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Otago Regional Council - Latest News [Page 11]
Free Buses On All ORC Services
Tuesday, 20 September 2022, 4:11 pm | Otago Regional Council
In celebration of International Car Free Day on Thursday, the Otago Regional Council is making all its bus fares across Dunedin and Queenstown free for the day. ORC’s Interim Chief Executive Dr Pim Borren today announced the free bus service to acknowledge ... More >>
Future Of Otago’s Waterways In Spotlight
Tuesday, 20 September 2022, 2:13 pm | Otago Regional Council
The dates and venues for a second round of consultation for the Otago Regional Council’s Land and Water Regional Plan has been announced. ORC and Kāi Tahu representatives will visit 19 communities between late October and early December to discuss environmental ... More >>
ORC’s Consent Map Upgraded To Farmer-friendly
Monday, 19 September 2022, 12:58 pm | Otago Regional Council
The Otago Regional Council has upgraded its online consent mapping site, making the service far more farmer-friendly for those requiring maps to go with applications, especially for intensive winter grazing consents. The map, Consents in Otago , now ... More >>
ORC Approves Re-notification Of Freshwater Elements In Plan
Friday, 16 September 2022, 6:38 pm | Otago Regional Council
Otago Regional Council chair Andrew Noone is pleased that Council has approved the freshwater parts of the proposed Regional Policy Statement, for renotification - following a recent High Court decision requiring the pRPS to be separated into freshwater ... More >>
Freshwater Elements Of ORC Plan To Be Re-notified At End Of Month
Friday, 16 September 2022, 5:33 pm | Otago Regional Council
Otago Regional Council chair Andrew Noone is pleased that Council has approved the freshwater parts of the proposed Regional Policy Statement, for renotification - following a recent High Court decision requiring the pRPS to be separated into freshwater ... More >>
ORC’s Flood Schemes Manage July/August Deluge, But $2.5m Repair Bill Identified Across Region
Wednesday, 14 September 2022, 5:03 pm | Otago Regional Council
The Otago Regional Council’s multiple flood schemes all performed to their capacity in July and August’s four heavy rain events – especially around the Dunedin, Taieri, North Otago and Clutha catchments. However, ORC’s Engineering Manager Michelle ... More >>
Urgent Updates For Queenstown Bus Passengers
Wednesday, 7 September 2022, 4:41 pm | Otago Regional Council
Wednesday 7th September - Ongoing disruptions for Queenstown bus passengers. Route number 1 (Remarkables Park to Sunshine Bay) trips not running – 4:05pm, 5:05pm, 6:05pm, 7:05pm, 8:35pm, 9:35pm, 10:35pm and 11:35pm. Route number 1 (Sunshine Bay ... More >>
A Success Story 30 Years In The Making – From 4000 Rooks To 40 In The South
Wednesday, 7 September 2022, 11:44 am | Otago Regional Council
A joint Otago Regional Council (ORC) and Environment Southland approach has pushed rook numbers down to an estimated 40 in the Otago/Southland regions, a far cry from the many thousands which were breeding in the 1980s and 90s. Rooks were brought to ... More >>
ORC Progress Commended By Minister
Friday, 2 September 2022, 2:14 pm | Otago Regional Council
The Otago Regional Council is pleased Environment Minister David Parker has commended its progress working through numerous plan and policy changes and also acknowledging tight timeframes alongside Environment Court challenges. ORC’s chair ... More >>
Otago Regional Council Urges People To Vote
Wednesday, 31 August 2022, 2:50 pm | Otago Regional Council
With candidates for the Otago Regional Council in the 2022 local government elections announced, ORC Chief Executive Dr Pim Borren recommends voters take the time to do their research. “Check out the candidate profiles, find out what they stand for, ... More >>
Otago Regional Council Decides To Fund New Living Wage For Bus Drivers
Wednesday, 24 August 2022, 4:24 pm | Otago Regional Council
Otago Regional Council today agreed to pay an increase in the wage rate for Orbus drivers to match the difference between their current pay and the 2022 Living Wage rate. “We’re pleased we can support bus drivers with today’s decision,” says ... More >>
ORC Initiates Review Of Contact Energy’s Clyde Consent Conditions
Wednesday, 24 August 2022, 2:03 pm | Otago Regional Council
The Otago Regional Council formally notified Contact Energy yesterday that aspects of its Clyde hydro scheme consents are to be reviewed. ORC’s General Manager Regulatory and Communications, Richard Saunders, says every five years the ORC has a three-month ... More >>
ORC Scoping Study To Assess 75 Otago Lakes
Thursday, 11 August 2022, 3:02 pm | Otago Regional Council
A scoping study by the Otago Regional Council will soon spotlight 75 of Otago’s more than 7000 lakes - the first step toward potentially developing a lakes management plan. The ORC wants to determine whether there is a need for a new Otago Lakes Strategic ... More >>
Time Running Out To Make A Stand For ORC
Friday, 5 August 2022, 10:23 am | Otago Regional Council
The hour is now if you want to stand, or nominate someone to stand, for the Otago Regional Council in this year’s local government elections Nominations close noon Friday 12 August, and don’t leave it to the last minute is the advice from electionz.com ... More >>
Work Begins In North Otago To Expand ORC’s Groundwater Monitoring Network
Tuesday, 2 August 2022, 12:20 pm | Otago Regional Council
The Otago Regional Council is drilling new bore holes to upgrade its groundwater State of the Environment monitoring network in North Otago. This is part of a three-year region-wide project to expand and upgrade the groundwater monitoring network and ... More >>
When It Comes To Wallaby Hunting Cold Nights = High Tech
Monday, 1 August 2022, 9:43 am | Otago Regional Council
Low temperatures are bringing out the wallaby hunters and their high-tech gear in the fight to eradicate this pest People in the Livingstone area would have seen a drone in the sky after dark and dogs and handlers on the ground during the past week. ... More >>
ORC “heli-guaging” Of Flooded Rivers Piques Public Interest
Thursday, 28 July 2022, 5:15 pm | Otago Regional Council
Public interest has been high on the work of the Otago Regional Council’s hydrology staff’s use of helicopters to gauge the flows of the numerous North Otago waterways in flood during the past two days. ORC’s Team Leader Monitoring Eve Bruhns says ... More >>
Vulnerable Parts Of Otago Under Close Watch Tonight As Rain Continues
Tuesday, 26 July 2022, 4:42 pm | Otago Regional Council
Emergency Management Otago is asking people and residents in their homes to remain vigilant of water levels in their area overnight, particularly in areas more susceptible to flooding, as heavy rain continues into the evening across Otago. The slow-moving ... More >>
A Reminder About Postal Voting
Monday, 25 July 2022, 11:50 am | Otago Regional Council
The Otago Regional Council is reminding voters that voting in this year’s local government elections is by postal voting. With so much of our life admin now done online or talking to an automated telephone message, actually physically posting ... More >>
Pollutants In Stormwater Drains Identified - ORC
Friday, 22 July 2022, 3:38 pm | Otago Regional Council
The recent downpour and flooding has prompted the Otago Regional Council to remind people of their obligations around discharges into stormwater drains, following instances of pollutants recently entering drains. ORC Manager Compliance Tami Sargeant says ... More >>
