Otago and Southland folk from both sides of the political divide need to join together to oppose the increasingly substandard hospital we are being fobbed off with.
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/health/attack-politicians-placed-large-print
#Otago #Southland #Dunedin #Invercargill
Attack on politicians placed in large print

A retired Dunedin doctor has put his money where his mouth is, declaring a plague on both Labour and National parties for their failure to deliver...

Otago Daily Times Online News

A sovereign citizen from Southland thought he'd get off paying rates and penalties by hurling false accusations at a Court Registrar, accusing them of being paid to change documents.

Describing the allegations as "outrageous and slanderous", the Judge rightly threw out the case.

The SovCit who calls himself “living man: david-john: of the house wilson” has a month to decide if he wants to lose all over again in the Appeal Court.

https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/appeal-shut-down-after-outrageous-slanderous-claims

#SovCit #Southland

Appeal shut down after 'outrageous, slanderous' claims

A Southland man in court over his unpaid rates has had his appeal firmly shut down after making “outrageous and slanderous” allegations against...

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There's a salmonella outbreak on Southland dairy farms but due to "an unexpected manufacturing issue" there's no vaccine available until next month.

https://www.odt.co.nz/rural-life/rural-life-other/vaccine-shortage-continues-bite-south

#Southland #salmonella #NZ

Vaccine shortage continues to bite in the South

A Salmonella outbreak continues in the South as a vaccine shortage bites. Sharemilker Nan de Haan considered getting his herd vaccinated against...

Otago Daily Times Online News
_The Evening Post_, 7 March 1925:
THE OYSTER SEASON
FIRST CATCH LANDED
HOW THE TRAWLERS WORK
An excellent haul of “the first #oysters of the season” was made by the #Bluff #trawling fleet on Tuesday last, a total of four small steamers being engaged in the task, and returning to port laden with luscious bivalves.
The fleet made for the main oyster beds between Dog Island and the island of Ruapuke. These beds are always tried out at the first of the season, for they lie in shallow water … and it has been found that the shallow water oysters are the best, being hard-shalled [sic], large, and plump. The sea-floor of Foveaux Strait is covered from the western to the eastern extremity with huge oyster beds.…
The beds having been reached after 1½ hours steaming, the crew of five men on each boat commenced the serious work of the day. The boats began to steam slowly up against the tide at four knots per hour, and the dredging gear was got ready. There are two dredges on each boat—one forward arid one aft. They are worked both on the same side of the boat, and are slung over the side on half-inch wire rope running through derricks attached to the fore and mizzen masts.…
[A detailed description follows]
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19211217.2.79.20
#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #Fishing #Southland #FoveauxStrait #NewZealand

Southland is introducing a ‘three-strikes’ system for people who deliberately contaminate their recycling bins. Dunedin, Tauranga and Auckland already do this.

The gossip in my village today is that the weird Welshman mixed polystyrene with glass and received a first strike notice from the council. They didn't empty his bin and he was apparently on the phone complaining bitterly. He's a slow learner.

https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/recycling-rule-breakers-could-lose-bins

#NZ #Recycling #Southland

Recycling rule breakers could lose bins

A new ‘three-strikes’ system will be introduced across Southland in a bid to clamp down on reckless recyclers. On Monday, the Waste Advisory Group...

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Tree fern or Punga as we call them here in New Zealand 🌿
I love walking through the native bush filled with pungas overhead and ferns as ground cover, the smell of the earth, the birds singing in the trees 🌿🪶🎶🧡 I am so incredibly lucky to live in the most peaceful part of the country 😊

#newzealand #southland #invercargill #photography #nikon #nativebush #fern #ferns #punga
Red alerts issued for Wellington rivers over widespread toxic algae

Eating just a small amount of the algae - the size of a 50-cent coin - can be enough to kill a dog.

RNZ