Media Releases
Otago Regional Council's recent news, plus archives. To request an archived media release from before 2007 please email us using our contact form.
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
The Otago Regional Council (ORC) is urging dairy farmers, sharemilkers, and trucking companies to do their bit during the next few weeks to help keep southern roads and waterways effluent-free. Man...
Thursday, 10 May 2012
The Otago Regional Council (ORC) is seeking public input on its new flood protection bylaw. The bylaw was publicly notified at the weekend. ORC is changing it to ensure that these regulations...
Monday, 30 April 2012
With duck shooting season starting on Saturday 5 May, Otago Regional Council (ORC) and the Ministry for Primary Industries are reminding Otago hunters to clean their equipment as they move between...
Friday, 27 April 2012
Most Otago dairy farmers are managing their environment responsibly and complying with permitted activity rules in the Otago Water Plan. Otago Regional Council (ORC) compliance staff visited 142...
Friday, 27 April 2012
Now that proposed Plan Change 6A to the Otago Water Plan has been publicly notified, the Otago Regional Council (ORC) has started preliminary work on related plan changes, which include addressing...
Friday, 27 April 2012
Consent holders for rural water takes in the Otago region are being urged not to leave compliance with new Government water measuring regulations to the last minute. The Resource Management...
Friday, 27 April 2012
Submissions on the draft Otago Regional Land Transport Programme (RLTP) 2012-15 close at the end of next week. Members of the public wanting to be heard must get their submissions to the Regional...
Thursday, 26 April 2012
The Otago Regional Council (ORC) is reminding people that submissions on the proposed change to the Otago Water Plan governing rural water quality close at 5pm on Wednesday May 2. The proposed plan...
Friday, 20 April 2012
Milton residents are being encouraged to get involved in a community process aimed at better managing the area’s flood risk. The Otago Regional Council (ORC) and Clutha District Council (CDC) set u...
Monday, 16 April 2012
Time is running out for people who want to have their say on the future activities of the Otago Regional Council (ORC). Submissions for ORC’s 2012-22 Long Term Plan (LTP) close on Friday 27 April....