Responsibility for naming public and private roads, and Christchurch City Council owned parks and facilities lies with the city’s six Community Boards and on average more than sixty names are decided on each year. The Council’s existing naming policies dates to 1993 and offer limited guidance on appropriate names. Community Boards have been concerned that…
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Still no clarity from our confused Prime Minister – Judith Collins
The Prime Minister did not rule out today that potential hate speech crimes will have a more severe maximum prison sentence than the crime of ‘assault on a child’, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “This is consistent with her Government’s ongoing trend of poor prioritisation and complete lack of understanding of what New…
Liquefaction hazard mapping gives clarity on ‘good ground’ in the Waikato
Local councils, building consent authorities, engineers and developers now have more clarity on ‘good ground’ thanks to new liquefaction hazard mapping of the Waikato region. Co-Lab (formerly Waikato Local Authority Shared Services) commissioned the development of the liquefaction hazard mapping layer, which can be found on Waikato Regional Council’s online Regional Hazards Portal under the…
UC academic improving clarity of satellite images in space by 60%
UC academic improving clarity of satellite images in space by 60% Satellites are increasingly being released beyond our atmosphere, but what happens if we lose communication with a satellite and can’t see it to understand why? University of Canterbury (UC) researcher Associate Professor Stephen Weddell says this poses a threat to the very communication technologies…