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Sign up for the latest newsEnvironment Canterbury is calling for landowners to help stop the spread of yellow bristle grass, an aggressive annual seeding plant which spreads rapidly through pasture, reducing pasture quality.
A consent to bottle water in Belfast has been granted.
Bill Bayfield, Environment Canterbury’s CEO, outlines some of the actions being taken by the regional council to protect and improve our precious water resources.
A company has been consented to backfill an existing quarry with up to five per cent asbestos containing material.
Talking about tuna, learning about local water management and enjoying a delicious hāngī were part of a spring day out for Omarama School students.
South Canterbury farm business people produce food that is consumed across the world and none of this would be possible without water from the Opihi River.
Some of the world’s rarest birds, like the wrybill, live and breed along the Ashley-Rakahuri River.
Karl Russell has gathered food from the Opihi River for as long as he remembers and he knows the importance of protecting our rivers for future generations.
A cultural land management advisor has been appointed to help farmers near Te Waihora understand and comply with new rules designed to protect mahinga kai.
Long before the Waimakariri River became a source of food for Māori, a water supply for farmers and a recreational hotspot for the half-million people living on its borders, it was quite literally a world…
Access to a popular recreation area along the Opihi River has been closed to allow urgent river works to be undertaken safely.