Orari-Opihi-Pareora Zone Committee meeting | infonews.co.nz New Zealand News

The Orari-Opihi-Pareora (OOP) Zone Committee will hold its regular meeting (open to members of the public) at the Southburn Public Hall on Friday, February 10 (1.30-3.30pm) followed by a public meeting on the draft Zone Implementation Programme. At the regular meeting the committee will receive a presentation from members of the <a href="http://ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/canterburywater/committees/hurunui-waiau/Pages/default.aspx">Hurunui-Waiau Zone Committee</a> on new infrastructure and water quality. The committee will also be briefed on the Land and Water Regional Plan by Peter Constantine – Principal Planner Advisor at Environment Canterbury – as well as an update on the Regional Committee. The meeting will finish with updates on the Pareora and Orari Flow plan. The main focus for the OOP committee over the past few months has been to finalise its draft Zone Implementation Programme (ZIP). The draft ZIP recommends the actions, responsibilities and time-frames to help achieve the principles, targets and goals set out in the Canterbury Water Management Strategy. The draft ZIP includes recommendations to reflect the committee’s overall priorities: <ul> <li> To support and facilitate catchment level initiatives, to protect and enhance water quality and biodiversity, on which so much else is dependent</li> <li> To optimise the use of the water resource we currently have, and secure additional reliable and economically viable water supplies to meet the needs of a water short-zone.</li> </ul>   The committee has now released its draft ZIP for public feedback and members of the public will be invited to attend community meetings around the zone – on February 9, 10, and 14 – and submit written feedback on-line by March 9. Meeting details are being advertised in local papers and are also available here. The OOP Zone Committee operates as a joint committee of Environment Canterbury and the Timaru and Mackenzie District Councils. The zone extends south from the Rangitata River through to the Pareora catchment. It includes all of the Timaru district and parts of the Mackenzie and Waimate districts. Orari-Opihi-Pareora Zone Committee meeting Friday 10 February Commencing at 1.30pm (note the later time from previously advertised) Southburn Hall, Corner of Caird Road and Pareora River Road. <a href="http://ecan.govt.nz/publications/Council/cw-oop-agenda-amended-100212.pdf">Read the agenda</a> (8 kB)