WET weekly blog (news and views from the WET team) – live on April 30th
The Canterbury Water Management Strategy, launched in November 2009, is setting the direction for the future management of water in Canterbury. The vision is: "To enable present and future generations to gain the greatest social, economic, recreational and cultural benefits from our water resources within an environmentally sustainable framework.” The official launch of the Selwyn-Waihora [...]
NOTICE of ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2010 When: Monday October 18th, 2010 at 6pm Where: John Hayward Room, Lincoln University The meeting will begin at 6pm with guest speaker Scott Larned, who leads the Water Allocation research programme for NIWA. Agenda 1. Apologies 2. Minutes of the previous meeting 3. Matters arising 4. Financial reports 5. [...]
The annual Lincoln University State of the Nation’s Environment Address is coming up soon. Date: Thursday: 7 October 2010 Time: Address: 5:00pm – 6:00pm Venue: Stewart Lecture Theatre 1 Stewart Building, Lincoln University Alastair Morrison, Director General Department of Conservation, will present: “Building Biodiversity; Building New Zealand” New Zealand is searching for a route to [...]
Planting day details Friday 1 October – Chamberlains Ford Sunday 3 October – Coes Ford Both days start at 10am and will finish with a free BBQ sausage sizzle lunch. What to bring: a planting spade and gardening gloves and remember to dress for the weather. For more information Download the flyer here. More than [...]
On Sunday September 19th, 2010 around 65 people took up the opportunity to celebrate Te Waihora Lake Ellesmere, joining the bus tour hosted by Waihora Ellesmere Trust and Environment Canterbury. The fabulous spring weather and the complete absence of significant aftershocks provided further cause for celebration! The Tour focused on a small part of Te [...]
We are pleased to announce that the Lake and the Land Tour and celebration will be going ahead as planned on Sunday September 19th. This is an opportunity to do something relatively 'normal' and to celebrate Te Waihora Lake Ellesmere. The Tour starts at 1.30pm. If you have already accepted the invitation we look forward [...]
WET will be at Ellesmere A&P Show in Leeston on Saturday Octpber 16th, 2010. Come along and see us and find out more about what we do, how you can get involved or, if you are a landowner, how we may be able to help you.
Notes from Colin Hill, farmer and WET Trustee This is probably one of the wettest winters I have experienced in over forty years here. The lake was high. This reduced the feeding areas for wading birds on the lake edge. However, we have sighted some interesting birds on our farm. We saw a Scaup on the ponds [...]
The Canterbury Water Management Strategy (CWMS) envisages Water Management Committees being the conduit for community discussion and development of solutions to water issues in Canterbury. The Zone Committees develop strategies, tactics and activities (Zone Implementation Programme) to give effect to the CWMS fundamental principles and targets for the Zone. These targets include ecosystem health/biodiversity (including [...]
The NZARM conference is being held in Christchurch on 21 September 2010. The conference brochure is attached below:
Lake is currently:CLOSED to the sea Latest lake level reading:0.83m msl recorded on July 17, 2023 READ MORE >>
