By Tegan Ramage … Hidden in Otatara, an outer suburb of Invercargill you can find two hidden gems, the Southland Community Nurseryowned and operated by Chris and Brian Rance, and the Oreti Tōtara Dune Forest reserve. We were lucky to attend both for a seed collection wānanga and also to have been… Read more
Posted: 17 March 2022
On Thursday 10 March, we kicked off with the first meeting of the Clean Energy Working Group, led through Murihiku Regeneration. The purpose of the work is to sit alongside the Tiwai Futures and Green Energy work underway within Murihiku Regeneration. This specific work will look at regional… Read more
Posted: 14 March 2022
Article by Greta Yeoman … World’s biggest electrolyser factory? Fortescue Future Industries – the green energy arm of mining giant Fortescue Metals Group – has started building an electrolyser production factory in Gladstone, Queensland. It will be the largest electrolyser plant in the world, FFI… Read more
Posted: 9 March 2022
From Stuff article by Rachael Kelly … Four mana whenua representatives will be appointed to Environment Southland committees at a full council meeting on Wednesday. Gail Thompson and Estelle Leask will be appointed to the Regional Services Committee (Rōpū Ratonga-a-Rhoe), and Stewart Bull and Ann… Read more
Posted: 9 March 2022
By Tegan Ramage … Pekapeka camp at Tawanui was amazing! Such an experience for the Kaitiaki Tauira and those from the Taiao Team. We were very lucky to have Ian Davison-Watts (Ecologist), Matt Dale (Freshwater Ecologist) and to have both Kelsi Hayes (2nd year Environmental management at S.I.T.) and… Read more
Posted: 4 March 2022