Otago Regional Council
What's happening:
Local Body Elections 2010
The next triennial local government elections will be held on Saturday 9 October 2010. Nominations for election are now open and will close at 12 noon on 20 August 2010.
>> Read more
High-quality bus service launched in Queenstown
New and improved bus services for Queenstown were launched on Wednesday July 14.
The new services include increased frequency on main routes between Queenstown and Frankton; new feeder services to outlying residential areas, including Arthurs Point, Fernhill, Sunshine Bay, Arrowtown, and the Lake Hayes Estate; new buses on the feeder services; and GoCard electronic ticketing and fare saving.
>> Read the media release
The new timetable and fare information can be found at www.connectabus.co.nz
ORC Good Water, Good Farming water quality forum 2010
More than 100 people attended the ORC's 2010 Good Water, Good Farming forum at Cromwell on Wednesday May 26 and Thursday May 27.
The forum provided a platform for explanation and discussion of ORC's new rural water quality strategy, which focuses on the effects of land use on water quality.
>> Read more about the strategy and forum
ORC followed up the Cromwell forum with a similar event at Oamaru on June 29, attended by about 50 people.
The third and final forum in the series will be held at the South Otago Town and Country Club, Yarmouth Street, Balclutha, on Thursday July 29, from 1pm to 5.30pm. The Balclutha forum follows the release earlier this year of a major ORC study of the Pomahaka River catchment. The report highlighted that water quality in the lower Pomahaka catchment has been degrading for a number of years, while land use has rapidly intensified.
>> View the programme
Minimum flow workshopsWaikouaiti catchment minimum flows - workshop 1
The first public workshop towards setting minimum flows for the Waikouaiti catchment is happening on 28 July 2010, 7-9pm, East Otago Events Centre (Johnny Jones Auditorium), Waikouaiti.
Background information:
For further information contact Anja McAlevey phone 0800 474 082
Proposed Plan Change 3A (Minimum Flow for Taieri River at Tiroiti) to the Regional Plan: Water
Otago Regional Council publicly notified Proposed Plan Change 3A (Minimum Flow for Taieri River at Tiroiti) on Saturday 26 June 2010. Submissions close at 5pm on Monday 26 July 2010.
>> Read about the plan change
Clean Heat Clean Air Warm Home Assistance programme
The ORC Clean Heat Warm Home Assistance programme helps eligible homeowners pay for the cost of purchasing and installing insulation and ORC approved clean heating appliances such as heat pumps, pellet burners, flued gas and woodburners. The programme applies in the Airzone one towns - Alexandra, Clyde, Cromwell and Arrowtown and in Milton which is in Airzone two.
>> Read more on the Clean Heat Clean Air Warm Home Assistance programme
Proposed Plan Change 1C (Water Allocation and Use)
The Otago Regional Council released its decisions on Proposed Plan Change 1C (Water Allocation and Use) to the Regional Plan: Water for Otago.
>> Read more about Proposed Plan Change 1C
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