Air / Hau takiwā

Clean air is vital for supporting human health and healthy ecosystems.

Waitaha/Canterbury enjoys good air quality in most places. However, despite significant improvements in how we heat our homes and our efforts to get from A to B more sustainably, we still experience poorer air quality in some of our urban centres, in winter especially.

Transport, industry and home heating all have an impact on air quality and greenhouse gas emissions, and air quality is also impacted by odour, dust and other pollutants produced by human activity. This means there are many opportunities to improve air quality and take climate action at the same time.

To hear more about air issues, view these videos

Your vision for the future

In July and August, we asked Cantabrians to share their views on what goals we should set for clean air.. We received a lot of feedback which we are now working through. From October we will be asking you to share your thoughts on some draft policy options for each of the issues outlined below.

Clean air is vital for supporting human health and healthy ecosystems.

Waitaha/Canterbury enjoys good air quality in most places. However, despite significant improvements in how we heat our homes and our efforts to get from A to B more sustainably, we still experience poorer air quality in some of our urban centres, in winter especially.

Transport, industry and home heating all have an impact on air quality and greenhouse gas emissions, and air quality is also impacted by odour, dust and other pollutants produced by human activity. This means there are many opportunities to improve air quality and take climate action at the same time.

To hear more about air issues, view these videos

Your vision for the future

In July and August, we asked Cantabrians to share their views on what goals we should set for clean air.. We received a lot of feedback which we are now working through. From October we will be asking you to share your thoughts on some draft policy options for each of the issues outlined below.

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