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        • Committee Meeting - 14 June 2017
        • Regional Transport Committee Meeting - 16 June 2017
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        • Residual Flows for Surface Water Takes community discussion - Roxburgh
        • Residual Flows for Surface Water Takes community discussion - Wanaka
        • Residual Flows for Surface Water Takes community discussion - Ranfurly
        • Residual Flows for Surface Water Takes community discussion - Middlemarch
        • Residual Flows for Surface Water Takes community discussion - Outram
        • Residual Flows for Surface Water Takes community discussion - Maheno
        • Committee Meeting - Dunedin
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        • Committee Meetings - 13 September
        • Council Meetings - 27 September
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        • World Car Free Day - Free buses for Dunedin
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        • Lake snow public information session
        • Committee Meetings - 18 October
        • Safer Boating Week
        • East Otago Field Days
        • Flood awareness sessions
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        • Council Meetings - 1 November
        • Committee Meetings - 29 November
        • Beef and Lamb Big Day Out: Farming within Boundaries
        • Managing the amount of water in the Clutha/Mata-au - Queenstown
        • Managing the amount of water in the Clutha/Mata-au - Wanaka
        • Managing the amount of water in the Clutha/Mata-au - Cromwell
        • Managing the amount of water in the Clutha/Mata-au - Alexandra
        • Cromwell - Help protect our patch pop-in session
        • Dunedin - Help protect our patch pop-in session
        • Balclutha - Help protect our patch pop-in session
        • Oamaru - Help protect our patch pop-in session
        • Deemed permit replacement community session - Becks
        • Report back on July 2017 flood event - Mosgiel
        • Report back on July 2017 flood event - Henley
        • Water quality in the Waiwera
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        • Council Meetings - 13 December
        • Managing the amount of water in the Clutha/Mata-au - Roxburgh
        • Managing the amount of water in the Clutha/Mata-au - Balclutha
        • Arrow Catchment and Wakatipu Basin Aquifers consultation session - Arrowtown
        • Arrow Catchment and Wakatipu Basin Aquifers consultation session - Frankton
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      • October
        • Otago Regional Council meeting
      • November
        • Otago Regional Council meeting
      • December
        • Otago Regional Council meeting
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      • February
        • Council Meeting - 21 February 2018
        • World Wetlands Day 2018
        • Southern Field Days
        • RLTP Hearing - Queenstown
        • RLTP Hearing - Dunedin
        • Shaping the future of Tomahawk Lagoon
      • March
        • Committee Meeting - 21 March 2018
        • Dunedin Coastal Clean-up - Seaweek 2018
        • Sea Week - Sea Speak
        • Shag/Waihemo River Whitebait spawning project
        • Audit & Risk Subcommittee
        • Creek Fest 2018
      • April
        • Council Meeting - 11 April 2018
        • Future directions on farm based food direction in New Zealand
        • Shaping the future of Lake Tuakitoko
        • For Our Future Roadshow featuring Lab-in-a-Box: Queenstown
        • For Our Future Roadshow featuring Lab-in-a-Box: Alexandra
        • For Our Future Roadshow featuring Lab-in-a-Box: Balclutha
        • For Our Future Roadshow community meeting: Mosgiel
        • For Our Future Roadshow featuring Lab-in-a-Box: Oamaru
        • For Our Future Roadshow community meeting: Wanaka
        • For Our Future Roadshow community meeting: Cromwell
        • For Our Future Roadshow featuring Lab-in-a-Box: Dunedin
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      • May
        • Shaping the future of Tomahawk Lagoon
        • What's next for Roxburgh
        • Lower Clutha Flood Protection & Drainage Scheme - Balclutha
        • Lower Taieri Flood Protection & Drainage Scheme - Mosgiel
        • Lower Taieri Flood Protection & Drainage Scheme - Momona
        • Committee Meeting - 2 May 2018
        • Council Meeting - 16 May 2018
        • Long Term Plan Hearings - Queenstown
        • Long Term Plan Hearings - Alexandra
        • Long Term Plan Hearings - Dunedin
        • Long Term Plan Deliberations - Dunedin
