Southland Regional Council

Southland Regional Council
*Te Taiao Tonga*
Regional council

Region	Southland
Website	http://www.es.govt.nz

The Southland Regional Council (branded as 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.^[1]

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:^[2] 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

^ Southland Regional Council (data sheet on official localcouncils.govt.nz website. Accessed 2008-06-21.)
^ "Southland's heraldic design isn't all that historic". The Southland Times. Stuff. Retrieved 24 June 2024.

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