Good news for Coes Ford
Canterbury District Health Board has lifted its algal bloom health warning issued in November 2015 for the Selwyn/Waikirikiri River at Coes Ford. Subsequent water testing at Coes Ford has shown the quantity of potentially toxic blue-green [...]
Te Waihora Wetland Bird Survey – volunteers needed
Are you interested in the birds of Te Waihora? Would you like to be part of the annual count which is helping to build up a picture of bird species and numbers at this amazing [...]
The Amazing Australasian Bittern
DOC's Threatened Species Ambassador, Nicola Toki, talked about the Australasian Bittern on the Afternoon programme on RNZ on December 4. Te Waihora is a stronghold for this nationally endangered species. There is more information about the [...]
Algal Bloom at Coes Ford
The Community and Public Health division of the Canterbury District Health Board have issued a health warning for Coes Ford. The warning follows finding high levels of potentially toxic blue-green algae (benthic cyanobacteria) in the [...]
Kaituna River wins award
Environment Canterbury has welcomed the announcement that a waterway in the Selwyn-Waihora zone has won the Morgan Foundation award for the most improved river in Canterbury. More information about the awards can be found here. [...]
Canterbury mudfish – an endangered critter
Nicola Toki, DOC's threatened species ambassador (formerly working in the Te Waihora Catchment with the Living Water project) appears on National radio each week to tell us about a 'critter of the week'. For October [...]