We need your help to protect the environment! If you see an individual or organisation harming our environment, please call our 24-hour Pollution Hotline.
Our 24-hour Pollution Hotline is:
(03) 366 4663 or 0800 76 55 88
The pollution hotline receives around 70 calls a week from the public. The types of incidents reported range from:
- pollution in streams
- dumping of hazardous materials and waste
- earthworks and disturbance in a river bed
- smoky chimneys
- unauthorised irrigation
- outside fires
The Environment Canterbury hotline team is standing by 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for your call...
Phone: (03) 366 4663 for Christchurch residents
0800 75 66 88 for outside Christchurch
The pollution hotline is divided into 2 teams. The northern team (based in Christchurch) investigates complaints north of the Rakaia River to the Kaikoura district and across to the main divide. The northern team consists of 4 full-time enforcement officers and 10 on-call environmental protection officers.
The southern team is based in Timaru and deals with complaints from south of the Rakaia River to the north bank of the Waitaki River and across to the main divide. The southern team consists of 2 full-time enforcement officers and 5 on-call environmental protection officers.