News & events

Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019

Environment Canterbury has been prioritising action on nitrate concentrations for many years.

Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2019

Recent news articles have discussed whether nitrate in our drinking water can cause health problems. Naturally, this is cause for concern for all of us.

Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019

Environment Canterbury released its annual groundwater quality survey for 2018.

Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019

A research project has found the most common potential source of soil contamination in North Canterbury is old sheep dips.

Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2019

Farmers in Hurunui and Kaikōura with erosion-prone land are eligible for funding to help reduce the movement of sediment down hillsides and into waterways.

Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2019

Want to reduce your run-off this summer? This checklist can help you to minimise on-farm costs and loss of contaminants to waterways.

Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 by Upper Waitaki Chair Simon Cameron

Upper Waitaki Water Zone Committee Chair, Simon Cameron, gives an update on the action being taken to address a decline in water quality in the Ahuriri.

Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 by Steve Lowndes Chairman, Environment Canterbury

Steve Lowndes is wrapping up his experience as a councillor and chair and reflects on achievements and the challenges lying ahead for the new council.

Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019

More than a decade of conservation work has resulted in a Kaikōura farmer working towards establishing a significant restored wetland.

Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2019

Kaikōura's newest breed of farmers are shaking up the way things are traditionally done on-farm, showing the way for improving water quality.

Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019

Entries for the 2020 Ballance Farm Environment Awards are officially open.

Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019

Join one of many drop-in sessions for Waimakariri to find out more about if you need a land use consent and how to prepare your first audit.