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News: tagged with "biodiversity"

• Big plans to improve South Hagley Park’s Addington Brook

  Posted: Thursday, November 24, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waterways, biodiversity, planting
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 18th November 2022 Christchurch City Council is looking at how it can improve the safety and biodiversity of the Addington Brook waterway that runs through South Hagley Park

• Ambitious project transforming drains to streams

  Posted: Wednesday, November 2, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, biodiversity, intervention, environmental health
  Selwyn District Council media release: 1st November 2022 An ambitious project to transform drains across the district into thriving streams is making an impact in Selwyn

• Rolleston tamariki get involved in planting project

  Posted: Tuesday, September 13, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, restoration, biodiversity, community engagement, children
  Environment Canterbury media release: 12th September 2022 Students from Waitaha and Te Rōhutu Whio schools in Rolleston have had some hands-on planting experience during Kids Discovery Plant-out days with Te Taumutu Rūnanga in Te Waihora catchment

• Traditional fishing technique used to monitor kōura

  Posted: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: volunteers, community event, environment, restoration, biodiversity
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 8th June 2022 A stream restoration project in Christchurch is putting a traditional tangata whenua way of harvesting wai kōura (freshwater crayfish) to good use

• Every Wetland Counts: Sign the petition

  Posted: Wednesday, May 25, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: campaign, environment, environmental health, biodiversity
  Wetlands are climate heroes. They can store large amounts of carbon and help keep us safe from floods and storm surges

• Work begins on Waitaki Street stormwater basin

  Posted: Wednesday, May 4, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, land, biodiversity
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 5th May 2022 The first work on a series of stormwater basins in the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor (ŌARC) has begun, with construction of a nine-hectare flood management area under way beside Anzac Drive and Pages Road

• New collaboration seeding love for our waterways

  Posted: Wednesday, March 2, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: collaboration, biodiversity
  Two inspiring Christchurch Women are coming together for a new and special collaboration, bringing together the heart of River of Flowers Earthquake Commemoration and Giving Seeds of Love project

• Show wildlife you care by using a lead

  Posted: Thursday, November 4, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: recreation, pets, environment, biodiversity
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 3rd November 2021 The scenic walkways and beaches of the Avon-Heathcote Ihutai Estuary are popular with Christchurch dog-walkers, as are the wetlands which dot the city

• Reminder to look out for marine pests in Canterbury this summer

  Posted: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: biodiversity, recreation, water
  Environment Canterbury media release: 6th October 2021 Boaties are being urged to check and clean their hulls to help stop the spread of marine pests in our harbours before hitting the water this summer

• Mass planting transforming land around Bromley oxidation ponds

  Posted: Wednesday, July 28, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environment, waste, biodiversity
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 26th July 2021 The paddocks between Cuthberts Road and the oxidation ponds in Bromley are gradually being transformed by the addition of thousands of native trees and plants

• Cobble clusters create new hideaways for native fish

  Posted: Wednesday, May 19, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: biodiversity, environmental health, environment, water
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 18th May 2021 ‘Cobble clusters’ added to the Ōpāwaho Heathcote River are breathing life into the river by creating new habitats for native fish

• Join the Waimakariri Biodiversity Trust

  Posted: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 in: Vacancies With tags: biodiversity, community engagement, vacancies, Community Groups
  The Waimakariri Water Zone Committee Biodiversity Working Group is looking for trustees for an independent community-based biodiversity trust that will work together to improve the local environment

• Predator trapping under way in Port Hills parks

  Posted: Tuesday, April 6, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: biodiversity, environment, parks
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 6th April 2021 Community volunteers are helping with predator trapping in seven small parks and reserves on the Port Hills as a part of wider initiative to protect native species

• Coming together to improve Christchurch's urban waterways

  Posted: Thursday, March 18, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, management, biodiversity, environment, health, recreation
  Environment Canterbury media release: 17th March 2021 On 22nd March 2021 we will join Christchurch City Council, along with several community groups, schools, and businesses at Turanga Central Library to celebrate and sign a new partnership Charter