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{{Infobox government
| government_name  = Environment Southland
| nativename       = {{lang|mi|Te Taiao Tonga}}
| image            = File:Environment Southland logo.svg
| image2           = File:Southland coat of arms.png
| image_size2      = 120px
| alt2             =
| caption          = 
| government_form  = [[Regions of New Zealand|Regional council]]
| date             = 1989
| division_type    = Region
| division         = [[Southland, New Zealand|Southland]]
| country          = [[New Zealand]]
| website          = [http://www.es.govt.nz es.govt.nz]
| branch3          = Leadership
| leader_type      = Chair
| leader_title     = Nicol Horrell
| leader_type2     = Deputy Chair
| leader_title2    = Jeremy McPhail
| leader_type3     = Chief Executive
| leader_title3    = Wilma Falconer<ref>{{cite web |title=Management structure |url=https://www.es.govt.nz/about-us/about-council/management-structure |website=es.govt.nz |publisher=Environment Southland |access-date=10 July 2024}}</ref>
}}

'''Environment Southland''' ({{langx|mi|Te Taiao Tonga}}) is the southernmost [[Regions of New Zealand|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.<ref>[http://www.localcouncils.govt.nz/lgip.nsf/wpg_URL/Councils-A-Z-Councils-Southland-Regional-Council-Main?OpenDocument Southland Regional Council] (data sheet on official localcouncils.govt.nz website. Accessed 2008-06-21.)</ref>

==Councillors==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! 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 (politician)|Eric Roy]]
| Invercargill - Rakiura
|}

==Coat of arms==
{{Emblem table
| name = Southland
| image =
| imagesize = 
| notes = Southland has a [[Achievement (heraldry)|coat of arms]], granted on 2 September 1983 by the [[Lord Lyon King of Arms]]. The [[blazon]] is:<ref>{{cite news |title=Southland's heraldic design isn't all that historic |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/features/130325339/southlands-heraldic-design-isnt-all-that-historic |access-date=24 June 2024 |work=[[The Southland Times]] |publisher=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]]}}</ref>
| escutcheon = [[Quartering (heraldry)|Quarterly]], first, [[Or (heraldry)|Or]], on a reedy [[Mount (heraldry)|mount]] [[Vert (heraldry)|vert]] a [[Takahē|Notornis bird]] [[Tincture (heraldry)#Proper|Proper]], beaked and membered [[Gules]] (for [[Southland County|Southland]]); second, [[Gules]], a dexter arm [[vambrace]]d, the hand brandishing a sword Proper (for [[Wallace County, New Zealand|Wallace]]); third, [[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], three [[Pile (heraldry)|piles]] [[Line (heraldry)#Wavy and nebuly|wavy]] issuant from the dexter [[Bend (heraldry)#Bendwise|bendways]] [[Argent]] (for [[Fiordland]]); fourth, Or, an island Vert surmounted of a [[fess]] [[Variation of the field#Chequy|chequy]] Azure and Argent (for [[Stewart Island]]).
| supporters = [[Dexter and sinister|Dexter]] a [[Merino]] ram and [[Dexter and sinister|sinister]] a Merino ewe Proper.
| motto = Above the shield in an [[Scroll|Escrol]] [[Murrey]] in Letters Or is placed this Motto "SOUTHLAND", and on a [[Compartment (heraldry)|compartment]] Vert below the Shield, along with an Escrol Argent bearing in letters Sable this Motto "IN UNITY WE PROGRESS".
}}

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== References ==
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{{Local government in New Zealand}}
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[[Category:Politics of the Southland Region]]
[[Category:Regional councils of New Zealand]]


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