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Environment Canterbury - Latest News [Page 62]

Regional council responds to Creech Review

Friday, 19 March 2010, 5:27 pm | Environment Canterbury

Environment Canterbury has released its response to the recent Government investigation of its functions under the Resource Management and Local Government Acts. The investigation was headed by former MP Wyatt Creech. More >>

Resource consent non-compliance an ongoing issue

Thursday, 18 March 2010, 4:47 pm | Environment Canterbury

Environment Canterbury is actively working with dairy industry partners to improve the management of dairy effluent on Canterbury farms, as highlighted in the Dairying and Clean Streams Accord Snapshot of Progress report for 2008/09. More >>

Meeting with Ministers frank discussion of future

Thursday, 18 March 2010, 1:59 pm | Environment Canterbury

Environment Canterbury’s chairman Alec Neill, deputy chair Jo Kane, Cr Bob Kirk and chief executive Dr Bryan Jenkins met with Environment Minister Nick Smith, Minister of Local Government Dr Rodney Hide and key ministerial staff, Sue Powell (Environment), ... More >>

Wilding Tree Control Days 2010

Thursday, 11 March 2010, 5:06 pm | Environment Canterbury

Each year, Environment Canterbury organises wilding tree control days in the high country; a community-based initiative aimed at removing young seedlings before they are mature enough to produce seed and create a longer-term problem. More >>

Canterbury sharemilker fined for effluent

Thursday, 11 March 2010, 11:23 am | Environment Canterbury

An Ashburton sharemilker, Richard Neil Spicer, has been fined a total of $12,000 after pleading guilty to two charges, discharging effluent from an irrigator onto land causing ponding (which may have resulted in contaminants entering groundwater) ... More >>

Day of Discovery Planned at Orari River Mouth

Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 2:38 pm | Environment Canterbury

Day of Discovery Planned at Orari River Mouth Animal life, native flora and ever-popular riverside pursuits will be celebrated at a community event at the Orari River mouth on Saturday, March 27. The free family-oriented event will include demonstrations ... More >>

Late summer brings heightened fire risk

Monday, 8 March 2010, 1:50 pm | Environment Canterbury

With summer finally arriving in February and March with hot temperatures and drying conditions throughout most of Canterbury, the rural fire risk has raised significantly. More >>

Protect voting rights, improve water management

Thursday, 4 March 2010, 10:05 am | Environment Canterbury

In the wake of the Government review of Environment Canterbury’s functions, councillors have proposed a split governance system which would protect people’s right to vote for regional councillors and also lift the council’s water management performance. More >>

Mid- Waitaki Valley groundwater quality survey

Tuesday, 2 March 2010, 3:35 pm | Environment Canterbury

Environment Canterbury in March is surveying groundwater quality in the mid-Waitaki Valley in the area between Duntroon and Otematata. More >>

Groundwater levels below average in late summer se

Monday, 1 March 2010, 1:15 pm | Environment Canterbury

Canterbury groundwater levels fell in February as a result of settled weather combined with average-to-dry conditions, according to monitoring by Environment Canterbury scientists. More >>

ECan adopts water management funding

Friday, 26 February 2010, 1:27 pm | Environment Canterbury

The Environment Canterbury Council has voted 12-2 to adopt an amendment, for consultation, to its Annual Plan to provide $3.3M in funding for the Canterbury Water Management Strategy for the 2010/11 year. More >>

Waimakariri River signage

Thursday, 25 February 2010, 4:50 pm | Environment Canterbury

The tragic death of a young man at the Waimakariri River this week has led to the call for more signs warning of the river’s danger. More >>

High demand for Clean Heat in Christchurch

Wednesday, 24 February 2010, 3:27 pm | Environment Canterbury

The demand for Clean Heat financial assistance ahead of new air rules commencing on April 1 means waiting lists for assessments are growing. Christchurch residents who are not already prepared are advised to consider what alternatives they will ... More >>

Environ't Canterbury to work constructively w Govt

Friday, 19 February 2010, 10:45 am | Environment Canterbury

The Chairman of Environment Canterbury, Alec Neill, has signalled that Environment Canterbury will work constructively with the government following the release of the review group report on Environment Canterbury. More >>

Calling Mid Canterbury Weedbusters

Thursday, 18 February 2010, 4:41 pm | Environment Canterbury

Nominations for the 2010 Weedbuster Awards close on March 31. It’s now time to down tools and get nominating. Environment Canterbury, the Department of Conservation and a number of local councils hold the Weedbuster Awards every two years to recognise ... More >>