Our Waitaha Action to Impact Fund is now accepting applications for its fourth funding round, and we invite community groups to apply. The Waitaha Action to Impact Fund is a contestable fund
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2024/popular-fund-opens-to-give-community-groups-a-helping-hand-to-better-our-environmentVolunteers at the latest planting day. A terrible weather forecast didn’t stop a small, but enthusiastic group of volunteers from planting about 450 natives at the Waihao River at McCullochs Bridge...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/lower-waitaki/transforming-mccullochs-bridge-site-one-planting-day-at-a-timeFrom Monday 7 July 2025, bus and ferry fares will increase for Metro services across Christchurch, Selwyn, and Waimakariri. Chair Craig Pauling said this was a result of a decision made
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/greater-christchurch-bus-fares-to-increase-from-7-july-2025Mahinga kai is the customary gathering of food and natural materials by mana whenua. It includes the places where these resources are gathered and is central to the Ngāi Tahu way of life in Waitaha
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/plans-strategies-and-bylaws/what-we-know/biodiversity/mahinga-kaiWe're pleased to be able to share the Rangiora Reach Masterplan, which aims to deliver a cohesive landscape plan for a section of the Rakahuri Ashley River. The masterplan will guide future
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/waimakariri/rangiora-reach-masterplanThe last meeting of the Regional Delivery Committee this triennium took place on Thursday 11 September. It was a jam-packed agenda with discussion centring around how we’re implementing our Climate
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/last-regional-delivery-committee-meeting-of-the-three-year-termA sanctuary for Canterbury mudfish will be protected, thanks to funding support from the Waimakariri Water Zone Committee. Coopers Creek Wetland is home to many kōwaro (mudfish), but invasive exotic
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/waimakariri/action-plan-funding-helps-protect-native-mudfish