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Nutrient loss campaign a step in right direction
Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 5:14 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury has welcomed the leadership shown by Federated Farmers president Charlie Pedersen in encouraging greater environmental responsibility among farmers. Mr Pedersen yesterday announced Federated Farmers’ More >>
Farmer fined $12,000 for illegally takign water
Tuesday, 7 November 2006, 12:06 am | Environment Canterbury
A Mid Canterbury farmer, Keith Bruce Townshend, was fined $12,000 after pleading guilty to taking water from a bore on his property in Valetta groundwater zone without a resource consent. The fine was imposed on November 1 in the Christchurch District ... More >>
Canterbury Resource Management Award Winners 2006
Wednesday, 1 November 2006, 1:36 pm | Environment Canterbury
Orana Wildlife Trust is this year’s supreme Canterbury environmental achiever. The Trust won this year’s Supreme Award in the Canterbury Resource Management Awards 2006. More >>
Community water meetings begin this week
Monday, 30 October 2006, 10:58 am | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury scientists, planners and politicians are attending more than a dozen meetings from Kaikoura to Waimate in the next fortnight to discuss water management with local communities. More >>
Wrybill award for two Timaru students
Friday, 27 October 2006, 4:30 pm | Environment Canterbury
Two 13-year old students from Mountainview High School in Timaru are this year’s winners of Environment Canterbury’s coveted Wrybill award. The award for resource management is awarded yearly to one of the section winners of science fairs across ... More >>
Northern Star service launched
Thursday, 26 October 2006, 4:44 pm | Environment Canterbury
A new bright blue Metro bus service, named the Northern Star, takes off on Monday October 30 for people travelling to and from Rangiora, Woodend, Kaiapoi and Waikuku. The service is in response to feedback from 700 residents of the North Canterbury ... More >>
Waitaki catchment commissioner appointed
Thursday, 26 October 2006, 4:35 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury has appointed Professor Peter Skelton as a commissioner to decide on the notification status of more than 200 water resource consent applications in the Waitaki catchment. More >>
Environmental performance shows no improvement
Wednesday, 25 October 2006, 4:36 pm | Environment Canterbury
Dairy farmers’ environmental performance shows no improvement in Canterbury Environment Canterbury’s 2005/06 report on dairy shed effluent discharges shows no improvement on the 2004/05 figures. The 2005/06 survey shows only 48 per cent of the 541 farms ... More >>
Waipara groundwater recharge zone extended
Wednesday, 25 October 2006, 4:07 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury has increased the annual allocation limit for the Waipara groundwater zone to 10.7 million cubic metres per year, replacing the limit of 7.8 million cubic metres per year adopted in July. More >>
ECan decides on future representation structure
Friday, 13 October 2006, 3:48 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury’s role in developing its preferred representation structure was completed this week. “The council’s preferred position will now be considered by the Local Government Commission,” said ECan chairman Sir Kerry Burke. Last week, ... More >>
Community meetings early
Thursday, 12 October 2006, 4:18 pm | Environment Canterbury
The advisory group for Environment Canterbury’s Restorative Programme for Lowland Streams held their third meeting this week. More >>
Two farmers fined for illegal water takes
Wednesday, 11 October 2006, 11:42 am | Environment Canterbury
In the past fortnight, two farmers growing crops have been fined for irrigating illegally last season and a third case is still to be finalised. The completed cases were heard in front of Environment Court Judge Jeff Smith, sitting in the Christchurch District ... More >>
Farmers warned to check irrigation restrictions
Wednesday, 11 October 2006, 11:40 am | Environment Canterbury
With the potential for an El Nino or drought summer ahead, Environment Canterbury’s consents’ compliance and enforcement team is warning irrigators to stick to the conditions on their consents. More >>
Antares oil spill appeal dismissed
Tuesday, 10 October 2006, 4:40 pm | Environment Canterbury
Two overseas companies, convicted and subsequently fined $70,000 for oil pollution offences in Christchurch’s Lyttelton Harbour, have lost their appeal against their conviction and fines. More >>
A delightful surprise in Cashmere Stream
Wednesday, 4 October 2006, 2:02 pm | Environment Canterbury
Freshwater mussels have been found in a city stream, Cashmere Stream. The larvae of these New Zealand natives are dependent upon native fish such as bullies for part of their life cycle. “The tiny larvae attach themselves to native fish such as ... More >>
Outstanding awards for two outstanding men
Thursday, 28 September 2006, 5:39 pm | Environment Canterbury
Two Cantabrians today received outstanding contribution awards from Environment Canterbury (see citations below). More >>
Dangerous Dams Policy for Canterbury
Thursday, 28 September 2006, 4:46 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury has adopted a “Dangerous Dams Policy” for the Canterbury region, as required under Section 161 of the Building Act 2004. The Act requires regional councils to develop a policy to address issues associated with dangerous ... More >>
“Excluded areas” for marine farming identified
Thursday, 28 September 2006, 3:15 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury has identified 23 areas in the Canterbury Coastal Marine Area that will be excluded from marine farming or aquaculture activities. This is an early step in the implementation of new aquaculture reform legislation. The so-called excluded ... More >>
Chch pollution trends down with Clean Heat
Thursday, 28 September 2006, 3:03 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury’s Clean Heat Project, launched in 2003, is having a measurable reduction on pollution levels, according to the latest ECan post-winter analysis. In addition, more people making use of the Clean Heat Project subsidy are opting ... More >>
Snow-filled winter produces mixed pollution result
Thursday, 28 September 2006, 3:02 pm | Environment Canterbury
While air pollution is trending downwards in Christchurch, the rest of the region’s towns and cities like Timaru are also getting the message that something has to be done to meet the new National Environmental Standard for air quality by 2013. Christchurch ... More >>
