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Regional Water Management Committee appoints members
Friday, 20 December 2013, 11:35 am | Environment Canterbury
Rochelle Hardy has been appointed to the Regional Water Management Committee as part of a process to refresh its community membership. Rochelle is a planning and resource management adviser with 16 years experience in the public and private sectors ... More >>
OOP Zone Committee appoints community members
Thursday, 19 December 2013, 4:49 pm | Environment Canterbury
Kylee Galbraith has been appointed to the Orari-Opihi-Pareora Zone Committee as part of a process to refresh its community membership. More >>
Ashburton Zone Committee appoints new community members
Thursday, 19 December 2013, 12:52 pm | Environment Canterbury
Two new community members have been appointed to the Ashburton Zone Committee as part of a process to refresh its community membership. Jackie Wright (a medical laboratory scientist) and Chris Allen (Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury Provincial president) ... More >>
Have your say on local water management
Wednesday, 18 December 2013, 12:08 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Upper Waitaki Zone Committee is hosting a public meeting on Thursday, 19 December, to talk with local people about the process they are leading to develop catchment-specific water quality limits. More >>
Holidaymakers urged to be vigilant about rising water levels
Monday, 16 December 2013, 1:44 pm | Environment Canterbury
Holidaymakers in the Mackenzie Basin and Waitaki Valley are being urged to beware of the potential for rising river and lake levels over the Christmas/New Year period and throughout January. More >>
Hurunui-Waiau Zone Committee appoints new community member
Friday, 13 December 2013, 1:00 pm | Environment Canterbury
Hurunui-Waiau Zone Committee appoints new community member James McCone has been appointed to the Hurunui-Waiau Zone Committee as part of a process to refresh its community membership. James is a dairy farmer from the north bank of Waiau River. ... More >>
Hurunui and Waiau River Regional Plan to be made operative
Friday, 13 December 2013, 12:28 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Hurunui and Waiau River Regional Plan will be made operative on December 20, 2013 following approval at an Environment Canterbury council meeting on Thursday, December 5. More >>
Farmer fined for unlawful discharge
Friday, 13 December 2013, 12:22 pm | Environment Canterbury
Farmer fined for unlawful discharge A small dairy farming company operating near Timaru is paying the price for not adequately managing their diary effluent disposal. R J Dairy Farming Limited has pleaded guilty to breaching the Resource Management ... More >>
Burning agricultural wraps and plastics soon to be illegal
Thursday, 12 December 2013, 10:50 am | Environment Canterbury
Canterbury farmers are reminded that after 1 January 2014, they will not be able to burn polyethylene agricultural silage/bale wraps. More >>
Pet food company fined for contaminating stream
Friday, 6 December 2013, 2:16 pm | Environment Canterbury
Momentary carelessness has cost a pet food processing company more than $6,000, after blood and offal were allowed to enter a drain on Waterloo Road in Christchurch. More >>
Hurunui - Waiau Zone Committee meeting
Friday, 6 December 2013, 8:51 am | Environment Canterbury
The Hurunui-Waiau Zone Committee will meet for its final monthly meeting of the year in Amberley on Monday, 9 December. The committee will begin the meeting with an update from the Regional Committee, before receiving an update on consent applications ... More >>
New Plan sets rules to improve water quality
Thursday, 5 December 2013, 12:53 pm | Environment Canterbury
New Land & Water Regional Plan sets rules to improve water quality Environment Canterbury announced today that it will implement new rules to improve the quality of water throughout Canterbury. More >>
Farmers: be on watch - more Chilean Needle Grass found
Wednesday, 4 December 2013, 3:22 pm | Environment Canterbury
Farmers and landowners are being asked to keep an eye out for the Chilean Needle Grass (CNG) plant pest which flowers and seeds at this time of year. More >>
Controls on nitrate leaching feature of Regional Plan
Wednesday, 4 December 2013, 11:01 am | Environment Canterbury
Controls on nitrate leaching feature of new Land & Water Regional Plan For the first time, controls on the leaching of nitrates in farming across the region are to be set by Environment Canterbury through its Land & Water Regional Plan. The ... More >>
Have your say on local water management
Wednesday, 4 December 2013, 10:56 am | Environment Canterbury
The Upper Waitaki Zone Committee is hosting a public meeting on 19 December to talk with local people about the process they are leading to develop catchment-specific water quality limits. More >>
Selwyn, Waimakariri earthquake fault reports released
Friday, 29 November 2013, 3:19 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury today released the fourth and fifth in a series of earthquake fault reports on different districts of the Canterbury region. More >>
Having a go on the bus day a big success
Monday, 25 November 2013, 4:02 pm | Environment Canterbury
More than 120 people with impairments had the chance to experience travelling by bus at the recent Have a Go bus day. More >>
Environment Canterbury welcomes PCE report on freshwater
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 10:24 am | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury has welcomed the release of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s report – Water quality in New Zealand: understanding the science (November 21, 2013). More >>
Banks Peninsula Zone Committee meeting
Monday, 18 November 2013, 3:07 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Canterbury Water Banks Peninsula Zone Committee will meet for its regular monthly public meeting on Tuesday, 19 November, in Little River. The focus for the meeting will be on the sub-regional planning processes for the Wairewa / Lake Forsyth catchment. More >>
Come and have your say on local water management solutions
Monday, 11 November 2013, 4:51 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Lower Waitaki – South Coastal Canterbury Zone Committee is asking local people to share their views on its draft solution package to address freshwater management for the South Canterbury Coastal Streams area. More >>
