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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 >>

Canterbury Resource Management Award Winners 2008

Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 5:18 pm | Environment Canterbury

The Opuha Dam Water Management Project is the supreme winner of the Resource Management Awards, which were announced today by Environment Canterbury (ECan) at a ceremony in Christchurch. More >>

Water availability meetings in Canterbury

Tuesday, 28 October 2008, 12:55 pm | Environment Canterbury

Environment Canterbury (ECan) is hosting a series of community meetings to discuss the availability of water pumped from wells, rivers and streams, along with the implementation of the new national environmental standard for the measurement of water takes throughout ... More >>

River work sees “extinct” fish flock back

Friday, 24 October 2008, 4:04 pm | Environment Canterbury

Hidden away in the South Canterbury high country is an unassuming little creek that is making big waves in fishing circles and is being heralded as a major environmental success story. More >>

Hanmer Basin Bovine TB Operation

Thursday, 23 October 2008, 11:54 am | Environment Canterbury

The operation covers 12,000 ha of the Hanmer Basin including all the farmland and both the Hanmer and Waiau River’s riparian margins. More >>

Company director fined for wetland drainage

Wednesday, 22 October 2008, 2:50 pm | Environment Canterbury

A North Otago company director and his company have been fined and ordered to pay costs to Environment Canterbury (ECan) after the Environment Court found that Mervyn James McCabe had entered into a joint venture agreement to drain water from Buscott ... More >>

Aquifer tests throw doubt on water availability

Wednesday, 22 October 2008, 9:30 am | Environment Canterbury

Environment Canterbury (ECan) has received preliminary results from the leakage tests required under the commissioner’s decision to grant groundwater consents in the Selwyn-Rakaia groundwater zone. More >>

41 Groundwater consents in Selwyn-Waimakariri

Monday, 20 October 2008, 3:32 pm | Environment Canterbury

A resource consent panel has granted 41 groundwater consents in the Selwyn-Waimakariri groundwater zone, Central Canterbury. The consents are for ten years, not the 15 years sought by the applicants. Reasons for the reduced term noted by the commissioners ... More >>

Old man’s beard eradication two month project

Thursday, 16 October 2008, 10:26 am | Environment Canterbury

A huge project to try and combat the spread of the plant pest old man’s beard in the Waihi Riverbed on the outskirts of Geraldine, South Canterbury, is nearing completion. More >>

New Canterbury biodiversity website launched

Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 1:54 pm | Environment Canterbury

The Canterbury Biodiversity Advisory Group has launched a “one-stop shop” website to showcase the region’s unique and varied wildlife and ecosystems. More >>

2008 Resource Management Awards – Finalists

Monday, 6 October 2008, 4:28 pm | Environment Canterbury

Environment Canterbury (ECan) has announced the finalists for the 2008 Resource Management Awards. The awards were established in 1991 and are held every two years. This year’s entries cover a wide range of resource management examples including waste reduction, ... More >>