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News and Updates from the Christchurch City Council
Presented by Te Pūtahi Centre for Architecture and City-Making, Ōtautahi in 2050 will be held from 6pm to 7.30pm on Tuesday 23 September in the TSB Space at Tūranga. This is a free public event, but bookings are required. You can join in person or online. A panel of expert speakers will explore some of the…
Pool Gathering for Families Come along to Te Pou Toetoe: Linwood Pool on Friday evening for the Pool Gathering for Families event as part of Welcoming Week 2025. Make a splash, enjoy a memorable evening at the pool and make new friends. Free pool entry is available for those who have registered. This session will…
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 reconfigurations,…
Lincoln Road Passenger Transport Improvements New peak hour bus lanes will be installed along the southern end of Lincoln Road to improve public transport from the southwest of Christchurch to the Central City. Today Christchurch City Council approved construction of the new lanes from Wrights Road and Lyttelton Street to Annex Road. The lanes are…
Ninety-two-year-old Donald McKay was born on a farm in Le Bons Bay, where he grew up steeped in the rhythms of farming life. He attended high school in Christchurch before returning to work on the family farm and other farms around the district throughout the 1950s. Donald had discovered a passion for photography whilst at…
The land around Lake Kate Sheppard, an urban lake in the red zone south of QEII Park, subsided by approximately a metre in the Canterbury Earthquakes. This has seen the area start to revert naturally to wetlands, which this project will protect and enhance. The work will focus on restoring the habitat, which includes a…
“Residents who have enrolled to vote should expect voting papers to arrive in their letter boxes from today until 22 September,” says Christchurch City Council Electoral Officer Warwick Lampp. Voting opens on Tuesday 9 September and closes at noon on Saturday 11 October. “Each enrolled voter will receive an information and candidate profiles booklet, a…
Field Operations Ranger Guillaume Jacob works year-round with his team to protect and enhance our region’s coastal lagoons – specifically, the Regional Park area surrounding Te Riu O Te Aika Kawa Brooklands Lagoon. “We’re trying our best to return this important landscape to the way it used to be,” Guillaume says. This coastal ecosystem has…
Welcoming Week Today’s the start of Welcoming Week 2025! This is a warm invitation to all who call Ōtautahi Christchurch home. This week of events connects newcomers and long-time residents through cultural exchange, shared experiences, and community spirit, building a city where everyone feels they belong. This weekend, come along to the morning tea at…
Dog Control Bylaw and Policy Review Ōtautahi Christchurch dog rules will change on 3 November 2025. Council adopted updates to the Dog Control Bylaw and Policy today, following extensive consultation and considering recommendations of the hearings panel. Most changes reflect the ways in which the city has changed since the previous bylaw and policy review…
The Council agreed at its meeting today to seek approval from Minister Chris Bishop to withdraw the remaining parts of Plan Change 14 – related to applying national Medium-Density Residential Standards (MDRS) – ahead of the Government’s 12 December deadline. In making its decision, the Council approved some of the plan change’s Independent Hearings Panel…
The 110-hectare wetland in Christchurch’s southwest can store over one million cubic metres of floodwater, reducing flood risks and improving runoff treatment. The stormwater management project was awarded two major honours at the IPWEA Australasia Public Works Awards – the Best Public Works Project and the IPWEA Australasia Public Works Project of Year 2025. The…
All candidates for Mayor, Council and Community board were offered the opportunity to film a short video, answering election-related questions. The videos were filmed at Council premises in August to provide Christchurch voters with more information about their candidates. Ninety-two of the 97 candidates took up the offer to film a short video about themselves….