      • June
        • Committee Meeting - 13 June 2018
        • Council Meeting - 27 June 2018
        • Shaping the future of Lake Tuakitoto
        • Minimum Flow - Schedule 1 consultation session
        • Minimum Flow - Industry and Interest Group Information Session
        • Minimum Flow - Irrigation Companies Information Session
        • Minimum Flow - Permit Holders and Community Groups Information Session
        • Audit and Risk Subcommittee
      • August
      • September
        • Committee Meetings - 12 September and 13 September 2018
        • Council Meeting - 26 September 2018
        • Rabbits Workshop
        • Public Hearing
        • It's World Car Free Day this Saturday - Dunedin
        • It's World Car Free Day this Saturday - Queenstown
      • October
        • Committee Meeting - 17 October 2018
        • Council Meeting - 31 October 2018
        • Flood awareness sessions Queenstown and Wanaka
      • November
      • December
      • July
        • Nature Detective Great Weed Mystery
        • Something Fishy in the Gardens
        • Our Environment: Meet the Scientists
    • 2019
      • April
        • Council Meeting - 3 April 2019
      • May
        • Committee Meetings - 1 May 2019
        • Council Meeting - 15 May 2019
        • Public Meeting - Mosgiel - Taieri Flood Protection Scheme
        • Public Meeting - Momona - Taieri Flood Protection Scheme
        • Public Meeting – Clutha – Annual Plan and Flood Protection and Drainage Scheme
        • Public Meeting - Dunedin - Annual Plan
        • Public Meeting - Waitaki - Annual Plan
        • Public Meeting - Cromwell - Annual Plan
        • Public Meeting - Queenstown - Annual Plan
        • Public Meeting - Arrow River and Wakatipu Basin aquifer
        • Public Meeting - Arrow River and Wakatipu Basin aquifer (1)
        • Public Meeting - Cardrona River and the Wanaka Basin aquifer
        • Public Meeting - Cardrona River and the Wanaka Basin aquifer (1)
      • June
        • Committee Meetings - 12 June 2019
        • Extraordinary Council Meeting - 12 June 2019
        • Audit & Risk Subcommittee - 20 June 2019
        • Council Meeting - 26 June 2019
      • July
        • Committee Meetings - 31 July 2019
      • August
        • Committee Meetings and Extraordinary Council Meeting - 1 August 2019
        • Council Meeting - 14 August 2019
        • Extraordinary Policy Committee Meeting - 14 August
      • September
        • Committee Meetings - 11 September 2019
        • Committee Meetings - 12 September 2019
        • Audit & Risk Subcommittee
        • Council Meeting - 25 September 2019
        • Manuherekia freshwater consultation meetings
      • October
        • Confronting Climate Change
        • MfE submission guide - livestream
        • Council Meeting – 23 October 2019
      • November
        • Council Meeting – 13 November 2019
        • Committee Meetings – 27 November 2019
        • Extraordinary Council Meeting – 27 November 2019
      • December
        • Council Meeting – 11 December 2019
        • Committee Meetings 11 December 2019
    • 2020
      • January
        • Council Meeting - 7 January
        • Strategy and Planning Committee Meeting - 22 January
        • Council Meeting - 22 January
        • Council Meeting - 29 January
      • February
        • Council Meeting - 26 February
        • Finance Committee - 26 February
        • Audit and Risk Subcommittee - 26 February
        • Council Meeting - 12 February
        • Joint Otago and Southland Regional Transport Committee Meeting - 4 February 2020
      • March
        • Council Meeting - 11 March
        • Infrastructure Committee - 11 March
        • Regulatory Committee - 11 March
        • Meet and greet with the Harbourmaster
      • April
        • Council Meeting - 22 April
        • Council Meeting - 9 April 2020
      • May
        • Strategy and Planning Committee - 13 May
        • Council Meeting - 27 May
        • Extraordinary Council Meeting - 6 May
        • ORC Annual Plan Hearings - Day 1
        • ORC Annual Plan Hearings - Day 2
        • ORC Annual Plan Hearings - Day 3
      • June
        • Council Meeting - 24 June
        • Finance Committee - 3 June
        • Audit and Risk Subcommittee - 3 June
        • Finance Committee - 10 June
      • July
        • Strategy and Planning Committee - 8 July
        • Regulatory Committee - 9 July
        • Council Meeting - 22 July
        • Extraordinary Council Meeting - 8 July
        • Proposed Navigational Safety Bylaws and reversal of delegation hearings – 1 July 2020
        • Public Transport Flat Fare proposal hearing
