ORC office closure: 23 December 2024 to 6 January 2025

Our customer support office in Dunedin is closed to the public at 4.30pm on 23 December, reopening on 6 January 2025. Our Queenstown office is closed to the public at 4pm on 23 December and reopen on 16 January 2025. All phone lines will be answered 24/7 by our after-hours service during the holiday shutdown period. Wishing you festive and safe holidays!

ORC office closure: 23 December 2024 to 6 January 2025

Our customer support office in Dunedin is closed to the public at 4.30pm on 23 December, reopening on 6 January 2025. Our Queenstown office is closed to the public at 4pm on 23 December and reopen on 16 January 2025. All phone lines will be answered 24/7 by our after-hours service during the holiday shutdown period. Wishing you festive and safe holidays!

Public notice

Public notice: Exceedances in air quality – July 2023

Thursday 3 August 2023

As a regional council, we are required under the National environmental standards for air quality (NESAQ, 2004) to report any breach of the ambient air quality standard.

The National Environmental Standards for Air Quality (NESAQ) for 24-hour PM10 (Particulate Matter with a diameter of 10 micrometres or less) is:

50 µg/m³

PM10 concentrations in July 2023 exceeded the standard as follows:

 

July

Arrowtown

Concentration (µg/m³)

6

70

8

58

9

83

10

56

29

56

30

59

Total

6