Rates are what property owners pay to local authorities to fund the important work done in their area. Rates are paid to both the city/district council and the regional council for the different work
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/plans-strategies-and-bylaws/long-term-plans/your-rates/types-of-ratesOne of the Mackenzie Basin's most photographed locations will benefit from nearby native planting and weed control, thanks to the support of the local water zone committee. The Upper Waitaki Zone...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/upper-waitaki/green-light-given-to-enhance-planting-at-instagram-hotspotThe Total Mobility scheme helps you access affordable transport if you have a long-term impairment that makes it hard to use public transport. The scheme is funded by us and Waka Kotahi, and provides
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/living-here/transport/public-transport-services/total-mobility... by the Upper Waitaki Water Zone Committee, has been set up to help stop the spread of this species in the Waitaki Lakes area. Environment Canterbury, along with the Ohau Conservation Trust, the Department...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/upper-waitaki/cotoneaster-the-plant-you-dont-want-for-christmasAcross Waitaha Canterbury, flood protection and drainage works are carried out in 59 dedicated rating districts. These works are called scheme works. Learn how flood protection and drainage works are managed across Waitaha, how local committees shape priorities, and what’s planned in your area. ...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/flood-protection-and-community-resilience/your-river-rating-districtA group of passionate Waimate students are planting the seeds to what they hope will become a long-term initiative to grow native tree species in the area.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/lower-waitaki/waimate-high-schools-enviro-group-initiative-takes-rootCommissioner Christmas and Councillor Murray granted resource consent to discharge contaminants associated with treated effluent into land in circumstances that may enter groundwater at or about map
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/notifications-and-submissions/notified-decisions/2010/waitaki-district-council-crc103570Decisions on the 104 applications made by various applicants for water permits and associated consents in the Upper Waitaki catchment. Decisions were released from September 2011 to November 2012...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/notifications-and-submissions/notified-decisions/2012/upper-waitaki-group... boating gear for aquatic pests. The Love Our Lakes campaign was established by the Upper Waitaki Water Zone Committee, which recently came to an end as part of a transition to a new Leadership Group...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/love-our-lakes-protecting-mackenzie-and-waitaki-waterways-as-visitor-numbers-set-to-climb