The crop residue burning season is nearly finished in Waitaha/Canterbury. If you still have crop stubble to burn over the next few weeks, here are some reminders on how to burn safely and responsibly
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/new-news-events-and-stories-page-3Take advantage of Canterbury’s beauty by exploring our regional parks for walking, swimming, boating, fishing, gamebird hunting, motocross, mountain biking, bird watching, horse riding and more. We
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/living-here/regional-parksThousands of tuna (eel) trying to migrate to the sea were stranded at Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere last week, so we worked with Te Taumutu Rūnanga to clear the path for future migrations. Rūnanga became...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/tuna-eel-stranding-at-te-waihoralake-ellesmereThe Soil Conservation and Revegetation (SCAR) programme has completed the first of a four-year programme which aims to support landowners who have erosion-prone land with advice, tools and skills
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2020/programme-celebrates-first-year-reducing-hill-country-erosion-in-north-canterburyThe decision of Environment Canterbury and Mackenzie District Council was to grant consent, subject to conditions, to use land for the upgrade of the Twizel Wastewater Treatment Plant
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/notifications-and-submissions/notified-decisions/2018/mackenzie-district-councilA company has pleaded guilty in court in relation to a discharge of ammonia to land. Polarcold Stores Limited pleaded guilty to one of two charges it was facing in the Christchurch District Court
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2018/guilty-plea-in-court-caseFlooding is Aotearoa New Zealand’s number one hazard and an issue many Canterbury communities live with, particularly those located on floodplains or alongside river systems. Canterbury Regional
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2026/whats-the-story-with-flood-protection-in-banks-peninsulaSouth Pacific Meats Ltd has applied to discharge industrial wastewater onto land and discharge contaminants to air at 245 Thomsons Road, Burnham. Current status: The submission period has closed
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/notifications-and-submissions/south-pacific-meats-limitedThe decision on the application to discharge air from the processing of compost at a new composting facility at 55A and 55B Redruth Street, Timaru has been released. The decision is to grant
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/notifications-and-submissions/notified-decisions/2022/timaru-district-councilWe have a quarterly e-newsletter covering all things pest management, on-the-ground activity, national programme updates, community-led biosecurity activities, and more. 📬 Want to catch up? You can...
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