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Demolition waste dumping not tolerated
Monday, 15 July 2013, 4:20 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury today welcomed penalties of more than $150,000 in a Christchurch demolition waste dumping case following the February 2011 earthquake. More >>
Work begins on new Rangiora stopbank
Monday, 15 July 2013, 3:07 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury has started work on a new $2.1m stopbank on the Ashley River in the Cones Rd area on the northern outskirts of Rangiora. The 2km stopbank will be constructed in two stages on land owned by Environment Canterbury, the Waimakariri ... More >>
Ponding effluent proves costly for Hinds company
Monday, 15 July 2013, 2:35 pm | Environment Canterbury
A farm company has been fined $25,000 after pleading guilty to breaching the Resource Management Act following problems with a travelling irrigator which resulted in severe effluent ponding on its Hinds dairy farm. More >>
New section of Waimakariri River Regional Park takes shape
Thursday, 11 July 2013, 1:10 pm | Environment Canterbury
Ten kilometres of horse riding trails and picnic areas are among the developments underway in the latest stage of the Waimakariri River Regional Park. More >>
Hurunui - Waiau Zone Committee meeting
Thursday, 11 July 2013, 12:35 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Hurunui-Waiau Zone Committee will meet for its regular monthly water management meeting in Cheviot on Monday, 15 July. The committee will begin the meeting with an update from the Regional Committee, before being updated on its Immediate Steps ... More >>
Storage method dirties clean stream
Thursday, 11 July 2013, 11:06 am | Environment Canterbury
PGG Wrightson Limited has been fined more than $28,000 following an incident in May 2012 which resulted in industrial cleaning liquid entering the Curletts Road Drain. More >>
Environment Canterbury welcomes the launch of Water Accord
Tuesday, 9 July 2013, 8:42 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury welcomes the launch of the Sustainable Dairying: Water Accord that replaces the Dairying and Clean Streams Accord (set up in 2003 and which expired at the end of last year). More >>
Find out about the Hurunui and Waiau River Regional Plan
Monday, 8 July 2013, 3:52 pm | Environment Canterbury
Two community meetings are being held in Cheviot and Waiau for people to find out how the proposed Hurunui and Waiau River Regional Plan (HWRRP) affects them. More >>
Land Use Recovery Plan passed to Minister
Friday, 5 July 2013, 11:21 am | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury today handed the draft Land Use Recovery Plan for greater Christchurch to Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee. Mr Brownlee gave Environment Canterbury responsibility for developing the plan late last year. More >>
Environment Canterbury strikes rates for 2013/14
Friday, 28 June 2013, 9:07 am | Environment Canterbury
At a council meeting on Thursday June 27, the Environment Canterbury Council struck the regional rates for 2013/14. More >>
Selwyn-Waihora Zone Committee meeting
Thursday, 27 June 2013, 3:29 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Selwyn-Waihora Zone Committee will meet on Tuesday, 2 July, to continue its work to develop water and quantity limits for the zone. Once developed, the limits will become part of a Selwyn-Waihora sub-regional chapter in the proposed Land and Water ... More >>
Canterbury Arable Farmers Scoop Major National Award
Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 4:53 pm | Environment Canterbury
Methven farmers Craige and Roz Mackenzie are the 2013 National Winners of the annual Ballance Farm Environment Awards (BFEA). More >>
Update on opening of Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere
Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 4:10 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury staff have reopened Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere to the sea this morning in a second attempt after high tide and heavy seas closed the opening made yesterday. More >>
Christchurch-West Melton Zone Committee meeting
Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 10:04 am | Environment Canterbury
The Christchurch-West Melton Zone Committee will meet for its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, 27 June, to discuss local water management issues. More >>
Have your say on Canterbury’s regional water management
Tuesday, 25 June 2013, 9:57 am | Environment Canterbury
The Canterbury Regional Water Management Committee is asking for local feedback on the additions to its Regional implementation Programme (RIP) for water management. More >>
Have your say on Canterbury’s regional water management
Monday, 24 June 2013, 4:56 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Canterbury Regional Water Management Committee is asking for local feedback on the additions to its Regional Implementation Programme (RIP) for water management. More >>
Upper Waitaki Zone Committee meeting
Monday, 24 June 2013, 2:20 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Upper Waitaki Zone Committee will meet for its regular monthly meeting in Twizel on Friday, 28 June. The meeting has been rescheduled from 21 June following a postponement due to the hazardous weather conditions in Canterbury last week. More >>
Attempts to open lake hampered by conditions
Monday, 24 June 2013, 2:18 pm | Environment Canterbury
Hazardous conditions over the last week prevented Environment Canterbury from opening Lake Ellesmere/ Te Waihora, however, workers have been able to access the designated opening site this morning. Preliminary earthworks are underway. More >>
Snow affected bus routes 16:00 21/6/13
Friday, 21 June 2013, 3:44 pm | Environment Canterbury
All Christchurch Metro bus services are once again operating as usual with the exception of one hillside route. The 17 Bryndwr / Huntsbury route will continue to end trips at the intersection of Wilsons Rd and Centaurus Rd. More >>
Canterbury Maps workshops hit the right button
Friday, 21 June 2013, 3:31 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury has been offering workshops in response to unprecedented demand after the new Canterbury Maps website was launched in April. More >>
