South Invercargill joins citySouth Invercargill resisted amalgamating with Invercargill City until October 8 1956 on which date Invercargill City expanded to envelop the former Borough of South Invercargill. By 1956 it had been obvious for some time that with a small rates revenue South Invercargill was slipping far behind Invercargill City. The move to amalgamate was instigated by the South Invercargill mayor or the time, Mr L.J. McNeill and the South Invercargill council wrote to the Local Government Commission. "Over the past few months my council has met representatives of the Invercargill City and discussed at length the proposed amalgamation.

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