News & events

Date: Wed, 5 May 2021

Help protect the precious wai of our region by applying to join your local water zone committee. Applications close Monday 10 May.

Date: Tue, 4 May 2021

If you have a current consent to take water and are required to submit water use data, you'll be receiving an invoice from us shortly.

Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2021 by Jenny Hughey, Chair, Environment Canterbury

Rates – it’s a five-letter word that makes most people’s eyes glaze over, although I suspect that isn’t so much the case in the farming sector.

Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 by Jenny Hughey, Chair, Environment Canterbury

With the days becoming shorter and colder, having good heating in your home is key. But do you know the best ways to burn cleaner?

Date: Fri, 7 May 2021

The Selwyn Waihora Zone Committee is conducting free nitrate testing clinics for people with private drinking water supplies.

Date: Thu, 6 May 2021

More than $1.3 million will be spent in the Rangitata to protect the community from increased flood risk caused by the major floods of summer 2019/20.

Date: Tue, 4 May 2021

Efforts to catch Beggars’ ticks in the Ōtukaikino Living Memorial Wetland are being boosted thanks to more than $16,000 of Immediate Steps biodiversity funding.

Date: Mon, 3 May 2021 by Kevin Heays

Kaikōura Zone Delivery Manager Kevin Heays updates us on the committee refresh, stream data collection and the Lukes Creek waste site now closed.

Date: Mon, 3 May 2021

This week our rivers team attended the STEM Careers Fair to talk about summer internships, and what a career working in rivers is all about.

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2021

Two Timaru businesses have established the causes of the offensive odours they are emitting, and we are working with them to reduce the impact on the community.

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2021 by William Thomas, Chair, Ashburton Water Zone Committee

Ashburton Water Zone Committee Chair William Thomas talks about the Mayfield Hinds Valetta consent renewal and our need to empathise with others.

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2021

Keen to improve Waimakariri's biodiversity? Apply to become a trustee of the Waimakariri Biodiversity Trust.