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Seven Otago Projects Receive More Than $50,000 Consent Fee Funding – ORC
Thursday, 10 August 2023, 12:26 pm | Otago Regional Council
Seven environmental groups around Otago have received more than $50,000 from the Otago Regional Council toward their respective projects in the past financial year – toward covering their consenting and monitoring costs. For the 2022-23 financial ... More >>
Bus Trip Numbers Continue To Rise
Thursday, 10 August 2023, 10:49 am | Otago Regional Council
Bus use in Dunedin and Queenstown has maintained its upward trajectory with more than four million individual bus trips taken across both centres during the past financial year. Patronage data reported to the Otago Regional Council’s Public ... More >>
Bus Drivers’ Meetings Not Expected To Disrupt Services - ORC
Wednesday, 9 August 2023, 10:22 am | Otago Regional Council
There is not expected to any major disruption to Dunedin’s bus network during tomorrow’s two-hour drivers’ meetings, but passengers are asked to check timetables online. ORC’s Manager Transport Lorraine Cheyne says having spoken with bus route ... More >>
Free Buses For 25,000 Football Fans
Friday, 28 July 2023, 7:08 pm | Otago Regional Council
Otago Regional Council is advising Otago’s football fans to plan ahead and make use of the popular free buses when they head to Sunday’s big game as the city will be heaving. It’s a full house at the stadium with more than 25,000 fans expected ... More >>
The Hitchhiker Otago Doesn’t Want To Pick Up - Freshwater Gold Clams
Wednesday, 19 July 2023, 10:52 am | Otago Regional Council
Otago Regional Council (ORC) is asking recreational water users in Otago to be vigilant after the discovery of a new aquatic pest species in New Zealand. Recently discovered along a stretch of the Waikato River in May this year, the Freshwater gold clam ( ... More >>
Free Bus Trips To World Cup Matches
Thursday, 13 July 2023, 2:42 pm | Otago Regional Council
Otago Regional Council is providing free travel for ticket holders on buses to support fans getting to games at the largest women’s sporting event to come to New Zealand. Fans travelling to the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ games on any bus service ... More >>
Farm Flyovers Resuming This Week – ORC
Thursday, 6 July 2023, 12:39 pm | Otago Regional Council
Flights to check that farmers are abiding by Intensive Winter Grazing regulations are resuming tomorrow around Central Otago, with ORC staff to later assess images of farms, forestry operations and waterways. Manager Compliance Tami Sargeant says ... More >>
ORC's New Online Tool To Find Native Plants For Your Area
Thursday, 6 July 2023, 10:34 am | Otago Regional Council
The Otago Regional Council has developed a new online tool to help communities find the most suitable native plants for their specific area and project. ORC’s Manager Environmental Implementation, Libby Caldwell, says the new Otago Native Planting ... More >>
Bus And Ferry Fares Change 1 July
Friday, 30 June 2023, 11:32 am | Otago Regional Council
Otago Regional Council (ORC) is asking passengers to familiarise themselves with a new fare structure which starts in Dunedin and Queenstown on 1 July. “The new fare structure is complicated with a range of options. For those with registered ... More >>
Workshops On Dealing With Dairy Effluent Next Month - ORC
Wednesday, 28 June 2023, 10:05 am | Otago Regional Council
The Otago Regional Council is running the first two of a series of dairy farmer workshops in July, advising around regulations and consenting for effluent storage ponds and its discharge to land. ORC’s Acting Manger Consents, Alexandra King, ... More >>
ORC heralds free fares for children from 1 July
Wednesday, 14 June 2023, 5:39 pm | Otago Regional Council
Free fares for children from 1 July Otago Regional Council will be one of the first big centres in the country to offer free bus fares for young people from July 1. The free fares can be accessed through a registered Bee Card and children must tag ... More >>
ORC and Fish and Game addressing Otago galaxiid’s ‘slide into extinction’
Wednesday, 14 June 2023, 4:39 pm | Otago Regional Council
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE 14 June 2023 The Otago Regional Council, Otago Fish and Game Council, mana whenua and community groups are working together on a “project-by-project” basis toward protecting numerous galaxiid species across Otago from eventual extinction. ... More >>
Consents Review Of Contact Energy’s Clyde Hydro Scheme Completed
Friday, 2 June 2023, 4:12 pm | Otago Regional Council
The resource consent conditions around Contact Energy’s obligations covering public amenities work along its hydro schemes on the Clutha River/ Mata Au in Central Otago have been released by the Otago Regional Council. The recent consents review and ... More >>
Moving Day Reminder For Southern Dairy Farmers
Thursday, 25 May 2023, 9:45 am | Otago Regional Council
Southern dairy farmers are being reminded to undertake best practices to safeguard water quality and transport safety when the annual stock Moving Day begins next Thursday. Moving Day starts from June 1 and continues for several weeks, a tradition where ... More >>
32 Groups Funded $536k For Environmental Projects - ORC
Wednesday, 24 May 2023, 3:16 pm | Otago Regional Council
A total 32 organisations around Otago are the successful recipients of $536,470 - from both the ORC’s annual ECO Fund and its Incentives Fund this year. An initial 49 applications were again oversubscribed by more than 100%, with $1.17 million being ... More >>
Over 200 Intensive Winter Grazing Consents Issued By Otago Regional Council
Thursday, 11 May 2023, 10:07 am | Otago Regional Council
More than 200 Intensive Winter Grazing (IWG) consents have been issued by the ORC to farmers in recent months for winter 2023, and beyond. Acting Manager Consents Alexandra King says the focus in recent months has been on education around how farmers ... More >>
ORC Releases More Information On Glenorchy And Environs
Tuesday, 9 May 2023, 7:30 pm | Otago Regional Council
The latest ORC report on natural hazards around Glenorchy and the adjacent Rees-Dart River floodplain - primarily management of flooding and liquefaction hazards – has been released today, outlining to the Council and local community potential hazard ... More >>
Report Reveals High Risk Of Extinction To Otago Reptiles
Wednesday, 26 April 2023, 2:54 pm | Otago Regional Council
Otago Regional Council has just released its Regional Threat Assessment for reptiles - the first in a series of threat assessments for indigenous species around Otago. The regional status of most reptiles found in Otago are threatened with extinction ... More >>
Attending ORC’s Next Full Council Meeting In Balclutha?
Wednesday, 19 April 2023, 2:30 pm | Otago Regional Council
The public are being encouraged to be part of or attend Otago Regional Council’s full meeting in Balclutha next week by Council Chair Gretchen Robertson. “ Holding this meeting in Balclutha alongside the mighty Clutha River is just part of the recognition ... More >>
Quality Feedback On Proposed Land & Water Plan
Thursday, 6 April 2023, 11:30 am | Otago Regional Council
The Otago Regional Council (ORC) is pleased with the quality of feedback following another positive round of consultation as part of the development of its proposed Land and Water Regional Plan (LWRP) for Otago. Round two of consultation, between ... More >>
