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Funding And Next Steps Confirmed For Otago Climate Resilience Projects
Thursday, 17 December 2020, 3:25 pm | Otago Regional Council
The Otago Regional Council (ORC) has finalised an agreement with the Provincial Development Unit (PDU) for $5.44m in government funding for four engineering projects in Otago. The projects will help with flood resilience and environmental outcomes, ... More >>
ORC Undertaking Flyovers To Monitor Land Disturbance This Week
Wednesday, 16 December 2020, 9:53 am | Otago Regional Council
The Otago Regional Council (ORC) is once more taking to the skies for a bird’s eye view on land use in the region this week, to monitor for land disturbance from forestry and land developments. ORC Manager Compliance Tami Sargeant said the flights ... More >>
Statement On Department Of Internal Affairs Interest In ORC
Friday, 11 December 2020, 4:25 pm | Otago Regional Council
As briefly noted in a recent Stuff news article, the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) took an interest in the Otago Regional Council (ORC) earlier this year, however this interest has not extended beyond informal conversations. The interest was particularly ... More >>
Buy and stack your firewood now to burn dry and breathe easy
Friday, 11 December 2020, 12:18 pm | Otago Regional Council
Stacking firewood during summer ensures it will have time to dry out before winter, meaning less air pollution from home heating. More >>
Green Light To Swim: Summer Swim Monitoring Kicks Off With Good Results Across Otago
Thursday, 10 December 2020, 3:08 pm | Otago Regional Council
Summer recreation water quality monitoring runs between December and the end of March every year. The results of summer recreation monitoring this week are green across the board for Otago, indicating safe swimming conditions at 25 popular freshwater ... More >>
ORC Extends $2 Bus Fares In Dunedin Until Mid-2021
Wednesday, 9 December 2020, 4:47 pm | Otago Regional Council
The flat fares, introduced with the launch of the Bee Card in September, will continue until at least the end of June next year. The Otago Regional Council (ORC) decided today to retain the current flat bus fares in Dunedin for at least the remainder ... More >>
ORC To Receive Over $6m In Funding For Wilding Conifer And Wallaby Control This Year
Monday, 7 December 2020, 3:02 pm | Otago Regional Council
The Otago Regional Council (ORC) has entered into funding agreements with Biosecurity New Zealand as part of its National Wilding Conifer and National Wallaby Programmes for operations commencing between this year and 2024. Under these agreements, ORC ... More >>
ORC Tallies Up Its Own Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Wednesday, 25 November 2020, 4:30 pm | Otago Regional Council
The Otago Regional Council (ORC) today presented an inventory of its own greenhouse gas output (GHG) for the financial year 2018-19. The inventory tallied ORC’s total gross GHG output over the 12-month period at 578 tonnes, made up mostly from transport ... More >>
ORC Approves ECO Fund Recipients For October Round Of Funding
Wednesday, 25 November 2020, 2:49 pm | Otago Regional Council
The Otago Regional Council (ORC) approved funding for ten projects totalling nearly $125,000 through its ECO Fund today. The ECO Fund is a contestable fund supporting community-driven projects that protect, enhance and promote Otago’s environment. ... More >>
ORC Appealing For Information About Otago Harbour Diesel Spill
Thursday, 12 November 2020, 2:47 pm | Otago Regional Council
An estimated 400-600L of diesel has spilled into the South Dunedin stormwater network and into the Otago Harbour at Andersons Bay. The Otago Regional Council (ORC) is appealing for information to help identify the source of the spill, and have enacted ... More >>
Significant Progress Being Made On Lower Clutha Flood Damage Repairs
Friday, 6 November 2020, 3:08 pm | Otago Regional Council
The Otago Regional Council (ORC) is making good progress on repairing damage to drainage and flood protection assets that resulted from floods in the Lower Clutha earlier this year. ORC Manager Engineering Michelle Mifflin said the most visible ... More >>
Report Highlights Impacts Of Changing Climate
Friday, 16 October 2020, 3:18 pm | Otago Regional Council
The Ministry of Environment’s Our atmosphere and climate 2020 report, released yesterday, highlights the impact that climate change is already having on New Zealand, including on temperatures and weather events, biodiversity, and natural hazard risks. ... More >>
Signs Of Success Following Clyde Rabbit Control Operation
Tuesday, 6 October 2020, 2:56 pm | Otago Regional Council
The collaborative operation was the first of a new approach by ORC to organising landowner-led rabbit control in Otago. Early signs indicate a rabbit control operation carried out during August has had a significant impact on rabbit numbers around Dunstan ... More >>
ORC’s ECO Fund Is Open For Applications From 1 October
Wednesday, 30 September 2020, 3:08 pm | Otago Regional Council
The Otago Regional Council’s (ORC) ECO Fund supports community-driven projects that protect and enhance Otago’s environment. The fund is receiving applications from 1 October to 20 October. The ECO Fund provides $250,000 per year in contestable ... More >>
ORC Reminds Private Bore Owners To Get Their Water Tested Regularly
Monday, 28 September 2020, 3:50 pm | Otago Regional Council
The Otago Regional Council’s (ORC) state of the environment monitoring bores have detected elevated levels of E. coli in two locations on the lower Waitaki Plains. The bore owners were immediately notified alongside the Southern District Health ... More >>
National Water Quality Picture Shows More Work Is Needed In Urban And Rural Catchments
Sunday, 27 September 2020, 12:48 pm | Otago Regional Council
As part of World Rivers Day, LAWA (Land, Air Water, Aotearoa) has today released a National Picture Summary of New Zealand’s water quality for 2010-2019. The National Picture shows that our waterways are under pressure in both urban and rural areas. ... More >>
Environmental Protection Authority Calls For Further Submissions On ORC Plan Changes
Friday, 18 September 2020, 12:30 pm | Otago Regional Council
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) today published a Summary of Submissions on three Otago Regional Council (ORC) plan changes and invited submitters to make further submissions from tomorrow. The three plan changes notified by the EPA on ... More >>
ORC Welcomes Government Announcement Of The Manuherekia As An Exemplar Catchment
Monday, 14 September 2020, 5:43 pm | Otago Regional Council
The announcement was made by Minister for the Environment Hon. David Parker and Agriculture Minister Hon. Damien O’Connor at an event near Ophir this morning. The Otago Regional Council (ORC) has welcomed an announcement by the government today ... More >>
No Pay Rise For Councillors
Thursday, 10 September 2020, 4:29 pm | Otago Regional Council
The Otago Regional Council this morning received a report about the Local Government Members Remuneration Determination for the 2020-21 financial year. ORC Chair Andrew Noone said the council happily accepted that remuneration was unchanged from the ... More >>
New National Regulations To Protect And Restore Waterways Now In Force
Friday, 4 September 2020, 2:13 pm | Otago Regional Council
The intent of the new framework is to stop degradation of our waterways now and achieve improvement where water quality is degraded. Otago Regional Council Chair Andrew Noone said the council welcomed the Action for Healthy Waterways regulatory ... More >>
