June 2025

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June saw a continued lift in activity, with a further increase in consents issued and a rise in service requests and incidents. Core performance remained strong—100% of consents were processed on time and 99.9% of public inquiries met targets. Monitoring and inspections finished the year well ahead of plan: Resource consent monitoring reached 142.1% of target. Programmed audits and inspections hit 127.2%. Performance monitoring returns reached 146.6%. Enforcement actions rose significantly, indicating a more active compliance environment to close out the financial year.

May 2025

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Performance remained strong in May, with 100% of consents processed on time and 99.9% of public inquiries met within target. There is an increase in consents issued, as well as a rise in service requests and incident created—indicating higher community engagement and activity. Monitoring and inspections continue to track well ahead of annual targets, while enforcement remains low with no prosecutions, suggesting strong overall compliance.

April 2025

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Environmental Delivery performance remained strong in April 2025, with all resource consent applications processed on time and public inquiries responded to within target timeframes. Compliance activities are tracking well ahead of targets, with high volumes of monitoring and inspections completed year to date. Enforcement remains low, and overall trends indicate consistent, above-target delivery across key service areas. Boat engine hours were notably lower this month, less than half of March’s total.

March 2025

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In March 2025, ORC exceeded targets for consent processing, compliance monitoring, and inspections. 100% of consents were processed within the RMA timeframes. No prosecutions occurred, but 45 infringements and 29 abatement notices were issued.