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Environment Canterbury welcomes new Wainono funding
Thursday, 14 July 2016, 4:59 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury today welcomed the announcement by Environment Minister Nick Smith that Te Rūnanga o Waihao would receive more than $500,000 for restoration of Wainono Lagoon in South Canterbury. More >>
Rural burning banned during winter months
Monday, 11 July 2016, 5:06 pm | Environment Canterbury
Having a District Council permit to burn green waste in your rural area doesn’t exclude you from a ban during winter, Environment Canterbury says. More >>
Environment Canterbury Candidate Information Evening
Monday, 11 July 2016, 4:59 pm | Environment Canterbury
Between September 16 and when voting closes on October 8, Canterbury voters will have the first opportunity since the 2007 elections to vote for representation on Environment Canterbury Regional Council. More >>
Environment Canterbury sets rates
Thursday, 23 June 2016, 2:27 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury sets rates Environment Canterbury today set its rates for the coming year, with a rise of 2.9% on last year’s rates. This is lower than the rates rise signalled in the Council’s Long-Term Plan two years ago of 5.3%. Commissioner ... More >>
Using a Metrocard will save you at least 30 per cent
Thursday, 23 June 2016, 2:27 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury is urging people to use Metrocards to make sure they’re getting the cheapest public transport fares possible. More >>
Community members given chance to get involved
Thursday, 23 June 2016, 2:20 pm | Environment Canterbury
There is less than two weeks left to apply to be on the Regional Water Management Committee (applications close on 5 July) and make a difference to how our water is managed. More >>
Decisions on Waitaki water allocation plan
Thursday, 16 June 2016, 2:38 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury announced today that Council had accepted the recommendations of the Independent Hearing Commissioners on Plan Change 3 to the Waitaki Catchment Water Allocation Regional Plan. More >>
New Zealand first for water management trial
Friday, 3 June 2016, 3:11 pm | Environment Canterbury
New Zealand first for water management trial New Zealand’s first large scale Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) pilot project officially launched in Ashburton today. The Hinds/Heheao MAR Pilot Project is part of a package of water management solutions ... More >>
Wave barrier aims to protect plants at Te Waihora
Monday, 30 May 2016, 2:34 pm | Environment Canterbury
An important step in the restoration of Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere is currently under way. More >>
Black-billed gull project up for consideration
Friday, 20 May 2016, 10:21 am | Environment Canterbury
The Kaikōura Water Zone Committee will consider funding a project aimed at improving the breeding success of the “most threatened gull species in the world” at its meeting on May 25. Immediate Steps funding is sought from the Kaikōura Water Zone ... More >>
Canterbury State of Water Resources April 2016
Wednesday, 11 May 2016, 1:41 pm | Environment Canterbury
April was very dry in most areas in Canterbury, with a number of rain gauges recording less than 25% of their April long term means. Rainfall gauges at Arthurs Pass and Mt Cook recorded approximately 60 % of their annual means. More >>
Hinds Drains recommendations set to be adopted
Friday, 22 April 2016, 12:15 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Ashburton Water Zone Committee is set to adopt community recommendations for improving water management in the Hinds Plains area at its meeting on April 26. More >>
Water Shortage Direction for Opihi River and tributaries
Friday, 15 April 2016, 12:26 pm | Environment Canterbury
A Water Shortage Direction for the Opihi River and its tributaries – which includes the Opuha River and Lake Opuha – is in effect from Friday 15 April for 14 days. While January rainfall helped raise storage levels in the lake, low rainfall in February ... More >>
Upper Waitaki Water Committee to consider two new projects
Thursday, 14 April 2016, 1:53 pm | Environment Canterbury
A multi-award winning charity is seeking feedback and support from the Upper Waitaki Water Zone Committee on two proposals in the zone at its meeting on April 15. More >>
Velvetleaf response winding down – threat still live
Wednesday, 13 April 2016, 5:09 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury Biosecurity Officers have spent the last few weeks searching farms in an effort to locate outbreaks of the pest weed velvetleaf. More >>
Environment Canterbury wins 2016 ALGIM GIS Award
Tuesday, 12 April 2016, 12:14 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury has been awarded the 2016 ALGIM GIS Project of the Year award for their Matrix of Good Management Farm Portal. Ryan Elley, Software Developer GIS for Environment Canterbury, received this award on behalf of the local authority ... More >>
Geraldine sharemilking couple wins award
Tuesday, 29 March 2016, 11:39 am | Environment Canterbury
Geraldine sharemilking couple wins regional water quality award Geraldine sharemilkers Joe and Suz Wyborn have been awarded the Environment Canterbury Water Quality Award at the regional Ballance Farm Environment Awards (BFEA) in Christchurch on Wednesday ... More >>
Christchurch-West Melton Zone water contamination
Tuesday, 22 March 2016, 2:52 pm | Environment Canterbury
Christchurch-West Melton Zone Committee to learn about faecal contamination in rivers The Christchurch West Melton Water Management Zone Committee will have the opportunity to question scientists about the likely origin of contamination in the Avon and Heathcote ... More >>
Volunteers stem wilding spread at Flock Hill
Tuesday, 22 March 2016, 12:10 pm | Environment Canterbury
Last weekend hundreds of volunteers removed a large number of wilding conifers, one of the worst pest plants, from Flock Hill Station in Canterbury. More >>
Dryland farmers and irrigators to update on GMPs and FEPs
Thursday, 17 March 2016, 3:59 pm | Environment Canterbury
North Canterbury dryland farmers will be presenting the North Canterbury Landcare Manual to the Hurunui-Waiau Zone Committee at their meeting on March 21. More >>
