News & events

Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019

Following overwhelmingly positive feedback from local residents, trial commuter bus services for Darfield and Leeston will begin from Monday 28 January.

Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019

Environment Canterbury has installed solar panels on the roof of its Tuam Street office.

Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018

Environment Canterbury has set targets for swimmable lakes and rivers. The Canterbury targets are for 92 percent of rivers and 81 percent of lakes being swimmable by 2030.

Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018

A company has pleaded not guilty in court in relation to a discharge of ammonia to air.

Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018

The Environment Canterbury Council today resolved to make the Nutrient Management and Waitaki Plan Change, Plan Change 5, operative on 1 February 2019.

Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2018

Environment Canterbury, Christchurch City Council and the Canterbury District Health Board are committed to working together to resolve quarry dust issues.

Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2018

A company has pleaded guilty in court in relation to a discharge of ammonia to land.

Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018

Recent consent stories have raised a lot of questions about how we process and grant consent.

Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018

The Ōtūkaikino River has won the Supreme Award for Most Improved River at the 2018 New Zealand River Awards in Wellington.

Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2018

Information on matters relating to water bottling, including decisions made by Environment Canterbury.

Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2018

Consents from Environment Canterbury and the Mackenzie District Council are now in place for Simons Pass Station to begin irrigating a portion of its land.

Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018

Recent media coverage of the Five Star Beef feedlot in Ashburton raised issues around compliance monitoring of the operation’s resource consents.