In a new report, Otago Regional Council (ORC) has released its Regional Threat Assessment for vascular plants – the third in a series of threat assessments for indigenous species in Otago. For the ...

This video shows Nugget Point, Otago, New Zealand, a dramatic section of coastline where a series of rocky outcrops extend ...

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These species have been highlighted as “Spotlight Species” in ORC’s Regional Pest Management Plan (RPMP) discussion document, ...

Local reporting is vital to a thriving and connected community. Help us keep telling Otago's stories by making a contribution. The majority of the Otago Regional Council want her gone, but chairwoman ...

There's relief from Federated Farmers after Otago Regional Council was forced to pause its proposed land and water regional plan. The council's plans were ground to a halt after the Government ...

Marian Hobbs has resigned from the Otago Regional Council, but is keeping mum about the reason for her decision, saying she did not want to give already stressed people further anxiety. The former ...

The Otago Regional Council is "well ahead of the majority'' of the Government's goals for improving water quality, council policy planning and resource management director Fraser McRae says. He was ...

The Otago Daily Times conducted a Q&A with ORC's North Otago environmental officer Simon Stevenson, about wallaby management in the region. Q How many wallabies were destroyed around Ranfurly last ...

Creating a brand for New Zealand red meat that is verified as meeting fishable and swimmable water quality objectives is the mission of Food, Farms and Freshwater. Community-based groups seeking to ...

The positions in the table below reflect the Otago Regional Council's position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the ...

A scheduled meeting of the Otago Regional Council (ORC) to vote on a critical land and water plan was abruptly altered following an eleventh-hour government intervention. The change left council ...