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'Stressed and angry': Wastewater regulations mess leaves family in limbo
The Stocker family were supposed to be enjoying their new home by now but are still, along with others, at loggerheads with ECan over wastewater consent related to nitrate risk in Ashburton's…
Familiar faces among ECan appointments
The government has reappointed four existing commissioners to the Canterbury Regional Council.
Spots fill up at ECan's newly elected top table
The battle lines are drawn around the table at the newly elected Canterbury Regional Council (ECan).
ECan refers taxi payments to Serious Fraud Office
Canterbury's regional council has alerted police to payments of $420,000 for taxi trips it says may not have taken place.
Fraction of water breaches blamed on faulty meters
About one in 10 serious water-consent breaches in Canterbury are being blamed on faulty water meter readings.
Water rights criticism a 'wake-up call' - ECan
ECan has had a 'wake-up call', it says, after Forest and Bird accused it of failing to act against farmers who seriously breach their water rights.
Forest and Bird slams ECan for not enforcing water rules
The Canterbury Regional Council has failed to act against farmers who have abused their water consents, Forest and Bird says. Audio
Canterbury farmers breach water regulations
Nearly one in five Canterbury farmers have failed to comply with their consents to take river and ground water.
Deadline to fix Canterbury rivers missed
The Canterbury Regional Council has failed to meet its own target for cleaning up the region's rivers - and has, in fact, gone backwards.