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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.

• Kindness campaign keeps children warm this winter

  WITH winter fast approaching, Southland families in need will have help to stay warm.

• Capacity crowd tipped

  CAPACITY crowds are expected at the Southland Stags v Otago match on August 2.

• One-third of cars stopped found unsafe

  ONE-THIRD of vehicles stopped in a special policing operation in Southland last weekend should not have been on the road.

• Lifestyle in heart of Southland

  ESCAPE to the country and embrace the best of rural living with this exceptional 17.123ha (approx) property in the heart of Southland.

• Mission Without Borders Operation Cover-up

• Head coach looking at the positives That was probably not how Jamie Joseph imagined his first season back as Highlanders head coach would pan out. A wooden-spoon finish has given him plenty to chew on as he prepares for next season. Hayden Meikle asks Joseph for some final thoughts on the 2025 campaign.

  CYNICS can spend as much time as they like looking for cracks in the Highlanders as they lick their wounds after finishing last in Super Rugby.

• Te Wiki Tūao ā-Motu — Weaving the People Together Across Aotearoa

  TE Wiki Tūao ā-Motu National Volunteer Week is June 15-22 — an opportunity to recognise, thank, and celebrate volunteers’ contribution to our communities!

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• Free garden horse manure

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• ‘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....

• 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....

• Double glazing makes a real difference

  ONCE you’ve insulated your ceiling, floors and walls, the next biggest culprits for heat loss are the windows and other glazing such as skylights and glass doors....

• Clark willing to ‘carry us through’ Invercargill’s polarising deputy mayor says he would put his hand up to fill in as interim mayor if Sir Tim Shadbolt does not make it through this term. Nobby Clark opens up to Local Democracy Reporting’s Matthew Rosenberg about strained relationships at council, lessons learned through Buddhism and how his star sign affects his relationships.

  It’s no coincidence there are masks hanging on Nobby Clark’s wall....

• 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....

• MacDonald, Beck make it eight

  LIAM MacDonald, of Invercargill, was presented with the Southland Sports Car Club (SSCC) Champions Trophy for an eighth time at the club’s 2020/2021 prizegiving at Teretonga Park on Monday night....

• Business proud to be in Southland Being in business has taught Fi Innovations owner Gareth Dykes resilience and perseverance. He talks to business reporter Riley Kennedy about growing an award-winning business in Southland.

  GARETH Dykes has faced his fair share of challenges, but he believes he is a better person and business owner because of them....

• Celebrating our conservation heroes

  HERE in Southland/Murihiku we have many people doing extraordinary things, but who are often too modest to make a big fuss....