Southland is traveling in a new direction following today’s release of the region’s Just Transition Work Plan, sign-posting the region’s economic path beyond the closure of the New Zealand Aluminium Smelter (NZAS). The Work Plan is the first milestone in the Government’s commitment to support a… Read more
Posted: 2 February 2022
A new plan outlining how the Government plans to boost the Southland economy as the Tiwai smelter closure looms has been unveiled. On Wednesday, Minister of Energy and Resources and Minister of Research, Science and Innovation Megan Woods released the Southland Just Transition Work Plan, detailing… Read more
Posted: 2 February 2022
The Hokonui Rūnanga Kaitiaki Taiao Tauira Programme induction week ran from Monday 24 to Friday 28 January 2022. The kaupapa for the week was been busy but productive, it was a time to get to know and work with the tauira. It kicked off on Monday the 24th of January 2022 with a pōwhiri being… Read more
Posted: 1 February 2022
29 January 2022 … Rangatahi Tumeke Tuākana development group … On Saturday 27 January, Hana O’Regan led a wānanga at the Te Ao Marama office in Bluff with our emerging youth leaders from the Rangatahi Tumeke Programme. This wānanga was a part of the development of our rangatahi and their shared… Read more
Posted: 31 January 2022
Article by Louisa Steyl, re-published from Stuff. Imagine a southern Murihiku that uses the region's natural resources and its proximity to Australia to produce a global energy commodity and transform its economy in the middle of a pandemic. Southland has already undergone this transformation once… Read more
Posted: 10 January 2022