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Friday 13th May 2022
WHAT’S YOUR WAI? Now is the time to join your local water zone committee and make a contribution towards the future of Canterbury's precious water resources. ECan are looking for community members from across nine of Canterbury’s water zones, who are keen to join the committees, which work together to make positive changes to the waterways they deeply care about. Applications close on Monday, May 30th.
What does a water zone committee do? Water zone committees collaborate on land and water management solutions to deliver on the Canterbury Water Management Strategy vision, principles and targets in their geographical zone. Committees are made up of people with a wide range of interests in water, who have a strong connection to the zone. They facilitate community engagement, provide advice to councils, and work with stakeholders to support and expand local water and biodiversity focused projects to make on-the-ground impacts in the zone. If this sounds like something you could contribute to, ECan want you to apply.
Comments from current committee members Community members from across Canterbury are involved with freshwater and biodiversity outcomes affecting positive change in waterways they deeply care about.
Banks Peninsula Water Zone Committee member, Trudi Bishop, Bishop joined the local committee so she could help make a positive impact on water management in her area. “I wanted to give back to my community, helping in a small or large way to look after our precious water and environment. “For me, water is life. Every aspect of our lives and environment is connected to it. We owe it to our tamariki, our mokopuna and ourselves to look after this life force,” Trudi commented. One of the founding members of the Upper Waitaki Water Zone Committee, Mat Bayliss, Bayliss got involved with his local committee after seeing a public notice for a new collaborative approach to water management that piqued his interest. “The role of the water zone committee has never been more important. Farming systems are, in my view, the most impacted by the need for change, and the committee is proud to have farming representatives at the table helping us hold these vital discussions around water,” Mat commented.
from the upper Waimakariri basin and the high country around Lake Coleridge down to Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere. ♦ Upper Waitaki ♦ Waimakariri ♦ Hurunui Waiau and Regional Committees are not refreshing at this stage. The vision for Selwyn Waihora is to protect its alpine rivers and high country values and restore the mauri of Te Waihora while maintaining a prosperous landbased economy. Te Waihora and its margins are a taonga to Ngāi Tahu due to the high concentration of mahinga kai, wāi tapu and wāi taonga.
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Community members are being sought in: ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
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Ashburton Banks Peninsula Christchurch West Melton Kaikōura Lower Waitaki Orari Temuka Opihi Pareora (OTOP) Selwyn Waihora - The Selwyn Waihora water zone stretches
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