… are interested in joining a water zone committee, please go to www.ecan.govt.nz/waiwecare
For more information please phone Environment Canterbury Customer Services on 0800 324 636.
For more information on how the committee operates please read the terms of reference.
Four meetings throughout Canterbury have helped to spread the word about the proposed Biosecurity Advisory Groups and encourage community members to join.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2019/biosecurity-advisory-group-meetings-encourage-applications/Read about the feedback we've provided on the Government's draft land transport strategy.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2024/keeping-the-wheels-moving-on-canterbury-transport-investment/Environment Canterbury has key wetlands information and provides guidance for landowners on how to manage their wetlands.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2019/updated-wetlands-info-provides-key-guidance-for-landowners/
NCheck is a simple way to find out your property nitrogen losses, and to work out if you need a land use consent to farm. It has also been approved for use in the consent process under limited circumstance for some land uses.
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Access NCheck at www.canterburywater.farm. If you are using the tool for the first time, follow the registration instructions.
Locate your farm by entering your farm address or Agribase ID into the address bar. Your farm…
We have a legal responsibility under the Local Government Act 2002, the Resource Management Act 1991 and within the resource consent process to take account of tangata whenua with regard to the management of natural resources. Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu is the statutory authority representing iwi members and includes ten local rūnanga within Canterbury, known as Papatipu Rūnanga.
If you have any queries about Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu and Papatipu Rūnanga within the resource consent process, including…
The LGOIMA response is published along with a summary of the request.
Personal information is removed from the request and from the response.
The requests have been categorised on this page.
Please be aware that a request/response may cover more than one area and will be located in the relevant category for the majority of the information requested.
Air quality
13 December 2018 - Request for a report titled ‘An Examination of Uncertainties in the CM-1 Method’
1517C - We received an informati…
Some of the information on this page as well as linked documents may be out of date as a result of the Essential Freshwater Package introduced in September 2020.
Environment Canterbury is currently in the process of updating all relevant documentation. If you have any queries please contact Customer Services on 0800 324 636.
Below you can find information and rules in relation to farming in the Ashburton zone.
To see if you need a land use consent to farm:
Open the 'farming land use…
Some of the information on this page as well as linked documents may be out of date as a result of the Essential Freshwater Package introduced in September 2020.
Environment Canterbury is currently in the process of updating all relevant documentation. If you have any queries please contact Customer Services on 0800 324 636.
Below you can find information and rules in relation to farming in the Lower Waitaki South Coastal Canterbury zone.
To see if you need a land use consent to farm:
Ope…