        • Proposed Otago water and waste plan changes: online information session
      • August
        • Council Meeting - 26 August
        • Finance Committee - 26 August
        • Council Meeting - 12 August
      • September
        • Strategy and Planning Committee - 9 September
        • Audit and Risk Subcommittee - 23 September
        • Council Meeting - 30 September
        • Governance, Communications & Engagement Committee Meeting - 10 September
        • Emergency Council Meeting - 10 September
      • October
        • Council Meeting - 28 October
        • Regulatory Committee - 15 October
        • Implementation Committee - 14 October
        • Data and Information Committee - 14 October
        • Our Water Our Vision, Oamaru
        • Our Water Our Vision, Palmerston
        • Our Water Our Vision, Owaka
      • November
        • Strategy and Planning Committee - 12 November
        • Council Meeting - 25 November
        • Audit and Risk Subcommittee - 26 November
        • Finance Committee - 25 November
        • Our Water Our Vision, Dunedin
        • Our Water Our Vision, Dunedin, Event 2
        • Our Water Our Vision, Milton
        • Our Water Our Vision, Ranfurly
        • Our Water Our Vision, Mosgiel
        • Our Water Our Vision, Middlemarch
        • Our Water Our Vision, Queenstown
        • Our Water Our Vision, Wanaka
        • Our Water Our Vision, Cromwell
        • Our Water Our Vision, Arrowtown
        • Our Water Our Vision, Clyde
        • Our Water Our Vision, Roxburgh
        • Our Water Our Vision, Ettrick
        • Our Water Our Vision, Tapanui
        • Our Water Our Vision, Balclutha
      • December
        • Council Meeting - 9 December
        • Strategy and Planning Committee - 1 December
    • 2021
      • February
        • Strategy and Planning Committee - 10 February
        • Governance, Communications & Engagement Committee Meeting - 10 February
        • Audit and Risk Subcommittee - 17 February
        • Finance Committee - 24 February
        • Council Meeting - 24 February
        • Extraordinary Council Meeting - 10 February
        • Joint Otago and Southland Regional Transport Committee Meeting
      • March
        • Implementation Committee - 10 March
        • Data and Information Committee - 10 March
        • Regulatory Committee - 11 March
        • Council Meeting - 24 March
        • Arrow River meeting 2021
        • Cardrona River meeting 2021
        • Lower Clutha flood protection works
        • Private Water Supplies: community information sessions - Wanaka
        • Private Water Supplies: community information sessions - Queenstown
      • April
        • Strategy and Planning Committee - 14 April
        • Public presentation: Dart and Rees braided rivers – past, present and future
        • Head of Lake Wakatipu: Community adaptation discussion
        • Council Meeting - 14 April
        • Tomahawk Lagoon water quality priorities
        • Council Meeting - 29 April
      • May
        • Strategy and Planning Committee - 12 May
        • Audit and Risk Subcommittee - 13 May
        • Governance, Communications & Engagement Committee Meeting - 13 May
        • Finance Committee - 26 May
        • Council Meeting - 27 May
        • Lower Taieri Climate Resilience projects | Community information session
        • Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Hearings (Day 1)
        • Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Hearings (Day 2)
        • Manuherekia Water Management Scenarios - Alexandra meeting
        • Manuherekia Water Management Scenarios - Omakau meeting
      • June
        • Data and Information Committee - 9 June
        • Regulatory Committee - 10 June
        • Implementation Committee - 9 June
        • Council Meeting - 23 June
        • Council Meeting - 16 June
        • Joint Otago and Southland Regional Transport Committee Meeting
        • Draft Otago Regional Public Transport Plan hearings - Day 1
        • Draft Otago Regional Public Transport Plan hearings - Day 2
        • Draft Otago Regional Public Transport Plan hearings - Day 3
        • Council Meeting - 9 June
        • Middlemarch flooding hazard drop-in session
      • July
        • Strategy and Planning Committee - 7 July
        • Implementation Committee Meeting (Extraordinary) - 7 July
      • August
        • Strategy and Planning Committee - 11 August
        • Governance, Communications & Engagement Committee Meeting - 11 August
        • Finance Committee - 25 August
        • Council Meeting - 25 August
      • September
        • Regulatory Committee - 9 September
