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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 — The Around the Mountain Cycle Trail has been granted partial resource consent by independent hearing commissioner Denis Nugent, of Wanaka.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District Councillor John Douglas is very disappointed at the decision to grant only partial resource consent for the Around the Mountain Cycle Trail.
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SOUTHLAND — A new monitoring programme by the Southland Coastal Heritage Inventory Project, which involves the voluntary recording of cultural heritage sites along the Southland/Murihiku coastline, was launched at the Bluff Marae last Friday, 20 July.
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SOUTHLAND — The Government is giving mixed messages around its proposed local government reforms, Southland District Council Mayor Frana Cardno said.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District Council is urging its community boards, CDAs and other community groups to speak up against the proposed local government reforms.
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STEWART ISLAND — Greymouth Petroleum Ltd has been granted land use consent to carry out petroleum exploration on Stewart Island.
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SOUTHLAND — Motorists are being asked to drive with extreme caution as icy conditions and snow have made roads treacherous around the district.
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SOUTHLAND — Motorists are being asked to drive with extreme caution as icy conditions have made roads treacherous this morning.
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SOUTHLAND — The Te Anau community is uniting together to battle against the major development proposals that threaten the protection of conservation land in Fiordland.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District Council is progressing with plans for the administration of the Stewart Island/Rakiura Visitor Levy and will be working with key stakeholders, the Community Board and the Stewart Island community to put a transparent and robust system in place. Policy and Planning Manager Susan Cuthbert said that Council is looking at a number of options for collecting the levy.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District Council has received 229 submissions to its Draft Long Term Plan, the highest number of submissions to a Draft Long Term Plan to date.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District Council is proposing changes to its bookbus service in the Draft Long Term Plan to cater for usage demands and declines across the District.
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SOUTHLAND — The Southland District Council is proposing a 5.61% rise for district rates for 2012-13 in its draft 10 Year Plan, released for public consultation at yesterday's Council meeting.
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SOUTHLAND — All hosing restrictions are being lifted by Southland District Council as of March 1, 2012.
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SOUTHLAND — All roads are now open in Southland, but the Pyramid Bridge remains closed.
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SOUTHLAND — Flooding has caused closures of bridges and roads in the Northern Southland area.
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Two Northern Southland roads have been closed this morning because of flooding.
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SOUTHLAND — Recent rain has eased the fire danger so the fire ban across Southland will be lifted on Saturday (February 25).
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SOUTHLAND — Staff at the Rakiura Resource Recovery Centre on Stewart Island would like to remind people about the importance of responsible recycling after two isolated incidents in recent times have resulted in health and safety being compromised.
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Southland District Council is reminding dog owners to microchip their dogs after it has had to send out 50 infringement notices to dog owners throughout the district who have failed to do so, despite the written requests they have received.
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WINTON — Two buildings in Winton have been issued with dangerous building notices by the Southland District Council.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District residents are being asked to conserve water as the ongoing dry weather puts pressure on the district's 12 water schemes.
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SOUTHLAND — A total fire ban for all of Southland and parts of the Clutha District covered by the Southern Rural Fire Authority will be in place from 8am today (Thursday 5 January).
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SOUTHLAND — Residents in Riverton and Ohai have hosing restrictions until 14 January or until further notice.Southland District Council water and waste assets manager Ian Evans said the restrictions in Riverton are due to low water levels and increasing pressure on the water treatment plant, while Environment Southland has asked Council to not take any more water from the source in Ohai.
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SOUTHLAND — All Southland District Council offices will close on Friday 23 December at 12 noon.
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SOUTHLAND — Water and wastewater quality, and stormwater were key issues for discussion for Southland District councillors at their meeting on Wednesday.
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SOUTHLAND — The three southern Mayors have decided Southland Anniversary Day will be celebrated on Easter Tuesday every year.
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TE ANAU — A resource consent application from Lake Te Anau Developments Limited to undertake a 15-lot subdivision has been turned down by Southland District Council's Resource Management Committee.
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SOUTHLAND — Fleming Road is now open but still signed for flooding.
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SOUTHLAND — Fleming Road is closed overnight because of flooding after the Mataura River burst its banks.
