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Warning Over Burning Toxic Items
Thursday, 23 November 2023, 10:26 am | Otago Regional Council
Mattresses, plastic bottles, tyres, chemicals and waste oil are just some of the items being burnt outdoors in Otago. Otago residents are being urged to be a lot more thoughtful about what they burn outdoors after the Otago Regional Council has ... More >>
Busy Day For Buses With 7,000 Cruise Ship Passengers Arriving
Monday, 13 November 2023, 1:20 pm | Otago Regional Council
Thousands of visitors are expected to arrive in Dunedin this week with the second day of the cruise ship season bringing more than 7,000 passengers to Port Chalmers on the Ovation of the Seas and Carnival Splendor on Friday (17 November) . ORC’s ... More >>
Otago Leads The Way For Bus Use In Regional Centres
Thursday, 9 November 2023, 12:28 pm | Otago Regional Council
Bus patronage in Dunedin and Queenstown has jumped again. Between July and September this year more than 850,000 people took the bus in Dunedin. This was a 31% increase in passenger numbers as measured against the same period pre-Covid. It was a similar ... More >>
Mapping Dataset Now Covers More Than 3900-sq Km Of Central Otago
Wednesday, 8 November 2023, 10:12 am | Otago Regional Council
A new high-resolution ground mapping dataset of the Manuherekia Catchment and surrounding areas in Central Otago is now complete, covering a total 3935 square kilometres of land. The high-resolution 3D ground elevation data for the Manuherekia Catchment ... More >>
Safety On The Water Should Be First Priority – ORC Harbourmaster
Tuesday, 31 October 2023, 9:23 am | Otago Regional Council
Otago Regional Council Harbourmaster Steve Rushbrook wants safety to be the first priority of people going out on the water this summer. The recreational boating season in Aotearoa New Zealand is getting underway, with the holiday season fast approaching ... More >>
New Dangerous Dams Policy Proposed
Wednesday, 25 October 2023, 6:38 pm | Otago Regional Council
The Otago Regional Council is updating its policy on how it deals with dangerous, earthquake-prone or flood-prone dams in Otago, and how it reviews the policy at regular intervals. The council seeks public submissions as part of the process, open from ... More >>
Last Land And Water Regional Plan Meeting This Week
Tuesday, 24 October 2023, 12:59 pm | Otago Regional Council
The last of 12 community meetings across Otago seeking public input on ORC’s Land and Water Regional Plan is on Friday – but the online feed-back form will be live until 6 November. The Ophir Peace Memorial Hall in Swindon St, Ophir, is the venue ... More >>
Mechanical Skimmers Continue Cleaning Operation At Careys Bay
Friday, 13 October 2023, 10:50 am | Otago Regional Council
Two mechanical skimmers have so far lifted more than 3300 litres of contaminated, oily water from around a sunken boat at Carey Bay, in Port Chalmers, north of Dunedin. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2310/12d278ee6eb30739d19c.jpeg" ... More >>
Farmers Encouraged To Consider Next Year’s IWG Planning – ORC
Wednesday, 11 October 2023, 9:19 am | Otago Regional Council
While it’s still a busy time of year for Otago farmers, it is also a prime time to start thinking about farm grazing plans for winter 2024. ORC’s Acting Manager Consent Alexandra King says now is a good time to reflect on the recent winter and ... More >>
Working Together To Safeguard Otago’s Deepwater Lakes
Friday, 6 October 2023, 5:29 pm | Otago Regional Council
Scientists and freshwater experts joined forces in Wanaka this week to share information about Otago’s deepwater lakes and how to safeguard them into the future. The Knowledge into Action for Otago’s Deepwater Lakes Workshop, organised by WAI Wānaka with ... More >>
Otago Farmers Alerted To El Niño Forecast
Friday, 6 October 2023, 11:31 am | Otago Regional Council
Otago farmers are being urged to consider the potential impacts of an El Niño summer and its effects on farm operations, soil moisture and water supplies. A recent NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research) report stated there is around ... More >>
Otago-wide Improvements To Air Quality Monitoring - ORC
Tuesday, 26 September 2023, 6:27 pm | Otago Regional Council
In response to new air quality guidelines across the country, ORC has recently been upgrading its monitoring network throughout Otago. Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) announced in June it was updating how it monitored New Zealand’s air quality, by ... More >>
Monitoring Continues Across Otago's Waterways - ORC
Friday, 22 September 2023, 1:51 pm | Otago Regional Council
Otago Regional Council staff are continuing to closely monitor lake and river levels around the region following heavy rain. ORC Duty Flood Manager Tim van Woerden says river and lake levels are elevated across Otago, but rain has now eased in the upper ... More >>
Sightings Sought Of Elusive Wetland Birds – ORC
Thursday, 21 September 2023, 10:16 am | Otago Regional Council
The public are being asked to assist with sightings of two rare and elusive wetland birds as part of a wider wetland bird project, following discoveries from the start of a multi-agency bird survey across numerous Otago wetlands. Both the Otago matuku-hūrepo ... More >>
ORC Urges Care Around Lakes And Rivers Leading Into Weekend
Wednesday, 20 September 2023, 4:50 pm | Otago Regional Council
With a heavy rain warning issued for Southern Lakes headwaters over Thursday and Friday, the Otago Regional Council is urging residents and visitors across the region to take care in and around waterways. “Streams, rivers and lakes can rise very ... More >>
New Middlemarch Rain Gauge Boosts Flood Forecasting Capabilities
Friday, 15 September 2023, 11:23 am | Otago Regional Council
More than a ton of gear was transported by helicopter halfway up the Rock and Pillar Range behind Middlemarch last week. At around 700m in altitude on Glencreag Station, ORC’s Environmental Monitoring team spent the day installing a solar powered rain ... More >>
Rook Numbers In Decline But Public Asked To Report Sightings
Thursday, 14 September 2023, 11:13 am | Otago Regional Council
Rook numbers are down across Otago and Southland but the public are being asked to report any recent sightings to avoid a flare-up in numbers, says the Otago Regional Council (ORC) and Environment Southland. ORC’s Delivery Lead Biosecurity Coastal ... More >>
Alternative Approach To Protect Unique Taieri River Scroll Plains – ORC
Wednesday, 13 September 2023, 11:03 pm | Otago Regional Council
The Otago Regional Council has committed to working with iwi and the local community to develop a management plan to protect the upper Taieri River’s unique scroll plain. The management plan, which is an alternative to the stock exclusion regulations, ... More >>
Dates Confirmed For Otago Farmers And Growers To Start Freshwater Farm Plans
Monday, 11 September 2023, 10:01 am | Otago Regional Council
Dates have been confirmed by the Government for the phased rollout in Otago of freshwater farm plans, giving farmers and growers certainty of when they need to begin work on preparing their freshwater farms plans. The Freshwater Farm Plan regulations require ... More >>
Head Of Lake Whakatipu Natural Hazards Community Workshop On Thursday
Monday, 28 August 2023, 12:46 pm | Otago Regional Council
The Head of Lake Whakatipu community is invited to participate in one of two natural hazards adaptation workshops on Thursday 31 August, hosted by Otago Regional Council (ORC) and Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC). ORC’s Manager Natural Hazards ... More >>
