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Waitaki Regional Plan soon to be operative
Monday, 3 July 2006, 5:06 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury chairman Sir Kerry Burke has congratulated the Minister for the Environment on the achievement of a statutory plan for the Waitaki River catchment, the Waitaki Catchment Water Allocation Regional Plan. If no appeals arise, the plan ... More >>
Lakes' navigation rules
Monday, 3 July 2006, 12:16 am | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury is proposing several amendments to the existing navigation safety bylaws for Lake Ruataniwha near Twizel. The proposals include a provision for South Island Rowing to close off the lake for motorised craft for rowing regattas ... More >>
Highest fine for marine pollution
Friday, 30 June 2006, 12:51 am | Environment Canterbury
Two overseas-owned companies were this week fined a total of $70,000 for oil pollution offences in Lyttelton Harbour in October 2004. The two companies - Cometa United Corp of Panama and Tradewood Shipping Co SAS, of Italy, were earlier this year convicted ... More >>
Solid Energy consent for pellet burners in Chch
Thursday, 29 June 2006, 11:28 am | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury has granted a resource consent to Solid Energy Ltd authorising the discharge of air pollution from 405 pellet fires to be used in new homes, home extensions or homes without an existing solid fuel burner in Christchurch’s Clean ... More >>
Kate Valley bond decided
Thursday, 29 June 2006, 10:44 am | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury has received the Environment Court decision on a declaration on the meaning of the bond condition for Transwaste’s Kate Valley landfill in North Canterbury. More >>
Central Plains Water Trust consent applications
Friday, 23 June 2006, 3:07 pm | Environment Canterbury
Tomorrow Environment Canterbury will publicly notify 55 resource consents relating to the taking, using and discharging of water from the Waimakariri and Rakaia Rivers connected with Central Plains Water Trust’s proposed irrigation scheme. More >>
Weather forecasts for the weekend a concern
Thursday, 15 June 2006, 1:51 pm | Environment Canterbury
Weather forecasts for the weekend are a big concern for Civil defence authorities in the South Island. With many Canterbury communities still reeling from Monday’s snow storm, concerns are that more communities will be caught unawares. Canterbury’s ... More >>
Groundwater levels expected to benefit from snow
Wednesday, 14 June 2006, 4:16 pm | Environment Canterbury
Groundwater levels in the Canterbury region is expected to benefit from this weeks snow over larges parts of the area. Environment Canterbury Hydrogeologist, Philippa Aitchison-Earl says snow is an excellent recharge mechanism for groundwater, as it ... More >>
Many areas in S Cant'y still without power, Phones
Wednesday, 14 June 2006, 2:27 pm | Environment Canterbury
Many small communities in areas in Canterbury affected by this week’s snow are still without power and telephones, but more and more areas are starting to become accessible by road. Civil Defence and Local Authorities are helping to co-ordinate work between ... More >>
Canterbury Situation Begins to Improve
Wednesday, 14 June 2006, 9:56 am | Environment Canterbury
Although many areas are of Canterbury still cut off from the outside world, contractors have started to clear the snow on several roads and snow is thawing in lower-lying areas. More >>
Emergency
Tuesday, 13 June 2006, 12:03 am | Environment Canterbury
Communities in the Waimate and McKenzie Districts are still cut off from the outside world, following yesterday’s storm. Canterbury’s Emergency Management Planner, Jon Mitchell says there is no way to contact those communities to find out what there ... More >>
Draft long term plan signed off
Thursday, 8 June 2006, 4:28 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury (ECan) yesterday signed off its draft long term council community plan (LTCCP), shaving $2.2 million off the proposed expenditure for the 2006/07 year, having reviewed the submissions received. Total expenditure has reduced from the ... More >>
No ECan targeted rate to fund cleaner air
Thursday, 8 June 2006, 3:15 pm | Environment Canterbury
Concerns express by Rangiora and Kaiapoi submitters on Environment Canterbury’s draft Long Term Council Community Plan about the cost of some Clean Heat Project proposals have been taken on board by the council, says North Canterbury regional councillor, ... More >>
Security cameras for all Christchurch buses
Wednesday, 7 June 2006, 5:55 pm | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury has approved expenditure of $176,789 to fund security cameras on Christchurch buses, which do not already have them. Security cameras will also be installed on the Diamond Harbour ferry. More >>
Better flood protection in Ashburton
Friday, 2 June 2006, 11:24 am | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury contractors have just completed another stage in a three-year stopbank programme to provide Ashburton with a higher standard of flood protection. The stopbanks are designed to prevent a one-in-200 year flood in the Ashburton River ... More >>
Rakaia-Selwyn groundwater hearing recheduled
Tuesday, 30 May 2006, 3:11 pm | Environment Canterbury
The combined consent hearing to decide 69 resource consent applications for groundwater in the Rakaia-Selwyn zone has been rescheduled to begin on July 24. More >>
Coastal areas to be excluded from aquaculture
Tuesday, 30 May 2006, 10:23 am | Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury is inviting discussion on coastal areas where people believe aquaculture activities (eg mussel farms) should be excluded. This is part of the council’s ongoing work on the allocation of water space for aquaculture. It follows ... More >>
Consent signed for Woolston factory, Gelita NZ Ltd
Wednesday, 24 May 2006, 2:19 pm | Environment Canterbury
Gelita NZ Ltd has received resource consent from the Environment Court for its new coal-fired boiler at its Woolston site. The consent is conditional on the fact that pollution levels from the coal boiler will be capped during four months of winter, ... More >>
Groundwater levels improve slightly thanks to rain
Monday, 22 May 2006, 4:12 pm | Environment Canterbury
Recent rainfall and enhanced river flows over most of Canterbury has raised groundwater levels in shallow and river-fed systems, say Environment Canterbury scientists. However in deeper aquifers groundwater levels remain low. Some groundwater aquifers are still ... More >>
Bus drivers need everyone's support
Thursday, 11 May 2006, 9:46 am | Environment Canterbury
The cowardly attack on two bus drivers by adolescents at the weekend needs to be seriously addressed, says Cr Nicky Wagner, chair of Environment Canterbury’s public passenger transport committee. ECan tenders bus routes for Christchurch metro services, ... More >>
