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Water Issues - Environment Canterbury
Thursday, 22 November 2012, 1:27 pm | Environment Canterbury
MEDIA RELEASE 22 November 2012 Come and talk to the Selwyn-Waihora Zone Committee about local water issues Members of the Selwyn-Waihora Zone Committee will host an information stand with Environment Canterbury staff at this weekend’s Courtenay ... More >>
Canterbury Water Regional Committee meeting 20 Nov 2012
Monday, 19 November 2012, 4:19 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Canterbury Water Regional Committee will meet in Wigram for its monthly public meeting on Tuesday, 20 November. More >>
Setting A New Direction For Public Transport
Monday, 19 November 2012, 2:57 pm | Environment Canterbury
Getting people out of their cars and back onto buses is one of the aims behind the change to the Christchurch Metro network. More >>
Environment Canterbury welcomes Land & Water Forum Report
Thursday, 15 November 2012, 10:06 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury has welcomed the recommendations in the third and final report from the Land and Water Forum, which has been released in Parliament (November 15, 2012). More >>
Water quality and cyanobacteria monitoring
Thursday, 15 November 2012, 4:56 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury will begin water quality monitoring at 51 freshwater and 45 coastal swimming spots – from Kaikoura to the Waitaki catchment – starting next week. More >>
Central City Transport Plan Backed By Environment Canterbury
Thursday, 15 November 2012, 4:18 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury welcomes the release of the draft transport plan for the central city by the Christchurch Central Development Unit. More >>
Significant Savings With Lab Services Out-Sourcing
Wednesday, 14 November 2012, 10:55 am | Environment Canterbury
14 November 2012 MEDIA RELEASE Significant Savings With Lab Services Out-Sourcing Environment Canterbury has reviewed the way it undertakes water quality and other laboratory analysis and has decided to outsource all lab work to Hills Laboratories. ... More >>
Significant savings with lab services out-sourcing
Wednesday, 14 November 2012, 10:47 am | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury has reviewed the way it undertakes water quality and other laboratory analysis and has decided to outsource all lab work to Hills Laboratories. More >>
Upper Waitaki Zone Committee meeting
Wednesday, 14 November 2012, 10:45 am | Environment Canterbury
The Upper Waitaki Zone Committee will meet on Friday 16 November, at the Mackenzie Country Inn, Twizel. More >>
Time running out to have say on local water management
Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 11:12 am | Environment Canterbury
Media release 13 November 2012 Time running out to have say on local water management Locals are running out of time to have their say on the draft Banks Peninsula Zone Implementation Programme (ZIP) for water management. In late October the Banks Peninsula ... More >>
354 submissions received on land and water plan
Thursday, 8 November 2012, 11:18 am | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury reported today that it had received 354 submissions on the proposed Canterbury Land & Water Regional Plan. More >>
Environment Canterbury condemns interference with rare gull
Wednesday, 7 November 2012, 6:46 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury today expressed its deep disappointment with reports of endangered black-billed gulls on the Ashburton River allegedly being interfered with by members of the public. More >>
Banks Peninsula, Selwyn receiving biodiversity funding
Friday, 2 November 2012, 3:07 pm | Environment Canterbury
2 November 2012 MEDIA RELEASE Banks Peninsula, Selwyn projects among those receiving biodiversity funding Environment Canterbury announced today that it had recently allocated $112,500 to a range of important biodiversity projects throughout Canterbury. ... More >>
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 >>
