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Celebrating Conservation Week with youth-led planting day For the second year in a row, members of our Youth Rōpū held a successful planting event in the Waimakariri River Regional Park to celebrate Conservation Week. A group of 30 people, including members of our Youth Rōpū, the Waimakariri Youth Council, members of the public and our staff…
The annual celebration will run from 14 to 20 August, with several events across Ōtautahi Christchurch to get involved with. Head of Parks Andrew Rutledge says Conservation Week is a great time to join with the local community and give back to the environment. “With four quite different planting day events happening throughout the week,…
The annual celebration will run from 14 to 20 August, with several events across Ōtautahi Christchurch to get involved with. Head of Parks Andrew Rutledge says Conservation Week is a great time to join with the local community and give back to the environment. “With four quite different planting day events happening throughout the week,…
Conservation Volunteers New Zealand (CVNZ) is hosting their sixth annual planting challenge on Friday 2 June, in conjunction with Christchurch City Council. There will be six teams challenged to successfully plant as many plants as they can in a two-hour period, competing against each other to see who will be crowned champion. CVNZ Christchurch Regional…
Soil conservation funding boost from central government We will receive nearly $2 million to support farmers with erosion-prone land across North Canterbury. The funding comes from Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forest Service (TUR-NZFS) and will help continue the successful Soil Conservation and Revegetation (SCAR) Programme, which will now extend until 2027. Previously in…
Ornate wrought iron detail on the Diamond Jubilee Clock Tower on Victoria Street has been repaired and repainted and gold surfaces stripped and re-gilded by hand. Bespoke upper timber structures have been repaired and renewed along with specialist elemental repairs to the clock roundels. “The clock tower was carefully repaired and strengthed in 2014 after…
Farmer thankful for soil conservation support Support from Environment Canterbury’s Soil Conservation and Revegetation (SCAR) Programme has enabled a North Canterbury farmer to address erosion issues on his farm. The SCAR Programme aims to reduce the amount of sediment washed into waterways by stabilising eroding land with poplar and willow poles. The roots from the…
Christchurch residents can help scientists in their efforts to learn more about New Zealand’s marine mammals with the new SeaSpotter app that Christchurch City Council has partly funded. The SeaSpotter app uses artificial intelligence (AI) to identify marine mammals that people spot and photograph on their smartphones while at the beach or out boating. Data…
Soil Conservation and Revegetation Programme marks another successful year Environment Canterbury’s Soil Conservation and Revegetation Programme (SCAR) has marked another successful year with significant fencing and planting projects being undertaken. The four-year programme, which has funding support from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), aims to reduce erosion and sediment loss, and stabilise damaged land in…
Clarence community conservation for braided river birds Kaikōura community groups travelled to the Waiau Toa Clarence River recently to see how locally constructed pest traps were functioning. Kaikōura Mens Shed with Heath Melville and Belinda Rickerby, Kaikōura Community Support Worker. Members of Kaikōura’s Mens Shed and Ocean Ridge Catchment Conservation Group (ORCCG) visited trapping sites…
UC Connect free public lecture: Little genes, big conservation When nature is in trouble, so are we. Nature can only thrive when biodiversity thrives, and we are facing a biodiversity crisis in in Aotearoa New Zealand. Nearly 4,000 species – many which are found nowhere else in the world – are classified as Threatened or…
Soil conservation project benefits environment and community Reduced amounts of sediment and phosphorus are entering Hurunui and Kaikōura waterways while closer community connections are being created thanks to a four-year, $4.1 million Soil Conservation and Revegetation project (SCAR project). Some 9000 poplar and willow poles have been planted on 76 hill country farms during the…
Goughs Bay fantastic for conservation Haley fence ‘back’ block to be fenced first Two forested stream gullies on a sheep and beef farm on Banks Peninsula will be fenced to protect water quality and biodiversity. The Goughs Bay ‘Hayley fence’ project will receive more than $15,000 of Immediate Steps (IMS) biodiversity funding over the next…
Volunteers are needed to help plant thousands of kahikatea trees in memory of New Zealanders who have served overseas since World War I. The stand of trees, to be planted in a wetland area of the Cranford Basin in Mairehau, will become the largest group of kahikatea in Christchurch since pre-European times. About 3500 of…
As DOC’s new enforcement system rolls out, the Mahaanui district office is reminding Cantabrians and visitors to follow the conservation laws protecting Aotearoa’s native species. Mahaanui, in Otautahi/Christchurch, is one of the pilot areas for the new enforcement system, which will support DOC in enforcing the rules that help protect our unique biodiversity and places….
Collaboration during conservation week in Kaikōura North Canterbury Transport Infrastructure Recovery (NCTIR) teamed up with Kaikōura Land Management and Biodiversity Advisor, Heath Melville, to celebrate conservation week, holding a biosecurity day at one of Kaikōura’s most impressive wetlands. Hapuku Scarp Wetland was the focus for the latest round of conservation-action, with many hands making light work…
Christchurch’s rainbow community will have the chance to go green at a volunteer planting event that’s a first for the city. Members of the LGBTQIA+ community are invited to work alongside Christchurch City Council park rangers at Plant with Pride, planting native trees in the Styx Loop Conservation Park in Marshland on Saturday 22 August from…
Christchurch City Council staff are advising against seeking a Water Conservation Order (WCO) to protect Christchurch’s groundwater. Staff were asked by elected members last year to investigate the merits of seeking a WCO from the Ministry for the Environment, but they have concluded it is not the best course of action. In a report prepared…
If you feel like exploring new territory on foot, a handy new guide will help you plan an outing around the city’s coastline and plains. A brochure detailing all of the walks available in Christchurch’s flat areas, from beachside wanders to forest strolls, has been published by the Christchurch City Council’s Parks team for the…
Hurunui youth conservation project gains traction A three hectare block in Balmoral Forest has seen invasive weeds ripped out and natives planted in their place, thanks to the Hurunui Youth Kaitiakitanga Project. Having only been in place for a year, the youth project has already created fantastic results in terms of returning native flora and…