News & events

Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018

Environment Canterbury is calling for landowners to help stop the spread of yellow bristle grass, an aggressive annual seeding plant which spreads rapidly through pasture, reducing pasture quality.

Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018

Six new members to the Orari Temuka Opihi Pareora (OTOP) Water Zone Committee and the Lower Waitaki South Coastal Canterbury Water Zone Committee are helping to protect and improve the…

Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 by Bill Bayfield

Bill Bayfield, Environment Canterbury’s CEO, outlines some of the actions being taken by the regional council to protect and improve our precious water resources.

Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017

There are limits and strict rules around when and how much water irrigators can use.

Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2017

Environment Canterbury's Biosecurity team is part of a team trialling an innovative approach to detect the pest plant Chilean needle grass (CNG).

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, 11 Dec 2017

A scientific investigation into potential groundwater movements under the Waimakariri River predicts a long-term increase in the level of nitrate.

Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2017 by Stefanie Rixecker

Science Director Stefanie Rixecker discusses the Canterbury Water Management Strategy and its impact on water protection in Canterbury.

Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017

South Canterbury farm business people produce food that is consumed across the world and none of this would be possible without water from the Opihi River.

Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017

Support and information sessions for farmers to stop the spread of Chilean needle grass.

Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017

Report a sighting via the Wallaby geomap. This handy tool enables members of the public to report sightings of wallabies (dead or alive) while out in the bush.

Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017

A cultural land management advisor has been appointed to help farmers near Te Waihora understand and comply with new rules designed to protect mahinga kai.