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News: tagged with "conservation"

• Massive drop in summer water use will save millions

  Posted: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, conservation
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 19th April 2023 Peak water use has plummeted since excess charges were introduced which could see savings of more than $150 million, as well as improving the city’s sustainability

• New SeaSpotter app could revolutionise marine conservation

  Posted: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: technology, wildlife, conservation
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 18th January 2023 Christchurch residents can help scientists in their efforts to learn more about New Zealand’s marine mammals with the new SeaSpotter app that Christchurch City Council has partly funded

• Big push to eradicate possums on Banks Peninsula

  Posted: Wednesday, November 2, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environment, conservation
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 1st November 2022 A major possum control programme is about to begin over large areas of Banks Peninsula/ Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū where it’s estimated there could be between 120,000 and 150,000 of the pests

• Top spots for bird-watching in Otautahi Christchurch

  Posted: Thursday, September 8, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: wildlife, environment, awareness, conservation
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 8th September 2022 To mark Conservation Week we asked our ecologist Andrew Crossland to share his favourite places for bird watching in and around Ōtautahi Christchurch

• Water wisely and save this summer

  Posted: Wednesday, January 26, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, conservation, summer
  Sewlyn District Council media release: 25th January 2022 With the hotter, dryer weather we’re encouraging people to get smart with your water use to save money and ensure we can all keep enjoying a reliable water supply

• Help track Christchurch’s changing coastline

  Posted: Wednesday, February 3, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: conservation, environment
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 1st February 2021 Christchurch residents can become beach scientists with a simple snap

• 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

• 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 chick

• New dial tracks Christchurch city water use

  Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, conservation
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 13th November 2018 Hand-held watering and shorter showers could hold the key to work continuing on upgrading Christchurch’s water wells over the hot summer months