Environment Canterbury
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CANTERBURY — Environment Canterbury today released a review of liquefaction information for Christchurch and neighbouring districts outside the green and red zones.
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CANTERBURY — As the start of the school year looms, so too does the congestion on our roads as parents pick-up and drop-off their children.
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AKAROA — For the first time four cruise ships are berthed at Akaroa at the one time.
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CANTERBURY — Environment Canterbury will be leading an oil spill response exercise at South Bay, Kaikoura, on Tuesday 5 February.
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CANTERBURY — South Canterbury’s highly successful and expanding network of community vehicle trusts is attracting nationwide attention.
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TIMARU — A boom is in place at Timaru Port to contain the oil spill discovered earlier today.
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CANTERBURY — Environment Canterbury has released the Canterbury Water Use Report (2011/12) which analyses the consented and actual amounts of fresh water used in Canterbury for the year ended June 30, 2012.
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TIMARU — Members of the Environment Canterbury oil response team are currently on the scene of an oil spill in Timaru Port.
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CANTERBURY — Environment Canterbury’s Recreational Boating Officer Evan Walker spent four days in December maintaining the navigation buoys around the Canterbury region in readiness for the summer boating season.
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CANTERBURY — With summer here and DIY jobs underway Environment Canterbury is reminding home handy-people around Christchurch to do the right thing when they clean paintbrushes to avoid polluting local streams and rivers.
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CANTERBURY — Environment Canterbury has released the Canterbury Water Use Report (2011/12) which analyses the consented and actual amounts of fresh water used in Canterbury for the year ended June 30, 2012.
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CANTERBURY — A forecast for more rain in the Upper Waitaki and other alpine river catchments is prompting Environment Canterbury to once again warn people of the dangers of rising levels in the South Canterbury rivers and lakes.
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CANTERBURY — Severe weather warnings for the Southern Alps has prompted Environment Canterbury to warn holidaymakers and locals to keep a close watch on river and lake levels.
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CANTERBURY — Environment Canterbury has reached agreement in principle with the Christchurch Central Development Unit (CCDU) to rebuild their Christchurch office within the “south frame” highlighted in the Christchurch Central Recovery Plan.
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CANTERBURY — Construction of 4 km Ahuriri section of the Christchurch-Little River Railtrail is now complete and ready for the public to use over the summer holiday period.
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CANTERBURY — People holidaying in the Waitaki Lakes region will see a combined effort this festive season on water safety.
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CANTERBURY — Environment Canterbury announced today that Council had approved a new Canterbury Regional Policy Statement.
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CANTERBURY — Environment Canterbury is working with water consent holders – with takes of 20 litres per second and more – to ensure compliance with the National Regulations to install a water measuring system.
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CANTERBURY — The Christchurch - West Melton Zone Committee wants feedback on its draft Zone Implementation Programme (ZIP) for water management.
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CANTERBURY — The Upper Waitaki Zone Committee is looking to appoint a new member in early 2013 to add extra local knowledge to help with it water management decisions.
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CANTERBURY — A new dial-a-ride mini-bus service will soon come into operation between Rangiora and Woodend, taking over from the Metro service when it is discontinued.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Environment Canterbury has received a direction from the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister, Gerry Brownlee, to develop a Land Use Recovery Plan for greater Christchurch.
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CANTERBURY — Environment Canterbury welcomes the release of the draft transport plan for the central city by the Christchurch Central Development Unit.
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CANTERBURY — Environment Canterbury today expressed its deep disappointment with reports of endangered black-billed gulls on the Ashburton River allegedly being interfered with by members of the public.
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CANTERBURY — The Orari-Opihi-Pareora (OOP) Zone Committee will hold its regular monthly meeting in Fairlie on Monday, 5 November.
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CANTERBURY — Environment Canterbury announced today that it had recently allocated $112,500 to a range of important biodiversity projects throughout Canterbury.
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KAIKOURA — The Kaikoura Zone Implementation Programme – part of the collaborative Canterbury Water Management Strategy – has been received by the Environment Canterbury Council at its meeting on Thursday November 1.
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CANTERBURY — Estelle Arundell, a pupil at Craighead Diocesan School in Timaru, has won Environment Canterbury’s Wrybill Trophy for 2012.
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ASHBURTON — Two meetings are being held on November 6 for Ashburton district residents to hear more about how water management limits will be set for the area between the Ashburton and Rangitata rivers, as part of the collaborative Canterbury Water Management Strategy (CWMS).
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CANTERBURY — Environment Canterbury is moving to encourage the development of ultra-low emission wood burners to make them available as people start to rebuild their homes in Canterbury.
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CANTERBURY — Environment Canterbury recently issued two infringement notices due to paint from rinsing brushes, rollers and other painting equipment being washed into a stream or onto land where it could enter a waterway.
