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.

Wāhi taonga
places of sacred or extreme importance.
Wāhi tapu
sacred places.
Waitaki RAP
Waitaki Regional Allocation Plan newsletter.
Wastewater
means sewage, toilet wastes and grey water (household wastewater from kitchens, bathrooms and laundries), but excludes stormwater, trade wastes, livestock processing wastes, and other industrial or trade process wastes.
Water user group
defined in the Land and Water Regional Plan as a group of users with existing authorisations to take water, voluntarily grouped together to collectively manage the water resource allocated to them, primarily during times of restriction.
Wave buoy
the Canterbury wave buoy is moored in about 76 metres of water, 17 kilometres east of Le Bons Bay, Banks Peninsula at Latitude 43° 45ʹ South, Longitude 173° 20ʹ East. It sends Environment Canterbury information about the waves off the coast every half hour.
Well interference assessment tool
a web application that can create a PRN file directly from our well and resource consent database.
Wetlands
wet margins of: lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, estuaries, lagoons, bogs and swamps.
Whakatauki
proverb(s).
Whānau
family (extended).
Wrybill Trophy
each year, the winners of the Environment Canterbury School Award, in both the junior and senior categories at the Christchurch and Timaru fairs, present their exhibits at special council meeting at Environment Canterbury, Christchurch. The overall winner is awarded the Wrybill Trophy, the best of the best.
W
West
w
week(s)
Waimak
Waimakariri
WAP
Water Allocation Panel
WCO
Water Conservation Order
WCWARP
Waitaki Catchment Water Allocation Regional Plan
WDC
Waimakariri District Council
Wed
Wednesday
WELRA
Waimakariri Ecological and Landscape Restoration Alliance
WEMT
Waste and Environmental Management Team
WERI
Wetlands of Ecological and Regional Importance
WET
Waihora Ellesmere Trust
WIL
Waimakariri Irrigation Limited
wk
work
WoF
Warrant of Fitness
WRRP
Waimakariri River Regional Park
WRRP
Waimakariri River Regional Plan
WTP
Wastewater Treatment Plant
WW2
World War Two
WWF
World Wide Fund For Nature