• Annual Plans & Reports
• Regional Strategies, Plans & Bylaws
• Regional Reports
• Air Quality
• Coastal Environment
• Consents and Compliance
• Regional Leadership
• Emergency Management
• Flood Protection & Control Works
• Hazards
• Land
• Navigation Safety
• Biodiversity & Biosecurity
• Public Passenger Transport
• Buses and Transport
• Waste, Hazardous Substances & Contaminated Sites
• Canterbury Water Management Strategy
• Tekapo A and B Power Station Transfers
• Hurunui moratorium
• Hurunui Water Conservation Order
• Iwi Relationships

 Our Responsibilities 

Annual Plans & Reports Read our latest plans and reports below. ..

Regional Strategies, Plans & Bylaws Read the strategies, policies, plans and bylaws that direct how we manage the natural resources of Canterbury. ..

Regional Reports Find out more about Environment Canterbury regional reports on the following pages ..

Air Quality Environment Canterbury is responsible for managing the region’s air quality, including controlling the discharge of contaminants into ..

Coastal Environment Environment Canterbury is responsible for managing the region's coastal water quality, including discharges to the sea, and coasta ..

Consents and Compliance Environment Canterbury has a key role to play in providing leadership for the long-term management of the region's natural resourc ..

Regional Leadership Environment Canterbury is the lead agency for providing effective regional government (Local Government Act 2002, Local Electoral Act ..

Emergency Management Environment Canterbury is a joint lead agency for emergency management. It is required to be a member and administering authority for ..

Flood Protection & Control Works Environment Canterbury is the joint lead agency with territorial authorities for flood risk reduction. Under changes to the Local Gove ..

Hazards Environment Canterbury is the lead agency for gathering and providing information on natural hazards (Resource Management Act 1991) su ..

Land Environment Canterbury is responsible for controlling the use of land for the purpose of soil conservation and controlling land use fo ..

Navigation Safety Environment Canterbury is the regional agency for regulation of navigation in harbours and inland waters. Environment Canterbury may p ..

Biodiversity & Biosecurity Environment Canterbury works closely with the community and other partners as a lead agency for the maintenance of the region's in ..

Public Passenger Transport Environment Canterbury is the lead agency for the provision of public passenger transport services and registering commercial public t ..

Buses and Transport Environment Canterbury is a joint lead agency with territorial authorities and the New Zealand Transport Agency to identify, prioritis ..

Waste, Hazardous Substances & Contaminated Sites Environment Canterbury is responsible for managing the discharge of contaminants to the environment and the investigation of land for ..

Canterbury Water Management Strategy Environment Canterbury is responsible for managing the region’s water resource, including the flows and levels in any water body; cont ..

Tekapo A and B Power Station Transfers On 15 December 2009, Cabinet agreed that Tekapo A and B power stations should be transferred from Meridian Energy Limited (Meridian) t ..

Hurunui moratorium Environment Canterbury placed a moratorium on resource consent applications relating to water in the Hurunui River and its tributaries ..

Hurunui Water Conservation Order Environment Canterbury is hearing the Hurunui Water Conservation Order, as required by the Environment Canterbury (Temporary Commissio ..

Iwi Relationships ..