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- ↑ Christchurch City Council Plan – 1999 Edition Feasibility Study for Central Plains Irrigation proposal ($150,000), page 28. Retrieved 2/10/2007
- ↑ Minutes of the Christchurch City Council Strategy and Resources Committee 13 September 1999.
- ↑ Report of Central Plains Irrigation Steering Committee to Christchurch City Council Strategy and Resources Committee, by Allan Watson, 14 February 2000. Retrieved 1 October 2007.
- ↑ Minutes of a meeting of the Christchurch City Council held on Friday 24 March 2000 The appointments had already been approved on 13 March 2000 by the Strategy and Resources Committee Central plains water enhancement steering committee: membership. Report of Allan Watson to the Strategy and Resources Committee.
- ↑ Central Plains Water Enhancement: Steering Committee Progress Report By Allan Watson to the Christchurch City Council Strategy and Resources Committee Agenda Monday 17 July 2000.
- ↑ URS NZ Limited, Christchurch, URS Locations, URS Corp website. Retrieved 23 March 2008.
- ↑ Supplementary report by Chairman of the Strategy and Resources committee.
- ↑ Approval of tender for feasibility study Report by Allan Watson to Strategy and Resources Committee, 13 July 2001.
- ↑ 'Assessment of Environmental Effects for Waimakariri and Rakaia Rivers Water Takes', Prepared by URS New Zealand Limited, 6 December 2001, Resource consent application CRC021091, Environment Canterbury Consent File CO6C/18965.
- ↑ 'Plainly Unsustainable – The Central Plains Water Enhancement Scheme' Archived 8 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine , Forest and Bird, August 2003. Retrieved 1 October 2007.
- ↑ Council Minutes 28/02/02 Minutes of a meeting of the Christchurch City Council held at 2pm on Thursday 28 February 2002.
- ↑ McMorran, Tim. (2002), Final report geotechnical investigation for the proposed Waianiwaniwa water storage dam Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine , Prepared for Central Plains Water Enhancement Committee Selwyn District Council and Christchurch City Council, c/- Private Bag 1, Leeston, 11 October 2002, URS New Zealand Limited.
- ↑ Report to the Strategy and Finance Committee, November 2002, from Director of Policy Allan Watson.
- ↑ URS (2006), Central Plains Water Enhancement Scheme: Assessment of Environmental Effects for Resource Consent Applications to Canterbury Regional Council, Section 1, page 1.3 Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine , Prepared for Central Plains Water Trust, 23 June 2006, 42156547.66140 \ AEE R001C, by URS New Zealand Limited.
- ↑ Central Plains Water Trust: progress report Report of the Strategy and Finance Committee to the Council Meeting of 22 May 2003, Author, Allan Watson.
- ↑ Central Plains water trust : progress report to 30 September 2003 Submitted by: Doug Marsh Chairperson, Central Plains Water Trust .
- ↑ Central Plains Water Trust Signals Share Issue Christchurch City Council Media Release, 16 September 2004.
- ↑ Central Plains Water Limited appoints resource consenting team Archived 29 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine Central Plains Water Limited News Release 12 May 2005. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
- ↑ 'Consents & Designations' Central Plains Water Limited web site. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
- ↑ Plains Water given requiring authority status. Press Release: New Zealand Government, 24 November 2005.
- ↑ Further progress for proposed Central Plains Water irrigation scheme Archived 29 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine Press Release, 12 June 2006, Central Plains Water Trust.
- ↑ Central Plains Water Trust consent applications notified June 24, 2006 Archived 1 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine Press Release, Environment Canterbury, 23 June 2006. Retrieved 3 October 2007.
- ↑ Central Plains Notifications Additional Resource Consent Applications Archived 29 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine and Consent Search CRC072760 [ permanent dead link ]. Retrieved 17 October 2007.
- ↑ Item 20. Central Plains Water Trust issues Minutes of a meeting of the Christchurch City Council held at 9.30am on Thursday 5 July 2007.
- ↑ 'Central Plains Water hearing deferred to February', Environment Canterbury Media Release, Wednesday, 1 August 2007.
- ↑ Canterbury water plan 'risks health'. 'The Press', Monday, 13 August 2007.
- ↑ Scanlon, Sean (24 February 2008). "Water scheme under spotlight". The Sunday Star-Times.
- ↑ Daily Hearing Details Archived 15 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine , 25 September 2008, Venue: Treasury Room, The George Hotel, 50 Park Terrace, Christchurch, Start: 9:00am, * ACWT: Right of Reply, * CPW: Cliff Tipler evidence in reply.
- ↑ Agenda item No 6 Consents Section Report [ permanent dead link ], Regulation Overview Committee Agenda for 26 November 2008, Canterbury Regional Council, viewed 24 November 2008.
- ↑ Central Plains Water hearing update resumption May 11 [ permanent dead link ], Canterbury Regional Council Media Release, Friday, 8 May 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
- ↑ Minute 6 [ permanent dead link ] of the Commissioners – Decision as to continuance of hearing and request for further information (uploaded 20 May 2009), Canterbury Regional Council website. Retrieved 20 May 2009.