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FEP data shows Canterbury farmers are making real environmental progress

Posted on January 27, 2026 by ECAN

[ad_1] FEP data shows Canterbury farmers are making real environmental progress Canterbury farmers are proving that steady progress pays off, with seven years of Farm Environment Plan (FEP) audit data showing a dramatic lift in environmental performance across the region. [ad_2] Source link

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Driving real change: 20% of Metro's bus fleet now zero-emission

Driving real change: 20% of Metro's bus fleet now zero-emission

Posted on December 20, 2022 by ECAN

[ad_1] Driving real change: 20% of Metro’s bus fleet now zero-emission The streets of Greater Christchurch are a little quieter, and a lot greener, with 16 new electric buses rolling out onto our roads from this week. The new vehicles join a further 28 electric vehicles added to the fleet in the last two years,…

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New real time information system makes going by bus better

New real time information system makes going by bus better

Posted on May 2, 2022 by CCC

[ad_1] Public transport users in Christchurch are benefitting from a new real-time information (RTI) system that enables them to find out exactly when the next bus is going to arrive. Over the past 12 months Environment Canterbury and Christchurch City Council have been working with technology provider NEC NZ Limited to upgrade the real-time information…

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After a year of digital learning and virtual teaching, let's hear it for real books

After a year of digital learning and virtual teaching, let’s hear it for real books

Posted on March 25, 2021 by University of Canterbury

[ad_1] After a year of digital learning and virtual teaching, let’s hear it for real books Can children develop a love of reading by sitting alone with an e-book? In a new article on The Conversation, Associate Professor Kathryn MacCallum argues that real books are more engaging. Reading alone on a digital device is no…

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Monitoring station to provide real time water quality data

Posted on September 16, 2020 by ECAN

[ad_1] Monitoring station to provide real time water quality data From the surface, it just looks like an array of yellow buoys in the centre of Lake Pearson, visible from State Highway 73. A custom-made buoy hosts a range of sensors, transmitting water quality data But below the surface, it’s a complex device containing a…

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The 'Keep It Real Online' campaign wants parents to talk about porn - UC sexuality educator provides advice on where to start

The ‘Keep It Real Online’ campaign wants parents to talk about porn – UC sexuality educator provides advice on where to start

Posted on July 17, 2020 by University of Canterbury

[ad_1] The ‘Keep It Real Online’ campaign wants parents to talk about porn – UC sexuality educator provides advice on where to start The Keep It Real Online campaign aimed at encouraging parents to talk to their children about pornography has gone viral, but it’s still hard to know where to start. UC sexuality educator…

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Being Authentic and Transparent – When is this going overboard!

Posted on August 19, 2010 by swiggs

All this talk about Twitter and Facebook engagement, how you need to be authentic and transparent, let people behind the scenes, tell stories.  This is all well and good, and enough (some might say too much) has been written about the what and the how. We should talk more about the why.  Not the why…

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