Around the motu : Che Baker in Southland

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.