We have awarded a further $50,000 to help fund the work of the Hurunui Waiau Braided River Birds Flagship Programme through its Zone Committee Action Fund. Over the last six years, this collaborative
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/hurunui-waiau/rare-braided-river-birds-in-hurunui-protected-for-another-seasonGlenturret Farm Limited has applied for consents associated with farming land use and taking of water at Hurunui Mouth Road and Darrochs Road, Domett. Current status: The application has been
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/notifications-and-submissions/glenturret-farm-limited... regional coordinator Andrea Taylor. In total, 85 seedlings were gifted – one for each family unit. Former Waimakariri Enviroschools facilitator Toni Watts was also invited along to enjoy
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/waimakariri/celebrating-10-years-of-environmental-excellence-in-north-canterbury... Committee approved the funding of $9000, one third of the total cost of the planting project, through its Immediate Steps programme, which supports on-the-ground actions to protect wetlands, springs, coastal...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/orari-temuka-opihi-pareroa/native-planting-boosts-orari-springwater-creek... with its phosphorus levels decreasing by 17.5 percent per annum over the past ten years. Levels of ammoniacal nitrogen, total nitrogen and total oxidised nitrogen, have also decreased, he said...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2018/otukaikino-river-takes-out-national-river-awardThe Rangitata is one of Canterbury's large braided alpine rivers. While it typically doesn't carry as much water as the Rakaia or Waitaki rivers, it has a long history of large-volume water
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/water/water-conservation-orders/rangitata-riverAbout 200 trout and two-dozen tuna/eels have been relocated within Hororata’s Bealey Stream, as part of a wider project to protect the Nationally Critical Canterbury Mudfish/kōwaro. The brown trout...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/selwyn-waihora/innovative-electric-barrier-protects-mudfish-habitatOur scientists and engineers find an innovative solution to help fish travel up and down Taranaki Creek. Many of New Zealand’s native fish species like īnanga/whitebait or tuna/eels are migratory
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2024/fish-letterbox-a-gamechanger-for-fish-passage-in-local-waterway