Moves to help sectors facing skilled or seasonal worker shortfall have mostly received a positive reception in the South, but concern remains as to whether they are enough.
Potential solutions for the removal of the hazardous substance stored at the old paper mill in Mataura are on the table following two days of mediation.
A coroner has slammed an assessment form for foreign drivers as "wholly inadequate" in a report into a crash that killed three people on a Southland highway.
"Robust discussions" in mediation has resulted in solutions being tabled on the storage of the hazardous ouvea premix in Mataura, an environment judge says.
A tourist was driving on the wrong side of the road at the time of a crash which left her and two Southland parents dead, leading a coroner to question the standard of assessment for foreign drivers.