The Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan and Plan Change 7 are now fully operative from 10 March 2025, improving freshwater protection, nutrient management, and forestry rules and ensuring clearer...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/plan-change-7-now-fully-operativeAfter more than a decade of challenging mahi, our biosecurity team may finally have a breakthrough in the fight against an aquatic invader in South Canterbury. The Yellow water lily (Nuphar lutea...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/breakthrough-in-battle-against-invasive-yellow-water-lilyProtranz International Ltd applied to Canterbury Regional Council (Environment Canterbury) and Waimakariri District Council for consent to establish and operate a quarry and landfill operation at 150...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/notifications-and-submissions/protranz-international-ltdIn April 2023 a science report Land use change on the margins of lowland Canterbury braided rivers, 2012-2019, Report No. R21/05, was released by Environment Canterbury. This report was picked up...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/open-letter-to-the-blythe-communityThe impacts of climate change in Canterbury will be highlighted in a regionwide campaign starting this week. Based on NIWA’s latest climate change projections for the Canterbury region, this new...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2021/climate-projections-underpin-information-campaignTwo pesky plant species – introduced by early European settlers – are the target of a co-ordinated pest control project to enhance biodiversity, water quality and mahinga kai resource gathering
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/upper-waitaki/local-approach-to-target-pest-weeds-at-waitaki-lakesPeter Scott, Chair, Environment Canterbury Newly elected chair Peter Scott outlines the challenges and opportunities for the next three years. Now the local elections are over, you may be wondering...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/stories/2022/from-our-chair-council-eyes-big-three-years-aheadUpdated: 15 August 2022 Water bottling remains an issue of public interest, particularly in Christchurch. This page provides information on various matters relating to water bottling, including decisions made by Environment Canterbury. ...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2020/water-bottling-whats-the-storyThe resilience of our transport network will continue to be tested as extreme events occur more frequently, and with greater severity. Long term, we need to shift from a network that can recover
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/living-here/transport/regional-transport-planning/transport-network-resilience