Environment Southland

Environment Southland
Te Taiao Tonga
Regional council
Formation1989
RegionSouthland
CountryNew Zealand
Websitees.govt.nz
Leadership
ChairJeremy McPhail
Deputy chairPhil Morrison
Chief executiveWilma Falconer[1]

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]

The regional council is chaired by Jeremy McPhail, with Phil Morrison as his deputy. They were elected by their fellow councillors at the inaugural meeting of the new council on 29 October 2025 following the 2025 local elections.[3][4]

List of chairpersons

  • ?: Nicol Horrell; deputy Jeremy McPhail
  • October 2025: Jeremy McPhail; deputy Phil Morrison[3][4]

Councillors

Environment Southland consists of 12 councillors elected from six constituencies: Fiordland, Eastern-Dome, Western, Hokonui, Southern and the Invercargill-Rakiura constituencies.[4]

Councillor Constituency
Jeremy McPhail (Chairman) Eastern-Dome
Phil Morrison (Deputy Chairman) Invercargill-Rakiura
Roger Hodson Invercargill-Rakiura
Lyndall Ludlow Invercargill-Rakiura
Maurice Rodway Invercargill-Rakiura
Eric Roy Invercargill–Rakiura
Geoffrey Young Invercargill–Rakiura
Alastair Gibson Eastern-Dome
Paul Evans Fiordland
Ewan Mathieson Western
Jon Pemberton Southern
David Rose Hokonui

Coat of arms

Coat of arms of Southland
Notes
Southland has a coat of arms, granted on 2 September 1983 by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. The blazon is:[5]
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".

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 21 June 2008.)
  3. ^ a b Fallow, Michael (29 October 2025). "McPhail to chair Environment Southland". The Southland Times. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  4. ^ a b c "Your councillors". Environment Southland. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  5. ^ "Southland's heraldic design isn't all that historic". The Southland Times. Stuff. Retrieved 24 June 2024.

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