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Ashburton Zone Committee Meeting
Monday, 27 August 2012, 12:36 pm | Environment Canterbury
Ashburton Zone Committee Meeting The Ashburton Zone Committee will meet at the Ashburton Council Chambers on 28 August for its monthly meeting. More >>
Annual protection of native birds underway
Thursday, 23 August 2012, 11:08 am | Environment Canterbury
The 10th year of an operation to help protect two of New Zealand's rare and endemic birds begins in September in Ashburton District with the co-operation of landowners. More >>
Painters keen to keep it clean and out of the stream
Wednesday, 22 August 2012, 10:50 am | Environment Canterbury
Painters and householders around Christchurch are being reminded to do the right thing when they clean paintbrushes or dispose of paint to avoid polluting local streams and rivers. More >>
Christchurch-West Melton Zone Committee Meeting
Tuesday, 21 August 2012, 5:16 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Christchurch-West Melton Zone Committee will meet on 23 August for its monthly meeting to discuss water management issues in the zone. The committee will begin by inviting community members to contribute to the meeting, before receiving an update ... More >>
Keeping an eye out for illegal dumping
Monday, 20 August 2012, 5:19 pm | Environment Canterbury
Residents in areas where houses are being demolished are being asked to be vigilant and report any instances of illegal dumping of waste – be it household or demolition waste. More >>
Banks Peninsula Zone Committee Meeting
Friday, 17 August 2012, 11:05 am | Environment Canterbury
The Canterbury Water Banks Peninsula Zone Committee will meet for its monthly meeting on Tuesday 21 August at Governors Bay Hotel, starting at 4pm. The committee will begin the meeting with an update from the Regional Committee before receiving a presentation ... More >>
New Funding for Kaikōura Biodiversity Projects
Wednesday, 15 August 2012, 4:02 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury today announced that three biodiversity projects had been approved for funding by the Kaikōura Zone Committee. Total funding of almost $48,000 has been granted, the first Immediate Steps biodiversity protection projects for ... More >>
Upper Waitaki Zone Committee Meeting
Tuesday, 14 August 2012, 3:05 pm | Environment Canterbury
Upper Waitaki Zone Committee Meeting The Upper Waitaki Zone Committee will meet on Friday 17 August, at the Mackenzie Country Inn, Twizel. The committee will begin the meeting by looking at its workplan for the upcoming months before receiving an ... More >>
Canterbury: Successful year in pest control
Tuesday, 14 August 2012, 12:52 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury reported today it has been a successful year of compliance biosecurity work protecting Canterbury land from the detrimental impacts of rabbits, wallabies and of various plant pests. More >>
Lower Waitaki Zone Committee meeting
Tuesday, 14 August 2012, 12:24 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Lower Waitaki–South Coastal Canterbury Zone Committee will meet in Oamaru on Thursday, 16 August, to discuss local water management issues. At the meeting the committee will discuss its workplan for the coming months and receive an implementation ... More >>
Land and water plan notified
Friday, 10 August 2012, 7:01 pm | Environment Canterbury
August 10, 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT Land and water plan notified Environment Canterbury today confirmed that the proposed Canterbury Land & Water Regional Plan, which will facilitate the community’s ability to deliver the Canterbury Water Management ... More >>
South Canterbury and North Otago on flood alert
Friday, 10 August 2012, 4:40 pm | Environment Canterbury
10 August 2012 MEDIA RELEASE South Canterbury and North Otago on flood alert this weekend South Canterbury and North Otago are again braced for possible flooding after another Weather-Watch predicting heavy rain for Sunday and Monday. Environment Canterbury’s ... More >>
Tsunami report indicates “worst case” scenario for Chch
Thursday, 9 August 2012, 3:41 pm | Environment Canterbury
August 9, 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT Tsunami report indicates “worst case” scenario for Christchurch, Kaiapoi Environment Canterbury today released a report indicating a possible “worst case” scenario for Christchurch and Kaiapoi in the unlikely ... More >>
Coastal Rain Causes Extensive Surface Flooding
Thursday, 9 August 2012, 9:03 am | Environment Canterbury
Nearly 24 hours of constant heavy rain in South Canterbury has caused extensive surface flooding but the rivers are handling the latest downpour well. More >>
South Canterbury placed on flood alert again
Tuesday, 7 August 2012, 4:45 pm | Environment Canterbury
For the second time in a week South Canterbury is again braced for heavy rain and almost certain surface flooding after another forecast for torrential rain. More >>
Waimakariri Zone Committee meeting
Friday, 3 August 2012, 11:42 am | Environment Canterbury
The Waimakariri Zone Committee will meet for its monthly meeting on Monday, 6 August, at the Oxford Working Mens Club in Oxford. The committee will begin the workshop with an update from the Regional Committee, which considers region-wide issues of ... More >>
Notification imminent for land and water plan
Thursday, 2 August 2012, 1:11 pm | Environment Canterbury
At today’s council meeting, Environment Canterbury commissioners agreed to notify the proposed Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan (LWRP). The commissioners also resolved to revoke certain parts of the Natural Resources Regional Plan and the Land ... More >>
Free buses to the rugby prove popular with fans
Thursday, 2 August 2012, 10:04 am | Environment Canterbury
Organisers are delighted at the number of fans who took advantage of the free bus service to the Crusaders Super-15 and All Black games this season. More >>
Flood protection systems stand up well to inundation
Wednesday, 1 August 2012, 3:50 pm | Environment Canterbury
August 1, 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT Flood protection systems stand up well to inundation South Canterbury’s flood protection works mostly coped very well with the heavy rain that drenched the region on Monday and Tuesday, resulting in serious flooding. ... More >>
Christchurch’s Metro numbers travelling upward
Thursday, 26 July 2012, 5:03 pm | Environment Canterbury
Passenger numbers on Christchurch Metro buses are starting to recover and the outlook is a lot brighter than first anticipated. “Our figures show patronage is now starting to recover; the numbers for April to June this year are up 35.16% on the same period ... More >>
