Selwyn District Council is developing a district wide strategy for the next 35 - 60 years, looking at how national and global trends will impact on Selwyn and thinking about how to shape the economic, social, cultural and environmental future for the district. If Te Waihora/lLake Ellesmere and the tributaries are important to you, this [...]
The Canterbury Water Management Strategy is being implemented across the region and a committee was established last year to tackle the issues in the Selwyn-Waihora area. See below for details of a couple of public meetings coming up soon. The Selwyn-Waihora Zone Committee has organised two public meetings to give an update and allow community [...]
Symposium 2011 November 15th and 16th at Lincoln University Following the very successful symposia of 2007 and 2009, planning is now underway for a symposium later this year with a focus on Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere and the wider catchment. The event will be held over 2 days. The first day will have a focus on [...]
The next WET Trustee meeting for 2011 will be held on Monday 18th July, 6.30pm, at Lincoln Events Centre, Lounge 3. A key agenda item will again be be the review of the Community Strategy and the development of an action plan to guide WET’s future activities. All welcome.
One of WET's priorities is education, in the widest sense, and we are happy to assist schools and other groups in planning and organising educational projects that involve the Lake and its catchment. In particular, with the expertise of our Restoration Consultant, we can help groups to organise and undertake riparian planting projects. We can also [...]
Another 20,000 pages of The Ellesmere Guardian went online on April 15th, covering the period 1906 to 1945. A celebration was held at Leeston Library in early May. This a real partnership project, with WET coordinating financial contributions from Lincoln University Library, Selwyn District Libraries, Christchurch City Libraries, Ellesmere Historical Society and from WET. The [...]
The first WET Trustee meeting for 2011 will be held on Monday 18th April, 6.30pm, at Lincoln Primary School library, 130 North Belt, Lincoln. A key agenda item will be the review of the Community Strategy and the development of an action plan to guide WET's future activities. All welcome.
WET is hosting an evening talk about the management of the Lake level. The speaker is David Aires from Environment Canterbury. WHEN: Wednesday April 6th, 2011 at 7pm WHERE: Leeston Community Room (Leeston Library) 19 Messines St, Leeston - look out for the WET flag at the entrance. There is no charge for this event [...]
WET's riparian restoration programme, undertaken over the last couple of planting seasons, has provided a lot of information and helped us to understand what works well in the catchment. We have now produced a new flyer summarising some of the key points to consider when undertaking riparian restoration and outlining the costs of each stage. [...]
WET is keen to keep in touch with schools and community groups interested in education activites around the Lake. From time to time a brief newsletter will be sent out so we can keep in touch with schools. Newletters can viewed here: Term 1, 2011 Term 3, 2011
Lake is currently:CLOSED to the sea Latest lake level reading:0.83m msl recorded on July 17, 2023 READ MORE >>
