Public notices
Here you can find a list of official notifications for plan change notifications, consent hearings, open notified consents, meetings, work notices, water restrictions and submissions.
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Notice of wallaby control: Lake Heron Station and adjacent Hakatere Conservation Area
WHAT: Contractors will be carrying out wallaby control on Lake Heron Station and adjacent DOC land.
WHERE: Hakatere Conservation Area, Ashburton Lakes – North of Double Hut into the North Branch Ashburton River and Smite River.
WHEN: Tuesday 2nd June to approx. Friday 12 June 2026.
Please keep to tracks when accessing this area.
Wallaby control work area
Notice of wallaby Control: Mary Range – Mackenzie Basin
WHAT: Contractors will be carrying out wallaby control in the Mary Range at night using ground hunters with thermal imaging equipment assisted with drones.
WHERE: Mary Range – Mackenzie Basin. East of Hayman Road, South of the Tekapo Canal
WHEN: Wednesday 27th May to approx. 12th June – pending weather. Operations will take place during the hours of darkness
Please avoid the area during the hours of darkness or camp at the designated campsite on the TA trail.
Wallaby control work area
Notice of wallaby Control: River systems in the Mackenzie Basin
WHAT: Contractors will be carrying out search for and controlling wallabies with a dog and rifle team on Simons Hill including the Simons Hill Conservation Area
WHERE: Simons Hill, adjacent to the Tekapo River.
WHEN: Thursday 7 – Friday 15 May 2026
Public are advised to keep to formed tracks during this period or preferably avoid the area.
Wallaby control work area
Notice of wallaby control: Pūkaki Downs, Ben Ohau Range (private land)
WHAT: Contractors will be carrying out search for and controlling wallabies with dog teams and shotguns on Pūkaki Downs (private land) – adjacent to the Big Rock Easement and Dusky Trail with appropriate safety buffers put in place.
WHERE: Pūkaki Downs – Ben Ohau Range
WHEN: Saturday 23rd / Sunday 24th May 2026
Warning signage will be in place. Please keep to formed tracks when using accessing these areas. Safe operating buffers and procedures have been put in place around the operation area.
Wallaby control work area
Notice of wallaby control: Te Kahui Kaupeka CA – Two Thumb Range
WHAT: Contractors will be carrying out thermal night shooting for wallabies during the hours of darkness.
WHERE: Coal River to Mt Gerald Stream - Two Thumb Range.
WHEN: Sunday 24 May - Friday 29 May 2026.
Warning: signage will be installed at all normal points of entry. Please avoid the area during the hours of darkness. Camp in or near huts.
Wallaby control work area
Amendments to Canterbury Regional Council's freshwater plans
Canterbury Regional Council (Environment Canterbury) gives notice that, in accordance with s55(2) of the Resource Management Act 1991, the following regional plans have been amended to incorporate changes to policy 3.22 from the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020 (NPS-FM 2020):
- Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan (CLWRP)
- Hurunui Waiau River Regional Plan (HWRRP)
- Waimakariri River Regional Plan (WRRP)
- Waipara Catchment Environmental Flow and Water Allocation Regional Plan (WCEP)
- Waitaki Catchment Water Allocation Regional Plan (WCWARP)
On 18 December 2025, a change to the NPS-FM 2020 was gazetted, and came into force on 15 January 2026. This change concerns NPS-FM 2020 Policy 3.22(1)(d)(iii) and 3.22(1)(e)(iii), which relate to natural inland wetlands, and an exception to their protection when necessary for the purpose of the extraction of minerals and ancillary activities.
The change to Policy 3.22(1)(d)(iii) is as follows, with inserted text underlined:
d. the regional council is satisfied that:
[…]
There is a functional need or operational need for the activity to be done in that location;
The change to Policy 3.22(1)(e)(iii) is as follows, with inserted text underlined:
d. the regional council is satisfied that:
[…]
There is a functional need or operational need for the activity to be done in that location;
The changes must be incorporated into relevant plans, without using the process set out in Schedule 1 of the Resource Management Act (1991). Accordingly, Environment Canterbury has amended the relevant regional plans.
This notice was first published on 01 April 2026, and a summary notice was published in The Press, Kaikōura Star, North Canterbury News, Ashburton Courier, Timaru Courier, Marlborough Express, and Otago Daily Times.
If you have any questions, please contact our Advisory Team on 0800 324 636 or email ecinfo@ecan.govt.nz
Dr Stefanie Rixecker
Chief Executive
Notice of council meetings - March 2026
The below meetings will be held in the Council Chamber, 200 Tuam Street, Christchurch, unless otherwise stated.
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
Regulation Hearing Committee at 8.00am
Audit and Risk Committee at 10.30am
Wednesday, 11 March 2026
Regulation Hearing Committee (if required) at 8.30am
Strategy and Policy Committee at 10.30am
Wednesday, 18 March 2026
Regulation Hearing Committee (if required) at 8.30am
Wednesday, 25 March 2026
Regulation Hearing Committee (if required) at 8.30am
Council at 10.30am
You can view the agendas online at the council and committee meetings page at least two days before each meeting.
For any queries, please call our Advisory team on 0800 324 636.