Glossary
A guide to acronyms (and abbreviations), words and phrases used throughout the Environment Canterbury website. Look in the 'By Subject' tab to find groups of terms relevant to a specific topic.
Some terms might have definitions in addition to those in this glossary.
Use the online Māori Dictionary to help with translating words between Te Reo Māori/English.
- Ika
- fish.
- Inanga
- the most common species found in whitebait—common galaxias.
- Infringement notice
- is a written notice of an alleged infringement offence under the Resource Management Act 1991, which is issued in accordance with the Summary Proceedings Act 1957.
- Iwi
- tribe.
- IANZ
- International Accreditation New Zealand
- IBI
- Indices of Biotic Integrity
- ICC
- International Cricket Council
- ID
- identification
- ie
- id est = in other words
- IMF
- Integrated Monitoring Framework
- IMP
- Iwi Management Plan
- Inc.
- Incorporated Society
- incl
- including
- info
- information
- INZ
- Irrigation New Zealand
- IP
- Internet Protocol
- IQP
- Independent Qualified Person
- IRD
- Inland Revenue
- ISBN
- International Standard Book Number
- ISO
- International Organization for Standardization
- IUCN
- International Union for the Conservation of Nature
- IVS
- International Visitor Survey
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