Source: Environment Canterbury Regional Council
Combined committee hui helps connect the dots
Part of the water zone committee structure includes sharing information and ideas between committees.
This year, a refreshed approach to how committees share information and their experience has been implemented, with ‘combined’ meetings held with zone committee members based on a southern, central and northern approach.
The first combined hui was held in September for the four southern zone committees (Lower and Upper Waitaki, OTOP, and Ashburton). The three central zone committees (Selwyn Waihora, Banks Peninsula, and Christchurch West Melton) met two months later in November, and a combined hui for the northern zone (Waimakariri, Hurunui and Kaikōura) is being scheduled for February.
“These combined hui will support zone committees to help understand what else is happening across the region and enable a more integrated approach to issues and solutions,” Murray said.
Canterbury Water Management Strategy – Zone Committees
Across the region, nine community-led water zone committees aim to develop actions and tactics to deliver on the 10 targets of the Canterbury Water Management Strategy in their zone. The committees make recommendations to councils and other organisations involved in water management.
The tenth water zone committee – Hurunui Waiau – was discharged in July this year following a decade of operating. Hurunui District Council is now engaging with Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura, Te Ngāi Tūāhuriri Rūnanga and Environment Canterbury on the co-design of a new Hurunui Water and Land Committee.
