Following delivery of a recommendations report by the two Independent Hearings Panels over the Proposed Otago Regional Policy Statement (pORPS), ORC’s Councillors yesterday accepted the report and moved to publicly notify the document. The pORPS will be .
As near-drought conditions persist across much of the South Island, the Otago Regional Council is cautioning Otago farmers and rural and urban communities to consider conserving water in the weeks ahead. The use of water from streams and rivers in some areas .
Water quality and climate change remain the most important environmental issues to people around Otago, according to the latest survey results just released by the Otago Regional Council. ORC Chair Gretchen Robertson thanked the more than 1100 people .
Bus patronage is continuing to rise in both Dunedin and Queenstown – up 28% and 44% respectively with trips in the second half of 2023 up on the previous two years combined. The number of bus trips taken in Dunedin from July to December 2023 was .
ORC has completed its first surveillance operation looking at whether spy wallaby will lead hunters to other wallaby. One of the 10 spy wallaby has travelled 42 kilometres from Canterbury into Otago and is still moving. The release of ten ‘seeker’ or .