Upcoming meetings

The Waimakariri Zone Committee meets on the first Monday of each month.

Latest media releases

4th April 2012: Waimakariri Zone Committee meeting
10 February 2012: Waimakariri Zone Committee meeting

Activities and actions

Find out about the restoration of the Tutaepatu Lagoon

The Waimakiriri Zone Committee has provided $40,000 in Immediate Steps funding for the restoration of Tutaepatu Lagoon near Woodend. The programme began with weed removal and control, followed by planting more than 4000 native plants including Kahikatea, New Zealand's tallest forest tree.

Zone committee Update

Over recent months the Waimakariri Zone Committee members have had numerous briefings, field-trips and meetings with community members to bring itself up to speed on a wide variety of water-related issues.

At its December meeting the zone committee finalised its draft ZIP in preparation to present it to Environment Canterbury on 15 December.

Environment Canterbury voted unanimously to “endorse the Waimakariri Zone Implementation Programme as the basis for the design and realignment of work programmes, for drafting regional plan provisions and for preparation of a draft Long Term Plan”. The Waimakariri District Council received and endorsed the ZIP in early 2012.

Stakeholders and the community were engaged to provide feedback on priorities for water management which feed in to the ZIP. Around 80 people attended the meetings held around the zone in May.

The committee also set up four working groups with key stakeholders to develop pathways and actions to achieve the priority outcomes. The priorities for the zone include; lowland streams, Ashley/Rakahuri River, Waimakariri River, drinking water, relaiable Iirrigation, water and nutrient management and the zone's contribution to the regional economy.

The recommendations from these working groups fed in to the committee's ZIP which was made available for public review and feedback in October via a series of public meetings.

At its February meeting, the first for 2012, the zone committee discussed key implementation areas of its ZIP before going on to discuss the Land and Water Regional Plan and receiving a presentation from Waimakariri Irrigation. 

In March and April the committee received and discussed a presentation on the Ashley River Rating District, received a presentation on sustainable dairying from Dairy NZ, and discussed Environment Canterbury's project schedule for achieving the Land Use and Water Quality, and Biodiversity components of the ZIP.

At its latest meeting (May) the committee discussed Environment Canterbury's Land and Water Regional Plan (LWRP). The purpose of the LWRP is to identify the resource management outcomes or goals for managing land and water resources in Canterbury.

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