Waka Toa Ora

News: tagged with "biodiversity"

• 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

• Canterbury Health in All Policies Newsletter: April 2021

  Posted: Wednesday, April 21, 2021 in: Newsletters With tags: newsletter, health in all policies, Climate Change, planning, water, transport, biodiversity, children, health determinants
  With ever increasing coverage of the urgency to act on climate change, we are proud to bring you this issue focusing on planetary health – the ultimate determinant of health

• 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

• Four year restoration of Cashmere Stream completed

  Posted: Wednesday, November 4, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: restoration, environment, water, biodiversity
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 2nd November 2020 Local landowners and community members armed themselves with spades and smiles to help the Cashmere Stream Care Group complete the final stage of a four-year restoration and enhancement planting projec

• Invasive weed work helps protect Whakaraupō biodiversity

  Posted: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environmental health, biodiversity
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 27th October 2020 A common garden plant has hopped the fence and is wreaking havoc on Whakaraupō/ Lyttelton Harbour’s native vegetation

• Albert Stream gets royal treatment

  Posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: biodiversity, funding, environmental health, Community
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 13th October 2020 Almost $40,000 of Immediate Steps (IMS) biodiversity funding has helped some hard-working locals protect water quality and biodiversity values along Albert Stream in St Martins