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News: tagged with "environmental health"

• Green waste putting waterways at risk

  Posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waste, management, environmental health
  Environment Canterbury media release: 16th May 2023 Illegal dumping is rife across the region and it’s not just the inorganic items that are putting our flood protection, biodiversity, and water health at risk

• Report an environmental incident on Snap, Send, Solve

  Posted: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environmental health, emergencies, technology
  Environment Canterbury media release: 18th January 2023 Have you spotted a pit of rubbish on fire? Seen a sizeable sheen of oil in a stream? Noticed chemicals spilt on the roadside? Report it so we can sort it! If an environmental incident seems time crit

• Building Act changes put the environment at the heart of how we build

  Posted: Wednesday, December 7, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: built environment, environmental health, policy, legislation
  Beehive media release: 5th December 2022 The Government is taking action to reduce waste and lower emissions from the building and construction sector in significant Building Act amendments announced today

• Stormwater superheroes scoop awards for their efforts

  Posted: Thursday, December 1, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: Awards, environmental health, water management, stormwater
  Environment Canterbury media release: 25th November 2022 Two Christchurch businesses can officially add ‘Stormwater Superhero’ to their list of achievements – thanks to their sterling efforts to keep waterways clean

• Land Air Water Aotearoa (LAWA) connects you with New Zealand's environment

  Posted: Thursday, December 1, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environment, environmental health, data, information
  Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) has been established by like-minded organisations with a view to helping local communities find the balance between using natural resources and maintaining their quality and availability

• Environment Canterbury Councillors selected for regionally significant committees

  Posted: Thursday, November 24, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environmental health, transport, regional council, councillors, water management, emergency management
  Environment Canterbury media release: 21st November 2022 At the Canterbury Regional Council meeting on Thursday 17 November, councillors made decisions about memberships of regionally significant committees

• 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

• Protect our waterways by becoming a stormwater superhero

  Posted: Wednesday, June 29, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, environmental health
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 29th June 2022 You are all probably familiar with the stormwater grates on the side of the road but how many of you stop to think about where the stormwater drains actually lead? Many people assume that whatever travels

• Lake Pegasus trial begins

  Posted: Thursday, June 16, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, environmental health, safety
  The Waimakariri District Council have been working closely with the developers of Pegasus to explore options to help manage seasonal algal bloom in the lake

• Alternate sites for organics processing plant need more investigation

  Posted: Thursday, April 28, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environmental health, waste, management
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 28th April 2022 Christchurch City Council has agreed in principle that it will relocate the organics processing plant in Bromley to an alternative location

• Aeration components arriving at Christchurch Wastewater Treatment Plant

  Posted: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: recovery, waste, services, environmental health
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 15th February 2022 Aeration components from around the world are arriving at the Christchurch Wastewater Treatment Plant, as the Christchurch City Council starts implementing its medium-term plan to minimise odours from

• 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

• 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