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One of the essential characteristics of Southland is its strong community ethic. Each of Southland’s communities has a special character, ranging from the popular seaside town of Riverton/Aparima, the bustle of a busy tourist destination in Te Anau, to the quiet yet beautiful town of Riversdale and tranquillity of Oban, Stewart Island/Rakiura. But in all these communities it is the norm to know your neighbours; people are open and friendly and can be relied upon. This sense of community has created a reputation of Southland being one of the safest family environments in the country.
SOUTHLAND — Downer EDi Water has been awarded the Southland District Council’s water and wastewater operations and maintenance contract.
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SOUTHLAND — Drivers are urged to exercise extreme care on newly opened roads as they may have been damaged by flood water and debris.
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SOUTHLAND — Tuatapere residents are asked to urgently conserve water and to boil the water they do use until further notice.
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SOUTHLAND — Several roads are still closed throughout Southland and contractors are continuing to monitor them.
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SOUTHLAND — Drivers are being urged to stay at home and only travel in emergencies as surface flooding and high river levels are causing problems on southern roads.
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SOUTHLAND — Drivers are being urged to be aware and careful on southern roads as surface flooding and high river levels are causing problems.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District Council is keeping its options open on the review of Schedule 4 of the Crown Minerals Act, which has highlighted two areas in Southland that could be investigated further for mining.
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SOUTHLAND — Fonterra's resource consent application for additional rail facilities to service its Edendale dairy processing plant has been approved by the Southland District Council's resource management committee.
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SOUTHLAND — The Southland District Council wants feedback from users of its water supplies and sewerage schemes on how they want to pay for the increasing operational costs of those schemes.
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SOUTHLAND — The Southland District Council wants public feedback on issues in its Draft Annual Plan, including options for kerbside wheelie bin collection and adjustments to its roading rate model.
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SOUTHLAND — The Southland District Council wants feedback from users of its water supplies and sewerage schemes on how they want to pay for the increasing operational costs of those schemes.
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SOUTHLAND — A new library management system will go live for Southland District on April 8.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District Council will be focusing on some new youth initiatives after receiving funding from the Ministry of Youth Development.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland rugby clubs have partnered with Road Safety Southland in a bid to reduce drinking and driving in our community.
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NIGHTCAPS — The Takitimu coal mine at Nightcaps has been granted resource consent for its expansion.
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SOUTHLAND — South Coast Dairy Ltd has been granted land-use consents by the Southland District Council for gravel construction and building construction at its proposed dairy conversion at Curio Bay.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District Council Mayor Frana Cardno is saddened but not surprised by the news Solid Energy is closing its Ohai mine at the end of June.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District Council looks likely to introduce an alternative to legal prosecutions for breaches of the building code later this month.
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SOUTHLAND — Consumers on the Eastern Bush-Otahu Flat rural water supply need to boil their water until further notice.
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SOUTHLAND — A new Heritage Trail sign was unveiled today, just outside Whangamomona, along SH43.
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SOUTHLAND — The Southland District Council has received a number of complaints over the past two weeks in respect of gravel or rock extraction from properties without the necessary resource consent having been sought and granted.
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SOUTHLAND — Frequent rural water supply interruptions, particularly in the Te Anau Basin area, are causing headaches for Consumers, as well as for Council Staff and Contractors.
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INVERCARGILL — Mayor Cardno said today she strongly supports achieving a constructive outcome that will ensure the future of SIT and its ability to develop and implement innovative quality educational initiatives for Southland.
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SOUTHLAND — The Southland District Council has opted to replace, rather than remove, an aging Balfour bridge, saying a new, shallow-piled structure offers both the best outcome for road users and good value for ratepayers.
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SOUTHLAND — The Southland District Council is seeking public feedback on its draft camping control bylaw, which is aimed at ensuring freedom camping in the region remains well managed, sustainable and accessible for all.
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SOUTHLAND — A restricted fire season is now in place throughout Southland as warm, windy weather continues to raise the province’s fire risk indicators.
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STEWART ISLAND — Southland District Council (SDC) and Meridian subsidiary Right House have launched a project to replace the current diesel electricity system with renewable generation.
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NIGHTCAPS — Nightcaps is under a total hosing ban, and residents are being urged to conserve water as high demand takes it toll on the township’s reservoir.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District Council has been registered as a building consent authority.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District Council Mayor Frana Cardno was re-elected unopposed to the position of Zone 6 National Council Representative at the Zone 6 Meeting in Gore last week.
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SOUTHLAND — At today’s extraordinary meeting Southland District adopted its Annual Report for the 2006/2007 Year.
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SOUTHLAND — Cameron McIntosh has been appointed as the new Group Manager Services and Assets at Southland District Council.
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SOUTHLAND — Ensuring that land managers play an active role in fire management was one of thekey things Mike Grant learnt on his recent month long study tour to North America.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District Council’s building control section learned today that it is the first in the south to be accredited as a building consent authority.
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MILFORD — The Milford Community Trust is to hold its first strategic planning workshop inMilford and Te Anau at the start of next month.
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SOUTHLAND — A group of residents in the Castledowns/Dipton West area are very concerned that a significant limestone formation in the area, which is part of the Northern Southland Heritage Trail, is being quarried by Ravensdown.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District Council approved three major roading contracts worth an overall value of over $2 million at its meeting in Invercargill yesterday (subs September 26).
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District Council’s building control section has been given a glowing report from International Accreditation New Zealand (IANZ).
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SOUTHLAND — At today’s meeting of the Southland District Council six Southland residents were sworn in as New Zealand citizens at a formal ceremony at the Council Chambers in Invercargill.
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SOUTHLAND — Animal control officers are starting to make visits to those dog owners’ listed on the register that have not paid a dog licence for the latest year in Southland District.
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SOUTHLAND — Due to a clerical error, voters in the Hokonui Constituency will notice on the voting papers received recently that it states there will be a by-election for the Hokonui Constituency.
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SOUTHLAND — The Southland District Council has approved a Draft Active Land Transport Plan as areference document for the advancement of walking and cycling within the District.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District Council and its contractors have restored access to all roads on Stewart Island following last month’s major storm on the Island.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District Council approved a major rehabilitation contract on the Waiarikiki Mimihau Road at its meeting in Invercargill yesterday (subs September 12).
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TE ANAU — Southland District Council is proposing to reduce the speed limit in the Te Anaucentral business district to 30 km/hr to improve road user safety.
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TE ANAU — Southland District Council has approved excavation work to renew the sewerage rising main from the Mokonui Street Pump Station to Milford Crescent in Te Anau.
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SOUTHLAND — Principal Rural Fire Officer Southern Rural Fire District Mike Grant advises thosewho plan to light fires to burn rubbish and clear their properties’ that they need to takeextra care at this time of year.
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