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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 introducing an incentive for property owners in the central city to keep their vacant sites tidy. The Council has approved a new rating scheme that will affect the owners of vacant properties in the Central City Business Zone and the Central City (South Frame) Mixed Use Zone. In those two zones,…
Canterbury DHB’s move into the new Waipapa building has provided additional short-stay public car parks for use when dropping people off or picking them up at the Emergency Department or hospital. With our Emergency Department relocating to Waipapa, the short-stay parking was initially opened to the public on a no charge basis with a 30-minute…
Attribute to Canterbury District Commander Superintendent John Price: A man arrested in relation to online threats toward Linwood Islamic Centre and Al Noor mosque on 4 March has appeared in Christchurch District Court this morning on additional charges. Further to one charge of threatening to kill, the 27-year-old man has now been charged with seven…
A Christchurch woman, whose company provided immigration advice to migrants, has been convicted and sentenced to six months community detention and ordered to repay a total of $74,703, following two charges laid by the Immigration Advisers Authority (IAA). Jing (Lydia) Zeng appeared in Christchurch District Court for sentencing on charges relating to providing immigration advice…
Long read: reflections of a volcanologist as a science organisation faces charges in the wake of the 2019 Whakaari eruption Volcanologist Professor Ben Kennedy had spent 12 years studying why Whakaari erupts and is now sharing his thoughts on the disaster in an article on The Conversation. The eruption on White Island sent sent huge…
Water use data charges – what you need to know If you have a current consent to take water in Canterbury, you’ll have received a letter from us informing you of upcoming charges for water use. This is an annual fixed fee of $230 charged to each consent to take water over 5 litres per…
Charges laid in relation to dairy farm discharge into Ashburton water A dairy farmer has been fined $35,000 after discharging a “substantial” amount of sediment-laden water into an Ashburton creek. Delos Dairies Limited recently pleaded guilty in the Environment Court to discharging sediment-laden water into Langdons Drain, a waterbody in Ashburton that’s home to threatened…
New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters says today’s decision by the Serious Fraud Office exonerates the New Zealand First Party of any electoral law breaches. Having fully investigated the allegations the SFO has cleared the New Zealand First Party, all of its Ministers, all sitting members of the New Zealand First party, all candidates standing…
Two men who worked for the Christchurch Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) and ÅtÄkaro Ltd have pleaded not guilty to corruption charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office. Gerard Anthony Gallagher (62) and Simon Carl Nikoloff (57) had sought name suppression, but the Christchurch High Court declined their applications. The defendants have pleaded not guilty to…
Have your say on proposed changes to resource consent application charges We are inviting submissions on proposed changes to our Fees and Charges Policy. The change will increase the amount we charge for processing resource consent applications. Who will be affected? The changes will affect any individuals or organisations applying for resource consents to use…