... through the many streams, drains and neighbouring businesses, farms, and properties. There are also emerging issues across the catchment area with flood protection and the impacts of climate change...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/orari-temuka-opihi-pareroa/plan-to-restore-waitarakao-washdyke-lagoon-kicks-offA sanctuary for Canterbury mudfish will be protected, thanks to funding support from the Waimakariri Water Zone Committee. Coopers Creek Wetland is home to many kōwaro (mudfish), but invasive exotic
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/waimakariri/action-plan-funding-helps-protect-native-mudfishA day at Saltwater Creek in Waimakiriri District was an opportunity for local businesses, schools, catchment groups, water zone committee members, and our staff to connect, plant, and explore
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/waimakariri/saltwater-creek-becomes-outdoor-classroom-for-planting-dayA hearing panel comprising of Commissioners Christmas and Heller granted resource consents to use water for irrigation purposes and to take, use and discharge water for stream augmentation purposes....
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/notifications-and-submissions/notified-decisions/2010/morven-glenavy-ikawai-irrigation-company-ltdThe decision on the applications to extract gravel from the Weka Stream, State Highway 7 and Waipara Flat Road, Waipara, has been released. The decision is to grant the applications with conditions. ...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/notifications-and-submissions/notified-decisions/2025/north-canterbury-quarries-limited... into waterways. These contaminants often collect in gullies, swales or low-lying areas of paddocks — known as critical source areas (CSAs) — and flow into rivers and streams, harming freshwater...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/stopping-sediment-in-its-tracks-post-winter-grazingFreshwater ecosystems in Waitaha/Canterbury contain a diverse range of indigenous plants, invertebrates, migratory and non-migratory fish, and river-nesting birds and waterfowl. A diversity of species...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/plans-strategies-and-bylaws/what-we-know/biodiversity/freshwaterWe invite you to share your views on our joint application to introduce two biological control agents to manage Darwin’s barberry (Berberis darwinii), an invasive woody shrub. We applied, on behalf
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/help-us-combat-darwins-barberry-using-biological-controls