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State of Canterbury’s Environment
Tuesday, 6 January 2009, 10:29 am | Environment Canterbury
A key report released by Environment Canterbury contains mixed news about the state of the region’s environment. The Regional Environment Report 2001-2008 shows that people in Christchurch are breathing cleaner air in winter and more have switched ... More >>
Environment Enhancement Fund 2008
Wednesday, 24 December 2008, 12:08 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury has approved $175,000 of funding for biodiversity projects in the Canterbury region for the 2008 funding round of the Environment Enhancement Fund. More >>
State of Canterbury's Water
Tuesday, 23 December 2008, 12:40 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury (ECan) says that regional groundwater levels and surface flows are likely to become critical for some users later in the irrigation season, which could lead to restrictions based on minimum flows and water depth. More >>
Funding set down for Lake Tekapo Regional Park
Thursday, 18 December 2008, 3:34 pm | Environment Canterbury
Lake Tekapo Regional Park is set to be funded from a mix of 60% regional rate and 40% targeted fixed rate levied on the Timaru and Mackenzie districts from 2009 to 2014. More >>
Starboard (right side) rules for navigation
Tuesday, 16 December 2008, 11:39 am | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury has fielded calls from boaties upset that a heading in the latest issue of Living Here, its regional newsletter, could create a false and potentially dangerous impression. More >>
Plant eradication underway in North Canterbury
Friday, 12 December 2008, 2:10 pm | Environment Canterbury
The discovery of Chilean needle grass (Nassella neesiana) in North Canterbury has prompted Environment Canterbury to commit an estimated $95,000 over three years to an attempt to eradicate the plant pest from the region. More >>
Community to have their say on bus services
Thursday, 11 December 2008, 4:15 pm | Environment Canterbury
Timaru residents will have the opportunity to participate in improving public passenger transport services in the city. More >>
ECan disappointed with costs ruling
Thursday, 11 December 2008, 10:57 am | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury (ECan) is disappointed with the Environment Court’s costs award to the Christchurch City Council and Federated Farmers in its claim against ECan for the Banks Peninsula District Plan landscape protection hearing. The City ... More >>
Updated recreational information for Waitaki lakes
Thursday, 11 December 2008, 10:33 am | Environment Canterbury
A new pamphlet which will help the 15,000 to 20,000 people who visit the Waitaki lakes each year keep safe on water and land has been released by Waitaki Lakes Shoreline Authorities Committee. More >>
Ashburton Community Water Trust hydro application
Wednesday, 10 December 2008, 2:50 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Ashburton Community Water Trust (ACWT) and Ashburton District Council have been granted consents to use Rakaia River water to generate electricity, subject to the applicant undertaking a full summer ecological survey. More >>
Garden Clean up Recommended to Reduce Fire Hazard
Thursday, 4 December 2008, 2:09 pm | Environment Canterbury
Canterbury’s rural fire fighters are calling on residents to clean up garden and vegetation areas, following the hot early summer weather. More >>
Toxic algal growth risk in rivers or ponds
Thursday, 4 December 2008, 12:34 pm | Environment Canterbury
Warm weather and low flows in South Canterbury may produce toxic algal growths in rivers or ponds More >>
North Bank Tunnel hearing panel interim decision
Tuesday, 2 December 2008, 1:36 pm | Environment Canterbury
Meridian Energy Ltd has been granted four resource consents to divert, take, use and discharge water from the Lower Waitaki River for its North Bank Tunnel Concept hydro- electricity proposal. More >>
Mackenzie Country joint spraying operation
Friday, 28 November 2008, 11:48 am | Environment Canterbury
A major aerial spraying operation is underway to stop broom and willow infestations, along the Tekapo River, in the South Canterbury high country. More >>
ECan annual dairy shed effluent report released
Wednesday, 26 November 2008, 3:52 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury (ECan) today released its annual dairy shed effluent report. The report summarises the results of the previous milking season’s monitoring of effluent management at around 700 dairy farms, from Kaikoura District to the Waitaki. More >>
Excavation work results in fine.
Friday, 21 November 2008, 12:59 pm | Environment Canterbury
A North Canterbury landowner and a Christchurch based earthmoving company have been fined $10,000 and $5000 respectively, following the clearance of protection plantings and the construction of stop-banks on the Waiau River. Both defendants entered guilty ... More >>
Swimming sites show improved water quality
Thursday, 20 November 2008, 11:37 am | Environment Canterbury
Swimming water quality in Canterbury’s rivers, lakes and sea is showing signs of improvement with nine sites getting a better swimming water quality grade from Environment Canterbury (ECan) scientists in 2008 when compared to last year. More >>
Punatarakao wetland working bee
Tuesday, 18 November 2008, 2:00 pm | Environment Canterbury
A group of volunteers clearing gorse, broom and willows from a wetland near Waimate, South Canterbury, has had a major impact on an important cultural site of the Waihao Runanga. More >>
Dairy farmer fined for effluent discharge
Tuesday, 11 November 2008, 4:33 pm | Environment Canterbury
A North Canterbury dairy farmer was fined $8500 after discharging dairy effluent onto his property that ended up in the Northbrook Stream. A guilty plea was entered when the case was heard in the Christchurch District Court on September 17, 2008. More >>
March Construction fined for Avon River discharge
Friday, 7 November 2008, 5:15 pm | Environment Canterbury
A Christchurch construction company has been fined after the Environment Court found that March Construction Ltd illegally discharged dewatering water containing high levels of clay into the Avon River near the Swanns Road Bridge, Richmond, on December ... More >>