        • Data and Information Committee - 8 September
        • Implementation Committee - 8 September
        • Council Meeting - 29 September
        • Governance, Communications & Engagement Committee (Extraordinary) - 8 September
        • Proposed Significance, Engagement and Maori Participation Policy Hearing – 16 September 2021
      • October
        • Strategy and Planning Committee - 13 October
        • Council Meeting - 27 October
        • Audit and Risk Subcommittee - 14 October
        • Finance Committee - 13 October
        • West Taieri drainage scheme and Lower Taieri flood protection scheme
        • Lower Clutha flood protection and drainage scheme
      • November
        • Strategy and Planning Committee - 10 November
        • Governance, Communications & Engagement Committee - 10 November
        • Audit & Risk Subcommittee - 11 November
        • Finance Committee - 24 November
        • Council Meeting - 24 November
        • Have your say on land and water resources in your area (Queenstown)
        • Have your say on land and water resources in your area (Wanaka)
        • Have your say on land and water resources in your area (Catlins)
      • December
        • Council Meeting - 9 December
        • Regulatory Committee - 9 December
        • Data and Information Committee - 8 December
        • Implementation Committee - 8 December
        • Lower Taieri Flood Protection Scheme Review Workshop
    • 2022
      • February
        • Strategy and Planning Committee - 9 February
        • Audit and Risk Subcommittee - 24 February
        • Council Meeting - 23 February
        • Finance Committee - 23 February
        • Council Meeting (Extraordinary) - 9 February
        • Land and Water Regional Plan - Dunstan Rohe Online Meeting
      • March
        • Implementation Committee - 9 March
        • Governance, Communications & Engagement Committee - 10 March
        • Data and Information Committee - 9 March
        • Regulatory Committee - 10 March
        • Council Meeting - 23 March
        • Land and Water Regional Plan - Lower Clutha Rohe Online Meeting
        • Land and Water Regional Plan - Roxburgh Rohe Online Meeting
        • Council Meeting (Extraordinary) - 30 March
      • April
        • Strategy and Planning Committee - 13 April
        • Implementation Committee - 14 April
        • Joint Otago and Southland Regional Transport Committee Meeting
        • Council Meeting (Extraordinary) - 14 April
      • May
        • Audit and Risk Subcommittee - 12 May
        • Council Meeting - 25 May
        • Finance Committee - 25 May
        • Extraordinary Council Meeting - 10 May
        • Emergency Council Meeting - 11 May
        • Council Meeting - 18 May
        • Extraordinary Council Meeting - 26 May
      • June
        • Data and Information Committee - 9 June
        • Implementation Committee - 9 June
        • Governance, Communications and Engagement Committee - 30 June (CANCELLED)
        • Regulatory Committee - 29 June
        • Council Meeting - 29 June
        • Finance Committee (Annual Plan Deliberations) - 1 June
        • Data and Information Committee - 30 June
        • Emergency Council Meeting - 1 June
      • July
        • Strategy and Planning Committee - 13 July
        • Otago and Southland Regional Transport Committees
        • Extraordinary Strategy and Planning Committee - 27 July
      • August
        • Strategy and Planning Committee - 10 August
        • Audit and Risk Subcommittee - 11 August
        • Finance Committee - 25 August
        • Council Meeting - 24 August
        • Implementation Committee - 11 August
        • Council Meeting - 10 August CANCELLED
        • Strategy and Planning Committee - 24 August
        • Extraordinary Council Meeting - 29 August
      • September
        • Regulatory Committee - 15 September
        • Data and Information Committee - 14 September
        • Implementation Committee - 14 September
        • Governance, Communications & Engagement Committee - 15 September
        • Council Meeting - 28 September
        • Council Meeting - 15 September
        • Audit and Risk Subcommittee - 21 September
      • October
        • Council Meeting (Inaugural) - 26 October
        • Catlins Community Meetings
        • Upper Lakes Community Meeting – Queenstown
        • Intensive Winter Grazing Consents Application Workshop
      • November
        • Council Meeting - 9 November
        • Dunstan Community Meeting – Hawea
        • Dunstan Community Meeting – Tarras
        • Dunstan Community Meeting – Cromwell
        • Lower Clutha Community Meeting – Balclutha
