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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 >>
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 >>
