News & events

Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 by James Tricker

Environment Canterbury staff are currently on site at the property in Amberley where up to 1000 tyres caught on fire last night.

Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017

A consent to bottle water in Belfast has been granted.

Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 by Bill Bayfield

Bill Bayfield, Environment Canterbury’s CEO, outlines some of the actions being taken by the regional council to protect and improve our precious water resources.

Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017

A company has been consented to backfill an existing quarry with up to five per cent asbestos containing material.

Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017

It looks festive when its red berries are in season but cotoneaster is an invasive pest that spreads easily and crowds out native species.

Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017

Canterbury farmers are encouraged to look out for and report sightings of the yellow flowering thistle, Saffron Thistle (Carthamus lanatus) to Environment Canterbury.

Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2017 by Stefanie Rixecker

Science Director Stefanie Rixecker discusses the Canterbury Water Management Strategy and its impact on water protection in Canterbury.

Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017

Talking about tuna, learning about local water management and enjoying a delicious hāngī were part of a spring day out for Omarama School students.

Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017

South Canterbury farm business people produce food that is consumed across the world and none of this would be possible without water from the Opihi River.

Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017

Some of the world’s rarest birds, like the wrybill, live and breed along the Ashley-Rakahuri River.

Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017

A Canterbury coal mine has been fined $10,500 for causing sediment to run into a waterway.

Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017

Keeping our waterways ‘clean’ does not mean people can squeeze detergent into them.