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Entries close soon for Ballance Farm Environment Awards
Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 3:12 pm | Environment Canterbury
Entries close on 1 October 2013 to be considered for an award at the 2014 Canterbury Region Ballance Farm Environment Awards (BFEA). More >>
Papanui Metro Office to Close On Friday
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 3:34 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Metro Office at 37 Main North Road will close its doors this Friday, 20 September. More >>
Hurunui - Waiau Zone Committee meeting
Friday, 13 September 2013, 1:46 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Hurunui-Waiau Zone Committee will meet for its regular monthly meeting in Hawarden on Monday, 16 September. The committee will begin the meeting with an update from the Regional Committee, before it goes on to focus on the Waipara Catchment. More >>
Timaru bus fares to rise
Monday, 2 September 2013, 1:57 pm | Environment Canterbury
Bus fares in Timaru are to rise on 30 September, reflecting the increasing cost of fuel, inflation and road user charges. Environment Canterbury Passenger Services Manager David Stenhouse says “We have not increased fares in Timaru for several ... More >>
Greater Christchurch bus fares to rise
Monday, 2 September 2013, 12:24 pm | Environment Canterbury
Bus fares in Greater Christchurch are to rise on 30 September, reflecting the increasing cost of fuel, inflation and costs from the earthquake recovery. More >>
Annual protection of braided river birds underway
Friday, 30 August 2013, 9:50 am | Environment Canterbury
The eleventh year of a seasonal operation to help protect New Zealand's rare and endemic river birds begins in mid-September in Ashburton River with the co-operation of landowners. More >>
Orari-Opihi-Pareora Zone Committee Meeting
Friday, 23 August 2013, 4:41 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Orari-Opihi-Pareora (OOP) Zone Committee will meet in Timaru on Monday (26 August) for its monthly meeting to address water management issues in the zone. More >>
Lower Waitaki Zone Committee meeting
Friday, 16 August 2013, 1:14 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Lower Waitaki – South Coastal Canterbury Zone Committee will meet in Waimate for its monthly public meeting on Wednesday, 21 August. Now the committee’s Zone Implementation Programme (ZIP) for water management has been finalised and endorsed ... More >>
A chance to learn about braided rivers and their residents
Friday, 9 August 2013, 1:44 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury today announced an opportunity for members of the public to learn about Canterbury’s unique braided rivers and their inhabitants, particularly birdlife. More >>
Mashup competition to inspire Canterbury secondary students
Wednesday, 24 July 2013, 12:09 pm | Environment Canterbury
High schools students will have the chance to compete for a share of $2000 of prize-money in the first ‘Mashup’ competition set for August 17 and 18 in Christchurch. More >>
Banks Peninsula Zone Committee focusses on sediment issues
Friday, 19 July 2013, 3:30 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Canterbury Water Banks Peninsula Zone Committee will meet for its regular monthly public meeting on Tuesday, 23 July, in Governors Bay. A key focus for the meeting will be sediment issues in and around Whakaraupo / Lyttelton Harbour. More >>
Upper Waitaki Zone Committee meeting
Wednesday, 17 July 2013, 3:16 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Upper Waitaki Zone Committee will meet for its regular monthly meeting in Twizel on Friday, 19 July. The meeting will begin with a chance for members of the public to contribute, should they wish, and this will be followed by a discussion on integrating ... More >>
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 >>
