Photo credit: Peter Langlands - Wild Capture The Australasian bittern/matuku-hūrepo is one of our most fascinating birds, and unfortunately, one of our most endangered. It’s estimated
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2024/backing-the-bittern-the-bird-on-the-brinkGroundwater quality in the Lower Waihao region has declined and it's affecting community and private drinking water supplies.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/water/whats-happening-in-my-water-zone/lower-waitaki-water-zone/lower-waihao-nitrate-reduction-project... for all major transport projects. Our feedback is aligned with the joint submission of the Canterbury Regional Transport Committee, which Peter Scott also chairs, and the Canterbury Mayoral Forum...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2024/keeping-the-wheels-moving-on-canterbury-transport-investment... cattle from waterways on the Willow Burn reaches Carex planting providing shade to the catchment. Fonterra’s Sustainable Catchments supports the Upper Waitaki Water Zone Committee to enhance the water...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/upper-waitaki/passionate-twizel-farmers... South Coastal Canterbury Water Zone Committee up to date on our actions, and last presented to them on 10 February at their public meeting.Te Rūnanga o Waihao is being kept up-to-date directly by our...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/lower-waitaki/nitrate-issue-in-lower-waihao-community-water-supply... habitat. Water Zone Committees across the region support community groups and projects that seek to improve fish populations by enhancing and protecting fish habitat. Looking forward to 2030...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/water/measuring-cwms-progress/ecosystem-health-and-biodiversityIt's our responsibility to monitor compliance, educate resource users and enforce the requirements of the Resource Management Act 1991. Enforcing the rules set out in the regional plans and resource
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/complying-with-the-resource-management-act... values in question, and the project’s potential impact on these, were discussed at both the Zone Committee Biodiversity Subcommittee meeting and the full Zone Committee meeting. The meeting agenda...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/about/your-council/request-information/responses... with members of the public bringing to the chamber their insights and concerns. Yvette Couch-Lewis, of the Whaka-Ora Committee, gave an update on the Whaka-Ora Healthy Harbour Programme and spoke...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2026/march-council-meeting-highlights-aranui-bus-trial-total-mobility-changes-and-scar-funding