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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 >>

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 >>