What started as a routine coastal hazard report has turned into a remarkable rediscovery of maritime history, thanks to a hidden piece of shipwreck exposed at the Rakahuri Ashley River Mouth and some...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/waimakariri/long-lost-british-ship-thames-reemerges-at-ashley-river-mouth-160-years-laterOur land management team is urging farmers to take actions to reduce the risk of sediment and nutrient runoff into local waterways following a very wet winter grazing period, particularly in South
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/stopping-sediment-in-its-tracks-post-winter-grazingEach of Waitaha/Canterbury’s water zone committees has an action plan which outlines how they will work with the community to deliver their aspirations for freshwater as outlined in the Canterbury
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/water/whats-happening-in-my-water-zone/upper-waitaki-water-zone/upper-waitaki-water-zone-committee-action-plan-2021-2024Councillors have agreed to put forward a submission to the Justice Committee, calling on the Crown to abandon the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2024/council-urges-government-to-drop-treaty-principles-billEach of Waitaha/Canterbury’s water zone committees has an action plan which outlines how they will work with the community to deliver their aspirations for freshwater as outlined in the Canterbury
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/water/whats-happening-in-my-water-zone/ashburton-water-zone/ashburton-water-zone-committee-action-plan-2021-2024Environment 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-welcomedA farmer-led approach to improving local water quality is tipping conventional thinking on its head in North Canterbury's Amuri Basin. Sourced from the Waiau Uwha and Hurunui Rivers, there are 149
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/amuri-basin-farmers-drive-water-quality-improvementPIC New Zealand Ltd (PIC) has been convicted of causing potential contamination to groundwater through its effluent discharges to land. PIC pleaded guilty and has been convicted of one charge
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2024/local-piggery-fined-29000-for-a-breach-of-its-resource-consentBoaties are being urged to check and clean their hulls to help stop the spread of the marine pest Mediterranean fanworm after it was recently detected in new sites within Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2024/marine-pest-mediterranean-fanworm-found-outside-inner-lyttelton-harbour