        • Lower Clutha Community Meetiing – Tapanui
        • Roxburgh Community Meeting – Clyde
        • Roxburgh Community Meeting – Roxburgh
        • Roxburgh Community Meeting – Millers Flat
        • Taieri Community Meeting – Mosgiel
        • Taieri Community Meeting – Middlemarch
        • Taieri Community Meeting – Ranfurly
        • Upper Lakes Community Meeting – Wanaka
        • Council Meeting (Emergency) - 24 November
      • December
        • Council Meeting - 7 December
        • Dunedin & Coast Community Meeting – Milton
        • Dunedin & Coast Community Meeting – Dunedin
        • North Otago Community Meeting – Karitane
        • North Otago Community Meeting – Oamaru
        • North Otago Community Meeting – Palmerston
        • Council Meeting (Extraordinary) - 5 December
        • Council Meeting (Extraordinary) - 12 December
    • 2023
      • February
        • Environmental Science and Policy Committee - 1 February CANCELLED
        • Public and Active Transport Committee - 1 February
        • Environmental Implementation Committee - 2 February
        • Regional Leadership Committee - 2 February
        • Council Meeting - 22 February
        • Finance Committee - 23 February
        • Safety and Resilience Committee - 23 February
      • March
        • Council Meeting - 22 March
        • Audit & Risk Subcommittee - 23 March
        • Otago and Southland Regional Transport Committees
        • Council Meeting (Emergency) - 8 March
        • Community information afternoon session - Balclutha
        • Community information evening session - Balclutha
        • Community information afternoon session - Taieri
        • Community information evening session - Lower Taieri
      • April
        • Council Meeting - 26 April
        • Environmental Science and Policy Committee - 26 April
        • Intensive Winter Grazing workshop - Milton
        • Intensive Winter Grazing workshop - Lawrence
      • May
        • Public and Active Transport Committee - 10 May
        • Regional Leadership Committee - 10 May
        • Safety and Resilience Committee - 10 May
        • Environmental Implementation Committee - 11 May
        • Council Meeting - 24 May
        • Finance Committee - 25 May
        • Intensive Winter Grazing One-on-One — Balclutha
        • Intensive Winter Grazing One-on-One — Dunedin
        • Intensive Winter Grazing One-on-One — Oamaru
        • Joint Otago and Southland Regional Transport Committee Meeting
        • Workshop: Water Quality and Quantity - 25 May 2023
      • June
        • Audit & Risk Subcommittee - 22 June
        • Council Meeting - 28 June
        • Intensive Winter Grazing One-on-One — Alexandra
        • Environmental Science and Policy Committee - 29 June
      • July
        • Council Meeting - 26 July
        • South Otago - Dairy Effluent Information Session
        • North Otago Dairy Effluent Information Session
        • Catlins Catchment Community Meeting
      • August
        • Environmental Implementation Committee - 9 August
        • Public and Active Transport Committee - 9 August
        • Regional Leadership Committee - 10 August
        • Safety and Resilience Committee - 10 August
        • Council Meeting - 23 August
        • Finance Committee - 24 August
        • Toitu Te Hakapupu / Pleasant River Community Hui
        • Environmental Science and Policy Committee Briefing - Technical Advisory Group - Land and Water Regional Plan
        • Head of Lake Whakatipu Natural Hazards Adaptation Community Workshop
      • September
        • Council Meeting - 20 September
        • Audit and Risk Subcommittee - 21 September
        • Toitū Te Hakapupu / Pleasant River Community Planting Day
        • Council Meeting 7 September
        • Land and Water Drop-in Discussions — Weston
        • Land and Water Drop-in Discussions — Dunedin
      • October
        • Environmental Science and Policy Committee - 11 October
        • Council Meeting - 25 October
        • Land and Water Drop-in Discussions — The Catlins
        • Land and Water Drop-in Discussions — Balclutha
        • Land and Water Online Discussions - Otago-wide
        • Land and Water Drop-in Discussions — Ranfurly
        • Land and Water Drop-in Discussions — Mosgiel
        • Land and Water Drop-in Discussions — Upper Lakes
        • Land and Water Online Discussions — Queenstown
        • Land and Water Drop-in Discussions — Cromwell
        • Land and Water Drop-in Discussions — Roxburgh
        • Land and Water Drop-in Discussions — Manuherekia
      • November
        • Environmental Implementation Committee - 8 November
