News & events

Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017

It looks festive when its red berries are in season but cotoneaster is an invasive pest that spreads easily and crowds out native species.

Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017

Canterbury farmers are encouraged to look out for and report sightings of the yellow flowering thistle, Saffron Thistle (Carthamus lanatus) to Environment Canterbury.

Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017

Talking about tuna, learning about local water management and enjoying a delicious hāngī were part of a spring day out for Omarama School students.

Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017

Some of the world’s rarest birds, like the wrybill, live and breed along the Ashley-Rakahuri River.

Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017

A Canterbury coal mine has been fined $10,500 for causing sediment to run into a waterway.

Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017

Keeping our waterways ‘clean’ does not mean people can squeeze detergent into them.

Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017

Here's a snapshot of some of the great initiatives being implemented in communities to help protect and restore the natural environment.  

Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017

Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017

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…

Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017

Access to a popular recreation area along the Opihi River has been closed to allow urgent river works to be undertaken safely.

Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2017

It's wet and cold and takes 20 minutes of careful hand-held monitoring each time but measuring water flow in and around the Waitarakao Washdyke Lagoon helps us understand its natural…

Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017

A new collaborative project will protect the endangered South Canterbury pekapeka long-tailed bat population from predators in the Raincliff area.