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News and Updates from the Christchurch City Council
“A whole lot of change.” That’s how Mike Mora would describe his suburb of Hornby, the entire Halswell, Hornby, Riccarton area as well as local body politics in general. He’s seen it all and is now stepping back after 30 years serving on the community board and 25 years on the board of the Riccarton…
Christchurch residents have earned a collective gold star for their recycling efforts after the city notched-up a significant milestone last month. In the last two weeks of September every truckload of recyclable material collected as part of the kerbside collection service was accepted for processing at the EcoSort, Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in Parkhouse Road…
Take a trip down memory lane as Christchurch Heritage Festival 2022 throws open the doors to some of our most cherished historical landmarks. As well as our built heritage the festival, which runs from 7 – 24 October, is a chance to learn about places and events that have helped shape the diverse communities here…
Safety concerns raised by Hornby High School students have led to the Waipuna Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board agreeing to make changes on busy Waterloo Road. The changes will make it easier and safer for pedestrians and cyclists to get across Waterloo Road and include: The addition of two new pedestrian refuge islands on Waterloo Road; one…
The busy intersection of Lincoln Road, Barrington Street and Whiteleigh Avenue will close to all traffic for three days, beginning on Friday night. The closure will enable contractors working on upgrading the intersection to install a raised safety platform and to resurface the intersection approaches. “They are going to work around-the-clock to get this job…
After 15 years of putting his community first, Councillor Jimmy Chen is retiring from local body politics to spend more time with his family. Cr Chen entered local body politics in 2007 as a member of the Riccarton-Wigram Community Board. He served three years on the Board before being elected Councillor for the Riccarton-Wigram ward…
Christchurch City Council has completed the process of removing tailings, surplus to operational requirements, from the Organics Processing Plant site in Bromley. Over the past few months, approximately 8,600 tonnes of tailings have been removed from the site as part of the Council’s commitment to reducing potential odour sources at the plant. This is in…
Twelve months on from its opening, Te Pou Toetoe: Linwood Pool is proving a big hit with the local community. “We wanted Te Pou Toetoe: Linwood Pool to be a place where individuals and families, community groups and school children could come together to connect, to swim, to play, and to learn and that is…
To mark the 50 year anniversary of the Christchurch Town Hall, we’ve had a look through the archives to pull out some of the famous acts that took to the stage over the last five decades. The Clash One of the most infamous shows was The Clash in 1982. It took a petition to get…
The Graham Condon Fitness Centre has been upgraded and reconfigured so that it can offer a new type of high intensity group training class that will blast calories and boost fitness. When its doors re-open to the public on Monday 3 October, the Graham Condon Fitness Centre will be delivering Revl Everest classes that offer…
The otherworldly visions of two of New Zealand’s most celebrated painters are arriving at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū this spring with the opening of two new exhibitions – Jeffrey Harris: The Gift and Barbara Tuck: Delirium Crossing. Jeffrey Harris: The Gift 1 October 2022 – 12 March 2023 Over the past 50…
Lianne Dalziel’s time as Mayor of Christchurch is coming to an end. As she was beginning to pack up her office, we slipped in for a final, quick-fire chat about her nine years in the city’s top job and her plans for the future. What are you going to miss about the role? One of…
Christchurch’s Peace Train will be chugging off from a new location in the Botanic Gardens from this Sunday. Since its first public running at the start of September, the Peace Train, gifted to Christchurch by Yusuf Islam, has been operating on a loop around South Hagley Park. However, from Sunday 2 October – the first…
People planning to mail back their voting papers for the local elections need to get them in the post by Tuesday 4 October. Ballot box locations Akaroa Library, 2 Selwyn Avenue Akaroa Service Centre, 78 Rue Lavaud Aranui Library, 109 Aldershot Street Diamond Harbour Library, Waipapa Avenue Environment Canterbury, 200 Tuam Street Fendalton Library, 4…
Does your bike need a bit of a spruce up? Or do you fancy a cycle to the beach? How about seeing a documentary about a mother and cargo bikes? There’s something for everyone in the more than 50 events planned for this year’s Biketober celebrations. The month-long festival of cycling is back from Saturday…