        • Public and Active Transport Committee - 9 November
        • Regional Leadership Committee - 8 November
        • Safety and Resilience Committee - 9 November
        • Council Meeting - 22 November
        • Finance Committee - 23 November
        • First: Environmental Science and Policy Workshop - Land and Water Plan
        • Second: Environmental Science and Policy Land and Water Regional Plan Workshop
        • Environmental Science and Policy Workshop - Land and Water Regional Plan
      • December
        • Audit and Risk Subcommittee - 6 December
        • Council Meeting - 6 December
        • Environmental Science and Policy Committee Meeting
        • Council Meeting 13 December
        • Environmental Science and Policy Committee Workshop: Air Plan
        • Otago Civil Defence and Emergency Management Joint Committee
    • 2024
      • February
        • Finance Committee
        • Environmental Implementation Committee
        • Safety and Resilience Committee
        • Regional Leadership Committee
        • Council Meeting - Oamaru
        • Public and Active Transport Committee
        • Intensive Winter Grazing Workshop — Tarras
        • Intensive Winter Grazing Workshop — Ōmakau
        • Intensive Winter Grazing Workshop — Weston
        • Intensive Winter Grazing Workshop — Palmerston
        • Intensive Winter Grazing Workshop — Lawrence
        • Intensive Winter Grazing Workshop — Millers Flat
        • Dairy Effluent System Farm Tour – Balclutha
        • Dairy Effluent System Farm Tour – Taieri
        • Maniototo A&P Show
        • Long Term Plan Workshop
        • Mt Benger A&P Show
      • March
        • Council Meeting 20 March
        • Audit and Risk Subcommittee 21 March
        • Intensive Winter Grazing Workshop — Clinton
        • Intensive Winter Grazing Workshop — Milton AM
        • Intensive Winter Grazing Workshop — Milton PM
        • Intensive Winter Grazing Workshop — Tapanui AM
        • Intensive Winter Grazing Workshop — Middlemarch
        • Regional Climate Change Strategy Workshop
        • Environmental Science and Policy Workshop - Land and Water Regional Plan
        • Environmental Science and Policy Committee Meeting
        • Irrigation Efficiency Field Day
        • Come chat with ORC at Wānaka A&P Show
        • Lower Taieri flood protection community drop-in session - Outram
        • Lower Taieri flood protection community drop-in session - Mosgiel
        • Workshop - Membership Representation Review
        • Long-Term Plan Workshop
        • Council Meeting
      • May
        • Long Term Plan Hearings
        • Environmental Science and Policy Workshop - Land and Water Regional Plan - 15 May
        • Environmental Science and Policy Workshop - Land and Water Regional Plan- 28 May
        • Long Term Plan Deliberations
        • Environmental Implementation Committee
        • Safety and Resilience Committee
        • Finance Committee
        • Public & Active Transport Committee
        • Regional Leadership Committee
        • Council Meeting
      • January
      • June
        • Council Meeting
        • Council Meeting 26 June
        • Audit and Risk Subcommittee
        • Environmental Science and Policy Committee
        • Animal effluent information session — Tapanui
        • Animal effluent information session — Weston
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      • July
      • August
        • Finance Committee
        • Public and Active Transport Committee
        • Environmental Implementation Committee
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        • Regional Leadership Committee
        • Council Meeting
      • September
        • Council Meeting
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        • Audit and Risk Subcommittee
        • Environmental Science & Policy Committee: Biodiversity Strategy Workshop
      • October
        • Council Meeting 23 October
        • Council Hearings and Deliberations on Membership Representation Review
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      • November
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        • Environmental Implementation Committee
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        • Regional Leadership Committee
        • Council Meeting
      • December
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        • Audit and Risk Subcommittee
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      • February
        • Community Presentation: Head of Lake Whakatipu Draft Natural Hazards Adaptation Strategy
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