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- Regional councils’ demise: the issues It is billed as the biggest shake-up to councils in 30 years, but a lot of questions about how the government’s regional council ‘‘reset’’ will work and what will happen remain unanswered. RNZ political reporter RussellPalmer looks into the issues.
THE government last week announced plans to replace regional councillors with boards made up of mayors and maybe some minister-appointed representatives.
- Winton Open Day to offer entertainment, fun
THE annual Winton Open Day is on Saturday (November 15) and the northbound lane of the main road will be closed and a detour will be in place.
- Firefighters value opportunity in Canada Two Southland firefighters, Ken Keenan and Hamish Angus, have returned from a five-week stint fighting fires in Alberta, Canada. Their role as taskforce leaders was to organise crews fighting fires that had been burning for three months in native forest. They completed two 14 day shifts with two days off in between. Southland Express reporter Sandy Eggleston chatted to the two men to find out what the experience was like for them.
IN the last six weeks, Ken Keenan has gone from one extreme to another in more ways than one.
- Blues, Crusaders semi too close to call
AND then there were four!
- Pests curb deer repellent trial
POSSUMS are interfering with a trial to find out if white-tail deer avoid bait laced with a deer repellent.
- Hikers flocking to Hump Ridge Track
Some walkers opted to to stay in Queenstown or Invercargill, she said.
- Sensory delights offer wintry park highlight
The Illuminate Light and Sound Experience show is lighting up Queens Park in Invercargill despite the cold and rain over the past week.
- Hikers flock to Hump Ridge
ONE thousand additional walkers have trekked the Hump Ridge Track since it entered the international stage of the world’s great walks a year ago.
- Marist claims tight win over Woodlands
MARIST provided the highlight in round 10 of Southland senior club rugby last Saturday when they beat Woodlands 29-26 at Miller St.
- Fog prevents transport of tank
FOG tanked the transport of a 350,000-litre stainless steel water tank from Invercargill to Dunedin on Monday evening.
Featured documents
- Winton club celebrates 150 years
THE Winton Jockey Club is celebrating its 150th season in the thoroughbred racing industry this weekend....
- Regional councils’ demise: the issues It is billed as the biggest shake-up to councils in 30 years, but a lot of questions about how the government’s regional council ‘‘reset’’ will work and what will happen remain unanswered. RNZ political reporter RussellPalmer looks into the issues.
THE government last week announced plans to replace regional councillors with boards made up of mayors and maybe some minister-appointed representatives....
- ‘Milford is just chaos’
Welcome to Milford, the Wild West settlement in Fiordland National Park. Perched precariously on the shore of world-famous Piopiotahi Milford Sound in Ngāi Tahu ancestral territory, it is barely functioning on the fringes of civilisation....
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THE government offered to pay millions of dollars to Rio Tinto just months after promising in the election campaign it would not give a direct subsidy....
- Giving it his best shot
A $1500 scholarship awarded to James Hargest College (JHC) athlete William Robertson will allow him to shoot for his dream of competing at the Jennian Homes New Zealand Track and Field Championships in Hastings in March....
- Transformed from pub to parish
WHEN Inspire Community Church Invercargill Pastor Danny Steel heard God tell him to buy an old pub for $500,000, he knew it would take a miracle to achieve the reality....
- Friend of missing boy got message
AN old school friend of missing boy Mike Zhao-Beckenridge was actively searching for his buddy through online gaming platforms after he was messaged by an unknown user with a reference only Mike would know about, a year on from his mysterious disappearance....
- Green hydrogen key part of process
GREEN HYDROGEN has been touted as a clean future opportunity for the Southland economy, but while it might not be the complete answer to decarbonisation, it has been called an enabling commodity....
- Transformed from pub to parish
WHEN Inspire Community Church Invercargill Pastor Danny Steel heard God tell him to buy an old pub for $500,000, he knew it would take a miracle to achieve the reality....
- Natural leader leaves mark in history
A PERSONAL letter from New Zealand Prime Minister Sir Keith Holyoake requesting Rex Austin to stand for parliament was the pivotal point which took of one of Southland’s natural born leaders and pioneers into a life of politics....
