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ORC Staff Respond To 3 Pollution Incidents In Central Otago
Friday, 20 January 2023, 1:26 pm | Otago Regional Council
Calls to the Otago Regional Council’s Pollution Hotline on Thursday saw its Central Otago staff respond to three consecutive incidents, with separate complaints investigated over dirtied waterways, the presence of toxic algae and dead ducks. Members of the ... More >>
Free Buses To Ōtākou Marae On Waitangi Day
Friday, 13 January 2023, 2:40 pm | Otago Regional Council
Free buses will again be provided by the Otago Regional Council to take passengers to Waitangi Day celebrations at Ōtākou Marae on the Otago Peninsula, operating to and from central Dunedin, with stops along the way. Interim Manager Transport ... More >>
ORC Sets Deadlines For Return To Full Public Transport Timetables
Wednesday, 4 January 2023, 8:04 pm | Otago Regional Council
The Otago Regional Council has assessed capability of public transport operators to return to a more frequent service in both Queenstown and Dunedin and has concluded that only Dunedin operators are ready and have enough drivers to increase frequency ... More >>
Check, Clean, Dry Advocates Out And About In Central Otago These Holidays
Thursday, 22 December 2022, 6:29 pm | Otago Regional Council
ORC’s biosecurity team welcomes two new advocates tasked with keeping lake weeds front of mind for those enjoying freshwater activities this summer. Nicole Fleury and Izzy Coe will help spread the word about preventing aquatic pests in our waterways ... More >>
Bringing The Oioi Back To Te Hakapupu
Tuesday, 20 December 2022, 5:33 pm | Otago Regional Council
More than 1600 oioi plants have been planted around the South Arm of Te Hakapupu estuary thanks to the hard work and collaborative efforts of the Kāti Huirapa Rūnaka ki Puketeraki marae nursery and Tūmai Beach Restoration Trust. The project was largely ... More >>
Wide-ranging Otago Report On Rural Industries Released: ORC
Thursday, 1 December 2022, 12:01 pm | Otago Regional Council
A new report on farming and growing in Otago surveys over 150 years of practices for six primary industries, collating information on their production systems, size, distribution, key features and markets - needed to support development of the Land ... More >>
Stay Clear - Toxic Cyanobacteria In Butchers Dam: ORC
Wednesday, 16 November 2022, 10:05 am | Otago Regional Council
The potentially toxic Cyanobacteria has been found in Butchers Dam in Central Otago, prompting the Otago Regional Council to advise people to stay out of the dam and keep dogs well away from the water and dam edges. Cyanobacteria, a blue-green algae ... More >>
Reminder On New Residential Earthworks Rules For Sediment Control – ORC
Tuesday, 15 November 2022, 5:27 pm | Otago Regional Council
Home builders and residential developers are being reminded of the new requirements in place around consenting for residential earthworks - to ensure no sediments are leached off-site into waterways. There have been numerous instances around Otago ... More >>
Enviroschools’ Reaches Tamariki In More Than 100 Otago Schools And Early Childhood Centres
Monday, 14 November 2022, 9:49 am | Otago Regional Council
Enviroschools is a nationwide programme supported by Toimata Foundation and founding partner Te Mauri Tau, with a large national network of 15 regional partners, says ORC’s Regional Enviroschools Coordinator Robyn Zink. The network includes 14 Regional ... More >>
Lakes Wānaka And Whakatipu Buoyed For Science
Friday, 11 November 2022, 9:26 am | Otago Regional Council
The Otago Regional Council has two new scientific freshwater quality monitoring buoys – to monitor the health of lakes Wānaka and Whakatipu – being deployed on permanent moorings this week. The ORC is placing the buoys in locations that have ... More >>
Alert To Dogwalkers As Toxic Algae Reappears In Silver Stream - ORC
Thursday, 10 November 2022, 2:53 pm | Otago Regional Council
Dog owners are being warned to keep their canines leashed to prevent them ingesting potentially lethal Phormidium algae, which occurs in many Otago rivers and streams during summer. Phormidium , also known as Microcoleus , has this week again been ... More >>
New Winter Grazing Regulations In Play
Tuesday, 1 November 2022, 7:48 pm | Otago Regional Council
Farmers around Otago are being encouraged to begin applying for their future intensive winter grazing consents, with the Government regulations for intensive winter grazing having just gone live today. Otago Regional Council’s Manager Consents Joanna Gilroy ... More >>
Year Of Substantial Growth For ORC, Amid Challenges
Monday, 31 October 2022, 5:58 pm | Otago Regional Council
A raft of new Government mainly rural sector policies and an increased focus on protecting waterways has underpinned a year of substantial growth for the Otago Regional Council. Its financial year, from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022, ORC had total operating ... More >>
ORC’s Bee Card Links Buses And Boats – QT Style
Tuesday, 25 October 2022, 10:07 am | Otago Regional Council
The Otago Regional Council is launching its passenger Bee Card pay service to incorporate Queenstown Ferries alongside the tourism mecca’s bus services - starting from 26 October. Being able use the Bee Card on the ferry service creates a seamless payment ... More >>
ORC Aboard On New National Ticketing System
Friday, 21 October 2022, 9:56 am | Otago Regional Council
The Otago Regional Council, along with all the country’s other Public Transport Authority’s, has signed up for the Government’s National Ticketing Solution (NTS), which was officially launched at Auckland’s Britomart train station this morning. ... More >>
ORC Urges Safety On The Water As Labour Weekend Approaches
Tuesday, 18 October 2022, 9:03 am | Otago Regional Council
As the summer boating season kicks off, Otago Regional Council Harbourmaster Steve Rushbrook is looking for safe boating behaviour all over Otago Labour Weekend is traditionally the start of the recreational boating season in Aotearoa New Zealand, ... More >>
ORC Ushers In New Triennium Of Councillors
Friday, 14 October 2022, 2:48 pm | Otago Regional Council
Otago Regional Council Interim Chief Executive Dr Pim Borren has welcomed the final results of the recent election to make up the 12 regional council positions. “To all the successful candidates and re-elected Councillors I extend a warm welcome ... More >>
Help Sought To Name ORC’s New Harbourmaster Vessel
Thursday, 13 October 2022, 8:45 am | Otago Regional Council
The Otago Regional Council’s Harbourmaster team is asking the community to put forward naming suggestions for its new vessel - which arrived last month. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2210/7e8959520ac2e1cffae8.jpeg" ... More >>
ORC Ups Bus Driver Pay Rates Again
Friday, 30 September 2022, 12:13 pm | Otago Regional Council
The Otago Regional Council (ORC) has committed to working on solutions to address the acute driver shortages, which have caused major disruptions to services across Queenstown and Dunedin in recent months. A key issue for the ORC is increasing bus ... More >>
New - Reduced ORC Consent Fees For Landowners
Wednesday, 28 September 2022, 2:01 pm | Otago Regional Council
Landowners or individuals can now line up with catchment and community groups to apply for their resource consent fees to be covered for not-for-profit environmental projects, councillors for the Otago Regional Council decided today. Councillors updated ... More >>
