Christchurch City Council has applied to undertake works along the Avon-Heathcote Ihutai Estuary edge to construct erosion and inundation protection structures. Current status: The decision
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/notifications-and-submissions/christchurch-city-council-southshore-and-south-new-brightonOur coastal team can now tackle new areas of Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour for surveying and marine pest control , thanks to Kiwi tech company Boxfish Robotics and Earth Sciences NZ (formerly NIWA...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/meet-the-robot-protecting-our..., domesticating the natural environment. The hydro dam enabled increased irrigation. Farmers initially irrigated their land using local rivers and streams, but after the hydro dam and canal system...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2018/simons-pass-consents-lead-to-stricter-environmental-controls-in-the-mackenzie... for freshwater, farming around rivers and streams, water restrictions and much more. Beginning in 2024, following an exceedance of the Maximum Allowable Value (MAV) for nitrate in the Lower Waihao rural...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/water/measuring-cwms-progress/drinking-waterOur Long-Term Plan sets out our service priorities, work programmes and resource requirements such as expenditure and funding for a 10-year period. We produce a new Long-Term Plan every three
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/plans-strategies-and-bylaws/long-term-plansUnannounced site visits to Ōtautahi Christchurch plastic manufactures have revealed significant improvements in the fight to prevent nurdle
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/tiny-pellets-big-problem-how-christchurch-is-fighting-plastics-in-our-waterways... and south Canterbury) as well as for projects such as Targeted Stream Augmentation and Managed Aquifer Recharge. Resource consent is, however, only being sought for the water storage facility and a series...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/notifications-and-submissions/rangitata-diversion-race-management-ltd