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Air quality in the Canterbury region

Click on the airshed name on the map, or in the table below, to access information on the Canterbury region airsheds.

Canterbury airsheds - click for data in each airshed. Data for Waimate Airshed. Data for Timaru Airshed. Data for Geraldine Airshed. Data for Ashburton Airshed. Data for Rangiora Airshed. Data for Kaiapoi Airshed. Data for Christchurch Airshed.

Summary of Results
2nd Highest 24 Hour Average (PM10, ug/m3)
Airshed 2005 2006 2007 2008
Ashburton 80 104 72 84
Christchurch 141 172 99 85
Geraldine Not monitored Not monitored 51 59
Kaiapoi 94 145 90 85
Rangiora 78 102 74 59
Timaru 107 130 99 96
Waimate Not monitored 62 44 59
Source: Environment Canterbury

Map of Canterbury airsheds as very high quality PDF for printing (3.56 MB)

Last updated: November 2009