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North Canterbury Fishing Conditions

The website links on this page are to graphs of rainfall, water levels and river flows on Environment Canterbury and hydro-electric power company websites.

Weather forecasts and observations

For an up-to-date weather forecast:

see the MetService website
call MetPhone on 0900 999 03
See the current cost per minute.

Fish & Game phone report

Phone 03-366 2986 for an update from North Canterbury Fish & Game on fresh waster fishing conditions. This report is free, but telephone toll charges apply if you call from outside the Christchurch free-calling area.

See also Fish & Game's weekly report.

Newstalk ZB radio report

During the fishing season until the end of March, listen into Newstalk ZB Christchurch on 1098AM at 1.10pm or at 5.10pm to hear a 2 minute report from Ross Millichamp of North Canterbury Fish & Game.

River reports

For up-to-date information on flooding, river flows and rainfall from Environment Canterbury either:

call the River Report on 083 225 522. There is a nominal charge (12 cents per minute).
or find out how to get information using text messaging.

Rainfall

Graphs and a table from Environment Canterbury showing recent rainfall.

Select North or South Canterbury, then a river.

River flows

Graphs and a table from Environment Canterbury showing the current flow of rivers in the area.

Select North or South Canterbury, then a river.

Rakaia River mouth

Lewis River

A back country creek

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