A week of upgrades to the Harewood, Gardiners and Breens Roads intersection will cause delays for Metro’s Routes 8, 27 and 125 from 5pm on Sunday 4 January 2026. The Christchurch City Council
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/new-news-events-and-stories-page-7We are congratulating the Canterbury Mayoral Forum on the release of its updated wellbeing overview, a fantastic document that will be a valuable resource over the next three years. The wellbeing
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2022/regional-overview-gives-high-level-information-on-current-state-and-trendsEnvironment Canterbury is reviewing about 90 consents in the Hakatere/Ashburton River catchment to help achieve the community’s vision for the river. We appreciate that the river is precious
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/ashburton/hakatereashburton-river-consents-reviewIn 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-communityWe are again promoting a Local Bill to Parliament which, if passed, will ensure mana whenua representation on the Council. In 2019 the Local Bill with Ngāi Tahu did not pass its first reading
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2021/promoting-local-ngai-tahu-billFind out about the Environmental Law Initiative’s (ELI) successful judicial review of the decision to grant a discharge permit to the Ashburton Lyndhurst Irrigation Ltd (ALIL) irrigation scheme, which...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/plans-strategies-and-bylaws/judicial-reviews/ashburton-lyndhurst-irrigation-ltd-consent-judicial-reviewIf an incident or consent non-compliance involves a potentially serious environmental incident or offence, a Resource Management Officer will make a site visit. Our first priority, is the safety
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/complying-with-the-resource-management-act/responding-to-environmental-incidentsAt the Environment Canterbury Council meeting today (Wednesday 23 May), the Councillors deliberated on the submissions received on the draft Long-Term Plan 2018-28, and in particular the community
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2018/long-term-plan-2018-28-deliberations-return-a-practical-solution-for-bus-users