Our quarterly portfolio performance reports give detailed information about how we are tracking for each portfolio throughout the year. We then create an Annual Report at the end of each financial
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/plans-strategies-and-bylaws/annual-reportsCrate Day might ritualistically mark the beginning of summer for many Cantabrians, but it’s also one of the most vulnerable times of the year for some of the world’s rarest birds — and they’re nesting...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/give-chicks-a-chance-this-crate-dayThe most recent local body election was held on 11 October 2025, with the next election scheduled for 2028. This page provides the official results, vote counts, elected councillors, and related post-election reports for Environment Canterbury’s regional council. ...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/about/your-council/local-electionsStarting on Saturday 2 November, a temporary night-time bike rack usage restriction will be placed on all Metro buses in Greater Christchurch. This follows a safety notice issued by NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA). ...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2024/temporary-restriction-on-bike-rack-usage-at-night-to-be-put-in-place-on-busesTerrestrial biodiversity refers to the variety of lifeforms that exist in a particular place. It includes genetic, species and ecosystem diversity and all the interactions between them. Here are the current issues our terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity face in Waitaha/Canterbury. ...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/plans-strategies-and-bylaws/what-we-know/biodiversity/terrestrial-biodiversity... their projects to a panel including Canterbury Regional Councillors, Environment Canterbury staff and an external judge. This year’s external judge, Lincoln University Professor Jon Hickford, said...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2023/students-solution-to-microplastics-just-came-naturallyA new report gives us the best understanding yet of how much water is being used in Waitaha Canterbury. The Canterbury Region Consumptive Water Abstraction Report (PDF file, 6.42MB) covers the period between 2014-2021 and uses data from water abstraction points across Waitaha. ...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/new-report-reveals-extent-of-water-abstraction-in-canterbury...; Working together to help the tuna (eel) Once notified, Environment Canterbury and Selwyn District Council staff were on site to help save any tuna (eel) that were still alive. Several thousand were able...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/selwyn-waihora/tuna-stranding-near-taumutu-beach-and-te-waihoraThe Fast-track Approvals Act 2024 (FTAA) is a new approval process for a range of infrastructure, housing and development projects with significant regional or national benefits. It is an alternative...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/before-you-apply/consent-fast-tracking... prohibiting damming alpine rivers. Environmental flows are set under the Land and Water Regional Plan (LWRP). Most catchments now have a specific planning framework in place. Visit the Canterbury...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/water/measuring-cwms-progress-2021/natural-character-of-braided-rivers-2021