Assessments this morning of the ouvea premix stored in the former Mataura paper mill found it has not been affected by flood waters. An inspection by Council staff and FENZ was carried out. As well as finding no flood waters had entered the building, it was determined the mill was structurally sound

Feb 6, 5:28 PM  Southland District Council and Highways South roading update. Following a fly over of the lower Mataura area we can confirm the preferred option in and out is along Wyndham Road and Wyndham Letter Box Road. This is still contingent on access through Mataura. We are working on an esta

Southland is no longer isolated with an access route between Invercargill and Dunedin open for light traffic.   While several roads around Mataura remain closed, an available route can be accessed from: SH1 north of Edendale for light vehicles only. Follow Pioneer Highway to Brydone-Glencoe Road and

Two Lotto players from Hastings and Wanaka will have extra reason to celebrate this Waitangi Day after each winning $500,000 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning tickets were sold at Paper Plus Hastings in Hastings and Albert Town Four Square in Wanaka. Powerball was n

Residents of Gore will be allowed to return home from 6.00pm tonight. Civil Defence controller Ian Davidson-Watts made the decision to allow people who live in Gore to go home after assessments of the river flows and condition of the flood bank in the town. “The Mataura River has been slowly recedin

Update: 8:25am Power has been cut to the East Gore flooding area and will soon be cut to the other areas identified as evacuation zones in Gore. Please continue to follow all evacuation instructions. UPDATE: Evacuation advice for MATAURA residents People in the following streets in Mataura should be

NOTICE TO PREPARE FOR EVACUATION NOTICE FOR GORE Tuesday 4 February 2020 This notice has been authorised by Emergency Management Gore controller Ian Davidson- Watts Modelling for the Mataura River shows that it may peak at 2400cubic metres per second at around noon tomorrow (Wednesday). This is just

The Gore District Council has activated a welfare centre and evacuated one street, in East Gore, as rain continues to fall in the District. Deputy chief executive Dr Ian Davidson-Watts is this evening urging anyone stranded in Gore or forced out of their homes by floodwaters to go to the Calvin Chur