Canterbury Regional Council (Environment Canterbury)
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Environment Canterbury Canterbury Regional Council |
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| Country: | New Zealand |
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| Regional Council | |
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| Name: | Environment Canterbury |
| Chair: | Margaret Bazley |
| Population: | 600,100 (June 2016) |
| Land Area: | 44,638 km² |
| Website: | http://www.ecan.govt.nz |
| Cities and Towns | |
| Cities: | Christchurch, Timaru |
| Towns: | Kaikoura, Ashburton, Leeston, Rolleston, Fairlie, Temuka, Methven, Rakaia, Geraldine, Rangiora, Oxford, Kaiapoi, Darfield, Hamner Springs, Akaroa, Springfield, Pleasant Point, Mayfield, Cheviot, Waimate, Twizel |
| Constituent Territorial Authorities | |
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Christchurch Hurunui District Kaikoura District Ashburton District Timaru District Mackenzie District Selwyn District Waimate District Waimakariri District Waitaki District (part) |
| Websites: |
http://www.ccc.govt.nz http://www.hurunuidc.govt.nz http://www.kaikoura.govt.nz http://www.ashburtondc.govt.nz http://www.timaru.govt.nz http://www.mackenzie.govt.nz http://www.selwyn.govt.nz http://www.waimatedc.govt.nz http://www.waimakariri.govt.nz http://www.waitaki.govt.nz |
Canterbury Regional Council is the regional council for Canterbury, the largest region in the South Island of New Zealand. It is part of New Zealand's structure of local government. It uses the promotional name Environment Canterbury, frequently abbreviated to ECan.
The area of its jurisdiction consists of all the river catchments on the east coast of the South Island from the Clarence River, north of Kaikoura, to the Waitaki River, in South Canterbury. The region includes the Canterbury Plains, north and south Canterbury, the major braided rivers of the South Island, (the Waimakariri River, the Rakaia River and the Rangitata River) the Mackenzie Basin and the Waitaki River.
The Canterbury Regional Council is responsible for a wide variety of functions including public passenger transport, regional biosecurity, river engineering, environmental monitoring and investigations, regional policy and planning and for considering applications for certain resource consents - land use consents (including beds of waterbodies), coastal permits, water permits, and discharge permits. Canterbury Regional Council has strategic responsibilities for air, water and transport.
Christchurch often has temperature inversions which trap pollutants causing air quality issues. Ecan set up the Clean Heat Project in 2002 and it ran until 2011 to assist with cleaner burning home heating and extra home insulation.
The Canterbury Regional Council's spiritual predecessor was the Canterbury United Council that was formed in 1979, which was the first regional government body in New Zealand since the end of the provinces in 1876. However this united council was replaced by the current regional council in 1988 after local government reforms.
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