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CANTERBURY — The winners of the Kārara Awards were announced today at an event held at AgResearch, in Lincoln.
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CANTERBURY — The campaign to prevent tagging and vandalism of Christchurch buses has been so successful that it’s being continued past the initial September and October timeframe.
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CANTERBURY — Five businesses from around Christchurch are being recognised for environmental leadership at an event on Friday morning (October 26) in Lincoln.
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The Christchurch-West Melton Zone Committee will meet on 25 October for its monthly meeting to discuss water management issues in the zone.
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KAIKOURA — The Kaikoura Zone Committee will meet at Memorial Hall on Wednesday 24 October for its monthly water management meeting.
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CANTERBURY — The Ashley Rakahuri Regional Park was officially opened on the 14th October with a community event organised by Environment Canterbury at the picnic area on Milton Avenue in Rangiora.
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CANTERBURY — The Lower Waitaki – South Coastal Canterbury Zone Committee will meet for its monthly public meeting on Thursday, 18 October, in Oamaru.
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CANTERBURY — How best to protect braided river habitat and manage the threats to resident birds.
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CANTERBURY — How best to protect braided river habitat and manage the threats to resident birds.
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CANTERBURY — The Hurunui-Waiau Zone Committee will have its monthly public meeting in Amberley, at 2pm, on 15 October.
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BANKS PENINSULA — The Banks Peninsula Zone Committee wants feedback on its draft Zone Implementation Programme (ZIP) for water management.
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CANTERBURY — Environment Canterbury today reported that good progress had been made on fencing projects and willow and weed control around Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere, one of New Zealand’s most important wetland systems.
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LYTTELTON — Work is underway to clean up an oil spill in Lyttelton harbour which was discovered this morning at the commercial wharfs of the inner harbour.
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CANTERBURY — The anti-graffiti programme aimed at preventing damage to buses has also not only been successful in apprehending vandals, but has also made other passengers feel safer on buses.
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CANTERBURY — Environment Canterbury today adopted the report and recommendation of the Hearing Commissioners on the application by TrustPower Ltd to amend the National Water Conservation (Rakaia River) Order 1988.
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CANTERBURY — The Resource Management Law Association of New Zealand has awarded Environment Canterbury Commissioner Professor Peter Skelton the prestigious Principal Judge RJ Bollard Lifetime Commemorative Award, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to resource management.
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CANTERBURY — Work to protect and enhance the character of a North Canterbury wetland has been carried out thanks to help from Environment Canterbury’s Biodiversity Fund.
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CANTERBURY — The Selwyn-Waihora Zone Committee will meet for its monthly meeting on Tuesday, 2 October, at Wairewa Marae, Little River.
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CANTERBURY — The Orari-Opihi-Pareora (OOP) Zone Committee will hold its regular monthly meeting in Timaru on Monday, 1 October.
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CANTERBURY — Proposed changes to the Christchurch Metro Public Transport Network will provide a service that better reflects the city’s public transport need and is financially viable.
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CANTERBURY — The Christchurch-West Melton Zone Committee will meet on 27 September for its monthly meeting to discuss water management issues in the zone.
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CANTERBURY — Entries close on 1 October 2012 to be considered for an award at the 2013 Canterbury Region Ballance Farm Environment Awards (BFEA).
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CHRISTCHURCH — Although a certain amount of dust in the air will be a fact of life in Christchurch over the next few years as buildings are demolished and vacant sites are yet to be built on, a variety of measures are in place to ensure irritation from dust is kept to a minimum.
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ASHBURTON — The Ashburton Zone Committee will meet at the Ashburton Council Chambers on 25 September for its monthly meeting.
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LYTTELTON — Environment Canterbury’s Marine Oil Pollution Response Team has received reports of large oil spills over the past few days in Lyttelton Harbour.
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CANTERBURY — A campaign aimed at preventing tagging and vandalising of Christchurch buses has got off to a good start.
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CANTERBURY — Seventy-seven per cent of dairy farms in the Orari-Opihi-Pareora zone achieved full compliance with dairy shed effluent consent conditions in the latest season.
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CHRISTCHURCH — A Tai Tapu man has been found guilty on three charges of breaching the Resource Management Act by burning demolition waste at his semi-rural property near Christchurch.
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CANTERBURY — Vandals who etch bus windows or who tag the interior of buses are being warned their behaviour will be caught on camera and photographs of their offending will be sent to the police.
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CANTERBURY — Environment Canterbury, The Department of Conservation and Christchurch City Council are working together on a long term project to eradicate Darwin’s Barberry from Otahuna in the Selwyn District.
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LYTTELTON — Environment Canterbury Regional Harbour Jim Dilley says that the operation to bring the fire-damaged Amaltal Columbia into a secure berth within Lyttelton Harbour has been very successful.
