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The service will not be operating on Good Friday – 7 April – so people whose bins are normally emptied on a Friday should put them out for collection on Saturday 8 April instead. Bins should be at the kerbside for collection by 6am Saturday morning. Bins will be collected as normal the week beginning…
Showcasing the often overlooked medium of printmaking, a new exhibition at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū shines light on one of the most dynamic periods of Aotearoa’s art history. Ink on Paper is the first exhibition in New Zealand to cover this progressive period of printmaking, from the 1910s to the 1950s, and includes…
The public holidays for Easter and Anzac Day are bringing some changes to Christchurch’s kerbside collection service. The service will not be operating on Good Friday – 15 April – so people whose bins are normally emptied on a Friday should put them out for collection on Saturday 16 April instead. Bins should be at…
A Christchurch City Council report is recommending deferring a decision on introducing a separate glass collection service until more is known about the implications of the Government’s plan for improving recycling in New Zealand. In November 2021 the Council asked staff to look at options for separate glass collection and recycling so that it could…
Hidden in plain sight across Ara Institute of Canterbury’s campuses is a remarkable art collection of nearly 700 works. One of the earliest collections held by a tertiary institution, it features works by Shane Cotton, Ralph Hotere, Margaret Stoddard, and many other renowned artists. In a rare move, the collection has been curated for public…
Today nine additional RAT collection sites will open at pharmacies across Canterbury. These pharmacies will be only be fulfilling orders so please remember to place your order for RATs before heading to a collection site – and have your order number ready when you arrive. Please wear a mask when attending the pharmacy and advise…
Nine additional RAT collection sites will open at pharmacies across Canterbury today. “These pharmacies will be only be fulfilling orders so ensure you place your order for RATs before heading to a collection site – and have your order number ready when you arrive” says Tracey Maisey, ECC Incident Controller, Canterbury DHB. Orders can be…
Christchurch City Council wants to make some changes to its kerbside collection service to provide greater flexibility in our changing urban environment. As consultation on the Draft Annual Plan 2022/23 gets underway, the Council is also considering allowing multi-use residential developments to opt out of having to pay the Waste Minimisation Targeted Rate. The charge…
Some aspects of Christchurch’s kerbside bin collection service are starting to be impacted by staff shortages caused by rising COVID-19 case numbers. “Our contractors have processes in place to keep the kerbside collection running through the peak of the Omicron outbreak, but staff shortages are starting to impact on services such as bin swaps and…
Canterbury poet’s letters added to NZ heritage collection A collection of artworks, personal papers and more than 1200 letters written to Canterbury poet and artist Ursula Bethell will be the sole item added to a UNESCO heritage register this year. Ursula Bethell in her garden, Macmillan Brown Library, University of Canterbury. Bethell (1874-1945) is recognised…
A subcontractor has been appointed to help with Christchurch’s kerbside collection service. “Over the past 12 months we have been working closely with our contractor, Waste Management NZ Ltd, as they have struggled to meet some of the performance targets for our kerbside collection. We understand there are a number of capacity constraints including a shortage…
The Finance and Performance Committee received a report at its meeting today outlining plans for the service delivery review of solid waste management. The work will give priority to looking at current kerbside collection and investigating opportunities for flexibility around bin sizes and fees, as well as a separate glass collection. Christchurch has had a…
The world’s last remaining huia nest is one of the rarely-seen taonga on show in a Christchurch Heritage Festival exhibition marking 150 years since the Canterbury Museum first opened its doors. Since that opening day on 1 October, 1870, the Museum’s collection has grown from 25,000 objects to more than 2.3 million. To mark the…
A World War II naval sea mine has “washed up” at Akaroa Museum. After spending many years bobbing on the Waikato River as a buoy for a hydro scheme, the deactivated cast iron oval has found a new home, dropping into the museum collection in recognition of the local harbour’s defensive minefield history. Akaroa Museum…
The Glass Packaging Forum’s long-standing advocacy for separate kerbside glass collections has been backed by a recent report from WasteMINZ. The Recommendations for standardisation of kerbside collections in Aotearoa report, prepared for the Ministry for the Environment and published this month, recommends local authorities are incentivised to collect glass bottles and jars separately to other…
Images of the early 1900s taken from a collection of fragile photographic glass plates are now in focus on the Christchurch City Libraries’ digital heritage site, Canterbury Stories. More than 700 images of the city from the 1000-strong collection are online, with the rest appearing on the site over the next few weeks. It is…