News & events

Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018

The community is encouraged to give feedback on updated water management recommendations for the Orari Temuka Opihi Pareora (OTOP) water zone until 10 October.

Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 by Hamish McFarlane - Orari Temuka Opihi Pareora Water Zone Committee chair

Hamish McFarlane, was elected as the new Chair taking over from John Talbot to develop water management with the community.

Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2018

A mail-out was sent to 700 Timaru property owners who may have land affected by chemicals or hazardous substances remaining in the ground from a previous use of the land,…

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?

A new predator-proofing trial in South Canterbury seeks to find out.…

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, 26 Mar 2018

They may be challenging to catch but the slippery eels surveyed at Wainono Lagoon this month provide us with valuable information. Read more about the Wainono lagoon eel population.

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: Fri, 27 Oct 2017

Karl Russell has gathered food from the Opihi River for as long as he remembers and he knows the importance of protecting our rivers for future generations.

Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017

Access to a popular recreation area along the Opihi River has been closed to allow urgent river works to be undertaken safely.

Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2017

It's wet and cold and takes 20 minutes of careful hand-held monitoring each time but measuring water flow in and around the Waitarakao Washdyke Lagoon helps us understand its natural…

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.