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News: tagged with "environmental health"

• 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

• Finish line in sight for Lyttelton Harbour wastewater project

  Posted: Thursday, October 15, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waste, management, environmental health
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 14th October 2020 A $53 million wastewater project to improve the health of Whakaraupō/Lyttelton Harbour is a step closer to completion

• 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

• Essential Freshwater package implementation underway

  Posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, management, environmental health
  Environment Canterbury media release: 13th October 2020 We have started the journey towards implementing the Government’s new freshwater policy package

• Otukaikino River best Christchurch waterway

  Posted: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: Report, water, safety, environmental health
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 7th October 2020 Water quality in most Christchurch waterways has remained steady, the latest research shows

• New wilding pines projects support Canterbury recovery

  Posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environmental health, campaign, funding
  Environment Canterbury media release: 11th May 2020 Wilding pine projects in Canterbury are to benefit from $2 million in government funding for the National Wilding Conifer Control Programme

• Lyttelton wastewater pipeline flows into place

  Posted: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waste, water, environmental health, management
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 2nd March 2020 A 535-metre wastewater pipeline has been installed under the Heathcote River, marking a major milestone in work on the Lyttelton Harbour wastewater project

• Landowners reminded to test wells

  Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, safety, Testing, environmental health
  Waimakariri District Council media release: 18th February 2020 The Waimakariri District Council is reminding owners of private wells to test their water regularly, following a recent pilot study of 19 private wells in the Cust and Eyreton areas

• Bin checks focus on helping people recycle correctly

  Posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: recycling, environmental health, waste, management
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 15th January 2020 A team of four will begin spot checking the contents of yellow wheelie bins next week in a bid to improve people’s understanding of what stuff can be put out for recycling

• 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

• 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

• 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!

• 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

• Release of Environment Aotearoa 2019

  Posted: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: Report, environment, environmental health
  The Ministry fo the Environment has released a report which provides an overview of the state of our environment, using five broad themes and presenting nine priority environmental issues

• Sea level rise report strengthens resolve

  Posted: Thursday, January 31, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: Climate Change, Report, environmental health
  Beehive media release: 31st January 2019 The Minister for Climate Change says Government recognises the challenges facing many on the frontline of coastal impacts from sea level rise

• Researchers urge caution in using Red Zone for food production

  Posted: Wednesday, October 25, 2017 in: Earthquake With tags: land, environmental health, earthquake recovery
  University of Canterbury media release: 24th October 2017 University of Canterbury environmental chemists are urging caution after the recently released “Land Use Assessment Report – Productive Land Use” by Regenerate Christchurch identified livestock gr

• Government intervention on District Plan Review welcomed

  Posted: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 in: Earthquake With tags: planning, housing, environmental health
  Christchurch City Council media release: 29th September 2015 Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel has welcomed the Government's decision to remove coastal hazards from the District Plan Review process

• Department of Conservation launches an app

  Posted: Thursday, May 1, 2014 in: Earthquake With tags: earthquake recovery, environment, environmental health, technology
  The ‘Imagine’ app is an initiative from the Department of Conservation in response to the Christchurch city earthquake rebuild