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Water harvesting investigation wins Wrybill Trophy 2011
Thursday, 29 September 2011, 11:02 pm | Environment Canterbury
A Timaru school girl’s investigation into rainwater harvesting has won her the Environment Canterbury Wrybill Trophy for 2011. The trophy, as judged by Lincoln University Professor Jon Hickford, goes to the top Canterbury science and technology ... More >>
Proposed Hurunui-Waiau Regional Plan to be notified
Thursday, 29 September 2011, 2:37 pm | Environment Canterbury
The proposed Hurunui-Waiau Regional Plan will be publicly notified on Saturday October 1, 2011, the same day the moratoria on consents for the Hurunui and Waiau rivers ends. “This plan is significant as it is the first prepared to align with the vision ... More >>
Smothering Gully restoration providing real benefits
Thursday, 29 September 2011, 1:28 pm | Environment Canterbury
Fencing and weed control at Smothering Gully, around 8km north-east of Waipara in North Canterbury, is providing real environmental benefits including protecting water quality and biodiversity in the Omihi Stream. “A fence has been installed alongside ... More >>
Waimakariri ZIP community feedback meetings
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 9:47 am | Environment Canterbury
The Waimakariri Zone Committee has released its draft Zone Implementation Programme (ZIP) for public feedback. More >>
Ashburton ZIP community feedback meetings
Thursday, 22 September 2011, 10:30 am | Environment Canterbury
The Ashburton Zone Committee has released its draft Zone Implementation Programme (ZIP) for public feedback. More >>
Banks Peninsula Committee To Address Water Issues Launched
Monday, 19 September 2011, 4:26 pm | Environment Canterbury
The members of the Banks Peninsula Zone Committee have been announced meaning nine out of ten zone committees are now operational under the Canterbury Water Management Strategy (CWMS). The Banks Peninsula Zone Committee features five community members ... More >>
Enviroschools take action for Lyttelton
Monday, 19 September 2011, 10:07 am | Environment Canterbury
On Wednesday September 21, approximately 30 volunteers from the Enviroschools network around New Zealand are volunteering their time to help boost spirits in the Lyttelton community. The Enviroschools Foundation is holding a national hui at Living Springs ... More >>
Rules for intensively farmed stock around natural waterway
Friday, 16 September 2011, 2:13 pm | Environment Canterbury
Farmers are being advised to begin planning how they will manage their stock to comply with new planning rules which come into force in June next year. “Farmed pigs and dairy cattle will be prohibited from entering natural waterways from June next year,” ... More >>
Waimakariri people get chance to have a say on water
Friday, 16 September 2011, 12:05 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Waimakariri Zone Committee is asking local people to have a say on water management in their area. The committee – established under the Canterbury Water Management Strategy (CWMS) – has released its Draft Zone Implementation Programme (ZIP) for ... More >>
Ashburton people get a chance to have a say on water
Wednesday, 14 September 2011, 11:42 am | Environment Canterbury
The Ashburton Zone Committee is asking local people to have a say on water management in their area. More >>
Lower Waitaki Zone Committee meeting
Wednesday, 14 September 2011, 10:26 am | Environment Canterbury
The Lower Waitaki - South Coastal Canterbury Zone Committee will meet in Hook this Thursday, 15 September. More >>
Earthquake dominates Christchurch entries at Fair
Monday, 12 September 2011, 11:23 am | Environment Canterbury
The recent science and technology fairs held in Christchurch and Timaru resulted in numerous earthquake-related entries from Christchurch school pupils. Students tested varying ratios of silt and soil to see which grew the best lettuces and grass, ... More >>
Inaugural meeting for Canterbury Water Kaikōura Zone
Friday, 9 September 2011, 7:49 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Kaikōura Zone Committee will meet for its first public meeting on Tuesday September 13 at Takahanga Marae. At midday the zone committee will assemble at Takahanga Marae for a Powhiri before commencing the meeting at 1pm. People who want to go to the ... More >>
Metro resumes more services from Monday, September 12
Wednesday, 7 September 2011, 5:55 pm | Environment Canterbury
From this Monday, September 12, some bus services affected by the earthquakes will change or return to their previous routes. They include the 18 Huntsbury, 21 Ilam to Mt Pleasant, 40 Wainoni, 46 Marshland and 480 Kainga. More >>
Selwyn-Waihora Zone Committee meeting
Friday, 2 September 2011, 3:33 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Selwyn-Waihora Zone Committee will meet on Tuesday, 6 September at the Selwyn District Council Offices in Rolleston. At the meeting the Committee’s four working groups (Biodiversity, Lake and Lowlands, Water and Nutrient Management, and Water ... More >>
Thousands of native plants destined for Canterbury Plains
Friday, 2 September 2011, 3:18 pm | Environment Canterbury
More than 4,000 native plants will be planted across 15 sites on the Canterbury Plains, over just one weekend, as part of the 2011 Canterbury Plantout. More >>
Chch waterway ecology & health investigated following quake
Thursday, 1 September 2011, 4:14 pm | Environment Canterbury
Two reports commissioned by Environment Canterbury and Christchurch City Council that summarise how the February earthquake affected the ecology and health of Christchurch’s two main rivers and estuary have been released. In all, eight studies were undertaken ... More >>
Major milestone for Canterbury Water Management Strategy
Friday, 26 August 2011, 4:20 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Hurunui-Waiau Zone Implementation Programme has been received and formally endorsed by both Hurunui District Council and Environment Canterbury. Environment Canterbury Commissioners endorsed the zone implementation programme “as the basis for the ... More >>
Draft Canterbury Transport Strategy opens for submissions
Friday, 19 August 2011, 12:07 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Canterbury Regional Transport Committee’s draft 30 year Canterbury Regional Land Transport Strategy (RLTS) is open for public submissions from this weekend, August 20. The closing date for submissions is Friday, September 23. More >>
Orari-Opihi-Pareora Zone Committee elects Chair
Thursday, 18 August 2011, 1:08 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Orari-Opihi-Pareora Zone Committee elected Dermott O'Sullivan as its Chair at its meeting in Timaru on 12 August. More >>
