Former Southland District Council mayor Frana Cardno at her last council meeting in 2013. A memorial for a long-serving Southland District mayor is built but cannot have a grand opening until a dispute about the name of the park it is in is resolved. Frana Cardno was the Southland District mayor from 1992 until she retired in October 2013 and was awarded a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to local government. Southland District Council mayor Gary Tong was to unveil a memorial to Cardno on April 16, but that plan has been halted. The road that surrounds the park, Fergus Square, was named after Thomas Fergus, the Wakatipu MP in 1889.

Source: Stuff April 14, 2021 04:13 UTC