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18 March 2010 Meeting with Ministers frank discussion of future for regional council
Environment Canterbury’s chairman Alec Neill, deputy chair Jo Kane, Cr Bob Kirk and chief executive Bryan Jenkins met with Environment Minister Nick Smith, Minister of Local Government Rodney Hide and key ministerial staff on Tuesday night March 16. Cr Neill noted the frank discussion between the parties and said councillors had a good opportunity to talk through how their suggestion of a negotiated agreement, employing a commissioner-advisor and advisory group and retaining the democratically-elected council structure for all functions other than water, could operate.

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  19 March 2010 Regional council responds to Creech Review: need for change acknowledged
  Environment Canterbury has released its response to the recent Government investigation of its functions under the Resource Management and Local Government Acts. The investigation was headed by former MP Wyatt Creech.
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  18 March 2010 Resource consent non compliance an ongoing issue
  Environment Canterbury is actively working with dairy industry partners to improve the management of dairy effluent on Canterbury farms.
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  18 March 2010 Enviroschools Awards Celebration 2010
  Enviroschools Canterbury is hosting the Enviroschools Awards 2010 ceremony at Our City Otautahi, Worcester Boulevard at 1.30pm on March 22.
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  11 March 2010 Wilding Tree Control Days 2010
  Environment Canterbury has organised wilding tree control days in the high country for 2010.
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  11 March 2010 Canterbury sharemilker fined for effluent discharge.
  An Ashburton sharemilker, Richard Neil Spicer, has been fined a total of $12,000 after pleading guilty to two charges, discharging effluent from an irrigator onto land causing ponding and contravening an abatement notice.
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  10 March 2010 Day of Discovery Planned at Orari River Mouth
  Animal life of all kinds, native flora and ever-popular riverside pursuits will be celebrated at a community event at the Orari River mouth on Saturday, March 27.
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  03 March 2010 Protect voting rights, improve water management performance
  In the wake of the Government review of Environment Canterbury’s functions, councillors have proposed a split governance system to protect people’s right to vote and also lift the council’s water management performance.
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  03 March 2010 Have your say about the future of public transport
  A review of the Metro Strategy has just begun with the aim of improving public transport in the Greater Christchurch area.
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  02 March 2010 Mid- Waitaki Valley groundwater quality survey
  Environment Canterbury in March is surveying groundwater quality in the mid-Waitaki Valley in the area between Duntroon and Otematata.
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  02 March 2010 Request for photographs, footage and stories from tsunami on Sunday
  The Canterbury Emergency Management Office is requesting photos, footage and stories from members of the public and media outlets regarding Sunday's tsunami.