News

• Flights to support winter grazing programme

  22 Jan 2020, 4:05 pm

  Environment Southland, with support from DairyNZ and Beef + Lamb New Zealand, will be taking a look at cultivated crop paddocks, to identify areas that may pose water quality risks this winter.

• Lake snow found in Mavora Lakes

  17 Jan 2020, 5:09 pm

  Recent samples taken from the North and South Mavora Lakes have tested positive for the slimy algae Lindivia intermedia.

• Feedback sought on options to protect toheroa at Oreti Beach

  13 Jan 2020, 5:00 am

  Environment Southland is seeking feedback on options to protect our vulnerable toheroa, a native surf clam, from the impacts of vehicles on Oreti Beach.

• Environment Court releases interim plan decision

  23 Dec 2019, 12:34 pm

  An interim decision on the proposed Southland Water and Land Plan has been received from the Environment Court.

• Notice of Meetings of Liaison Committees

  20 Jan 2020, 4:33 pm

  The following is the schedule of Liaison Committee meetings that will be held throughout Southland during February/March 2020

• Notice of Meetings - February 2020

  20 Jan 2020, 4:25 pm

  The following meetings of Council and its Committees will be held during the month of February 2020.

• Weed control of German ivy along the Bluff foreshore

  20 Dec 2019, 1:04 pm

  Environment Southland will be carrying out weed control along the Bluff foreshore over the next two to three years, with the aim of eradicating German ivy.

• RMA Application: Fiordland Trails Trust

  4 Dec 2019, 6:00 am

  We've received an application from Fiordland Trails Trust for resource consent for a period of 25 years for the diversion of surface water, the diversion of groundwater and for wetland modification.