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News: tagged with "restoration"

• First stage in Christ Church Cathedral reinstatement completed

  Posted: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: recovery, heritage, restoration, rebuild
  Christchurch City Council media release: 21st March 2023 Phase One of the reinstatement of Christ Church Cathedral has been completed

• Pest Free Banks Peninsula breaking new ground on hedgehogs

  Posted: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: biodiversity, restoration
  Environment Canterbury media release: 21st March 2023 Part of the windswept Kaitōrete has been cleared of hedgehogs to protect vulnerable wildlife, in a proof of concept that’s thought to be a national first

• Planting proves challenging on the Waikirikiri Selwyn River

  Posted: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: restoration, environment, waterways, biodiversity
  Environment Canterbury media release: 20th March 2023 The combination of dry conditions, thin, poor-quality soil and a highly modified river is making for an extra challenging native revegetation programme on the central Canterbury/Waitaha river berm

• Rolleston tamariki get involved in planting project

  Posted: Tuesday, September 13, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, restoration, biodiversity, community engagement, children
  Environment Canterbury media release: 12th September 2022 Students from Waitaha and Te Rōhutu Whio schools in Rolleston have had some hands-on planting experience during Kids Discovery Plant-out days with Te Taumutu Rūnanga in Te Waihora catchment

• Sealing the deal for Christchurch’s asphalt roads

  Posted: Wednesday, June 29, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: transport, safety, restoration, roadworks
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 29th June 2022 A new approach to maintaining Christchurch’s asphalt roads could offer a win for the environment and for the city’s road users

• Weeding out threats along the Ōtūkaikino River

  Posted: Wednesday, June 29, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: restoration, environment
  Environment Canterbury media release: 27th June 2022 Willows and other woody weeds infesting the riparian (land beside water) zone are being controlled along the Clearwater reach of the Ōtūkaikino River - home to some of Christchurch’s most distinctive we

• Traditional fishing technique used to monitor kōura

  Posted: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: volunteers, community event, environment, restoration, biodiversity
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 8th June 2022 A stream restoration project in Christchurch is putting a traditional tangata whenua way of harvesting wai kōura (freshwater crayfish) to good use

• Largest ever native planting project

  Posted: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: planning, environment, restoration
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 7th June 2022 More than 100,000 native trees will be planted in the city’s south-west as part of a network of new wetland areas in the upper catchment of the Ōpāwaho/Heathcote River