News & events

Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2018

Public consultation opens today on the draft Regional Public Transport Plan, and ECan has announced that travel on its buses on 22 September will be free.

Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2018

Today Environment Canterbury cancelled an abatement notice issued to Cloud Ocean Water which had stopped it taking water.

Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2018

People have been asking - what evidence do we have that water quality is improving across Canterbury? And over what time frame – are we talking five, 10 or 25…

Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2018

Today Environment Canterbury issued Cloud Ocean Water an abatement notice to stop taking water from its shallow well.

Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 by Hamish McFarlane - Orari Temuka Opihi Pareora Water Zone Committee chair

Hamish McFarlane, was elected as the new Chair taking over from John Talbot to develop water management with the community.

Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018

Today, Environment Canterbury approved the draft Regional Public Transport Plan 2018-28 for public consultation from September 17 for a month.

Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2018

The draft Regional Public Transport Plan 2018-28 has been approved by the Greater Christchurch Public Transport Joint Committee.

Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018

The compliance monitoring annual report for the year ended June 2018 has been released by Environment Canterbury.

Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2018

A mail-out was sent to 700 Timaru property owners who may have land affected by chemicals or hazardous substances remaining in the ground from a previous use of the land,…

Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2018

Earlier this week Environment Canterbury welcomed Their Excellencies, The Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy and Sir David Gascoigne, to Selwyn District.

Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018

Protection of an endangered grasshopper in the MacKenzie Basin has been given a boost with the transfer of a key habitat into conservation land.

Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018

Work to close the two remaining gaps in the secondary stopbanks system for the Ashley River/Rakahuri starts this month.