ORC’s Chief Executive Richard Saunders said the extraordinary meeting would begin at 2pm in Dunedin on Friday.

There will be a report to Councillors on a recent meeting with Minister for the Environment, Penny Simmonds, and Forestry and Agriculture Minister, Todd McClay, in Wellington last week.

Mr Saunders says the other discussion will be around investigating options for future Government support on Land and Water Regional Plan matters.

The extraordinary meeting was arranged under appropriate standing orders following a request received from Councillor Malcolm and signed by Councillors Wilson, Noone, Laws and Kelliher.

ORC is due to decide on 23 October whether to go ahead and publicly notify its proposed Land and Water Regional Plan that month or consider pausing its progress.

The Agenda for the extraordinary will be put up on the ORC web site late Thursday.

Staff can not comment further on the Agenda, until Councillors have had the opportunity to meet and discuss the Agenda.

Meeting: Level 2, Phillip Laing House, Rattray St, Dunedin
Starts: 2pm
Livestream: Link will be available within the agenda on web site: orc.govt.nz