News & events

Date: Fri, 3 May 2019

Remember to ‘Check, Clean, Dry’ when moving from one waterway to another, anywhere in New Zealand.

Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2019

Implementation of a non-native predatory fish barrier at Haldon Pasture to protect the endangered Canterbury Mudfish (kōwaro) is underway.

Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019

Overseas visitors as well as locals are playing their part to clear weeds and make way for natives in Kaikōura.

Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2018

A collective volunteer effort saw 78 hectares of Arthur’s Pass covered on a mission to cull the harmful purple pest plant, Russell lupin.

Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2018

Environment Canterbury today welcomed the signing of a memorandum of understanding to promote the vision of Banks Peninsula being made free of animal pests.

Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018

Environment Canterbury today announced the results of its release programme for the new rabbit haemorrhagic virus disease strain, RHDV1 K5.

Date: Thu, 31 May 2018

A popular little lake in the Mackenzie Basin, Lake Poaka, is getting some help to reduce invasive trees that are clogging its shoreline and surrounding wetlands.

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, 20 Dec 2017

It looks festive when its red berries are in season but cotoneaster is an invasive pest that spreads easily and crowds out native species.

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, 18 Sep 2017

A new collaborative project will protect the endangered South Canterbury pekapeka long-tailed bat population from predators in the Raincliff area.

Date: Thu, 11 May 2017

Timaru’s Saltwater Creek is well-known to locals as a great spot for a walk or a bike ride and is home to the local rowing club, as well as native…