A recent report shows how air quality impacts the health of New Zealanders.
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Clean air
Last updated: 22 February 2023
Reporting frequency: Quarterly
Portfolio: Air quality, transport and urban development
We are regulating and supporting initiatives to ensure air quality improves and does not impact on the wellbeing of communities. This includes working to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants from our region’s transport network and urban environments.
This work includes:
- air quality monitoring (including real-time data) and advice and air quality trends. Our data is also available from the Land, Air, Water Aotearoa website
- air quality investigations, with reports available from our document library
- air quality planning
- air quality implementation and compliance. This includes advice on home heating
- cleaner home heating assistance (note, currently we have paused receipt of applications under the Healthier Homes Canterbury scheme pending a review)
- burner authorisations.
How are we tracking on our Levels of Service?
Level of Service 28: Support communities across Canterbury to improve air quality performance measures.
To achieve this level of service we will:
- 28.1 Provide up-to-date information, advice, tools and resources which enable the community to understand air quality issues and take action
- 28.2 Provide air quality monitoring and investigation services
- 28.3 Provide assistance to low-income households in Clean Air Zones with expiring burners to transition to cleaner forms of home heating.
How are we doing: Our website provides real-time air quality monitoring data.
On track
How are we doing on key initiatives?
Clean Air Winter Work Programme
How are we doing: The team will be focusing on expiring burners in Greater Christchurch and preparing for implementing the winter work programme.
On track
Recent highlights and updates
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Central government, mana whenua, and local government met to mark the beginning of a newly strengthened partnership to drive planning for Greater Christchurch.
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Read Kaikōura zone delivery lead Kevin Heays' latest update, where he discusses recycling on farms and winter burning rules.