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Linwood pool to close in January for maintenance

Posted on October 22, 2025 by CCC

[ad_1] The entire indoor facility will be shut from Monday 5 January 2026 and is expected to reopen on the last weekend of January, before Term 1 Swimsmart lessons and other programmes and facility hire start back up on Monday 2 February. Access to the outdoor gathering area and courts will remain available. Christchurch City…

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Jellie Park to close for maintenance April 2026

Posted on September 11, 2025 by CCC

[ad_1] The centre will close temporarily in April 2026, with the reopening of the group fitness area, gym and summer pools planned for November 2026. The indoor pools are expected to reopen within the first quarter of 2027. “We’ll be completing earthquake strengthening, upgrading the heating, air conditioning and pool water filtration, and undertaking re-cladding, internal…

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Botanic Gardens’ glasshouses close for maintenance and refurbishment

Posted on September 5, 2024 by CCC

[ad_1] Townend House, Garrick House and Gilpin House will close for strengthening and maintenance work to take place, and to enable staff to bring in plants from Cuningham House while it is being restored.  Townend displays a range of seasonal flowering plants that include begonia, cylcamen and primula: Garrick contains the most extensive collection of…

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Botanic Gardens’ glasshouses close for maintenance and refurbishment

Posted on September 2, 2024 by CCC

[ad_1] Townend House, Garrick House and Gilpin House will close for strengthening and maintenance work to take place, and to enable staff to bring in plants from Cuningham House while it is being restored.  Townend displays a range of seasonal flowering plants that include begonia, cylcamen and primula: Garrick contains the most extensive collection of…

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Maintenance closure planned for pools at Graham Condon Recreation and Sport Centre

Maintenance closure planned for pools at Graham Condon Recreation and Sport Centre

Posted on July 31, 2023 by CCC

[ad_1] Work is scheduled to start behind the scenes at Graham Condon in September, and the pool hall will close from early January 2024 to approximately mid-April 2024.  The gym and sports halls will remain open throughout this time. Christchurch City Council’s Head of Recreation, Sport and Events Nigel Cox says the pellet boiler water…

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Tree maintenance: Frequently asked questions

Tree maintenance: Frequently asked questions

Posted on June 1, 2023 by CCC

[ad_1] How does Christchurch City Council assess the health of its trees it is responsible for?  We use industry best practice for assessing and managing our trees. The Council has a regular maintenance programme for managing its trees which includes an assessment of tree health. When assessing the health of an individual tree, the Council has…

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Hot pools closing for maintenance

Hot pools closing for maintenance

Posted on January 20, 2023 by CCC

[ad_1] He Puna Taimona is closing temporarily so scheduled maintenance work can be carried out. From Thursday 16 February the popular New Brighton hot pools is closing its doors to the public to allow improvements to be made in and around the pools. It is expected to re-open on Friday 31 March 2023. He Puna…

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Work to begin on roving footpath maintenance crew

Work to begin on roving footpath maintenance crew

Posted on December 14, 2022 by CCC

[ad_1] Planning and costing for roving maintenance crews to improve the city’s footpaths will get underway. However, decisions on additional funding of approximately $1.5 to $2 million will be made as part of next year’s Annual Plan, with half of the cost being eligible for a Waka Kotahi subsidy of 51%. At today’s meeting Councillors…

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COVID-19 impacting park maintenance work

Posted on March 11, 2022 by CCC

[ad_1] Some parks maintenance work around Christchurch might be delayed over the coming weeks because the Council’s contractors are experiencing staff shortages. “Our contractors have a high number of staff isolating because of COVID-19 and that is starting to affect the capacity to complete all the normal park maintenance work,’’ says Council Head of Parks…

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Maintenance closure planned for Taiora QEII pools

Posted on January 12, 2022 by CCC

[ad_1] Taiora QEII pools will be closed for two weeks during January so planned maintenance work can be carried out. The closure will run from Monday 17 January until Sunday 30 January 2022, with staff redeployed to other facilities during this time. Christchurch City Council Head of Recreation, Sports and Events Nigel Cox says work…

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Urgent maintenance work under way at Tūranga

Posted on May 25, 2021 by CCC

[ad_1] Urgent work is being carried out at Tūranga after the discovery of an issue with one of the ground source heat pumps underneath the Cathedral Square building. A water pipe that feeds into one of the heat pumps appears to have been leaking, which has caused an area of gravel underneath the building to…

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Maintenance On Your Home Should Be As Important As Having Breakfast!

Posted on March 30, 2010 by swiggs

But hey!! Reality bites. How many people these days eat breakfast. I know for one that I skip it – are you like me. But more seriously maintenance on your home should be as important as your car. If you do not do maintenance on your car it will break leaving you stranded usually in…

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