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Our Councils
Murihiku Southland has one regional council and three territorial councils covering the Gore and Southland Districts and Invercargill City and Bluff. The region also has Emergency Management Southland which was established by the four Councils, and is responsible for the delivery of Civil Defence and Emergency Management responses throughout the region.
Environment Southland
As a regional council, Environment Southland is responsible for the sustainable management of Southland's natural resources - land, water, air and coast - in partnership with the community. Environment Southland provides a number of maps and repositories of geospatial datasets that can be viewed and downloaded by the public including Beacon and Open Data.
Environmental Data is the home of Environment Southland’s extensive data range including river levels and flows, rainfall, soil moisture, climate, and air quality from various sites across the region. A recent upgrade of the site as part of our Bringing Data To Life initiative, aims to make environmental information more accessible and visible for our communities.
A key aspect of the site is its mobile responsiveness, reflecting the need in our communities for access to environmental data anywhere and anytime.
Users can browse environmental data through interactive graphs and tables, with a wide range of data able to be viewed. Historical data statistics can also be compared such as past floods, droughts, and seasonal rainfall totals.
The recent upgrade of the site has seen the portal house monitoring data from Waituna Lagoon, including water temperature, dissolved oxygen levels, pH levels, and more.
Gore District Council
The Gore District Council looks after the Gore District, which covers an area of 1250km². It has a population of about 12,400 and its’ two main towns are Gore and Mataura, with smaller settlements at Pukerau, Waikaka and Mandeville.
GoreDC Maps is an updated, new-look public mapping application that uses a GIS (Geographic Information System) to access a range of property and land related information in the Gore District.
The Council also has an online Business Portal which is the first Datacom website in New Zealand to offer a large number of online forms and the capabilities of the Datascape / MyGore feature.
Invercargill City Council
Invercargill City Council is the territorial authority serving the people of Invercargill and Bluff, with a population of more than 57,000 people.
Covering an area of 495km², this council provides a range of services including water and road infrastructure, planning and building regulation, parks, reserves, and libraries.
Invercargill Maps features a suite of user friendly maps displaying various council information and services, including current and historic aerial data.
Southland District Council
Southland District Council is the territorial authority for the Southland district, which covers a geographical area of 30,198km2, has a population of approximately 29,600 and is located at the bottom of the South Island.
The Southland District Council website is designed to provide information to ratepayers and residents, and to allow the use of online services, including payment of rates and customer service requests. This includes Local Maps, a collection of maps available to the public that permit the display and interrogation of data held by Southland District Council.
