Lake Sumner News

MARUIA SPRINGS: Hot springs defeat winter's chill. A helicopter flight followed by hot pools, mouthwatering food and wine beguile DAVID KILLICK at Maruia Springs.

The battle over a water conservation order for the Hurunui River will head to the Environment Court next year.

Ngai Tahu has quit a North Canterbury irrigation scheme. The tribe's property company has resigned from the Hurunui Water Project's board and put its shares, held by wholly-owned subsidiary Ngai Tahu Forest Estates Ltd, into a trust.

East Pierce Fire and Rescue crews responded to a one-vehicle accident in front of Sumner High School.

Hundreds of protesters took to Christchurch streets and the Avon River yesterday to oppose a Hurunui River irrigation project.

A proposed dam on the Hurunui River could cause an "ecological bomb", opponents warn.

A spokeswoman for a North Canterbury irrigation scheme says the plug will not be pulled on the project because part of the plan has been scuttled.

Tuesday, 18 August 2009, 5:09 pm Press Release: Forest And Bird August 18, 2009 – Wellington Forest & Bird media release for immediate use Forest & Bird says Hurunui River protection should go further Independent conservation organisation Forest & Bird is happy with the Special Tribunal's recommendation to at least partly protect North ...

North Canterbury could be transformed by dairy conversions worth up to $2 billion under a massive irrigation plan.