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Connect with your regional parks during Parks Week
Friday, 14 February 2014, 2:14 pm | Environment Canterbury
The third annual Parks Week will take place across New Zealand and Australia from 3 to 9 March to celebrate the important role our parks play in contributing to the health of our communities. More >>
Selwyn-Waihora in Variation 1 of Land & Water Regional Plan
Friday, 14 February 2014, 2:13 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury will notify Variation 1 of the proposed Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan for consultation on Saturday February 22, 2014. “People in Canterbury can take heart from the way Variation 1 has been shaped through a community-led ... More >>
Buried waste gets demolition company in trouble
Friday, 7 February 2014, 12:24 pm | Environment Canterbury
A company contracted to demolish earthquake damaged houses in Christchurch have pleaded guilty to two charges of unlawfully discharging contaminates and fined $10,000, as well as being ordered to pay $641 in costs. Lindsay Builders Ltd was contracted by ... More >>
Part of Ashley Rakahuri Regional Park closed due to logging
Friday, 31 January 2014, 2:59 pm | Environment Canterbury
31 January 2014 On 3 February harvesting work will commence at a forestry block at the north end of the East Belt beside the Ashley River, at the Ashley Rakahuri Regional Park. This block was devastated by the recent wind storm resulting in trees ... More >>
On the ground action key to improving local waterways
Tuesday, 28 January 2014, 3:32 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Christchurch-West Melton Zone Committee will meet for its first monthly water management meeting for 2014 on Wednesday (29 January). Ian Fox, Christchurch - West Melton Zone Committee Chair, said the committee will be particularly focused on progressing ... More >>
Water report shows efficient water use despite dry spell
Monday, 27 January 2014, 7:28 pm | Environment Canterbury
Today’s water use report from Environment Canterbury unsurprisingly shows irrigators used more water during last year’s dry spell than the previous wet summer. However the increase wasn’t as large as might have been expected in a season that bordered ... More >>
Report highlights progress on better water use data
Monday, 27 January 2014, 3:56 pm | Environment Canterbury
27 January 2013 Environment Canterbury has released the Canterbury Region Water Use Report (2012/13) which compares the consented and actual amounts of fresh water used in Canterbury for the year ended 30 June 2013. The report highlights the current ... More >>
Community members invited to play a part in water management
Friday, 24 January 2014, 11:16 am | Environment Canterbury
The Christchurch – West Melton Zone Committee is looking for new community members to help address water management challenges in the zone, and deliver the goals of the Canterbury Water Management Strategy (CWMS). Ian Fox, Zone Committee Chair, said ... More >>
Environment Canterbury supporting environmental guardians
Thursday, 23 January 2014, 2:05 pm | Environment Canterbury
Late last year members of the Kaitiaki /Guardians of Fork/Hakatere Stream met the Canterbury Water Management Strategy Upper Waitaki Zone Committee to discuss ideas for action in and around Hakatere/ Fork Stream. Karen Simpson of Balmoral Station ... More >>
Land & Water Regional Plan decisions notified
Friday, 17 January 2014, 4:21 pm | Environment Canterbury
January 17, 2014 Environment Canterbury announced today that it will notify council’s decisions on submissions to the Land & Water Regional Plan on 18 January. The plan contains new rules to improve the quality of water throughout Canterbury. For ... More >>
Upper Waitaki Zone Committee appoints new community members
Friday, 20 December 2013, 3:06 pm | Environment Canterbury
Two new community members have been appointed to the Upper Waitaki Zone Committee as part of a process to refresh its community membership. The new members are Lisa Anderson who works for Lincoln University and has strong ties with the local farming ... More >>
Selwyn-Waihora Zone Committee appoints new community members
Friday, 20 December 2013, 12:52 pm | Environment Canterbury
Four new community members have been appointed to the Selwyn-Waihora Zone Committee as part of a process to refresh its community membership. The new members are Stewart Miller (dryland farm owner), Allen Lim (runs a market garden business), Bill Lambie ... More >>
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 >>
