News & events

Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2019

Recent news articles have discussed whether nitrate in our drinking water can cause health problems. Naturally, this is cause for concern for all of us.

Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 by David Hill

Kaikōura farmers are given the opportunity to see how they will do in their audit checks.

Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020

Proactive improvement to farming practices has seen 89 percent of Waimakariri Irrigation Limited (WIL) shareholders achieve an A or B FEP audit score.

Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019

Agencies are working on better guidelines for burning crop residue after a number of concerns in the Waimate area.

Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019

Makarini Rupene, about moving his focus towards Waimakariri to raise awareness on how to use the land and environment to include mahinga kai values.

Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2019

Farmers around the region must be wary of the potential hazards irrigation on roads can cause for motorists this summer.

Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019

Environment Canterbury is working closely with Hurunui District Council to ensure the removal of a tyre stockpile at 122 Racecourse Road, Amberley.

Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019

A research project has found the most common potential source of soil contamination in North Canterbury is old sheep dips.

Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2019

Farmers in Hurunui and Kaikōura with erosion-prone land are eligible for funding to help reduce the movement of sediment down hillsides and into waterways.

Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2019

Want to reduce your run-off this summer? This checklist can help you to minimise on-farm costs and loss of contaminants to waterways.

Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 by Upper Waitaki Chair Simon Cameron

Upper Waitaki Water Zone Committee Chair, Simon Cameron, gives an update on the action being taken to address a decline in water quality in the Ahuriri.

Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2019

Kaikōura's newest breed of farmers are shaking up the way things are traditionally done on-farm, showing the way for improving water quality.