Your rates are used to carry out important work in your area. The work is organised into our three core services, agreed by the community through our Long-Term Plan. These three core services
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/plans-strategies-and-bylaws/long-term-plans/your-rates/how-your-rates-are-spent...‘In with skinks, geckos and black-fronted terns - out with rats, stoats and deer’ is the motto of this round of Action Plan funding for the Hurunui Waiau Uwha Water Zone. We're partnering...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2024/were-backing-biodiversity-in-hurunuiAotearoa/New Zealand has committed to playing its part in reducing emissions to help avoid the most severe possible future impacts of global climate change, through the Zero Carbon Act (2019
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/plans-strategies-and-bylaws/what-we-know/climate-change/getting-to-net-zeroFollowing Council support for public transport drivers across Canterbury to receive the 2021 Living Wage, we are pleased to announce that we have concluded Living Wage discussions with all contracted
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2021/all-canterbury-public-transport-drivers-to-receive-the-2021-living-wageStarting from Monday 12 May 2025, you'll be able to use bike racks on Metro's public transport buses in Waitaha Canterbury anytime you need them. It follows NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA)’s
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/bike-racks-are-back-for-canterbury-buses-with-no-restrictionsWe’ve partnered with Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki Lincoln University to enhance research collaboration for the benefit of Waitaha/Canterbury. This partnership focuses on addressing key challenges
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2024/partnering-with-lincoln-university-for-a-sustainable-waitahaA decades-long dream for braided river care groups across Waitaha Canterbury has come to life with the launch of a new GIS-based mapping platform that brings together more than 60 years of river bird
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/decades-of-river-bird-data-comes-to-life-in-new-mapping-toolYou'll notice your rates bill is split into two parts, with a list of services or codes in each part. These parts are separate invoices which go to different councils, and what you pay for is specific...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/plans-strategies-and-bylaws/long-term-plans/your-rates/understanding-your-rates-billHow is Canterbury doing?Find out about some of the work being done by Environment Canterbury and the community, and the difference it’s making across our region. We have a statutory obligation
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/reporting/reporting-back