Looking after our natural resources
Improvements are in the pipeline for the way treated wastewater is managed at the Banks Peninsula settlement of Duvauchelle.
Improvements are in the pipeline for the way treated wastewater is managed at the Banks Peninsula settlement of Duvauchelle.
Cruise ships are likely to return to Akaroa in November but there will be fewer of them than before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Christchurch City Council is backing Government plans to introduce a container return scheme and is calling for it to be implemented without delay.
A planned project to construct low stopbanks along part of the Ōpāwaho Heathcote River may not go ahead.
A bug hotel shaped like a whare has been installed in the Ōtakaro Avon River Corridor to help boost the population of native bees.
A newly released plan aims to guide future development and management of the lower Ōpāwaho Lower Heathcote River.
Christchurch City Council staff are installing eight aerators at the fire-damaged wastewater treatment plant as part of the mid-term recovery plan to reduce unpleasant smells.