Twenty-five new bat roost boxes have now been put up in trees near Te Ngāwai River by Orari Temuka Opihi Pareora water zone zone committee members and their families, along with Environment Canterbury...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2018/new-homes-for-bats-installed-at-special-eventCanterbury’s braided rivers bring water from the mountains across the plains, recharging aquifers and providing the water that we use for drinking, agriculture and industry. It’s our job
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/water/water-use-chargesBathurst Coal Ltd applied to Environment Canterbury and Selwyn District Council for consents to continue operating and expand an open cast coal mine (known as Canterbury Coal Mine), including
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/notifications-and-submissions/bathurst-coal-limitedThis May, our team leader for water and land in North Canterbury, Andrew Arps, talks about need-to-know information this winter, introduces two recruits, and celebrates the local Water Zone
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/kaikoura/preparing-for-winter-in-kaikouraThis form starts your application process to take gravel from rivers in Waitaha/Canterbury. The advice we provide as part of this process will be required when you proceed to apply for a resource
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/flood-protection-and-community-resilience/flood-protection-assets-and-activities/river-based-gravel-extraction/gravel-availability-enquiry-formLucy Millar, Chair OTOP Water Zone Committee The safety of drinking water is increasingly top-of-mind for many communities – especially those in rural areas. If you’re on a private water supply, you...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/orari-temuka-opihi-pareroa/well-water-testing-well-worth-itThanks to 25 years of regional planning, regulation, and community action, air quality across Waitaha Canterbury has improved dramatically — with high-pollution days dropping from up to 60 a year
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/cleaner-air-for-waitaha-canterbury-celebrating-our-regions-progress-towards-clear-airThe invasive, freshwater algae didymo, has been found recently in the popular tourist spot Te Tautea o Hinekakai/Devils Punchbowl Creek in Arthur’s Pass. Didymo can form massive blooms on the bottom...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/didymo-found-near-arthurs-passThe decision on the hearing of CRC132458, CRC142438 and CRC144606 has now been released. Commissioners P Rogers and E Christmas have partially granted consent in an amended form to take, divert
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/notifications-and-submissions/notified-decisions/2014/ngai-tahu-forest-estates-limited