Canterbury is one of the fastest-growing areas in the country, with several of our districts leading population growth in New Zealand. Selwyn District is the second-fastest-growing territorial
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/living-here/transport/regional-transport-planning/population-growthAn overview of the water quality of the lakes and rivers in the Upper Waitaki catchment was presented to the Upper Waitaki Water Zone Committee at its October 2020 meeting. The annual water quality...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/upper-waitaki/water-quality-of-lakes-and-rivers-of-upper-waitaki-highlightedOur first Climate Action Plan was approved by the Council during a meeting on Wednesday 25 September. The plan outlines the regional council’s current and future response to climate change. You can...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2024/council-commits-to-holistic-climate-action.... According to an analysis from He Pou a Rangi Climate Change Commission, meeting this commitment is both ambitious and achievable. Their analysis has informed targets set in Aotearoa’s emissions...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/plans-strategies-and-bylaws/what-we-know/climate-change/getting-to-net-zeroDiscover the outcomes of the 2025, 2022, and 2019 Environment Canterbury elections, including final results, Ngāi Tahu representation, election expenses, and the pre-election report.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/about/your-council/local-elections/previous-election-resultsIt's our responsibility to monitor compliance, educate resource users and enforce the requirements of the Resource Management Act 1991. Enforcing the rules set out in the regional plans and resource consent requirements is a critical part of meeting this responsibility. ...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/complying-with-the-resource-management-act... knowledge of the meeting of the whenua/land and the moana/ocean. In 2021, the Iongairo partners worked with Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) as part of its national hydrographic survey...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/banks-peninsula/iongairo-partnership-makes-waves-in-mapping-the-seafloorCanterbury Regional Council (Environment Canterbury) has reaffirmed its commitment to a partnership agreement with the region’s Papatipu Rūnanga. At the Council meeting on 17 September 2025...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/council-affirms-commitment-to-working-with-regions-runangaWe worked with Hurunui District Council to manage a tyre stockpile at 122 Racecourse Road, Amberley, where a large fire broke out on 29 January 2021. Information updates for the community are below
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2018/amberley-tyre-fire-clean-up-progress