News & events

Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2018

Earlier this week Environment Canterbury welcomed Their Excellencies, The Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy and Sir David Gascoigne, to Selwyn District.

Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2018

Twenty-five new bat roost boxes have been put up in trees near Te Ngāwai River by Ōrari Temuka Ōpihi Pareora water zone committee members and their families.

Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2018

Could aluminium bands wrapped around old trees be one way of preventing one of NZ’s native bat species from extinction?

Date: Fri, 25 May 2018

Sediment traps, which help reduce erosion and run-off into waterways, can now be installed on farms as part of a catchment-wide consent process in the Kakahu River catchment, near Geraldine.

Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017

Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017

Plan Change 3 to the Canterbury Land & Water Regional Plan, covering the South Coastal Canterbury area is now operative.

Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2017

More than 4000 native plants have been planted along the Ohapi Creek waterway to help safeguard the water quality of the creek and improve the habitat for native species, as…

Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017

There are not many left, so you are lucky if you have! Check out this short video to find out more. . .

Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2016

Farmers have completed more than 2000 metres of stock proof fencing to protect biodiversity values on a mixed sheep and beef farm they own.

Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016

Some of the smallest residents at the Orari Gorge got a helping hand thanks to a grant from the zone committee’s Immediate Steps biodiversity fund.