Southland Regional Council

Southland Regional Council
Te Taiao Tonga

Regional council
Formation	1989
Region	Southland
Country	New Zealand
Website	es.govt.nz
Leadership
Chair	Nicol Horrell
Deputy Chair	Jeremy McPhail
Chief Executive	Wilma Falconer

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.

Councillors

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	Invercargill - Rakiura

Coat of arms

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: 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".