Our data show nitrate concentrations in groundwater are increasing in much of Waitaha Canterbury. We’re taking action to reverse these trends.
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Sign up for the latest newsA team searched for īnaka whitebait eggs in streams around Whakaraupō/Lyttelton Harbour. The results were promising and will help protect the at-risk species.
The last meeting of the triennium focused on our Climate Action Plan, private well testing, and water quality and level reports.
Final Strategy and Policy Committee meeting covered quarry dust, draft Land Strategy, reforms, and air quality review. Read key outcomes.
Upper Waitaki water quality shows mixed results; action underway to reduce nutrients, protect lakes, and guide future land and water decisions.
Passengers will be able to pay with their debit or credit cards on Metro buses and ferries from November this year.
Catch crop trials in Ahuriri unite farmers, scientists & council to reduce nitrogen loss, protect Lake Benmore and boost sustainable farming.
Waitaha leaders sign MOU, uniting regional and local councils in a shared commitment to Civil Defence Emergency Management collaboration.
A new law will have several implications for how we operate, and for the region’s communities, natural environment, resource users, consent holders.
Read about key decisions from the latest council meeting on Wednesday, 27 August 2025.
If you have expired chemicals sitting in your farm shed, now is the time to register them with Agrecovery - ahead of a Canterbury-wide collection in November.
As thousands of wood burners around Canterbury are set to expire, subsidies are available to replace them with new, cleaner forms of heating.