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Mudfish Mania comes to Canterbury
Monday, 24 September 2007, 4:14 pm | Environment Canterbury
Celebrations are set to begin early October to honour one of our region’s most unique natives: the Canterbury mudfish. More >>
ECan congratulates City Council
Friday, 21 September 2007, 5:22 pm | Environment Canterbury
ECan chairman Sir Kerry Burke says it is good news that the Christchurch City Council has settled on a new bus exchange site, close to the existing Exchange on Lichfield St, but on the opposite, west side of Colombo St. More >>
Clean Air Milestone, Recommendations Adopted
Wednesday, 19 September 2007, 4:41 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury today unanimously adopted its Air Plan commissioners' recommendations which cover chapter three (air quality) of the Canterbury Natural Resources Regional Plan. More >>
Spill of waste effluent water into Saltwater Creek
Friday, 14 September 2007, 11:57 am | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury’s Pollution Hotline team is investigating a spill of what seems to be effluent water from a woodboard manufacturing plant at Sefton into Saltwater Creek, North Canterbury. More >>
Trial change to Timaru Metro bus routes
Thursday, 13 September 2007, 2:05 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury's Timaru Metro bus services are going to make a small change to their routes from next week, Monday September 17, in an effort to cut out lost time on lower Stafford St. The trial is anticipated to run until November 9. More >>
No high pollution nights in Waimate this winter
Wednesday, 12 September 2007, 11:01 am | Environment Canterbury
For the first time this winter no air pollution exceedences were recorded by Environment Canterbury in Waimate. Ten high pollution days were monitored last year during the period stretching from May 1 to August 31. Previous measurements in 2002 and ... More >>
Redcliffs Waterfront Land Title Refused
Tuesday, 11 September 2007, 4:17 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Registrar-General of Land has upheld a decision to stop the ownership of waterfront land at Redcliffs, Christchuch, from being registered as part of an adjoining piece of privately owned land. More >>
Clean Air Discussion Running Smoothly In Ashburton
Tuesday, 11 September 2007, 4:15 pm | Environment Canterbury
Ashburton experienced 13 high pollution nights during the winter period stretching from May 1 to August 31. Although it is fewer than half of last year's total of 29, it is on par with previous years. More >>
Hill & high country burn-off needs authorisation
Tuesday, 11 September 2007, 10:29 am | Environment Canterbury
Hill and high country burning without authorisation is posing a problem for Environment Canterbury. So far this burning season, which still has seven weeks to go, ten fires have been lit without notifying Environment Canterbury. Some of these burnt ... More >>
Timaru high on pollution list this winter
Friday, 7 September 2007, 4:50 pm | Environment Canterbury
Timaru experienced the highest number of high air pollution nights in Canterbury this winter – a fact that is partly weather related. Thirty-four high air pollution nights were recorded. Environment Canterbury director operations Ken Lawn says unlike ... More >>
Clean Heat on track for Kaiapoi and Rangiora
Friday, 7 September 2007, 1:41 pm | Environment Canterbury
Kaiapoi and Rangiora experienced fewer high air pollution nights this year than previous years - a fact that can be attributed to cloudy evenings, fewer frosts and windier weather. More >>
Councils: think outside box for water quality
Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 12:25 am | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury says territorial councils need to think of ways of delivering better water quality in rivers and streams to its ratepayers instead of ruling this out as unaffordable. More >>
Energy into the Future – Security, Reliability
Friday, 31 August 2007, 4:52 pm | Environment Canterbury
A reporting back on progress since the 2005 Energy Forums and establishing a platform for future engagement between the region’s energy stakeholders More >>
Local release of boneseed predator
Friday, 31 August 2007, 1:41 pm | Environment Canterbury
A new organism to help control the pest plant boneseed has been released on Banks Peninsula. The boneseed leafroller caterpillar (Tortrix s.l. sp.“chrysanthemoides”) was released this week at Diamond Harbour by staff from Landcare Research. More >>
Environment grant applications extended
Thursday, 30 August 2007, 11:45 am | Environment Canterbury
Landowners and groups working to protect and enhance native biodiversity in Canterbury have another two weeks to apply for financial assistance through Environment Canterbury’s Environment Enhancement Fund. The closing date for applications has been extended ... More >>
River dumping costs ratepayers thousands
Thursday, 30 August 2007, 12:11 am | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury is looking for information that could lead to the prosecution of one or more parties that have recently dumped several truckloads of dangerous waste in the Waimakariri River bed. More >>
Proposed changes to flow in Canterbury rivers
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 3:03 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury is proposing several variations to Chapter Five (Water Quantity) of the Proposed Natural Resources Regional plan that would see the environmental flow regimes of several Canterbury rivers changed. More >>
Local Government Rates Inquiry ECan response
Tuesday, 28 August 2007, 4:15 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury’s chair, Sir Kerry Burke, has welcomed the report into local government rates funding. He says a number of issues will require further discussion by council, once central government has made its decisions. More >>
Local election of ECan candidates
Friday, 24 August 2007, 3:37 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury has received 36 nominations for candidates to stand in the October regional council elections. These candidates are standing in eight constituencies: four Christchurch constituencies and four out of Christchurch, for 14 councillor ... More >>
No shortage of candidates for regional council
Wednesday, 22 August 2007, 4:59 pm | Environment Canterbury
With nominations for the local body elections closing this Friday at noon, there is no shortage of candidates wanting to represent their constituents on the Canterbury Regional Council (Environment Canterbury). More >>
