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Banks Peninsula Zone Committee Focuses On Zip Feedback
Friday, 19 April 2013, 2:00 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Canterbury Water Banks Peninsula Zone Committee will meet for its regular monthly public meeting on Tuesday, 23 April, in Governors Bay. The committee will begin the meeting by offering members of the public a chance to contribute to the meeting, ... More >>
Environment Canterbury accepts HWRRP recommendations
Friday, 19 April 2013, 8:59 am | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury has formally accepted at a Council meeting the recommendations from a hearing panel on the proposed Hurunui and Waiau River Regional Plan and proposed Plan Change 3 to the Natural Resources Regional Plan. More >>
Land Use Recovery Plan consultation finishing soon
Wednesday, 17 April 2013, 4:33 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury today issued a reminder that community consultation on the preliminary draft Land Use Recovery Plan for greater Christchurch will close at noon on Monday 22 April. More >>
Upper Waitaki Zone Committee meeting 19/4/13
Monday, 15 April 2013, 4:21 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Upper Waitaki Zone Committee will meet for its regular monthly meeting in Twizel on Friday, 19 April. More >>
Lower Waitaki Zone Committee meeting
Friday, 12 April 2013, 2:58 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Lower Waitaki – South Coastal Canterbury Zone Committee will meet in Waimate for its monthly public meeting on Wednesday, 17 April. The committee will begin the meeting with an update from the Regional Committee which considers region-wide issues ... More >>
Growing interest prompts Precision Agriculture (PA) workshop
Monday, 8 April 2013, 4:03 pm | Environment Canterbury
Precision Agriculture is a fast growing area of New Zealand’s agricultural scene. Precision Agriculture is not new to New Zealand farmers. Some already use variable rate technologies for fertiliser application; do yield mapping or GPS-based soil ... More >>
Methven arable farmers scoop water efficiency award
Friday, 5 April 2013, 3:04 pm | Environment Canterbury
Methven farmers Craige and Roz Mackenzie have been recognised for their water efficient practices at the recent Canterbury Regional Ballance Farm Environment Awards. The couple were presented on March 21 with the Environment Canterbury Water Efficiency ... More >>
Chch West Melton ZIP endorsed by Environment Canterbury
Thursday, 4 April 2013, 4:58 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Christchurch West Melton Zone Implementation Programme (ZIP) has been endorsed by Environment Canterbury Commissioners at its council meeting today (4 April). The Commissioners endorsed the ZIP as the basis for informing water management work programmes ... More >>
Canterbury Water Kaikoura Zone Committee Meeting
Monday, 25 March 2013, 3:03 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Kaikoura Zone Committee will meet for the second time this year on Wednesday, 27 March, for its monthly water management public meeting. The meeting will begin with an update from the Regional Committee, which covers region-wide environmental ... More >>
Environment Canterbury’s proposed rates for Selwyn District
Monday, 25 March 2013, 10:45 am | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury’s proposed rates for Selwyn District for 2013/14 Environment Canterbury’s Commissioners have approved for consultation a draft Annual Plan which proposes a total rates increase across Canterbury for 2013/14 of 2.8%, following ... More >>
Less than 3% overall rates rise for Environment Canterbury
Monday, 25 March 2013, 10:28 am | Environment Canterbury
MEDIA RELEASE March 25, 2013 Less than 3% overall rates rise for Environment Canterbury for 2013/14 Environment Canterbury’s Commissioners have approved for consultation a draft Annual Plan which proposes a total rates increase across Canterbury for 2013/14 ... More >>
Land Use Recovery Plan will provide certainty
Friday, 22 March 2013, 3:16 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury has announced the start of community consultation on the draft Land Use Recovery Plan for greater Christchurch. Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee gave Environment Canterbury responsibility for developing the plan. More >>
Funding available for freshwater biodiversity protection
Tuesday, 19 March 2013, 10:35 am | Environment Canterbury
The Canterbury Water Regional Committee has more than $45,000 of funding still available to support local biodiversity programmes in the upper Rakaia and Rangitata catchments and landowners and groups are being invited to submit proposals. More >>
Funding given to treated timber waste minimisation project
Monday, 18 March 2013, 5:25 pm | Environment Canterbury
A project to look at the potential of a large scale collection, recycling or recovery of hazardous treated timber waste will benefit from $145,000 of Government funding. More >>
Banks Peninsula ZIP Endorsed by Council
Friday, 15 March 2013, 2:06 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Banks Peninsula Zone Implementation Programme (ZIP) for water management was endorsed by Environment Canterbury at its council meeting yesterday (14 March). More >>
Major milestone for water management in Banks Peninsula
Monday, 11 March 2013, 3:47 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Banks Peninsula zone committee finalised its water management Zone Implementation Programme at its monthly meeting on February 19. More >>
Land Use Recovery Plan coming soon
Friday, 8 March 2013, 3:25 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury announced today that community consultation on the Land Use Recovery Plan for greater Christchurch will start on 21 March. More >>
Christchurch-West Melton Zone Committee Meeting
Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 1:22 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Christchurch-West Melton Zone Committee will meet for its first monthly meeting of the year on Thursday, 28 February, to discuss local water management issues. A key focus for the meeting will be on the Natural Environment Recovery Programme (NERP). More >>
Environment Canterbury welcomes Sustainable Dairy Accord
Wednesday, 20 February 2013, 3:45 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury welcomes the announcement today of the Sustainable Dairying Water Accord which replaces the Dairying and Clean Streams Accord that was initially set up in 2003 and expired at the end of last year. More >>
Banks Peninsula Zone Committee Focused on Finalising Zip
Monday, 18 February 2013, 11:44 am | Environment Canterbury
The Canterbury Water Banks Peninsula Zone Committee will meet for its first monthly public meeting for the year on Tuesday, 19 February, in Akaroa. The committee will begin the meeting by offering members of the public a chance to contribute to the ... More >>
