Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ), ChemWaste, Te Whatu Ora and Environment Canterbury responded swiftly to multiple chemical spills at an industrial site in Woolston, Christchurch on Wednesday 9
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2022/collaborative-response-to-contain-chemical-spillsA company has been fined $120,000 after discharging a chemical that entered a Mt Somers water race killing hundreds of fish. Harrison Spraying Services Limited pleaded guilty in Court to discharging
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2021/hefty-fine-for-contamination-of-mt-somers-waterwayCanterbury Water Management Strategy (CWMS) goals in this target area relate to the review of environmental flows and catchment load limits, and the implementation of a programme to review
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/water/measuring-cwms-progress/environmental-limitsThe decision of the Hearing Commissioner on the applications to extend an existing quarry operation located at 50 Selwyn Road and 707 Robinsons Road, Broadfield, has been released. The decision
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/notifications-and-submissions/notified-decisions/2025/fletcher-concrete-and-infrastructure-limitedA lack of water can have wide-reaching repercussions. Learn more about the impacts of prolonged dry conditions in our region. There are more than 400 lakes and 78,000 kilometres of rivers in Waitaha
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2024/what-dry-conditions-mean-for-waitaha-canterburyFinal election results confirm the make-up of Canterbury Regional Council, with eight re-elected and six new faces around the table. The Christchurch South/Ōwhanga constituency has entirely new
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/final-results-confirm-new-councillors-for-regional-councilTwo companies have been fined a total of $41,000 for causing sediment contamination of a Christchurch stream. In sentencing notes released this month, Forest Management Ltd and Sharples Logging Ltd
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2018/forestry-companies-fined-for-sediment-contamination