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Future environmental science leaders
Thursday, 1 November 2012, 4:32 pm | Environment Canterbury
Estelle Arundell, a pupil at Craighead Diocesan School in Timaru, has won Environment Canterbury’s Wrybill Trophy for 2012. More >>
Waimakariri Zone Committee meeting
Thursday, 1 November 2012, 3:52 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Waimakariri Zone Committee will meet for its monthly meeting on Monday, 5 November, in Rangiora. The committee will begin with an update from the Regional Committee, which considers region-wide issues of environmental restoration and repair; land ... More >>
Ashburton Zone Committee discussion on water management
Thursday, 1 November 2012, 3:48 pm | Environment Canterbury
Two meetings are being held on November 6 for Ashburton district residents to hear more about how water management limits will be set for the area between the Ashburton and Rangitata rivers, as part of the collaborative Canterbury Water Management Strategy ... More >>
Commissioners move to encourage new wood-burning technology
Thursday, 1 November 2012, 11:54 am | Environment Canterbury
November 1, 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT Commissioners move to encourage new wood-burning technology Environment Canterbury is moving to encourage the development of ultra-low emission wood burners to make them available as people start to rebuild their homes ... More >>
Poor paint wash practices lead to fines
Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 2:48 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury recently issued two infringement notices due to paint from rinsing brushes, rollers and other painting equipment being washed into a stream or onto land where it could enter a waterway. Each infringement notice carries with ... More >>
Kārara Awards for industry environmental leadership winners
Friday, 26 October 2012, 3:43 pm | Environment Canterbury
The winners of the Kārara Awards were announced today at an event held at AgResearch, in Lincoln. Environment Canterbury Director Resource Management Kim Drummond who presented the awards said it had been difficult to choose the five winners as there ... More >>
Kārara Awards for industry environmental leadership
Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 4:36 pm | Environment Canterbury
Five businesses from around Christchurch are being recognised for environmental leadership at an event on Friday morning (October 26) in Lincoln. This is the first time Environment Canterbury has presented the awards, which celebrate industrial ... More >>
Ashburton Zone Committee meeting
Friday, 19 October 2012, 1:08 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Ashburton Zone Committee will meet at the Ashburton Council Chambers on 23 October for its monthly meeting. Two key focuses for the meeting will be receiving a presentation from Gary Casey on Carters Creek, and a regional infrastructure update from Environment More >>
New Regional Park opens with a flourish
Thursday, 18 October 2012, 12:15 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Ashley Rakahuri Regional Park was officially opened on the 14th October with a community event organised by Environment Canterbury at the picnic area on Milton Avenue in Rangiora. More >>
Upper Waitaki Zone Committee meeting
Wednesday, 17 October 2012, 9:59 am | Environment Canterbury
The Upper Waitaki Zone Committee will meet on Friday 19 October, at the Mackenzie Country Inn, Twizel. More >>
Learning how to protect Canterbury’s braided river habitat
Tuesday, 16 October 2012, 11:12 am | Environment Canterbury
This was the focus for 22 people from around Canterbury and elsewhere who recently attended a braided river training course organised by BRaid Incorporated (Braided River Aid) and supported by the Environment Canterbury Biodiversity Fund. More >>
Lower Waitaki Zone Committee Meeting
Tuesday, 16 October 2012, 9:33 am | Environment Canterbury
The Lower Waitaki – South Coastal Canterbury Zone Committee will meet for its monthly public meeting on Thursday, 18 October, in Oamaru. More >>
Canterbury Water Hurunui-Waiau Zone Committee Meeting
Thursday, 11 October 2012, 4:09 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Hurunui-Waiau Zone Committee will have its monthly public meeting in Amberley, at 2pm, on 15 October. The committee will begin the meeting with an update from the Regional Committee, before being briefed on Environment Canterbury evidence to the More >>
Have your say on local water management
Monday, 8 October 2012, 4:18 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Banks Peninsula Zone Committee wants feedback on its draft Zone Implementation Programme (ZIP) for water management. The committee is hosting four community meetings for local people, groups and organisations to provide feedback on the recommendations ... More >>
Oil spill in Lyttelton Harbour
Sunday, 7 October 2012, 11:57 am | Environment Canterbury
Work is underway to clean up an oil spill in Lyttelton harbour which was discovered this morning at the commercial wharfs of the inner harbour. More >>
Good progress on Te Waihora biodiversity projects
Friday, 5 October 2012, 3:47 pm | Environment Canterbury
5 October, 2012 MEDIA RELEASE Good progress on Te Waihora biodiversity projects Environment Canterbury today reported that good progress had been made on fencing projects and willow and weed control around Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere, one of New ... More >>
Environment Canterbury welcomes Ngāi Tahu appeal settlement
Thursday, 4 October 2012, 3:38 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury today welcomed the decision by Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu to settle its High Court appeal against decisions on the Canterbury Regional Policy Statement. The point Ngāi Tahu made when it lodged its appeal related to water management, ... More >>
Rakaia Water Conservation Order report adopted
Thursday, 4 October 2012, 3:26 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury today adopted the report and recommendation of the Hearing Commissioners on the application by TrustPower Ltd to amend the National Water Conservation (Rakaia River) Order 1988. More >>
Environment Canterbury commissioner receives lifetime award
Thursday, 4 October 2012, 2:31 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Resource Management Law Association of New Zealand has awarded Environment Canterbury Commissioner Professor Peter Skelton the prestigious Principal Judge RJ Bollard Lifetime Commemorative Award, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to resource management. More >>
Environment Canterbury Commissioners remuneration
Wednesday, 3 October 2012, 2:32 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury Commissioners remuneration Over the past two days several print and broadcast media articles have misreported Environment Canterbury commissioners’ remuneration. Environment Canterbury’s commissioners are not paid a salary. They ... More >>
