We provide three types of public transport in the Waitaha Canterbury region — urban public transport services in Greater Christchurch and Timaru, subsidised door-to-door transport services
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/living-here/transport/public-transport-servicesThe Lower Waitaki South Coastal Canterbury water zone features a network of spring-fed streams, coastal lagoons, complex groundwater flows, and includes part of the large alpine Waitaki River...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/water/whats-happening-in-my-water-zone/lower-waitaki-water-zoneSince European settlement in Waitaha Canterbury, 90 per cent of our freshwater and natural wetlands and half of our coastal wetlands have been lost through human impact. From the mid-19th century...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/biodiversity-and-biosecurity/biodiversity/wetlands/canterbury-wetland-threatsBiosecurity in Waitaha Canterbury is focused on protecting our region’s economy, cultural values, health, production, recreational spaces and indigenous biodiversity from pests and invasive organisms...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/biodiversity-and-biosecurity/biosecurity/how-we-deliver-our-biosecurity-workWe’ve partnered with Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki Lincoln University to enhance research collaboration for the benefit of Waitaha/Canterbury. This partnership focuses on addressing key challenges...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2024/partnering-with-lincoln-university-for-a-sustainable-waitahaA project to improve the health of the Waitarakao Washdyke Lagoon catchment has continued to attract keen interest from the Timaru community, with a recent series of workshops completing the key
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2023/our-waitarakao-workshops-complete-busy-year... with the onsite wastewater rules in the Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan. An application for resource consent will be required if the discharge is unable to meet the conditions of a permitted activity...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/water/wastewater/information-for-developers-designers-and-installers...) has been completed and all decisions released. This included 60 applications for water permits, and 50 associated land use and discharge permits from Lakes Tekapo, Pukaki and Ohau and tributaries...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/notifications-and-submissions/waitaki-consent-projects-2... quality and flow levels have led to the creation of a working group with a focus on the long-term management of this water resource. The Saltwater Creek working group includes representatives from...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/orari-temuka-opihi-pareroa/enhancing-timarus-saltwater-creek