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Kaikoura Zone Water Committee Meeting
Tuesday, 24 June 2014, 1:42 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Kaikoura Zone Water Committee will meet for its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday 25 June to discuss local water management issues. More >>
Environment Canterbury welcomes Lyttelton Port Recovery Plan
Thursday, 19 June 2014, 5:17 pm | Environment Canterbury
Today Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee announced that Environment Canterbury to lead the preparation of a Lyttelton Port Recovery Plan. More >>
Upper Waitaki Zone Committee meeting
Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 5:18 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Upper Waitaki Zone Committee will meet for its regular monthly meeting on Friday 20 June in Twizel. More >>
Farmer survey discussion at Hurunui-Waiau Zone Committee
Thursday, 12 June 2014, 11:46 am | Environment Canterbury
The Hurunui-Waiau Zone Committee will meet in Culverden on Monday 16 June, 2014. The meeting will begin with an update from the Regional Committee, which will be followed by an update from Environment Canterbury on consent applications in the ... More >>
Canterbury Water Regional Committee reviewing its procedures
Friday, 6 June 2014, 4:04 pm | Environment Canterbury
The next meeting of the Canterbury Water Regional Committee, on Tuesday 10 June, will consider how its operating procedures and priorities might be refined to ensure greater effectiveness. In February the committee agreed that after three-and-a-half ... More >>
Ashburton wood burner users offered a challenge
Tuesday, 3 June 2014, 11:50 am | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury today offered the Ashburton wood burning community a challenge – burn better with no smoke (most of the time) to help clean up the air in Ashburton. More >>
Christchurch–West Melton Zone Committee Meeting
Wednesday, 28 May 2014, 4:45 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Christchurch City Council will tomorrow (29 May) brief the Christchurch–West Melton Zone Water Committee on key components of the draft Avon Stormwater Management Plan. More >>
Nassella tussock control – get on to it early
Monday, 19 May 2014, 4:57 pm | Environment Canterbury
A dwindling pool of contractors controlling the invasive Nassella tussock is causing concern for landowners and Environment Canterbury. More >>
Christchurch West Melton Zone Committee – new members
Friday, 16 May 2014, 2:35 pm | Environment Canterbury
Four new community members have been appointed to the Christchurch - West Melton Zone Committee to help deliver the goals of the Canterbury Water Management Strategy (CWMS). The four new members of the Committee are Chris Kelliher, Hamish Keown, Jane ... More >>
Study on Tekapo transfer concept released
Friday, 16 May 2014, 12:43 pm | Environment Canterbury
A study on the concept of transferring water for environmental and irrigation use from Lake Tekapo, via Burkes Pass to South Canterbury, has been released by Environment Canterbury. “The report is part of a wider consideration of water options for South ... More >>
Potentially contaminated land mail out starts today
Tuesday, 13 May 2014, 10:08 am | Environment Canterbury
Only a small percentage of those landowners whose Christchurch properties have recently been identified as potentially contaminated will need to do anything about it, says Environment Canterbury Investigations and Monitoring Director Ken Taylor. More >>
New subsidy to change to cleaner heating
Thursday, 8 May 2014, 1:03 pm | Environment Canterbury
Extra funding will be available this winter to help Timaru residents who want to change to a cleaner form of home heating. Environment Canterbury will give a $1000 subsidy to people who replace an old wood burner or open fire with a clean air approved ... More >>
Environment Canterbury keen to help people keep warm this wi
Thursday, 17 April 2014, 4:20 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury has welcomed the number of people who have responded to the letters sent out to homeowners reminding them that this winter they cannot use their wood burner if it is 15 or more years old. More >>
Environment Canterbury advice on water quality rules
Thursday, 17 April 2014, 1:39 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury announced today that it would ease the burden on farmers in terms of their obligation to collect data on nitrogen leaching under the proposed Land & Water Regional Plan. The proposed plan includes rules to regulate use ... More >>
Hurunui landowners now need to identify nutrient loss figure
Friday, 4 April 2014, 10:29 am | Environment Canterbury
Landowners in the Hurunui and Waiau river catchments need to know their property’s nutrient loss figures, required under the Hurunui and Waiau River Regional Plan, which became operative in December 2013. More >>
Ngāi Tahu Farming dairy farm wins Canterbury regional award
Tuesday, 25 March 2014, 4:18 pm | Environment Canterbury
Ngai Tahu Farming’s 380 ha dairy farm near Oxford – Dairy Farm One – has been awarded the Environment Canterbury Water Quality Award at the regional Ballance Farm Environment Awards in Christchurch (held on Thursday March 20, 2014). More >>
Liquefaction report for Timaru released
Tuesday, 25 March 2014, 3:51 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury today released a review of liquefaction information for Timaru District, indicating that only small amounts of liquefaction may happen in a large earthquake. More >>
Metrocard balance checker back in action
Tuesday, 25 March 2014, 3:44 pm | Environment Canterbury
Passengers can once again top up their Metrocards and check their account balance online, after additional extra security measures have been added to the process. More >>
Youth Whet appetite for Water Management
Tuesday, 25 March 2014, 2:00 pm | Environment Canterbury
Last week 17 Christchurch young people aged between 14 and 27 attended a four-day hui to get involved in local water management. More >>
Cyclone Lusi may bring severe weather to coastal Canterbury
Friday, 14 March 2014, 1:40 pm | Environment Canterbury
Canterbury Civil Defence Emergency Management Group is advising people to prepare for possible severe weather this weekend. Group Controller Neville Reilly says that, based on current information from the MetService, Canterbury may experience heavy ... More >>
