Waterbodies – springs, streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands, hāpua, and estuaries – are important ecological features in Waitaha Canterbury. Mapping where they can be found is crucial to protecting, maintaining, and enhancing the natural values the region holds. ...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/farmers-hub/farming-around-rivers-and-streams/mapping-waitahacanterburys-waterbodiesLast month, 11 of our Councillors visited Kaikōura on a three-day field trip to see first-hand the mahi underway to enhance biosecurity and biodiversity, conserve and regenerate soil in hill country
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2024/canterbury-councillors-take-kaikoura... Te Rūnanga o Arowhenua, DOC, Environment Canterbury, Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand, Central South Island Fish & Game and Timaru and Ashburton District Councils. Partners also work...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/biodiversity-and-biosecurity/biodiversity/braided-rivers/braided-river-revival/korero-na-te-awa-rakitata-stories-from-the-rangitata-riverThe Ōrāri Temuka Ōpihi Pareora (OTOP) water zone has hill-fed braided rivers and coastal areas with strong and complex links between ground and surface water. It is vulnerable to dry periods. Many...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/water/whats-happening-in-my-water-zone/orari-temuka-opihi-pareora-water-zoneMore E. coli detections and rising nitrate concentrations were found in Waitaha Canterbury groundwater last year. Our annual groundwater quality survey report for 2024 has been released (PDF file...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/annual-groundwater-survey-yet-to-show-improvements-in-water-qualityFind out about the resource consent applications from South Island Resource Recovery Limited (SIRRL) for a proposed waste to energy plant in Waimate. Current status: The Minister for the Environment
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/proposals-of-public-interest/waimate-waste-to-energy-plant-resource-consent-applications..., said large rivers such as the Waimakariri could rise rapidly despite there being no rainfall on the Canterbury Plains. It is not uncommon for the water level to increase more than 1m in less than...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2019/hot-canterbury-weather-can-create-high-river-levels... framework (the Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan and the Canterbury Air Regional Plan) doesn’t include specific rules relating to feedlots but does have rules on intensive farming...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2023/feedlot-consent-applications-in-canterbury... (work) with the community to develop water management recommendations. Here’s what Hamish has to say about the OTOP Water Zone. With an increased focus on environmental impacts, huge change...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/orari-temuka-opihi-pareroa/new-chair-says-get-ready-for-change