Story: Southland region
Page 15. External links and sources
More links and websites
Environment Southland – Southland Regional Council
Environment Southland, the Southland regional council, has responsibility for resource and environmental matters in the region.
Southern Steel
The website of the Southern Steel netball team, which succeeded the legendary Southern Sting in 2008.
Southland
This page is the gateway to the Department of Conservation’s information on Southland.
Southland memorials
This page on NZ History offers a clickable map so users can see images and details of major memorials in Southland.
Southland New Zealand
A website promoting Southland in New Zealand and internationally.
More suggestions and sources
- Dougherty, Ian. Southern Sting: the team that inspired a region. Auckland: Exisle, 2004.
- Esler, Lloyd. The Southland book of records. Invercargill: L. Esler, 2002.
- Sorrell, Paul, ed. Cyclopedia of Otago and Southland. Dunedin: Dunedin City Council, 1999.
- Sorrell, Paul, ed. Murihiku: the Southland story. Invercargill: Southland to 2006 book committee, 2006.
- Thomson, Jane, ed. Southern people: a dictionary of Otago Southland biography. Dunedin: Longacre in association with the Dunedin City Council, 1998.
How to cite this page
David Grant, Southland region, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/16043/sources (accessed 11 June 2026).
Story by David Grant, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.