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The real reason Meridian shut down its grand green hydrogen project

The incoming chief executive of big hydro generator Meridian has disclosed for the first time why the gentailer canned its multi-billion dollar plan to build a green hydrogen production plant in Southland. Successive governments have championed hydrogen as a key energy in decarbonising heavy vehicles, ships and planes. After the…

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All Black legend’s Mitey legacy

School-aged children in the south are increasing their emotional literacy and talking about the tough stuff thanks to a rugby star’s commitment and a Southland teacher’s persistence.

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Labour bares teeth on campaign trail

Labour gives a glimpse of grit in the face of a horror poll

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Taxed after selling her home – four times

A battle over tax on a Southland woman's capital gains highlights the election debate over fixing 'inadequate' bright-line test policy settings, says advisor. Jonathan Milne reports.

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River group claims win over energy giant

A Southland community group stares down one of NZ’s biggest companies

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Gore’s unlikely mea culpa

The power struggle between the Southland town’s new mayor, fellow councillors and chief executive takes a surreal turn.

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Southern Green Hydrogen poses $12b+ cost to society - report

Meridian Energy's proposed large green hydrogen electrolyser in Southland would raise power prices but have a relatively modest impact on climate pollution, a new report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has found

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Gore chief lives to fight another day

First a no-confidence vote in the mayor and now a petition calling on the CEO to resign have fizzled in the festering Southland local-body power struggle.

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Councils’ winter grazing approach raises concern

The Government’s new winter grazing rules are starting to bite but will the environment improve?

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Disaster-in-waiting warn south’s farmers

Cyclone Gabrielle’s hammering of Hawkes Bay has ignited fears in Southland of bridges failing and farmland flooding through “mismanagement” of accumulated gravel.

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Return to Gore: If little Lachie didn't drown, how did he die?

Did a little Southland boy really fall into a pond and drown? In this Newsroom Investigates exclusive, “drowning as a cause of death” has been thrown into doubt by a forensic team engaged to review the original post mortem

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Browned-off south gets some relief

Drought-hit Southland has had welcome rain but more is needed before water and fire restrictions are lifted.

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Tourists flock to scenic south

Accommodation and adventure-tour operators are bouncing back hindered only by staff shortages and a lack of beds and helped by North Islanders searching for sunshine.

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South thrives as north dives

As the north of the country gets pummelled by the weather subtropical fruit trees and plants once marginal in Southland soils are thriving thanks to balmier conditions.

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Tiwai Pt smelter owner looks to commission its own renewable power generation

Updated: A remorseful Rio Tinto promises to do better, after the mining and smelting company angered Southland, New Zealand and much of the world with its wanton disregard for local communities and the environment.

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Mayor urged Jami-Lee Ross to back off

A court hears exasperated text messages from a New Zealand mayor travelling in China with a man at the centre of a political scandal

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Mental health’s ‘hell of a ride’ for rodeo lover

A young rural Southlander with rodeo in his blood recounts a moving comeback tale from family loss and mental breakdown.

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Deer devils of the deep south

Glimpsing Bambi through the trees might be a thrill for townie and deerstalker alike, but as hungry deer multiply, native flora and fauna suffer - and Covid is partly to blame.

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A matter of principals

Difficulty recruiting a principal means one Southland primary school's pupils will have had three head teachers in three terms.

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Three years on, Lachie's death still unsolved

Another year has passed since the tragic death of preschooler Lachlan Jones in a Southland council oxidation pond. His father, Paul Jones, says he’s still no closer to knowing how his young so

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