesterday for the first time since it was revealed last month that Mayor Ben Bell and chief executive Stephen Parry are no longer speaking. The council canvassed the relationship between its most senior elected and unelected officials and agreed to undertake an independent review to find ways to restore confidence in the council. Councillors also moved to formally remove Mr Bell from the committee which oversees the performance of Mr Parry, and to appoint an intermediary for the two men. The latter was successful, but Mr Bell argued the former was not possible under local government law and he will be remaining on the Chief Executive Appraisal Committee. [picture id="4LK6D0X_299893195_104984878998490_27661814100879315_n_jpg" crop="16x10" layout="full"] Following the meeting Ben Bell spoke to the media.

The Gore District Council has been paralysed for months over the fallout of the fractured relationship between its mayor and chief executive. That was the way chief executive Stephen Parry summed it up himself during the first public meeting of the council since it was revealed he and Mayor Ben Bell aren't speaking. Our Otago-Southland reporter, Timothy Brown, was at the meeting last night.

The Invercargill Central Development Project has been a huge undertaking, Logan has an update. Plans are underway for a civic tribute to former mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt, meanwhile the Gore District Council has some trouble in the ranks with CEO Stephen Parry and Mayor Ben Bell not speaking, And Invercargill will host the New Zealand-Australia netball test later this year. Southland Tribune editor Logan Savory

Local body leaders are doing what they can to stop spats around the country's council tables. Local Government New Zealand is looking to establish a service to resolve disputes within councils. It comes after the latest series of problems at the Gore District Council between the Mayor and Chief Executive. Lower Hutt Mayor Campbell Barry told Tim Dower each council will face issues from time to time. LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I hope you had a fabulous long Easter weekend and that you got to enjoy some of the many aspects that make New Zealand a world class tourist attraction. But is New Zealand really ready to open up to the world post all of the pandemic palaver and are our facilities as good as we think they are? There's one particular camping ground that you would never put on your bucket list of places to visit, and that's the Gore Motor Camp. Police have visited this motor camp 16 times in the last 14 months and they've made two arrests. They've recorded six family harm investigations, three breach of bail follow-ups, two assault incidents, one each for fighting and drug offending, two vehicle-related visits and one mental health incident. Anyone who does their research before making travel plans would have that at the top of the list of places not to visit, which is a really sad thing for the country music capital of New Zealand. I wonder if some of our tour operators have given up investing in their operations and keeping them up to world-class standards, thinking that the world still wants to come here to experience everything that's amazing? You know the old story: demand creates demand, so why would you invest in something that sells itself with little to no effort required? The camping ground I refer to is owned by the Gore district Council, and I'm sure the locals are deeply ashamed of the way one of their key assets has been left to languish. The Gore District Council have some serious questions to address and some pretty hard work to be done in order to make this an attractive campground once again. What's your experience been over the long weekend? If you've been camping and getting out and about in our great outdoors, how have you found the facilities? Is New Zealand becoming world-famous for poor infrastructure and potholes more so than the incredibly stunning natural features that we the people are entrusted to maintain? Each and every one of us has a role to play in keeping our country pristine and The Gore District Council need to sort this out at speed, before the next influx of tourists arrive.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of the men at the centre of the stand off at Gore District Council was given a two year contract extension just days before a new council was picked. Chief executive Stephen Parry is no longer on speaking terms with the new mayor, Ben Bell. And both are now in place until 2025, when the next elections will be held. Timothy Brown explains.

Controversy continues to circle the Gore District Council, with the relationship between the mayor and chief executive having broken down so much, another councillor will now act as an intermediary between them. The council held a behind-closed-doors extraordinary meeting on Tuesday, where the relationship between mayor, Ben Bell, and chief executive, Stephen Parry, was discussed. At 23, Bell became New Zealand's youngest ever mayor when he ousted six-term incumbent Tracy Hicks by just eight votes at October's local election. Parry has been chief executive at the council since 2001. Otago-Southland reporter Timothy Brown spoke to Corin Dann.

The issue of karakia at public gatherings has come to a head at a recent Otago Regional Council meeting. Also the Gore District Council has been sentenced on a WorkSafe charge of failing to perform a duty in relation to the death of 3-year-old Lachlan Jones in one of the council's sewage oxidation ponds. And Tim discusses Queenstown's rental woes and power outages in Otago following strong winds and heavy rain. Tim Brown is an RNZ reporter in Dunedin covering Otago and Southland

The father of a three-year-old found dead in a council sewage pond has used today's sentencing to voice his concerns about the police investgation. Gore District Council appeared in court today - after Lachlan Jones died in January 2019. The toddler's father - Paul Jones - does not believe he drowned. Timothy Brown was in the Gore District Court.

Tasman District is joining several other local councils in shutting down its public libraries in the face of Covid-19.Mayor Tim King says the closure of the Richmond, Motueka and Takaka libraries will help minimise the risk of inadvertent spread of the virus.He's also postponed all non-essential Council meetings and will make a decision on recreation centres and pools in the coming days.They join Hamilton City Council, which has closed all city Libraries, Waterworld, the Aquatic Centre, Hamilton Zoo, Waikato Museum and the i-SITE until further notice.Gore District Council has also closed its public facilities including libraries and the Multisport Complex.The cities are joined by Auckland, Wellington, Porirua, Hutt, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill district and city councils.Auckland Mayor Phil Goff says the decision is necessary to protect the health and well being of people in the community.He joined The Weekend Collective to discuss how councils can help battle the outbreak.LISTEN ABOVE