Wide open basins are set against a backdrop of the highest mountain peaks in the country, forming a striking contrast in a dramatic landscape packed with unusual features.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/biodiversity-and-biosecurity/biodiversity/nature-in-your-area/upper-waitaki-zone-biodiversity... sedimentation and nutrient loss. Here are some of our top tips to get winter grazing right: Set up portable water troughs and shift your feeders: Shifting troughs and feeders will enable you to back-fence your...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2024/top-tips-for-late-season-winter-grazingNot sure which constituency you’re in? Use this interactive map to quickly find out and see where you belong.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/about/your-council/local-elections/candidate-informationThe Ōhau Conservation Trust is installing automated traps around Mackenzie’s Lake Ōhau Basin to target possums, stoats and rats, thanks in part to our Waitaha Action to Impact (WAI) Fund
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/upper-waitaki/automatic-traps-to-be-installed-above-lake-ohauYou may have noticed in the news that there’s been increased interest in dairy conversions or intensification of existing dairy farms in parts of Waitaha Canterbury, and wondered, what's the story...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/dairy-conversions-whats-the-storyWe are required under the Resource Management Act 1991 to manage the discharge of contaminants to the environment and to investigate land for the purpose of identifying and monitoring
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/waste-and-hazardous-substancesWe are Waitaha Canterbury’s environmental regulator, responsible for managing natural resources including air, soil, water and land. We work with mana whenua, stakeholders and communities to promote...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/about/your-council/about-us/our-work/our-core-services/environmental-regulation-and-protectionThe decision of the Hearing Commissioners on the application to extract gravel from the bed of the Waipara River upstream of the SH 1 bridge, Waipara, has been released. The decision is to grant
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/notifications-and-submissions/notified-decisions/2026/north-canterbury-quarries-limitedThe decision was to refuse the retrospective applications to discharge contaminants into air and onto land from a composting operation and stockpiling of compost on land at 97 Diversion Road
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/notifications-and-submissions/notified-decisions/2018/canterbury-landscape-supplies-limitedThe decision on the applications to extract gravel from the Weka Stream, State Highway 7 and Waipara Flat Road, Waipara, has been released. The decision is to grant the applications with conditions.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/notifications-and-submissions/notified-decisions/2025/north-canterbury-quarries-limited