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Pollution Hotline

Ring the Pollution Hotline!We Need Your Help to Protect the Environment!

If you see an individual or organisation harming our
environment please call our 24 hour Pollution Hotline

(03) 366 4663  or 0800 76 55 88

The pollution hotline receives around 70 calls a week from the public. The types of incidents reported range from:

  • pollution in streams
  • dumping of hazardous materials and waste
  • earthworks and disturbance in a river bed
  • smokey chimneys
  • unauthorised irrigation
  • outside fires

Northern (Christchurch Based) Pollution Hotline Team Photo

Souther Pollution Hotline Team Photo - Timaru Based

The pollution hotline is divided into two teams. The northern team (based in Christchurch) investigates complaints north of the Rakaia River to the Kaikoura district and across to the main divide. The northern team consists of 4 full-time enforcement officers and 10 on-call environmental protection officers.

The southern team is based in Timaru and deals with complaints from south of the Rakaia River to the north bank of the Waitaki River and across to the main divide. The southern team consists of 2 full-time enforcement officers and 5 on-call environmental protection officers.

The Environment Canterbury hotline team is standing by 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for YOUR call...

 

PHONE: (03) 366 4663 for Christchurch residents
0800 75 66 88 for outside Christchurch

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