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Water levels in most Timaru District rivers are beginning to drop with the exception of the Temuka and Opihi.

Matthew Littlewood13:54, May 27 2021 supplied/Stuff McKinnon's Creek Salmon Hatchery in Rangitata, South Canterbury, needs more volunteers and investment from CSI Fish and Game. (File photo) A second Central South Island Fish and Game councillor has expressed concern about the state of the region’s salmon fishery, saying it has “no future”. Alan Brooks’ report, which was table at last week’s Central South Island Fish ad Game (CSIFG) council meeting, follows similar concerns raised by long-standing councillor Matthew Hall in February. Hall warned the region's fisheries would decline...

Central South Island Fish and Game is calling on Timaru District Council to invest in landfill protection or risk facing a 'Fox River' type disaster.

She would also like to see more money available for maintaining school assets. “The funding does not seem to have kept pace with building and maintenance costs.” Equity and inclusiveness are important to Graham, and she is calling for a system for equal access of funding for devices for all students and learning support and wellbeing programmes which would include counsellors and social workers, and extra resourcing support for students with learning and complex behaviour needs. The Ministry of Education defines learning support as additional support for pupils who need it to engage a...

George Empson/Supplied The first snow of the year falls on the Church of the Good Shepherd at Lake Tekapo/Takapō during the past week. MetService says snow could fall to as low as 700m in the Canterbury High Country on Tuesday. The weather this weekend is likely to be changeable across much of the country, but for many areas that’s better than the conditions forecast for the first few days of next week. MetService is forecasting snow down to 500 metres in Southland on Monday and to 300m on Tuesday, and around Dunedin to 600m on Monday and 400m on Tuesday. Westerly or southwesterly winds c...