The GP shortage in Invercargill has raised questions about how doctors will cope with an “enormous workload” when they’re asked to manage endemic Covid-19 in the community.
An agreement has been signed, a name has been gifted, employment negotiations are underway, and Invercargill may get its much-needed new iwi-led general practice by the end of the year.
The new Invercargill primary care partnership is taking a major step forward with a new name and the official signing of a partnership agreement between Awarua Rūnaka, Hokonui Runanga and WellSouth primary health network in Waihōpai-Invercargill today
A memo from the council’s 3 Waters asset manager Matt Baylis, which will be tabled at a full council meeting on Tuesday, says: ‘’it is now very clear that the Hokonui Rūnanga will not support any ongoing wastewater discharge solution unless it includes some form of discharge to land that will appropriately remove cultural pollutants. “After considering case studies from recent similar wastewater discharge consent applications, it is also clear that, without the support of the Hokonui Rūnanga, the prospects of the council getting a favourable outcome on its consent application are limited.’’ A report from Courtney Bennett of the Hokonui Rūnanga, titled
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AB Lime has applied to Environment Southland and the Southland District Council for a 35-year resource consent to receive an uncapped amount of waste at its landfill near Winton.
A hearing to determine whether a Southland landfill can become the premier landfill for the lower South Island will begin in Invercargill on Monday. AB Lime Ltd has applied for seven new consents and to vary an existing consent for its site at Kings Bend, about 5km east of Winton. In its application, it says it wishes to become “the premier landfill for the southern regions of the South Island.”