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On-demand Public Transport Looks To The Future
Wednesday, 9 March 2022, 1:03 pm | Environment Canterbury
Timaru will continue to enjoy the flexibility and accessibility of on-demand public transport until at least mid-2024, having now received funding assurance from Waka Kotahi. Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency Director Regional Relationships James Caygill ... More >>
Draft Annual Plan 2022/23 Consultation Opens
Wednesday, 2 March 2022, 5:57 pm | Environment Canterbury
Consultation on Environment Canterbury’s draft Annual Plan/ Mahere ā Tau opens today Wednesday 2 March. The regional council is encouraging people to make submissions on their proposed activities and budget for 2022/23. To find out more and make a ... More >>
2022/23 Rates Required To Face Climate Emergency
Thursday, 24 February 2022, 2:00 pm | Environment Canterbury
Today Environment Canterbury’s Council approved consultation on their draft Annual Plan for 2022/23. Submissions will be invited during the consultation period from 2 March – 3 April 2022. Chair Jenny Hughey said, "In developing this draft ... More >>
Metro Bus Services Return To Regular Weekday Timetables
Wednesday, 26 January 2022, 1:17 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury is pleased to announce that from Monday 31 January, the majority of bus services affected by the driver shortage will return to their normal timetables. This follows a period of eight weeks, where many routes across the network ran to ... More >>
Listed Land Use Register Recognised With Award
Monday, 13 December 2021, 1:26 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury's innovative online tool for monitoring potentially contaminated land that saves ratepayers money has been recognised by the industry. Our Listed Land Use Register (LLUR) was given an Australasian Land and Groundwater Association ... More >>
Ngāi Tahu Representation Bill Passes First Reading
Thursday, 9 December 2021, 2:35 pm | Environment Canterbury
Our effort to reinstate mana whenua voting rights has passed a significant milestone with the local Bill having its first reading in Parliament. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2112/64d9f669b68a7a4d3862.jpeg" width="720" height="320"> The Canterbury Regional Council ... More >>
Temporary Metro Timetable Changes To Provide Certainty For Customers
Wednesday, 1 December 2021, 5:40 pm | Environment Canterbury
Canterbury is the latest region to be affected by a national bus driver shortage, resulting in the unexpected cancellation of some trips. To minimise the number of cancellations and provide a more reliable service for customers, selected Metro routes ... More >>
Timaru’s On-demand Public Transport Hits 200,000 Ride Milestone
Thursday, 25 November 2021, 9:56 am | Environment Canterbury
Innovation has paid off in Timaru as the city’s new on-demand public transport service goes from strength to strength. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2111/8ef4f6733b5c13677282.jpeg" width="720" height="480"> Shorty Thomas with her twins ... More >>
More Protection For Canterbury’s Freshwater And Taonga With Tightened Rules
Wednesday, 17 November 2021, 2:35 pm | Environment Canterbury
Council has adopted the recommendations of the independent hearing commissioners on Plan Change 7 to the Land & Water Regional Plan (LWRP) and Plan Change 2 to the Waimakariri River Regional Plan. The plan changes build on the operative ... More >>
All Canterbury Public Transport Drivers To Receive The 2021 Living Wage
Tuesday, 9 November 2021, 1:38 pm | Environment Canterbury
Following Council support for public transport drivers across Canterbury to receive the 2021 Living Wage, we are pleased to announce that we have concluded Living Wage discussions with all contracted public transport operators in Canterbury. Negotiations ... More >>
Sean Poff Named Civil Defence Emergency Management Group Controller
Thursday, 21 October 2021, 9:15 am | Environment Canterbury
Canterbury’s Civil Defence Emergency Management Group has a new Group Controller – Sean Poff. Mr Poff is currently the Director of Science, Data & Insights for Ministry for the Environment, based in Wellington. He has previous experience ... More >>
Free Public Transport For COVID-19 Vaccinations
Friday, 15 October 2021, 7:26 am | Environment Canterbury
Metro and the Canterbury District Health Board are working together to help Canterbury get vaccinated. Starting this Saturday for ‘Super Saturday’, anyone can travel for free to and from vaccine clinics. This includes any whānau, caregivers, and ... More >>
Ritchies Public Transport Drivers Receive Living Wage
Wednesday, 13 October 2021, 4:09 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury are pleased to have partnered with Ritchies Transport to pay their Christchurch bus drivers the Living Wage. In July this year, Environment Canterbury Council approved the investigation and implementation of a base driver ... More >>
Constructed Wetland Documentary Released
Wednesday, 13 October 2021, 3:10 pm | Environment Canterbury
Whakaora Te Ahuriri – A Wetland for Te Waihora has been shown for the first time at the International Wetlands Conference (Intecol). The documentary, funded by Environment Canterbury and the Government’s Freshwater Improvement Fund and produced by the ... More >>
Disruptions To Metro Services On 18 October
Friday, 8 October 2021, 4:51 pm | Environment Canterbury
Approval to support public transport drivers to receive the Living Wage was given by Environment Canterbury Council in July this year. We are working with operators to finalise and agree the amount of funding required, and a process to provide surety ... More >>
Free Public Transport To Your Vaccination Appointment In Canterbury
Friday, 1 October 2021, 12:20 pm | Environment Canterbury
As part of a national campaign, Metro is offering free travel for booked COVID-19 vaccination appointments in Greater Christchurch and Timaru. Caregivers and dependents can also travel for free, to and from booked COVID-19 vaccination appointments. In ... More >>
Game Changing Public Transport Options For The Community
Thursday, 30 September 2021, 7:08 pm | Environment Canterbury
At the Canterbury Regional Council (Environment Canterbury) meeting today (Thursday 30 September), the Council voted to take to the community a number of potential game-changing options to stimulate the Greater Christchurch public transport system. “We are ... More >>
Metro Canterbury Update For Delta Alert Level 2
Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 4:32 pm | Environment Canterbury
Metro public transport resumes usual timetables from the first bus tomorrow morning. However, public transport under Delta Alert Level 2 will look a little different than usual. Under Delta Level 2, our buses can only carry their seated capacity. ... More >>
Canterbury Public Transport To Accept Cash Fares And Top-ups At Alert Level 3
Tuesday, 31 August 2021, 6:11 pm | Environment Canterbury
After the Ministry of Health confirmed the risk of transmission is low when using cash, and ensuring operators and drivers are happy to do so, we can confirm that from tomorrow, Wednesday 1 September, at Alert Level 3, Greater Christchurch public ... More >>
Public Transport At Alert Level 3 From Wednesday
Friday, 27 August 2021, 6:42 pm | Environment Canterbury
We were pleased to learn today that Canterbury will move to Alert Level 3 at 11.59pm on Tuesday 31 August. Under Level 3, government advice is that travel is still restricted and is only allowed for permitted movement in your local area. To read the full release ... More >>
