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Southland mum’s gutsy climb from gumboots to Ironman

An eight-year transformation has earned Southland mum Liz Gill a scholarship to next year's Ironman New Zealand – and inspired an adventure race giving back to her community

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Ruth of Southland, with her glass eye and cardigans

The quiet life of a proud Southlander and one of New Zealand's greatest writers

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The Southland Conference trolled Michigan with Connor Stalions joke after McNeese upset

The Southland Conference didn't pull any punches after McNeese's upset win on Friday night.

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Finally, water’s health is being put first

Two water-first decisions, 1000km apart, suggest the country is turning a conservation corner. David Williams reports.

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New storms move into Southern California, bringing wet, hazardous holiday weekend

LOS ANGELES — The first of two holiday weekend storms delivered a solid punch Saturday to an already beaten and soggy Southland, battering the coast with high surf, threatening more flooding and stretching emergency services.

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Why is drought-weary Los Angeles letting stormwater flow into the Pacific Ocean?

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles River roared to life this week as a series of powerful storms moved through the Southland. In Long Beach, 3 feet of water shut down the 710 Freeway in both directions, while flooding in the San Fernando Valley forced the closure of the Sepulveda…

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Pitcher Tyler Anderson turns down Dodgers’ offer, will sign with Angels

LOS ANGELES — Tyler Anderson is staying in the Southland, but it won’t be with the Dodgers.

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Green dream pushes farmers into red

A multi-award-winning Southland couple share their harrowing experience of regenerative land practices as a warning of what can go wrong down on a green farm.

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Hospitals' slow coal switch: 'Health is the largest carbon emitter in public sector'

Hospital coal boilers are being replaced, but some say the pace is too slow

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Some experts see less value in a new LA mask mandate at this stage of the pandemic

LOS ANGELES — As successive waves of COVID-19 have swept across the Southland, Michael Matteo Rossi, a 35 year-old filmmaker who lives in Los Feliz, has gamely masked up whenever he shopped, ate out or visited with his parents, who are in their 70s.

Los Angeles Times

Patrols, fines, altered landscapes: How severe SoCal water restrictions will roll out

LOS ANGELES — More than a week after the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California announced its harshest-ever water restrictions for millions of residents across the region, several of the affected water agencies are offering a preview of how life will change throughout Southland when the rules kick in June…

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The loneliness of the long-distance rural midwife

Pregnant women in Te Anau in Southland have lost the last remaining midwife and are now served by maternity care based 100km-160km away, reports Vaneesa Bellew

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Calls for more protections as wetlands burn

The second significant wetland area on fire this year has prompted concerns from conservationists around the protection of the last remnants of New Zealand’s natural wetlands

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Winners and losers in this grave new world of so-called full employment

The jobless rate has dropped to a recorded low of 3.2 percent. It's counter-intuitive, but history teaches us that this shortage of workers has its downsides for our communities.

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