Otago Environment

Oamaru — Preventative maintenance work on the Oamaru harbour breakwater is being proposed to be brought forward due to its age and continuous impact from heavy seas and exposure to the coastal marine environment.

By Waitaki District Council
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Queenstown — A number of unsafe Douglas Fir trees will be removed and replaced at Glendhu Bay Campground after Easter.

By Queenstown Lakes District Council
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Queenstown — Over half a million dollars will be dedicated to a major push this year on the war on wilding pines in the Wakatipu Basin, Queenstown Lakes District Council district forester and Wakatipu Wilding Conifer Control Group (WCG) spokeswoman Briana Pringle said.

By Queenstown Lakes District Council
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Otago — The Otago Regional Council (ORC) is warning people to be wary of the possible presence of toxic algae in rivers and lakes throughout the Otago region this summer.

By Otago Regional Council
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Queenstown — One of the icons of New Zealand tourism is today celebrating ‘small steps’ taken to make big improvements to its environmental performance.

By Shotover Jet
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Queenstown — Lakes Leisure office staff donned their gloves, gumboots and spades last Thursday to help plant hundreds of native trees and tussocks on behalf of the Wakatipu Trails Trust.

By Lakes Leisure
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Queenstown — The team at Queenstown’s most environmentally conscious holiday park is celebrating news of a world-beating Platinum EarthCheck award.

By Southern Public Relations
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Queenstown — A temporary Frankton Track detour will be put in place next week while a  group of old pine trees is removed.

By Queenstown Lakes District Council
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Otago — More than 700 Otago households received assistance from the Otago Regional Council’s Clean Heat Clean Air programme during 2011-12 through subsidised replacement of non-complying heating appliances and home insulation.

By Otago Regional Council
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Queenstown — The Queenstown Lakes District Council will appeal an Environment Court decision in an attempt to preserve the integrity of Frankton planning and land set aside for industrial use, QLDC Mayor Vanessa van Uden said.

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Dunedin — Keep Dunedin Beautiful is inviting the public to take some time to remove litter from a favourite area between 15 September and 28 September.

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Wanaka — Ziptrek Ecotours is proud to have joined forces with well-known eco-business Wanaka Wastebusters and the Queenstown Lakes District Council to support the Paper4trees initiative in the region.

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Dunedin — Otago can look forward to seeing a raft of positive environmental activity after the Speight’s Brewery Environment Fund was awarded to five independent conservation groups this month.

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Otago — Michael Skerrett has been appointed to the Otago Regional Council’s natural resources committee.

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Dunedin — ‘Velvet’, a gargantuan tapestry of our endangered native longfin eel, will be on display on the fourth floor of the Dunedin City Library throughout the New Zealand International Science Festival.

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Dunedin — The generation of power from methane gas at the Green Island Waste Water Treatment Plant is expected to reduce the DCC’s power bill by approximately $350,000 per year.

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Dunedin — The success of the DCC’s Earth Hour event in previous years has paid off and this year the businesses of the lower Octagon have taken the lead in organising festivities.

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Otago — Palmerston is to become part of the Otago Regional Council’s continuous programme of air quality monitoring, after an ORC study found that parts of the town are prone to pollution from smoke and soot during winter.

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Queenstown — Comment is being sought from the public on a report about long term planning for the trees in the Queenstown Gardens.

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Queenstown — An environmental protection and enhancement programme at one of New Zealand’s leading hotel, golf and spa resorts has seen the landscape restored as a haven for native bird and fish life.

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Cardrona — The latest in a series of catchment meetings to help determine a minimum flow for the Cardrona River and level for the Cardrona Aquifer is being held in Wanaka next week.

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Queenstown — Overgrown sections are beginning to cause concern in the Queenstown Lakes District as the hot, dry summer continues, Queenstown Lakes District Council principal rural fire officer Gordon Bailey said.

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