Price increases will apply from Wednesday 1 October to help with the rising costs of delivering the Council’s recreation and sport services. However, with price increases having the biggest impact on those with lower incomes, the Council has also increased the discount for Community Services, SuperGold, Hāpai and secondary student cardholders from 25% to 30%,…
Special Olympics athletes today lit the Flame of Hope to mark the 100-day countdown to the beginning of the National Summer Games, which will be underway in Christchurch from 10-14 December. The National Summer Games is the four-yearly pinnacle event for over 1200 Special Olympics athletes with an intellectual disability, representing 42 clubs, competing in…
WORD Festival The WORD Christchurch Festival 2025 is underway, jam-packed with events and more than 100 writers, thinkers and performers. Ōtautahi Christchurch will host a feast of fresh ideas, fun nights out, captivating stories and powerful performances. From Book Binding and Self Publishing Workshops to Te Tiriti for beginners and a love letter to music,…
Managed by the Ōpāwaho/Heathcote River Network (OHRN), the Predator Free Ōpāwaho rat trapping project will have oversight and support from Christchurch City Council park rangers. The project aims to lay a network of traps along the riverbanks from Tunnel Road in Ferrymead to Ngā Puna Wai in Wigram, with the aim of reducing rat numbers…
Development Contributions A new Development Contribution Policy was adopted that will enable Christchurch City Council to recoup some of the costs of providing growth infrastructure. Charges will rise across most areas of the district in the new policy, due to increased infrastructure costs, changing patterns of development and slower growth projections compared to 2021, when…
The project team submitted the resource consent applications for the wharf’s construction earlier this month. This will be a publicly notified resource consent processed by both Environment Canterbury and Christchurch City Council. Manager Regional Parks Paul Devlin says the project team are hopeful for the resource consent hearing to be held in early 2026. Construction of…
Regular bird monitoring at the Waitaki Street wetland is showing an increase in bird numbers and species richness, and Christchurch City Council Ecologist Andrew Crossland says the wildlife diversity is continuously improving. The two-hectare wetland was created earlier this year after the Council removed sheet metal pilings north of Pages Road Bridge at Waitaki Street,…
Resource Recovery Manager Dr Alec McNeil says dangerous incidents have been increasing at the three transfer stations across the city. “We’ve recently seen an increase in numbers of children getting out of cars as well as quite a few residents getting into the pit itself,” Dr McNeil says. “This is extremely dangerous as there is…
The Christchurch City Council has today published candidate profile statements and photos on its website. Key dates 9 September: Voting and special voting begins. Between 9 September and 22 September: Voting documents delivered. 11 October: Election Day. Voting closes at noon. Progress results will be available that afternoon. By 19 October: Declaration of results. The information…
The Chief Executive Performance and Employment Committee, chaired by Mayor Phil Mauger, presented its findings, highlighting significant improvements across key areas of Council operations and community engagement. Among the most notable achievements were: A rise in resident satisfaction with Council performance to 53%, up from 46% in 2024 and 43% in 2023. 84% of services…
Go Live Festival Get ready, Ōtautahi. Go Live Festival is returning to Christchurch this winter with an epic line-up featuring Minuit, Tadpole and Slim. 15 acts will be hitting the Town Hall this Saturday evening, performing across four stages. Tickets are $35, get them now on Ticketmaster. Go Live will be on from 7 –…
Erebus National Memorial location offer The Council has agreed to formally offer two Christchurch locations as a potential site for a planned National Erebus Memorial – Cracroft reserve in Cashmere and the bank of the Ōtākaro Avon River in the central city. The offer is being made to Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage,…
Erebus National Memorial location offer The Council has agreed to formally offer two Christchurch locations as a potential site for a planned National Erebus Memorial – Cracroft reserve in Cashmere and the bank of the Ōtākaro Avon River in the central city. The offer is being made to Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage,…
Erebus National Memorial location offer The Council has agreed to formally offer two Christchurch locations as a potential site for a planned National Erebus Memorial – Cracroft reserve in Cashmere and the bank of the Ōtākaro Avon River in the central city. The offer is being made to Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage,…
“For the last year we’ve been installing new, bigger pipes to help meet increasing demands on our wastewater network generated by our growing city,” said Head of Three Waters Gavin Hutchison. “We’ve been working on Clyde and Creyke roads, and our work is now focused on Maidstone Road, between Ilam Road and Waimairi Road,” Mr…
In the latest construction update video, released today, Christchurch City Council Project Director Kent Summerfield details several key areas that are nearing completion. “With around eight months to go until opening, the installation of the roof cladding continues to be a key focus. This work is now well past the halfway mark, and we remain…
Cook Brothers Construction has completed the first concrete pour on the $32 million library and customer service hub, which is replacing the earthquake-damaged South Library building in Beckenham. “If you peek through the fence, you’ll be able to see the whole footprint of Ōmōkihi and get your first taste of the scale of what’s going…