Intended Use This layer shows lakes for the Canterbury region that have been categorised into Water Quality Management Units and Classes, or Lake Type, defined in the Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan (LWRP) and various regional plans. Layers were digitised to cadastral accuracy (1:10,000 scale), but recommended use is at the 1:50,000 scale or...

Intended Use The Groundwater Quality Zones layer shows all zones with quality limits for the Canterbury region that have been defined in the Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan (LWRP) and various regional plans. This layer compiles several zone types from different plans, including: groundwater provinces, groundwater allocation zones, nitrate...

Intended Use The Groundwater Allocation Zones layer collates zones for regulating groundwater use and allocation as defined in the Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan (LWRP) and various regional plans. This includes groundwater allocation zones, groundwater management zones, and combined surface water and groundwater zones. Layers were digitised to...

Location of biodiversity projects that have received funding support from Environment Canterbury since 2010. Projects have been symbolised by their main ecosystem type. Data Owner: Environment Canterbury, Regional Biodiversity Team Data Source: Biodiversity project database Attributes of the Biodiversity Projects - Ecosystem Type layer: Application...

Location of biodiversity projects that have received funding support from Environment Canterbury since 2010. Projects have been symbolised by their fund type. Data Owner: Environment Canterbury, Regional Biodiversity Team Data Source: Biodiversity project database (CRM) Attributes of the Biodiversity Projects - Fund layer Application number Unique ID for...

Intended UseThe River Network is a geometric network and should be used for visualising the main rivers, streams and drains in Canterbury. It forms the basis for the Rivers for Allocation layer and Stream Depletion Calculations, which link to the Water Allocation Calculator— allocation summary reports to be used by the Customer Services, Planning,...

Maritime Markers in the Canterbury region.

These points are used to determine the width of Hazard Zones by interpolating the rate of shoreline retreat between the fixed determination points. For all determination points, except for some special situations listed below, there was no evidence of a change in the long-term rate of shoreline retreat. Therefore, the longest term historical erosion rates...

Envionment Canterbury has defined two hazard zones along the coast. Hazard Zone 1 is a zone delimited by a line approximately parallel with the shoreline, set inland from mean high water springs,which contains the current active beach system and land that is at risk from coastal erosion of this Plan being produced. Hazard Zone 2 is inland from Hazard Zone...

Water supply networks in the Canterbury Region.For the Ashburton Water Supply data, please visit this Ashburton LocalMaps.

Rating units defined and maintained by the district councils for Rates Collection purposes.Also includes links the local district councils public online rates search where a direct link is possible.Valuation details (Land, Capital and Improvements)Valuation land use and category codesPhysical street addressesContributing legal descriptions.Information on...

Biodiversity - Roosting Habitat of Long-Tailed Bat Shows known roosting habitats of threatened long-tailed bat populations in Canterbury. Bat Habitat Protection Native trees or large exotic trees (including willow) may be used by bats. Within some of the known bat habitat area, you may require a consent to remove such trees. Provisions within the current...

Freshwater Management Units 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...

This is the Waitaki Area 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...

Environment Canterbury River Rating Districts - Catchment Based Control GIS layers

Timaru Noise Control Area associated with the Port of Timaru as shown on Map 5.2 of the Canterbury Regional Coastal Environment Plan (RCEP) 2005. Excepted where stated in the RCEP, any activity emitting noise at any point within the Operational Area of the Port of Timaru, is a Discretionary Activity if the noise generated by that activity exceeds any of...

Areas containing high naturalness rivers, including tributaries as shown in the proposed Plan Change 3 to the Land and Water Regional Plan.

Protected Recreational, Cultural or Historic Sites as represented by point locations in map series 2 of the Canterbury Regional Coastal Environmnet Plan (RCEP) 2005. Schedule 5 (Definitions of Areas and Sites) of the RCEP defines these areas in detail.

Layer from Land and Vegetation Management Regional Plan by Canterbury Regional Council 1997, which addresses the management of earthworks and vegetation clearance in the Port Hills. It forms Part 1 of a series of four documents addressing various aspects of land and vegetation throughout the Canterbury Region.

Prohibited Area for Vessels and Motor Vehicles as shown in map series 4 of the Canterbury Regional Coastal Environment Plan (RCEP) 2005. Rule 8.21 of the RCEP prohibits the operation of a motorised vehicle in these areas except under specified circumstances.