Southland Region

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Regional Council
Environment Southland Southland Regional Council
Country:	New Zealand
Location of Southland.
Name:	Environment Southland
Chair:	Stuart Collie
Population:	92,400 June 2006 estimate [1]
Land Area:	32,079km²
Website:	http://www.es.govt.nz
Cities and Towns
Cities:	Invercargill
Towns:	Gore, Lumsden, Winton, Mataura, Te Anau
Constituent Territorial Authorities
Names:	Invercargill City, Gore District, Southland District
Websites:

Southland is the name of New Zealand's southernmost region and is also the name of a district within that region.

1 History
2 Structure
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] History

From 1861 until 1870 Southland was a province, but later rejoined Otago after financial difficulties.

[edit] Structure

[edit] Settlements

The region has one city, Invercargill and one other district, Gore. Southland covers an area of 28,681 square kilometres. In the 2001 census it had a population of 91,002 people, down 6,096 from the 1996 census, making it one of New Zealand's most scarcely populated areas.

[edit] Representation

Southland is divided into two parliamentary electorates, and is represented in Parliament by Bill English (Clutha-Southland) and Eric Roy (Invercargill). Both are members of the opposition National Party

[edit] Local government

The seats of the Southland Regional Council, Southland District Council and the Invercargill City Council are in Invercargill. Southland District includes the towns of Winton, Lumsden and all of Stewart Island/Rakiura.

[edit] National parks

The region is home to Fiordland National Park which covers 7,860 square kilometres. Southland also includes Stewart Island, much of which is set aside as Rakiura National Park.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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	Regions of New Zealand
North Island:	Northland \| Auckland \| Waikato \| Bay of Plenty \| Gisborne¹ \| Hawke's Bay \| Taranaki \| Manawatu-Wanganui \| Wellington
South Island:	Tasman¹ \| Marlborough¹ \| Nelson¹ \| West Coast \| Canterbury \| Otago \| Southland
	¹ Unitary authorities