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Canterbury Regional Council Activities

Council Purpose

The purpose of Environment Canterbury is to promote the social, economic, environmental and cultural well-being of communities, present and future, and to enable local decision-making and action, by, and on behalf, of those communities.
Source
Canterbury Regional Council Local Governance Statement, June 2005.

Council Activities

During 2003/04 the Council advised its community that it undertook the following activities. N.B. There is no single agreed standard set of categories for councils to describe their activities.Council activities listed below are not necessarily in order of preference or priority.

  • Air Quality
  • Coastal Environment
  • Emergency Management
  • Energy
  • Hazards
  • Land
  • Navigation Safety
  • Pests and Biosecurity
  • Public Passenger Transport
  • Regional Land Transport
  • Waste, Hazardous substances and contaminated sites
  • Water Quality, Quantity and Ecosystems
  • The Democratic Process
Source
Canterbury Regional Council - Long Term Council Community Plan, 2004-2014