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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: [3] 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 2023 southern New Zealand floods were caused by heavy rain that struck the southern part of New Zealand's South Island on 21 September 2023. This storm caused flooding in several places across the Southland and Otago regions including Gore and Queenstown. 100 homes were evacuated in Queenstown and Tuatapere's water treatment plant was damaged.
The environment of New Zealand is characterised by an endemic flora and fauna which has evolved in near isolation from the rest of the world. [1] The main islands of New Zealand span two biomes , temperate and subtropical , complicated by large mountainous areas above the tree line. [ 2 ]
Until about 18,000 years ago the Mataura drained Lake Wakatipu.The Kingston Flyer follows part of the former river bed, now blocked by glacial moraine. [2]For Māori, the Mataura was an important ara tawhito (traditional travel route) that provided direct access from Murihiku to Whakatipu Waimāori (Lake Wakatipu). [3]
A Māori man lived at the mouth of the river who was called Jacob by local whalers, and 'Jacob's River' was in early use for both the river and the settlement that established itself. [1] It is one of the rivers responsible for the large alluvial plain known as the Southland Plains.
Rainwater flows past a sandbag and water control sock past a home destroyed in the Eaton Fire as a powerful atmospheric river storm impacts the region on February 13, 2025 in Altadena, California.
UPDATE: The Marmot Fire — off South Fork Drive and Cinnamon Canyon Road, southeast of Three Rivers — remained at 127 acres burned, according to Cal Fire on Wednesday morning.
The Waiau River is the largest river in the Southland region of New Zealand. [1] ' Waiau' translates to 'River of Swirling Currents'. [2] It is the outflow of Lake Te Anau, flowing from it into Lake Manapouri 10 kilometres (6 mi) to the south, and from there flows south for 70 kilometres (43 mi) before reaching the Foveaux Strait 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of Tuatapere.