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The Ohai Railway Fund Committee allocated $18,900 worth of grants for educational and organisational purposes at its recent meeting.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District Council Mayor Frana Cardno is very disappointed at today's decision by the Department of Conservation to move one step closer, subject to conditions and public process, to a private tunnel through New Zealand's internationally acclaimed World Heritage Fiordland and Aspiring National Parks.
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SOUTHLAND — Southern Mayors are unhappy that a successful youth programme in the south could be threatened.
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SOUTHLAND — Residents in the Wallace Community Board area who have not yet voted in the by-election are urged to deliver their voting documents to Southland District Council's office in Invercargill to make the deadline of 12 noon on Friday, 11 November 2011.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District Council has received an unqualified Audit report to its 2010-11 Annual Report, which was adopted at a meeting yesterday.
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SOUTHLAND — <p>Drivers heading to Waikaia tonight for the holiday weekend are advised to take care as the river is very high.
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SOUTHLAND — Some Southland roads will be closed overnight because of flooding.
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SOUTHLAND — Flooding continues to cause problems in Southland this afternoon, with both the Aparima-Otautau road and the Taramoa side of the Taramoa-West Plains road closed.
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SOUTHLAND — Waikaia is cut off by floodwaters this morning and some southern roads remain affected as well.
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SOUTHLAND — Drivers are asked to take care on the roads around the western, central and southern areas of Southland as many are affected by surface flooding.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District Council will not receive any Government funding to improve drinking water supplies in the round of subsidies just announced by Health Minister Tony Ryall.
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MILFORD — Southland District Council is now calling upon nominations for trustees to be appointed to the Milford Community Trust.
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SOUTHLAND — The Around the Mountain Cycle Trail has received a high level of public interest from both New Zealand and overseas, with a total of 205 submissions received.
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SOUTHLAND — The Around the Mountain Cycle Trail has received a high level of public interest from both New Zealand and overseas, with a total of 207 submissions received.
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SOUTHLAND — The Around the Mountain Cycle Trail has received a high level of public interest from both New Zealand and overseas, with a total of 207 submissions received.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District Mayor Frana Cardno is shocked and dismayed at the impending and possibly ongoing redundancies being announced in Government departments in the south.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District Libraries are joining the digital revolution and will be offering a digital library service with e-books and e-audio available for download.
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SOUTHLAND — World Cup fever has spread throughout the Southland district as communities all over the region show their support for the competing rugby teams and welcome new visitors to the area.
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SOUTHLAND — The Around the Mountains Cycle Trail is one more step along the track with its resource consent application being notified and open for submissions.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District Council and the Department of Conservation have launched a pilot scheme in the Te Anau and Manapouri areas to encourage responsible camping this summer.
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TE ANAU — A BAE-146 Whisper Jet is to land at Te Anau Airport Manapouri on Wednesday in the first jet aircraft landing for the airport.
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WINTON — All Blacks Jimmy Cowan and Andrew Hore are coming to Winton on Friday.
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SOUTHLAND — Government funding for road maintenance and reseals in Southland has been cut by 1% - about $211,000, based on the 2011-12 Council roading programme.
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SOUTHLAND — Extreme care must be taken when driving on roads in the Central Southland area as there is widespread black ice.
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SOUTHLAND — Road conditions are extremely bad in the Ohai Nightcaps area at the moment with snow at 6-8 inches deep.
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SOUTHLAND — The Milford Community Trust is facilitating a meeting of those organisations that have an interest in the airport at Milford.
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SOUTHLAND — Dog owners who have not registered their dogs now face a penalty of $37.50.
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SOUTHLAND — Dog owners are reminded that dog registration is now due.
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SOUTHLAND — The Otautau Town Hall has been closed to all new users, effective from 1 July, but the local Floral Art Club and RSA have been given three months to find alternative premises.
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MILFORD — The Milford Community Trust is facilitating a meeting of those organisations that have an interest in the airport at Milford.
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SOUTHLAND — Work on the plans for a new sewerage scheme for Te Anau is continuing.
