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The Graham Condon Recreation and Sports Centre will be fully open to the public from Monday following an extensive refurbishment that started in mid-January. The popular recreation facility had been due to reopen in late March this year after the spruce up but this was delayed by the COVID-19 lockdown. The fitness and sports halls…
Ngā Puna Wai Sports Hub in Halswell could become a suitable home for a new indoor multi-court facility, but changes are needed to resolve traffic, parking and access issues, a Hearings Panel has decided. After considering public submissions, a Hearings Panel chaired by Cashmere Councillor Tim Scandrett has given its support to reserve land at…
Swimmers and fitness fans can now return to their regular workouts, with online bookings core to a safety-focused environment at the Christchurch City Council’s Recreation and Sport Centres. Council Head of Recreation, Sports and Events Nigel Cox says online bookings are essential to a safe return to swimming pools and fitness centres. “While our Recreation…
New Brighton’s beachside hot pools complex, He Puna Taimoana, will open to the public on Saturday 30 May. The pools were originally scheduled to open in early April but the opening was postponed due to the COVID-19 Level 4 lockdown. “We’re thrilled to announce that He Puna Taimoana will open on Saturday so that people…
Christchurch City Council has ironed out details of a rates-neutral $1 million loan to the Canterbury Cricket Trust to help pay for six new sports floodlights at Hagley Oval. The new lights will ensure the city can reap the benefits of hosting Women’s World Cup cricket matches in 2021 and also put the city in…
Christchurch City Council has secured funding from Waka Kotahi (NZ Transport Agency) for two projects that enable people to keep their physical distance from others when moving around. The first project involves putting temporary physical measures in place at pedestrian and cycling pinch points around Christchurch’s city centre to ensure people can stay two metres…
ChristchurchNZ is running twin campaigns aimed at encouraging Christchurch residents to spend locally and to get out-of-town visitors to Canterbury and the West Coast. Tim Loftus, ChristchurchNZ’s General Manager of Marketing, Brand and Communications, says the spending habits of Christchurch residents over the next six months will be vital to the city’s economic recovery and…
Hereford Street, between Oxford Terrace and Manchester Street, is being upgraded. The upgrade, approved by Christchurch City Council last year following consultation with local property owners, businesses and the wider community, will address the damage caused by the earthquakes and the subsequent demolition work. “Hereford Street is in a substandard condition and needs to be…
Planning for one of Canterbury school children’s most loved annual events, KidsFest, is well underway, despite the challenges of the current COVID-19 pandemic. KidsFest, which runs every winter school holidays, will go ahead this year from Saturday 4 July until Sunday 19 July – although there will be changes to ensure the health and safety…
Christchurch City Council is meeting on Thursday 28 May. The main items on the agenda for the public part of the meeting are: An update from COVID-19 Incident Management Team Lead Mary Richardson on the Council response. A report informing Council of the high level results from the 2019/20 Residents’ Survey programme. A report which…
Christchurch City Libraries needs more photos for a new exhibition that tells the story of the city’s Pasifika community. Tūranga will host the exhibition, Talanoa I Measina – Sharing Our Stories, later this year. Anyone with photos – new or old – of their family, friends, celebrations, social gatherings, sporting events and everyday life can…
Christchurch City Council is welcoming the findings of a pilot study that focused on finding the cause of the long-standing odour issues in Bromley. “The pilot study findings have given us a much better understanding of the issues and we are now working closely with Environment Canterbury on what new actions we can take to…
Christchurch City Council has decided to waive parking fees in the central city until at least 28 May. That means people using on-street pay-by-plate parking or the Lichfield Street and Christchurch Art Gallery parking buildings do not need to pay. However, people parking in time-restricted on-street parking spaces will need to adhere to the time…
Biking, scooting or walking could be the best – and fastest – way to get to work and school on Monday with extra traffic likely under Alert Level 2. Many people will be leaving their ‘home office’ for the real office for the first time in months and children are heading back to school, so…
Dissatisfaction with the state of roads and the water supply has contributed to Christchurch City Council recording its lowest performance rating since 2007. The annual Residents Survey programme, which finds out what people think about the Council’s services, shows that overall satisfaction has fallen to 50 per cent – down from 62 per cent last…
Christchurch City Council is backing a proposed package of rule changes aimed at encouraging active modes of transport and making streets safer and more accessible. However, it wants the Government to make sure that pedestrians and wheelchair users continue to have priority on footpaths. “Footpaths are not appropriate places for adults on bicycles. We do…
Virtually Ōtautahi – a new Christchurch City Council programme to inspire and support online creativity – is offering grants of up to $5000 to members of the city’s arts community. Developed by the Council’s Arts and Events team, Virtually Ōtautahi will share unique, educational, entertaining and inspiring content from the city’s creative sector online. A…
People can now tune in to the new Campfire – Stories Read Aloud for Adults every Wednesday and Friday online. Created by Christchurch City Libraries staff, Campfire features a fresh chapter read by librarians from either a fiction or a non-fiction book. Christchurch City Council Head of Libraries and Information Carolyn Robertson says that libraries…
The Council has agreed to give a heritage incentive grant of $4872 to the Akaroa Lighthouse Preservation Society, a registered charity. The money will be used for maintenance, conservation and display of the mechanism and machinery inside the historic lighthouse, and to support the society to provide public access. The funding is half of the…