Other media stories of interest
- Living Here - June 2009
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(story on page 3) - Press - Our vital rivers
(5 May 2009) - Press - Dirty rivers force councils together
(4 May 2009) - Press - Solution to sick city waterways lies with Christchurch residents
(24 October 2008)
Shirley Stream at Stapletons Rd. Flows into Avon River.
Toi tū te marae o Tangaroa
Toi tū te marae o Tāne
Toi tū te iwi
If we look after the waters and land around us, we will be looked after in turn.
Media and Marketing
The two month public awareness campaign helps create awareness around the health of our rivers and streams and suggest ways we can help clean up Christchurch waterways.
The campaign, developed by Environment Canterbury, Christchurch City Council and the External Advisory Group, runs from June until August 2009.
Radio advertising - 3-16 August 2009:
Listen here (mp3 938kB) to "Let's change our ways to change our waterways" message on MoreFM, Radio Live and Kiwi FM.
Read the latest 
media statement 98kB announcing the launch of the Urban Waterway Health Public Awareness Campaign in June 2009.
- Advertisement - Everything you drop here affects every drop here 199kB
- Advertisement - Be careful where you wash the car you may be cleaning out the rivers 125kB
- Advertisement - If you wash brushes near a drain that's not all you wash up 1.03MB
Billboard on Garlands Road.