With two festivals on in Ōtautahi Christchurch and a new pump track being opened at McLeans Forest, there are heaps of opportunities for some spring fun this weekend. Days of Ice Christchurch is celebrating its Antarctic connections with a Days of Ice festival. Events planned for this weekend include an Explore Antarctica Family Day at…
After 12 years in local body politics, including six as Deputy Mayor, Councillor Andrew Turner is bowing out and looking forward to a life with greater freedom and flexibility. Cr Turner entered office shortly after the September 2010 earthquake as a member of the Lyttelton Mt Herbert Community Board. He served three years on the…
The tsunami sirens along Christchurch’s coastline will undergo routine testing at 11am this Sunday. The 45 sirens, which are located at strategic points between Brooklands and Taylors Mistake, will sound for up to three minutes. “If you are near the coast on Sunday morning and you hear the tsunami sirens going off, you don’t need…
Christchurch City Council Electoral Officer Jo Daly is urging people to get voting. Ballot box locations Akaroa Library, 2 Selwyn Avenue Akaroa Service Centre, 78 Rue Lavaud Aranui Library, 109 Aldershot Street Diamond Harbour Library, Waipapa Avenue Environment Canterbury, 200 Tuam Street Fendalton Library, 4 Jeffreys Road Hornby Library & Service Centre, 8 Goulding Avenue…
Christchurch City Council and University of Canterbury (UC) are proud to present a showcase of research and action towards addressing the climate emergency and creating a more sustainable future. Tītohu Tūroa|Sustainability Showcase will take place on Friday 28 October at UC’s Ilam Campus Engineering Core to share how research combined with work by local organisations…
The new sludge treatment system at the Christchurch wastewater treatment plant is significantly improving the biological health of the oxidation ponds, reducing the odours and seeing waterfowl return. Head of Three Waters, Helen Beaumont, says that with better-quality wastewater now flowing through the oxidation ponds, the health of the ponds is recovering at a faster…
When Paul and Shirley Watson moved south from Wellington they wanted to build themselves a forever home that would be cheap to run and comfortable to live in as they got older. So instead of buying a standard new home, they chose to build a single-storey ‘superhome’ that maximises natural solar gain through large triple-glazed…
Christchurch residents can look forward to an event-packed spring and summer as the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions clears the way for lots of fun community events. Christchurch City Council Events and Arts Manager Lucy Blackmore says it is a welcome change to have more certainty around event planning. “There’s been a lot of disruption over…
Mayor Lianne Dalziel has written to the Environment Minister asking for a bespoke approach to housing intensification provisions in Christchurch. The letter has been sent to Minister Parker following Christchurch City Council’s decision last week that it will not notify Plan Change 14. Plan Change 14 – also known as the proposed Housing and Business…
After almost three months of digging and scraping, archaeologists are nearing the end of their work on the Te Kaha multi-use arena site. So far the Underground Overground Archaeology team has discovered more than 170 boxes-worth of artefacts in “the largest project of its kind in Christchurch”. A Chilean peso dating back to 1853 is…
Christchurch and Banks Peninsula residents will need to keep an eye on their water use from 1 October as new charges to manage demand for water are introduced. The new rating scheme targets the small proportion of households in the district who use, on average, more than 700 litres of water a day – roughly…
Christchurch City Council is on the hunt for people interested in buying and relocating the former Opawa Children’s Library building. The building, located in Louisson Place, on the banks of the Ōpāwaho Heathcote River, has been surplus to requirements since the Opawa Children’s Library service moved into the rebuilt Opawa Library building on Richardson Terrace in…
The Te Waihora Co-Governance partners have celebrated a decade of successful restoration activity in and around Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere with the launch of a new website. About Te Waihora Co-Governance In 2012 Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu and Environment Canterbury came together to agree on a shared commitment and responsibility to restore and rejuvenate the…
Voting papers for October’s local body elections will soon be arriving in the letter boxes of enrolled voters. “Residents who have enrolled to vote should expect voting papers to arrive in their letter boxes between 16 and 21 September,” says Christchurch City Council Electoral Officer Jo Daly. Voting opens on Friday 16 September and closes…
New Zealand’s oldest operational steamship – the tug Lyttelton – will get a new electrical boiler, thanks in part to a heritage grant from Christchurch City Council. The Council has agreed to give the Tug Lyttelton Preservation Society $58,000 to help them pay the $116,000 cost of installing a new boiler in the 112-year-old tug….