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Rainfall Monitoring Sites
Environment CanterburyLocations where rainfall measurements have been recorded. These locations are derived from Environment Canterbury's Gaugings Database. If the site is continuously monitored, summaries of the recorded daily rainfall for previous 7 dayas are listed. This information is drawn from Environment Canterbury's Telemetry Network.Created 1 September 2022 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
Swing Moorings
Environment CanterburySwing Moorings in the Canterbury Region.Created 1 September 2022 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
Hanmer Fault Trace 2004
Environment CanterburyThe surveyed location of the Hanmer Fault through Hanmer Springs township. Collected by Mark Yetton, Geotech Consulting Ltd, and Helen Grant, Environment Canterburyusing differential GPSin 2004. Accurate to +/- 5 metres.Note that the original dataset also included two small parallel inferred fault traces to the north of the main trace in the Queen Mary...Created 1 September 2022 • Updated 3 February 2025 -
Ashley Fault Zone Geomorphologic Map Units 2014
Environment CanterburyThere are four maindata fields:'AREA' gives the extent of each polygon in square metres. 'ACCURACY' identifies the basis on which the polygon was mapped, such as 'lidar', and whether interpretation was aided by examination in the 'field', or using 'satellite imagery'.'TYPE' classifies the polygon according to landform unit name, as outlined in Tables 1,...Created 1 October 2023 • Updated 3 February 2025 -
Ashley Fault Zone Ground Deformation 2014
Environment CanterburyThere are five main data fields. 'AREA' gives the extent of each polygon in square metres. 'ACCURACY' identifies the basis on which the polygon was mapped, such as 'lidar', and whether interpretation was aided by examination in the 'field', or using 'satellite imagery'or Google Earth Street View (SV).'TYPE' defines the polygon according to the ground...Created 1 September 2022 • Updated 3 February 2025 -
Ashley Fault Zone Fault Complexity 2014
Environment CanterburyThere are four maindata fields. 'AREA' gives the extent of each polygon in square metres. 'Feature' identifies the fault deformation hazard/Fault Avoidance Zonation unit type, based largely on the 'TYPE' field in the Ashley Fault Zone ground deformation dataset. 'FAZ_class' identifies the category of fault complexity, as set out in Table 2 of...Created 1 September 2022 • Updated 3 February 2025 -
Greendale Fault 2011
Environment CanterburyMapped surface fault ruptures of the Greendale Fault during the September 2010 Mw7.1 Darfield (Canterbury) earthquake. Features are described as faults, fault scarps or suspected faults; broad scarps; or broad folds.Accompanying report is Villamor, P., Barrell, D., Litchfield, N., Van Dissen, R., Hornblow, S. and Levick, S., 2011, Greendale Fault...Created 1 September 2022 • Updated 3 February 2025 -
Greendale Fault Complexity 2011
Environment CanterburyFault complexity/avoidance zones for the Greendale Fault, based on the Greendale Fault traces dataset mapped after the Greendale Fault rupture in the September 2010 Darfield (Canterbury) earthquake. Areas are mapped as either well-defined, distributed or uncertain deformation, as outlined in the accompanying report. At the time of the report the best...Created 1 October 2023 • Updated 3 February 2025 -
Ostler Fault Zone Active Fault Lines and Fold Axes 2010
Environment CanterburyLocation of fault traces and fold axes that form part of the Ostler Fault Zone. The southern part of the dataset ('Ruataniwha') was mapped with hand held and differential GPS in 2005, the northern part of the dataset ('Twizel') was mapped using aerial photos in 2010.Accompanying report is Barrell, D.J.A., 2010, Assessment of active fault and fold hazards...Created 1 September 2022 • Updated 3 February 2025 -
Ostler Fault Zone Ground Deformation 2010
Environment CanterburyInterpretation of the extent and nature of pre-existing fault-related ground deformation associated with the Ostler Fault Zone near Twizel (east of the Pukaki Canal), and adjacent areas that show no indication of deformation. The southern part of the dataset ('Ruataniwha') was mapped with hand held and differential GPS in 2005, the northern part of the...Created 1 October 2023 • Updated 3 February 2025 -
Ostler Fault Zone Fault Complexity 2010
Environment CanterburyInterpretation of the extent and nature of pre-existing fault-related ground deformation associated with the Ostler Fault Zone near Twizel (east of the Pukaki Canal), and adjacent areas that show no indication of deformation.The dataset is derived from the Ostler Fault Zone ground deformation dataset.Accompanying report is Barrell, D.J.A., 2010,...Created 1 September 2022 • Updated 3 February 2025 -
Ostler Fault Hazard Area in Mackenzie District Plan 2011
Environment CanterburyThe Ostler Fault Hazard Area as shown in the Mackenzie District Plan. The Ostler Fault Hazard Area includes the 'well defined deformation' and 'distributed deformation' areas from the Ostler Fault Zone fault complexity 2010 dataset, with a 100 metre buffer on the upthrown side of these areas and a 50 metre buffer on the downthrown side, as well as the...Created 1 October 2023 • Updated 3 February 2025 -
Engineering - Survey Cross Sections
Environment CanterburyRiver Engineering Survey Cross SectionsCreated 1 October 2023 • Updated 3 February 2025 -
Chatham Island Tsunami Evacuation Zones
Environment CanterburyThis dataset shows the tsunami evacuation zones for the Chatham Islands Council, drawn in December 2017. What do the zones mean? The Red Zone is the shore exclusion zone, including beaches, estuaries, river mouths and Te Whanga Lagoon. Even if a tsunami is not big enough to flood land, it can cause strong and unusual currents in the water, and...Created 3 June 2024 • Updated 3 February 2025 -
Plan Change 5 (LWRP) - Northern Fan FMU
Environment CanterburyNorthern Fan FMU as shown in the proposed Plan Change 5 to the Land & Water Regional Plan. The proposed changes seek to deal with the management of the effects of land uses, particularly farming activities, on water quality throughout the Canterbury region and the management of water quality in the Waitaki sub-region, and flows in Whitneys Creek....Created 1 October 2023 • Updated 3 February 2025 -
NRRP - Christchurch Groundwater Protection Zones
Environment CanterburyThis dataset has no description
Created 1 October 2023 • Updated 3 February 2025 -
Plan Change 5 (LWRP) - Valley and Tributaries FMU
Environment CanterburyThe proposed changes seek to deal with the management of the effects of land uses, particularly farming activities, on water quality throughout the Canterbury region and the management of water quality in the Waitaki sub-region, and flows in Whitneys Creek. Proposed Plan Change 5 comprises two parts. Part A consists of provisions which apply throughout...Created 1 October 2023 • Updated 3 February 2025 -
River Benchmarks
Environment CanterburyBenchmark vertical datum is Lyttelton Vertical Datum 1937. The river benchmarks layer shows the location of survey benchmarks used by the Council to monitor riverbed elevation change. These benchmarks are protected by the Flood Protection and Drainage Bylaw, any work proposed around these locations should be checked with the Environment Canterbury River...Created 1 October 2023 • Updated 3 February 2025 -
River Rating Districts - Localised River
Environment CanterburyEnvrionment Canterbury River Rating Districts - Localised River layer.Created 1 September 2022 • Updated 3 February 2025 -
Transfer Station / Recycling Centre
Environment CanterburyTransfer Stations / Recycling Centres in the Canterbury Region.Created 1 October 2023 • Updated 3 February 2025
