News

Waituna Catchment Liaison Committee - Annual Meeting

The Annual Meeting of the Waituna Catchment Liaison Committee, which lapsed through want of a quorum, has now been rescheduled.

Response to query on Scott Farming consent

Environment Southland launching new communication app

Environment Southland is launching a new app to directly communicate with residents and provide a new way for residents to communicate with staff.

Notice of meetings - September

The following meetings of Council and its Subcommittees are scheduled to be held in September 2022.

Notice of Meeting

An Emergency meeting of the Organisational Performance & Audit Subcommittee for Infrastructural Assets has been held

Final-day flurry for Environment Southland seats

Nominations for candidates for Environment Southland closed today for the 2022 election.

Rabbit control for stop banks, retention dams

Environment Southland has hired contractors to carry out rabbit control, by way of night shooting, between 15 and 29 August on Invercargill stop banks and retention dams.

Issues with stop banks another reason to be prepared for floods

Southlanders in the Mataura catchment are being urged to prepare for flooding events.

Notice of Meeting

The next South Port Subcommittee meeting has been scheduled.

Invercargill stop bank rabbit control

Environment Southland to set up regional climate change working group

​Environment Southland is establishing a regional working group on climate change and inviting other local councils and Te Ao Mārama Inc to join.

Resource consent application - Gravity Fishing Limited

Fine for dirty hull and Undaria on boat in Fiordland

A boat owner who took his vessel into Fiordland with a dirty hull and with the pest seaweed Undaria pinnatifida (Undaria) on its hull faced a hefty fine in the Queenstown District Court this week.

Investigation underway following incident on Aparima River

Environment Southland Harbourmaster, Lyndon Cleaver and our maritime team are investigating an incident that happened on the Aparima River at Riverton this morning

Notice of Meetings - August

Here are the Committee and Council meetings scheduled for Environment Southland for the month of August 2022.

Tourism operators grow enthusiasm for environment

Weeders in Fiordland have taken more than a hundred thousand invasive plant seeds out of circulation but are asking locals to be on the lookout for seedlings as they start to pop up.

Regional Coastal Plan for Southland - Proposed Plan Change

Proposed Plan Change 5 to the Regional Coastal Plan has been released

Consultation to open on Fiordland plan change

A plan change to the Regional Coastal Plan will open for public submissions on Monday.

Notice of 2022 Triennial Local Authority Elections

Information re 2022 Local Authority Elections, and opening of nominations

Regional Forum release - Vast improvements to freshwater possible

A report which the authors are hoping will result in vast improvements to the region’s freshwater was presented to Environment Southland and Te Ao Marama at today’s council meeting.