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SOUTHLAND — Blacktop Construction has won the contract for resealing Southland District roads.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District Council has announced its bridge postings for 2011-12.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District Council is keeping a watching brief on the changes made to state highway classifications in the south.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District Council's first Mayor, John Casey JP, has died.
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SOUTHLAND — Changes to the structure of building control proposed by the Department of Building and Housing are concerning Southland District Council.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland could be hard hit by a review of the New Zealand Transport Agency's investment strategy and in particular the review of funding assistance rates, Southland District Council chief executive David Adamson said.
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INVERCARGILL — Southland District Council's new dog control sub-committee held its first meeting on Monday.
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SOUTHLAND — Interim recommendations for Waituna have been released and outline steps needed for short-term immediate action to reduce the risk of the Lagoon ‘flipping’.
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INVERCARGILL — Southland District Council has adopted the Southland District Liquor Licensing Accord concerning the hours of trading for hotels and taverns.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District Council has received 61 submissions to its Draft Annual Plan.
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TE ANAU — The development of Te Anau Airport - Manapouri has received a highly commended award in the recent Best Practice Awards at the New Zealand Community Boards Conference.
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SOUTHLAND — New red and yellow-lidded wheelie bins have been delivered throughout Southland this month.
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SOUTHLAND — Dipton's Castle Rock natural limestone outcrop will be officially protected by covenant thanks to the local community, Ravensdown and the Southland District Council.
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SOUTHLAND — New red and yellow-lidded wheelie bins are about to arrive throughout Southland.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District Council elected members, management and staff are saddened by the death of Murray Cardno, Mayor Frana Cardno’s husband, on Sunday.
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TUATAPERE — Fire crews have several fires under control around the area of a fire which destroyed part of Rarakau Lodge near Tuatapere on Saturday night.
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SOUTHLAND — The number of building consents may be decreasing but the value of them has more than doubled.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District Council ratepayers will move to a two-bin rubbish and recycling service in May next year.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District Council is using a mixture of traditional and green engineering to fix the series of landslips on Stewart Island.
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SOUTHLAND — Emergency Management Southland is continuing to work with the Fire Service and Police as the snow is slowly melting around Invercargill and in Eastern Southland.
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SOUTHLAND — A recent court case in Invercargill has highlighted the importance of being vigilant and responsible when lighting fires, Southern Rural Fire Authority principal rural fire officer Mike Grant said.
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SOUTHLAND — The Forest Hill Foundation is taking concerns over its investigations into making the Forest Hill reserve a fenced predator-free zone seriously and is keen to work with all parties to resolve them.
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SOUTHLAND — Happy Valley Road will be closed today, Tuesday 3 August, for emergency work, following the collapse of a culvert.
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SOUTHLAND — A total of $76,412 has been granted to various Southland organisations through the Southland District Council allocations committees which met recently.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District Council has saved about $1.5 million on estimates for two major roading contracts.
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SOUTHLAND — The Government has agreed to spend $4 million on the first stage of the Around the Mountain Cycle Trail and Southland District Council will discuss this agreement at its meeting on Wednesday June 30.
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STEWART ISLAND — The Southland District Council (Stewart Island Visitor Levy) Empowering Bill 2010 had its first reading in Parliament last week and now goes to the Local Government and Environment Committee.
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SOUTHLAND — A total of $84,037 has been granted to various Southland organisations through the Southland District Council allocations committees which met recently.
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SOUTHLAND — The Around the Mountain cycle trail is still being worked on, albeit with slow progress.
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SOUTHLAND — Everyone on the road is encouraged to show consideration on Gypsy Day, June 1, Southland District Council roading engineer Rochelle Leach said.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District Council has received 81 submissions to its Draft Annual Plan, with submissions covering 25 different topics.
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SOUTHLAND — Southland District Council has been granted resource consent to undertake some native vegetation clearing and earthworks on the Manapouri Foreshore.
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SOUTHLAND — One road has reopened this afternoon, but two remain closed in the Central Southland area because of flooding and its after-effects.
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SOUTHLAND — Three roads remain closed in the Central Southland area because of flooding.
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SOUTHLAND — Ongoing heavy rainfall in Southland today has resulted in a road closure.
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