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Sign up for the latest newsFrom keeping nesting birds safe to reducing pest numbers, six initiatives protecting the Hurunui environment are receiving a funding boost.
Upper Waitaki water quality shows mixed results; action underway to reduce nutrients, protect lakes, and guide future land and water decisions.
A sanctuary for Canterbury mudfish will be protected, thanks to funding support from the Waimakariri Water Zone Committee.
Our team lead for water and land in North Canterbury, Andrew Arps, speaks to need-to-know information this winter and introduces two new recruits.
A Waikākahi farming family has funding support from its local water zone committee to restore the Hossack Wetland and protect one of the world's rarest birds.
Five projects, including one focused on protecting black-billed gulls, will benefit from Zone Committee Action Plan funding.
Five environmental projects have received a funding boost from the Christchurch West Melton Water Zone Committee.
Thanks to an Ōrāri Temuka Ōpihi Pareora Water Zone Committee recommendation, a local group is taking action to revive Strathconan Stream.
Kaikōura Water Zone Committee chair Ted Howard discusses a new series of Kaikōura maps that will offer valuable insights for the community.
A Rolleston school hopes to provide foodbanks with fresh produce, thanks to some impressive ingenuity and Zone Committee Action Plan funding.
The Love Our Lakes team has been out and about this summer catching up with visitors at our lakeside campsites and talking to them about their experiences.