News & events

Date: Wed, 28 May 2025

Our biosecurity team may finally have a breakthrough in the fight against an aquatic invader in South Canterbury.

Date: Wed, 14 May 2025

An army of beetles released into a South Canterbury farm will live in manure for the next decade to help clean up waterways.

Date: Wed, 7 May 2025

Hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum) is an invasive pest in Canterbury, and we need your help to report sightings.

Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025

We want your help to combat Darwin's barberry using two proposed biological controls.

Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025

We’re lucky to be home to some of the most beautiful lakes, Love Our Lakes celebrates the protection of freshwater across the Mackenzie and Waitaki regions.

Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025

WELRA volunteers have been putting in the hard work to win the war on pines in Waimakariri.

Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025

During the summer and early autumn, it becomes a lot easier to identify pest plants that can lay incognito for much of the year.

Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025

The invasive freshwater algae didymo, has been found in Te Tautea o Hinekakai/Devils Punchbowl Creek in Arthur’s Pass.

Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2025

Thanks to recent support from the Ashburton Water Zone Committee, a local group is able to increase their pest control efforts.

Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 by Andrew Arps, Water and land North Canterbury team leader

Read Andrew Arps' latest column on where to find information on conditions this summer and weed control milestones in the Waiau Toa/Clarence catchment.

Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024

Find out who the successful applicants are for the 2024/25 Waitaha Action to Impact Fund (WAI Fund).

Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024

A new biological control agent was released earlier this month to help tackle the highly invasive plant, Chilean needle grass.