Our Reporting Back hub has been updated and highlights the progress we have made on our work programmes. Our Reporting Back hub is a new way we are presenting the progress we are making
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2023/how-are-we-trackingHarakeke weaving, hunting for tiny aquatic invertebrates and enjoying a delicious hāngī! About 80 people from the Ōmarama community had a fantastic day out at Ōmarama Station at a special event hosted...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/upper-waitaki/high-country-hangi... backdrop to discussions about water management and traditional mahinga kai - in particular, the gathering of tuna/eel. A meeting and a greeting
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/upper-waitaki/hangi-fires-up-community-water-chat... benefitted from $40,000 in Immediate Steps funds recently. At the last meeting And at this month’s zone committee meeting, we learned about a water data programme being developed by Environment Canterbury...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/lower-waitaki/water-quality-the-top-priority-in-lower-waitakiHere you can find links to detailed reports about urban air quality. These include measuring particular air pollutants, various sources of air pollution, woodburner studies and assessing if targets
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/air-quality/check-urban-air-quality/air-quality-reportsToday's rates capping announcement needs to be understood alongside the challenges and changes proposed for local government, including the new resource management legislation due in coming weeks.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/statement-on-rate-capping-from-our-chair-dr-deon-swiggsCanterbury 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-runanga... of feeling was evident during discussion at today’s Council meeting as several Councillors spoke of the gains that had been made since the Act passed into law in 2022, as well as the journey since first...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2024/council-backs-its-local-ngai-tahu-representation-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-seafloor... open for you to have your say. 2. Present at a Council meeting Got something that you think the Council needs to hear? You can request 10 minutes at a Council meeting to present the ideas...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/have-your-say/four-ways-to-have-your-say