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[ad_1] Interest high at Our Waitarakao community drop-in events It’s been a busy week for the Our Waitarakao project team with two community events held on the draft strategy to improve the health of the Waitarakao Lagoon and its wider catchment. The South Canterbury Eco Centre hosted the first public drop-in event last Wednesday…
[ad_1] Keen interest on biochar trial at Carters Creek The Ashburton Water Zone Committee is supporting a trial using biochar to help improve water quality at Lake Hood. The project, which will be coordinated by the Lake Hood Water Quality Taskforce and Ashburton District Council, will involve using biochar (a granular form of carbon) in…
[ad_1] Trial to increase on-street hospital parking A lane drop around Christchurch’s Hospital Corner will be trialled in a bid to increase on-street car parking in the area. At today’s meeting, Christchurch City Councillors approved Mayor Phil Mauger’s recommendations to trial a temporary lane closure on Hagley and Riccarton Avenues to test options for increasing…
[ad_1] Healthier Homes Canterbury interest payments to be refunded We have committed to refunding all interest payments made by current and former borrowers in the Healthier Homes Canterbury scheme. The Healthier Homes Canterbury scheme was set up in August 2018 to help eligible Canterbury ratepayers add the cost of home heating, insulation and/or ventilation products…
[ad_1] Contracting opportunities – registrations of interest open now We are encouraging prospective contractors to apply to undertake work for us by 19 May. We use a panel (register) of contractors to undertake rivers, parks and biosecurity works, which are engaged via a tender process every three years. The work is varied and includes the…
[ad_1] Nearly 9000 people went to Te Pae at the weekend to get a close look at the latest in battery electric vehicle technology at the Council’s Take Charge Christchurch Expo. The Christchurch event was the biggest of its kind and the first in the country to bring the vehicles of so many manufacturers together…
[ad_1] Large blocks of New Brighton land have been released for new housing in the next step in the ongoing regeneration of Christchurch’s seaside suburb. ChristchurchNZ’s Urban Development team is calling for expressions of interest in land on Beresford Street, running alongside Brighton Mall, for residential housing development. This follows good progress on the Seaview…
[ad_1] The Government recently announced a Self-Isolation Pilot will begin in October as a key step in ‘Reconnecting New Zealanders’ and safely re-opening borders and developing new pathways for people entering New Zealand. The Self-Isolation Pilot will test some of the systems and processes needed to roll out self-isolation more widely, allowing more people to…
[ad_1] Two of New Zealand’s best performing, premier retail outlet assets are expected to attract in excess of $300 million when they hit the market on behalf of Lendlease Real Estate Partners New Zealand (LLREPNZ) this week. Colliers’ Lachlan MacGillivray (Managing Director of Retail Capital Markets, Asia Pacific) and Richard Kirke (International Sales Director of…
[ad_1] A deep clean will be carried out at the Bus Interchange in central Christchurch because the Ministry of Health has identified it as a location of interest. It is advising anyone who was at the interchange between 2.15 and 2.45pm on Wednesday, 20 October to self-monitor for COVID-19 symptoms for 14 days. If symptoms…
[ad_1] A Brighton group dedicated to helping people sew is expanding after a $4000 grant from the Coastal-Burwood Community Board Strengthening Communities Fund. Stitch-O-Mat New Brighton provides a learning space, equipment and fabric for people in the community to create their own projects, repair or mend items or learn to sew with a facilitator on…
[ad_1] Christchurch City Council is calling for companies to register their interest in developing an empty piece of land in the city’s Performing Arts Precinct. The Council is today releasing an expression of interest (EOI) to see who might be interested in developing the land at 128-138 Armagh Street. The Council has yet to make…
[ad_1] Large blocks of New Brighton land have been released for new housing in the next step in the ongoing regeneration of Christchurch’s seaside suburb. ChristchurchNZ’s Urban Development team is calling for expressions of interest in land on Beresford Street, running alongside Brighton Mall, for residential housing development. This follows good progress on the Seaview housing development…
[ad_1] “More people are heading out to the seaside, enjoying the pools, taking the kids to the new playground and making the most of local businesses and cafes. We’ve always known that the key to the successful regeneration of New Brighton would be people: the more people we can bring to the heart of the…
[ad_1] NZ’s Covid success wins interest from world’s entrepreneurs Business owners around the world are keen to learn from the way New Zealand has handled the Covid-19 crisis, a University of Canterbury (UC) academic says. University of Canterbury Business Professor Jamie Collins says entrepreneurs around the world are interested in the way New Zealand has…
[ad_1] It was after 10pm on 24 October, 1870 when a fire started in an empty house on Lyttelton’s Oxford St between the Queen’s Hotel and a boot-maker’s shop. The flames quickly spread through nearby shops until both sides of London St were burning. The fire raged along Oxford St and Norwich Quay through wooden…
[ad_1] Groups keen to make use of the city’s pools and recreation facilities, including the new Metro Sports Facility, Te Pou Toetoe: Linwood Pool, and the new Hornby facility, are being invited to register their interest with Christchurch City Council. “We’ve had great feedback from people about the designs of our new facilities, and want…
Householders such as myself with mortgages partly floating will be happy at the news today that the OCR is unlikely to be jumping up a huge amount over the next two years. This means that we are likely to see maybe .5 – 1% increase this year and maybe the same next year as the…
Well it is interesting to note that now after almost 5 weeks ago the OCR dropping to a record low in New Zealand of 3.5% the banks are now only just starting to pass the interest rates to the consumer. I am aware that the banks are facing increasing pressures as the sost of buying…
The Official Cash Rate has been dropped by the Reserve Bank for the first time in five years. Dr Alan Bollard has announced it is being dropped by 0.25 percent to 8 percent. In his statement released this morning, Dr Bollard said “more unpleasant international news has emerged since the June Monetary Policy Statement, and…