Mataura

A group of Mataura residents are seeking to have the Mataura ward abolished as part of the Gore District Council's representation review.

Four Mataura community groups have received grants totalling $115,720 from the Coster Fund.

Anti-lignite coal campaigners began arriving in Southland yesterday and many spent their first hours touring Solid Energy coal sites in the province.

More than 100 climate-change campaigners from around the country will gather near Mataura from tomorrow to support Southlanders concerned about the potential impacts of lignite mining on their communities.