News & events

Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019

Protecting rare and threatened bird species living in the Hurunui and Waiau rivers by controlling southern black-backed gulls.

Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019

We need your help spotting and reporting Chilean mayten (Maytenus boaria). Find out how to identify this pest.

Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2019

The Zone Committee has approved $73,000 – over three years – of Immediate Steps funding towards pest weed control in the Dobson and lower Hopkins Valleys.

Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 by Debbie Eddington, Youth Engagement & Education Advisor

Debbie Eddington, Youth Engagement & Education Advisor had the chance to visit the Chatham Islands in a youth engagement and education capacity.

Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019

Four meetings throughout Canterbury have helped to spread the word about the proposed Biosecurity Advisory Groups and encourage community members to join.

Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2019

The partners of the Whaka-Ora Healthy Harbour plan have signed a new memorandum of understanding

Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019

The culmination of years of work marked the successful construction of a ground-breaking Canterbury mudfish (kōwaro) protection project.

Date: Fri, 31 May 2019

Biosecurity Advisory Groups will be established to assist in effectively managing plant and animal pests across the region.

Date: Mon, 27 May 2019

With help of the conservation dog, Wink, local authorities have recently sniffed out and removed patches of the pest plant spartina from Canterbury waterways.

Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 by Hurunui Waiau Zone Committee Deputy Chair Dr Ken Hughey

There is much community interest in southern black-backed gull culls, why they are done and whether they are safe.

Date: Fri, 3 May 2019

Remember to ‘Check, Clean, Dry’ when moving from one waterway to another, anywhere in New Zealand.

Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019

Controlled application of the herbicide Haloxyfop-R is being undertaken 20-29 March around the Avon/Heathcote Estuary and McCormacks Bay to control Spartina.