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News: tagged with "environment"

• Locals say Cashmere Stream needs help

  Posted: Wednesday, November 06, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environmental health, water
  Environment Canterbury media release: 5th November 2019 The water quality and clarity of Cashmere Stream became an important subject at a recent Christchurch West Melton Zone Committee workshop

• Plant fire prompts warning about batteries in bins

  Posted: Thursday, October 24, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environmental health, waste, management, recycling
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 24th October 2019 A battery discarded in a yellow wheelie bin is the likely cause of a fire at the EcoSort recycling plant that led to one person being hospitalised

• Christchurch residents: Tell us about your neighbourhood

  Posted: Thursday, October 24, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: community engagement, survey, Community, planning, accessibility, discrimination, urban, environment
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 22nd October 2019 Christchurch and Banks Peninsula residents are being asked to share their views on their neighbourhood, including what they like and dislike about living there

• Sustainable Otautahi Christchurch Newsletter: 9 October 2019

  Posted: Thursday, October 10, 2019 in: Newsletters With tags: sustainability, environmental health, Community Groups, newsletter
  Welcome to the latest news from Sustainable Ōtautahi Christchurch. Thanks for being part of this network, and to the many of you who turned out to strike4climate on 27th September

• Call for young people to care for Christchurch rivers

  Posted: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: environmental health, conservation, water, young people, leadership
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 23rd September 2019 Young people from local schools and early learning centres are being called on to take action to create a healthy Ōpāwaho/Heathcote River

• New walking loop along the Waimakariri River

  Posted: Thursday, September 19, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: walking, event, environment
  Environment Canterbury media release: 18th September 2019 Three Christchurch walking tracks have been merged to create a scenic 22km loop and people can experience it for themselves during The Breeze Walking Festival 2019

• Plant airlift signals final stages of Sumner Road project

  Posted: Wednesday, August 28, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: environment, transport, earthquake recovery
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 26th August 2019 Helicopters will drop thousands of plants onto the steep slopes above Sumner Road as the final stages of a massive planting project gets under way this week

• Rare braided river birds to be protected by gull control

  Posted: Wednesday, August 28, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: environment, diversity, conservation
  Environment Canterbury media release: 26th August 2019 The Department of Conservation (DOC) is protecting rare and threatened bird species living in the Hurunui and Waiau rivers by controlling southern black-backed gulls/karoro, which prey on their chicks

• Swimmable Selwyn at Coes Ford

  Posted: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, environment, health, recreation
  Selwyn District Council media release: 30th July 2019 Work is under way to turn Coes Ford back into a popular swimming site as part of a long-term plan to make the Selwyn-Waikirikiri River swimmable

• Mayor supports joint initiatives to improve Canterbury water

  Posted: Wednesday, July 24, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, environment, planning, policy
  Selwyn District Council media release: 22nd July 2019 Selwyn Mayor Sam Broughton and other Canterbury mayors have reconfirmed their support for working together on looking after the region’s water resources

• RefillNZ: Making it easy to refill with refreshing FREE tap water

  Posted: Thursday, July 18, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: water, business, environment
  RefillNZ is a grass roots campaign that aims to prevent plastic pollution at source by making it easier to reuse and refill your water bottle on the go than buy water in a single-use plastic bottle

• Floating wetlands form part of new-look stream

  Posted: Thursday, July 18, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, environmental health
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 16th July 2019 A quake-damaged stormwater drain in Shirley which runs into Horseshoe Lake has been given a dramatic makeover

• Clock tower repairs timed to start in July

  Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 in: Earthquake With tags: built environment, earthquake, recovery, rebuild, heritage
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 26th June 2019 Work to repair and restore the damaged heritage clock towers in New Brighton and Scarborough will begin in July

• Brilliant new enviro-tech camp initiative for kids

  Posted: Wednesday, June 19, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: environmental health, technology, children, young people
  A prominent Kiwi businessman has set up New Zealand’s first ever enviro-tech camp at Raglan - south of Auckland. Vaughan Fergusson is the founder of New Zealand’s high-growth tech success story Vend and founder of OMGTech!

• Fish provide hook for healthy waterway message

  Posted: Wednesday, June 19, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environmental health, water
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 18th June 2019 Small blue fish are being used to help raise awareness in Christchurch that the water that runs down our stormwater drains impacts on the health of our streams and rivers

• Consent granted for Christchurch's stormwater network

  Posted: Thursday, June 06, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, environmental health
  Environment Canterbury media release: 5th June 2019 A resource consent which aims to future-proof the Christchurch's stormwater network while also improving water quality in certain rivers has been granted by independent commissioners appointed by Enviro

• Q&A on Christchurch's multi-use arena

  Posted: Wednesday, May 29, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: sport, recreation, earthquake recovery, built environment, rebuild
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 29th May 2019 Christchurch City Council is working to fast-track progress on Canterbury’s new multi-use arena so the region can again host big-name entertainers and top-level sporting events

• Environment Canterbury declares climate emergency

  Posted: Thursday, May 16, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: Climate Change, environmental health, Governance, leadership
  Environment Canterbury media release: 16th May 2019 Environment Canterbury has today declared a climate emergency - highlighting both the urgent need to address the issue, and the work already being done to help the region respond

• Annual groundwater quality survey shows little change

  Posted: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: water, environmental health, survey, Report
  Environment Canterbury media release: 14th May 2019 Environment Canterbury released its annual groundwater quality survey for 2018

• Arsenic in private well highlights importance of testing

  Posted: Thursday, May 09, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, health, environmental health
  Waimakariri District Council media release: 8th May 2019 The Council is reminding owners of private wells to have their water regularly tested, following a few recent private well tests showing elevated arsenic levels in the north-west of Kaiapoi

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