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CANTERBURY — Environment Canterbury and organisations representing those who blind, partially sighted or deafblind in Christchurch are working together to find ways to improve access to Christchurch bus services for all passengers who have a vision impairment.
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CANTERBURY — Environment Canterbury today released the third in a series of earthquake fault reports on different areas of the Canterbury region.
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CANTERBURY — Environment Canterbury today welcomed the decision by the Combined Canterbury Provinces of Federated Farmers to withdraw its High Court appeal against decisions on the Canterbury Regional Policy Statement.
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CANTERBURY — The Canterbury Water Banks Peninsula Zone Committee has more than $430,000 of funding available to support local biodiversity programmes.
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CANTERBURY — Environment Canterbury Commissioners welcome the opportunity to consolidate the gains made in water management and a range of other council functions.
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CANTERBURY — The Upper Waitaki Zone Committee will meet on Friday 17 August, at the Mackenzie Country Inn, Twizel.
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CANTERBURY — Environment Canterbury recently judged entries at the Canterbury-Westland Schools Science and Technology Fair, looking for projects that had a resource management theme.
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KAIKOURA — Locals are running out of time to have their say on the draft Kaikoura Zone Implementation Programme (ZIP) for water management.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Last week nine Christchurch youth aged between 14 and 24 attended a two-day hui to get involved in local water management.
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CANTERBURY — Environment Canterbury is inviting landowners and community groups to apply for a share of $3 million in annual funding to help protect and restore Canterbury’s unique native biodiversity.
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CANTERBURY — Canterbury has a new Regional Harbourmaster with Captain Jim Dilley joining Environment Canterbury to take over the running of the Lyttleton and Timaru ports.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Today the Canterbury Civil Defence Emergency Management Group officially took possession of their new home back in the city centre.
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CANTERBURY — The 10th year of an operation to help protect two of New Zealand's rare and endemic birds begins in September in Ashburton District with the co-operation of landowners.
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CANTERBURY — Painters and householders around Christchurch are being reminded to do the right thing when they clean paintbrushes or dispose of paint to avoid polluting local streams and rivers.
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CANTERBURY — Residents in areas where houses are being demolished are being asked to be vigilant and report any instances of illegal dumping of waste – be it household or demolition waste.
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KAIKOURA — Environment Canterbury today announced that three biodiversity projects had been approved for funding by the Kaikōura Zone Committee.
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CANTERBURY — Environment Canterbury’s Biosecurity Section is preparing to control approximately 200 hectares of Chilean Needle Grass on three North Canterbury properties in the coming weeks.
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OAMARU — The Lower Waitaki–South Coastal Canterbury Zone Committee will meet in Oamaru on Thursday, 16 August, to discuss local water management issues.
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CANTERBURY — Environment Canterbury reported today it has been a successful year of compliance biosecurity work protecting Canterbury land from the detrimental impacts of rabbits, wallabies and of various plant pests.
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KAIKOURA — The Canterbury Water Kaikoura Zone Committee has released its draft Zone Implementation Programme (ZIP) for water management.
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CANTERBURY — Environment Canterbury today confirmed that the proposed Canterbury Land & Water Regional Plan, which will facilitate the community’s ability to deliver the Canterbury Water Management Strategy, would be notified on 11 August.
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CANTERBURY — South Canterbury and North Otago are again braced for possible flooding after another Weather-Watch predicting heavy rain for Sunday and Monday.
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CANTERBURY — Environment Canterbury today released a report indicating a possible “worst case” scenario for Christchurch and Kaiapoi in the unlikely event that a tsunami arrives on our shores following a large earthquake in a distant location.
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CANTERBURY — For the second time in a week South Canterbury is again braced for heavy rain and almost certain surface flooding after another forecast for torrential rain.
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CANTERBURY — The Selwyn-Waihora Zone Committee will meet for its monthly meeting on Tuesday, 7 August, at the Selwyn District Council Offices in Rolleston.
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CANTERBURY — The Waimakariri Zone Committee will meet for its monthly meeting on Monday, 6 August, at the Oxford Working Mens Club in Oxford.
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CANTERBURY — At today’s council meeting, Environment Canterbury commissioners agreed to notify the proposed Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan (LWRP).
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CHRISTCHURCH — Organisers are delighted at the number of fans who took advantage of the free bus service to the Crusaders Super-15 and All Black games this season.
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CANTERBURY — South Canterbury’s flood protection works mostly coped very well with the heavy rain that drenched the region on Monday and Tuesday, resulting in serious flooding.
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CANTERBURY — Environment Canterbury’s Flood Room has been on alert overnight after more than 30 hours of persistent heavy rain in South Canterbury.
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CANTERBURY — The Lower Waitaki–South Coastal Canterbury Zone Committee will meet in Waimate this Thursday July 19.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Passenger numbers on Christchurch Metro buses are starting to recover and the outlook is a lot brighter than first anticipated.
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