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Claims concerns around a mid-Canterbury irrigation scheme are stirring misinformation Claims concerns around a mid-Canterbury irrigation scheme are stirring misinformation 11 April 2021 Canterbury farmers want to renew a 10-year consent for the Mayfield/ Hinds /Valetta irrigation scheme - which distributes Rangitata River water. Yet a meeting last week saw several hundred people express fears the scheme will increase nitrate pollution. But the Local Democracy Reporting Service says Environment Canterbury councillor Ian Mackenzie believes the meeting served as a platform for "deliberate mi...

Supplied Police want to speak with anyone who recognises the person in the photograph, as they investigate a burglary at Carew Peel Forest School. A small, rural Canterbury primary school could face an up to $20,000 bill after being vandalised, and property stolen this week. Police have released a photograph of a hooded figure following a burglary at Carew Peel Forest School on Ealing Montalto Rd, north of the Rangitata River and between Geraldine and Ashburton, on Monday afternoon and the early hours of Tuesday morning. “Police are keen to talk to anyone who may have seen anything suspic...

Bejon Haswell/Stuff Rangitata Diversion Race Management Ltd chief executive Tony McCormick is looking forward to the commissioning of the new fish screen. A massive $17 million fish screen project is underway for New Zealand's biggest irrigation scheme that starts in the Rangitata River. Rangitata Diversion Race Management Ltd (RDRML) chief executive Tony McCormick said the project was in response to concerns from anglers and runanga about fish, particularly sports fish such as salmon, and native fish such as galaxiids, getting caught into the 67-kilometre long irrigation race which extends ...

Source: Fish and Game NZ Central South Island Fish and Game Council is pleased with the decision of Rangitata Diversion Race (RDR) Management Limited not to pursue a 10-cumec water take consent.  The consent had been the subject of an Environment Court Appeal, after being granted by the Canterbury Regional Council in 2018. CSI Fish and Game had opposed the consent at the regional council hearing, arguing against taking more water from the Rangitata River. Fish and Game had cited a range of adverse effects including increased sediment deposition and restriction of spawning salmon passage...

"In option 2 there are not the same opportunities to transform public transport through actions such as MyWay on-demand buses in Timaru,'' the document says. The consultation document then asks: "Should investment continue to be made in this on-demand public transport option for Timaru after the trial period has completed?" "The service will require a total of $1.18m in year one of the Long Term Plan with continued investment in future years and would be funded through a targeted rate for the Timaru community and from Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency grants. "It would add about $14 (includ...