Environment

The Waituna Lagoon has been opened to the sea at Walker’s Bay. This morning heavy machinery was used to dig a channel allowing the lagoon to drain into the sea. The decision to open the lagoon was made after the water level in the lagoon had exceeded the 2-metre trigger level, with more rain forecas

Singer-songwriter Jeff Rea travelled to Nashville to record an album that’s close to home. The West Otago dairy farmer’s illustrious career in country music has put him in the spotlight on stages around New Zealand and the United States, but for his third album, Who I Am, Jeff Rea is bringing it hom

Environment Southland councillors today agreed to contribute $250,000 as part of a regional funding package of $650,000 to enable the removal of ouvea premix from four sites in Southland. Chairman Nicol Horrell said while Environment Southland has no statutory obligations in regard to the storage of

Hey team, how are the last few days of February treating you? Just came to my attention that the 24th anniversary of the release of the movie Mrs Doubtfire has just passed……..24 years!! It’s still a great movie with plenty of great music and for my money I think it’s one of the best films […]

The Invercargill City Council is lifting water restrictions – effective immediately, Water Manager Alister Murray confirmed today. The Invercargill City Council earlier this week banned domestic outside water use because of extreme low flows in the Oreti River, and a drought was declared by MPI on T

Environment Southland has assessed the low water situation in Southland as ‘serious’. At a meeting yesterday (29/01/2018) director of science and information Graham Sevicke-Jones said the council was stepping up its response from “concerning” to “serious” because the sustained low rainfall was start

Updated: Tuesday 30 Jan 3:50pm Minister for Agriculture and Rural Communities Damien O’Connor today announced that the medium-scale adverse event classification for the drought in parts of the country would be extended to the whole of Southland plus Otago’s Queenstown Lakes, Central Otago and Clutha

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is predicting very high to extreme fire dangers across Southland this week. Southland has had a total of 30 fires since the beginning of January. Fourteen of the fires have occurred after a total fire ban was imposed on Monday 14 th of January 2018. Fire and Emergency