Environment

Hundreds of people from around the world have had their say and now it’s your turn to choose the official name for this year’s Royal cam chick. After a week-long competition, Te Poāri a Pukekura (the Pukekura Co-management Trust) has narrowed down a list of 481 names to their top five. They are Amir

The Department of Conservation (DOC) is launched a new online booking service on Monday (11th June) and invites those wishing to book onto a Great Walk to create their user accounts. Bookings for New Zealand’s nine Great Walks will open over the next two weeks for the 2018/19 season, starting with t

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