News Items
Can CPW's Headrace canal cope with unknown and unchartered earthquake faultlines?Voxy 4/9/10
CPW Ordered to Payout for poor treatment of land owners
The Press 3/9/10
CPW have their hands out again! $3M this time. From anywhere they can..
The Press 3/9/10
Have Your Say about democracy in Canterbury
John Key finally Submits and asks Canterbury if we want our rights restored.
National website (400kb pdf)
Fonterra Factory Submissions forms and Information
Closed 5pm Friday 27/8/10
Water Conservation Orders (WCO) under threat from the new ECan
Voxy 26/8/10
Federated Farmers refuse to sign Clean River Accord
Manawatu Standard 11/8/10
Canals can be moved... Only for Fonterra though.
The Press 4/8/10
Last chance for Canal affected land owners to appeal CPW invading their land
Radio New Zealand News 3/8/10
CPW Trust continues to fail to deliver
BNET 29/7/10
Synlait, Fonterra, CPW, National = "a lot more dairy here"!
Synlait predicts Canterbury's farming future.
The Press 22/7/10
Canterbury Water and Profits to benefit overseas dairy company..
Supplied by supposed "Community Enhancement" Scheme CPW!
The Press 19/7/10
CPW still owes almost $500,000 to Ecan for hearings
The Press 1/7/10
Christchurch City Council + 5 others Appeal Flawed CPW Scheme consent
The Press 26/6/10
Bishop asks for Democracy to be restored in Christchurch
The MacKenzie Guardians 14/6/10
Angry protesters greet John Key in Christchurch over Ecan
The Press 9/6/10
Our Water - Our Vote
Event, Cathedral Square, 3pm 13/6/10
CPW Consent Granted
Ecan 31/5/10
Chlorination of Canterbuty's drinking water at ratepayers expense!
SDC's answer to allow more intensive Dairying on the plains
The Listener 1-7/5/10
Our May Newsletter
13/5/10
Government needs more consistency in environmental management
The Environmental Defence Society 17/5/10 (100Kb pdf)
Government-appointed Ecan relacement and CPW
The National Business Review 17/5/10
CPW Decision by April 2nd
Newstalk ZB 14/5/10
Darfield's Fonterra/CPW plant ‘kick in the guts’ for locals
Central Canterbury News 5/5/10 (550Kb pdf)
CPW water take will greatly contribute to Christchurch water contamination
The Press 5/5/10
Ratepayers concerns about fresh water ignored by Christchurch City Council
MacKenzie Guardians 30/4/10
Critical time for water
The Press 29/4/10
MHPS Presentation to CCC Meeting
22/4/10
Huge Fonterra Dairy factory on Morrison farm linked to CPW
The Press 15/4/10
MHPS Media Statement
18/3/10
CPW still taking ratepayers land to benefit a few
The Press 2/11/09
Commissioners give Canal and river take approval
The Press 31/10/09
The MHPS questions about The new SDC loan agreement with CPW
21/10/09
SDC letter Confirming CPW have finally lifted the Notice Of Requirement
From the Waianiwaniwa Valley, Upper Waimakariri intake and Tunnel 20/10/09
Central Plains Water and Canterbury Water Management Strategy line up Lake Coleridge for new Reservoir
The Press 20/10/09
Ordinary People are being forced to give their land to CPW
3 News 12/10/09
CPW's own studies find that it will degrade all of Canterburys water!
Press 14/10/09
CPW try a 'small dairy conversion' angle to gain river water and canal consents
The Press 13/10/09
The Selwyn District Council gives an extra $1.2m of ratepayers money to Central Plains Water!
9/10/09
CPW's 'Notice of Requirement' still threatening 60 home owners with eviction
The Press 21/9/09
Pat Morrisons letter, Confirming CPW are lifting the Notice Of Requirement from the Waianiwaniwa Valley Home Owners
The first personal letter CPW has sent to landowners 6/8/09
Mr Benson-Pope now says CPW should't be a 'Requiring Authority'
Also Nightmare NOT OVER for 'Headrace Canal' Home Owners...
Radio NZ 27/7/09
CPW says they will withdraw their Notice of Requirement from the dam site at Commissioners request
The Press 22/7/09
Commissioners detailed reasons for Dam and Reservoir Rejection
Ecan 14/7/09 (524kb pdf)
The Commissioners agree with most of the MHPS concerns
Central Plains Water "tail wagging the dog"
The Press 15/7/09
Sept-Oct 09 Hearing Timetable
CPW's 'Community Enhancement Scheme' Profits to go Overseas
The Press 10/7/09
Dairy Merger seen as "Stage One"
Rural News 9/7/09
Community Enhancement Scheme merger with Dairy Company Questioned
Scoop 2/7/09
Community Scheme less about 'Community' and more about Dairy expansion in Canterbury...
CWMS Endorsed in The Ashburton Guardian 2/7/09
Fund Raising
Support Now Needed! 12/6/09
Canterbury Water Management Strategy
Draft strategy due out in August
Submissions available to be read
CPW Decision now due Feb 2010
The Press 21/5/09
The Commissioners give CPW until 12 Oct 09 to qualify a new Run of River Scheme
Ecan webpage Commissioners Minute #6 20/5/09
Now CPW say they'll negotiate to get consent
The Press 12/5/09
DEAD IN THE WATER!
The Press 7/4/09
No Dam - decision
Central Canterbury News 15/4/09 (500kb pdf)
CPW Gets the Thumbs Down for Dam
TV3 News
CPW a Waste of Everyone's Time and Money
The Press 6/4/09
$400m Water Plan in Doubt
The Press 4/4/09
The Commissioners signal they're likely to throw out the dam
Ecan webpage with the Commissioners Minutes 3/4/09
Coalgate is breathing a sigh of relief
The Press 7/4/09
Coalgate Dam Off
The NBR 9/4/09
Coalgate Nightmare Ends
The Selwyn Times 7/4/09
Council Remains Silent on Central Plains Water
Media statement 13/4/09
CPW "no option but to sit back and absorb the criticism"
TV3 News
Maps of CPW's Canal network
CPW have now indicated they will use their Requiring Authourity Status to take any land necessary for their Canal network
The Great Wall of Coalgate
The Press
Irrigation dam 'inappropriate'
The Press
CPW's 'vision' of the Coalgate Dam
carefully omitting Coalgate
Di Lucas's impression of the Coalgate dam
showing how close it is to the Coalgate Township