The lake was opened in late September 2016 and Environment Canterbury captured some great aerial footage of the team at work. To view the short video clip, click here. The sea is relatively calm for this opening but you can see the scale of the task and the dangers of it. When the sea is [...]
Wetlands are are important for many reasons - they have cultural importance for Māori and for other groups, they support a diverse range of flora and fauna, they help to remove excess nutrients and sediments and absorb floodwaters, they remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and they are a valuable source of food for many. [...]
Photographer and academic Ekant Veer captured some images of an amazing aurora over Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere on September 29, 2016. See some time lapse photos of this dazzling display here.
We are holding our AGM on Monday September 19 at Lincoln Event Centre, 15 Meijer Drive, Lincoln- we'd love you join us! 6.30pm AGM 6.45pm WET Trust Meeting, including election of officers 7pm - welcome guests and break for light refreshments 7.30pm - 8.30pm Find out what WET has been doing and hear from our two [...]
There are two key restoration planting events coming up soon - can you help? The 2016 Canterbury Plantout, led by Te Ara Kākāriki with support from the Living Water partnership, is coming up on September 3 and registrations are open now. For more information and to register visit the TAK website. This is a great [...]
We were delighted to welcome Trevor Isitt and Alan Strong from Fish &Game NZ to our June 2016 Trust meeting. Trevor spoke briefly about the history of F&G, and its predecessor the Acclimatisation Society. Alan, a passionate fisherman with strong connections to the lake, spoke about a report he has recently compiled - The Te [...]
The WET Trustees meet 4 times a year and anyone who is interested is very welcome to come along to our meetings (and also very welcome to get more involved in the work of the Trust). At our last meeting we agreed that we would invite a variety of speakers to come along and give [...]
There are a number of known inanga spawning sites around Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere and modelling done by Environment Canterbury suggests that there are potential spawning sites on many of the waterways that flow into the lake. Listen to Nic Toki, DOC's Threatened Species Ambassador talking on RNZ about the fascinating life cycle of the species [...]
The Next Steps for Freshwater consultation document was released by the Minister for the Environment and the Minister for Primary Industries on 20 February 2016. It contains 23 initiatives which, if adopted, would result in amendments to the Resource Management Act and the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management, as well as new national regulations. [...]
New rules for farming and other activities came into force last September when the Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan (LWRP) became operative. In February 2016 Plan Change 1, which are the additional rules which apply in the Selwyn-Waihora catchment, was also made operative. The LWRP is the document which contains the rules which apply to stock [...]
Lake is currently:CLOSED to the sea Latest lake level reading:0.83m msl recorded on July 17, 2023 READ MORE >>
