Environment Canterbury Chair Jenny Hughey has welcomed the Government’s declaration of a climate emergency. "By declaring a national climate emergency, our Government is recognising the current...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2020/climate-emergency-declaration-welcomed... Waihao rūnanga, Environment Canterbury, the Timaru Rowing Club, Timaru District Council, Department of Conservation, Fish and Game New Zealand, and local farmers. It is being facilitated by the Orari...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/orari-temuka-opihi-pareroa/enhancing-timarus-saltwater-creekThe Local Government Commission has upheld the Canterbury Regional Council’s (Environment Canterbury’s) decision to largely retain its current representation arrangement. This will apply to the local...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/community-representation-remains-largely-unchangedFive months into a two-year trial of simple, flat fares, Canterbury Regional Council (Environment Canterbury) believes the initiative is driving public transport patronage above pre-COVID levels. ...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2023/fare-trial-influences-bus-patronage-bounce-back-to-pre-covid-levelsWe undertook a pilot project to gather better information and data about dust levels in the McLeans Island area. The feedback period for receiving reports about dust through our web-based reporting
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2021/pilot-project-to-address-dust-issues-in-the-mcleans-island-area...Canterbury Regional Councillors had a full agenda in the final council meeting of 2025 that prompted discussion around committee representatives, allowances, and nitrates on Wednesday 10 December...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/final-council-meeting-of-the-year-prompts-robust-discussionsBraided river systems are a rare geological feature evident in only a handful of other countries. More than 60 per cent of Aotearoa New Zealand’s braided rivers are right here in Canterbury...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/biodiversity-and-biosecurity/biodiversity/braided-rivers