What is Environment Canterbury?

Environment Canterbury is the promotional name for the Canterbury Regional Council, an elected body of 14 councillors. The regional council was formed from 33 different bodies with regional and resource management roles in November 1989.

The main role of the council is the promotion of sustainable management of natural and physical resources, primarily under the Resource Management Act 1991 leaving Environment Canterbury website and the Local Government Act 2002 The council is responsible for matters which have more than just local significance (those are the tasks of the city and district councils). Funding is from rates, Government grants and from the users of council services.

Anyone on the electoral roll is entitled to vote in local authority elections. The elections for regional councillors are held once every three years.

Our vision statement

Canterbury...
a living landscape
rich in natural resources
a flourishing environment
that we all respect and enjoy

Waitaha
Te whenua mataora
Kia whakaora te taiao momona
Ma tatou hei whakawehi ai

Our Purpose

The purpose of Environment Canterbury is to achieve a sustainable environment, protect from disasters and natural hazards, and ensure safe and efficient movement of people and goods for the benefit of people, communities and future generations, at a reasonable level of monetary and personal cost.

What we're going to do this year is outlined in our Annual Plan.

We will achieve this by

working in partnership with the communities in the Canterbury region
promoting sustainable management of natural and physical resources
using innovative, cost-effective and technically excellent methods
ensuring that decision-making is based on high quality information