Southland Regional Council
Te Taiao TongaRegional council

Formation| 1989
Region| Southland
Country| New Zealand
Website| es.govt.nz
Leadership
Chair| Nicol Horrell
Deputy Chair| Jeremy McPhail
Chief Executive| Wilma Falconer[1]

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.[2]

## Councillors

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Councillor  | Constituency

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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

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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:[3]
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

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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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