Cleared of any wrongdoing after an investigation into cows being fed on a riverbed, the Environment Southland deputy chairman resumed his role on the regulatory committee yesterday.
Having found the organisation to be in a better financial position than expected, Environment Southland (ES) staff will take a harder look at how they forecast.
Mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt has challenged a whistle-blower to come forward following Department of Internal Affairs intervention at the Invercargill City Council.
Invercargill has polluted air - just how much will soon be recorded as part of a data collection programme in the Southland city which this winter has regularly exceeded national standards.
An investigation into a "deliberately lit" fire at Southland Hospital is ongoing after Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Fenz) were called out to the inpatient mental health unit yesterday afternoon.
A volunteer fire brigade’s charity-supporting video was removed from social media on Friday due to its "nature and theme", a Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Fenz) spokesman says.
Community leaders are cautiously welcoming a proposal to save the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter — but are stressing any decision about the Southland plant should not be used as a political tool.
More than a year after Environment Southland councillors voted against declaring a climate emergency, a climate action plan is a step closer to being adopted.
The pest seaweed undaria could change the Fiordland marine environment forever. The introduced kelp has so far been controlled, but there are worries present funding is no longer adequate for the management action needed.
Hundreds of jobs will be created in Southland after loans and funding were announced yesterday, including $25million for a Homer Tunnel safety upgrade.