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Environment Southland
Te Taiao Tonga
Regional council
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Formation1989
RegionSouthland
CountryNew Zealand
Websitees.govt.nz
Leadership
ChairNicol Horrell
Deputy ChairJeremy McPhail
Chief ExecutiveWilma Falconer

Environment Southland (Māori: Te Taiao Tonga) is the southernmost regional council in New Zealand, administering the Southland Region, including Stewart Island. In 2006, it had an operating revenue of NZ$19.6 million, NZ$7.1 million of this from rates revenue.

Councillors

Councillor Constituency
Nicol Horrell (Chairman) Western
Jeremy McPhail (Deputy Chairman) Eastern-Dome
Neville Cook Invercargill - Rakiura
Paul Evans Fiordland
Alastair Gibson Eastern-Dome
Robert Guyton Invercargill - Rakiura
Lyndal Ludlow Invercargill - Rakiura
Peter McDonald Hokonui
Phil Morrison Invercargill - Rakiura
Jon Pemberton Southern
Maurice Rodway Invercargill - Rakiura
Eric Roy Invercargill - Rakiura

Coat of arms

Coat of arms of Southland
Notes
Southland has a coat of arms, granted on September 2 1983 by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. The blazon is:
Escutcheon
Quarterly, first, Or, on a reedy mount vert a Notornis bird Proper, beaked and membered Gules (for Southland); second, Gules, a dexter arm vambraced, the hand brandishing a sword Proper (for Wallace); third, Azure, three piles wavy issuant from the dexter bendways Argent (for Fiordland); fourth, Or, an island Vert surmounted of a fess chequy Azure and Argent (for Stewart Island).
Supporters
Dexter a Merino ram and sinister a Merino ewe Proper.
Motto
Above the shield in an Escrol Murrey in Letters Or is placed this Motto "SOUTHLAND", and on a compartment Vert below the Shield, along with an Escrol Argent bearing in letters Sable this Motto "IN UNITY WE PROGRESS".

46°10′27″S 168°06′02″E / 46.17423°S 168.100632°E / -46.17423; 168.100632

References

  1. "Management structure". es.govt.nz. Environment Southland. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  2. Southland Regional Council (data sheet on official localcouncils.govt.nz website. Accessed 2008-06-21.)
  3. "Southland's heraldic design isn't all that historic". The Southland Times. Stuff. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
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