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A judicial recount of votes in the Innes ward has confirmed Pauline Cotter’s election as a Christchurch City Councillor. The recount disallowed 34 special votes, which has reduced the total number of votes counted. Pauline Cotter received 2638 votes, while the second highest polling candidate, Ali Jones, received 2630 votes. The judicial recount was conducted at the…
Eleven people will contest Christchurch’s mayoralty in October’s local body elections. Fifty-five people will stand for the 16 Christchurch City Council seats while 91 candidates will contest the 37 Community Board positions. “Nominations for the local body elections closed at midday. I can confirm that nearly all the available positions within our district will be contested,’’…
Christchurch City Council has confirmed the cost of building the final and most complex section of Te Ara Ihutai Christchurch Coastal Pathway. The Government gave the Council $15.8 million in Shovel Ready funding to build the missing section of the Coastal Pathway – between the eastern end of Redcliffs Village and Shag Rock, Sumner –…
Christchurch City Council has confirmed the cost of building the final and most complex section of Te Ara Ihutai Christchurch Coastal Pathway. The Government gave the Council $15.8 million in Shovel Ready funding to build the missing section of the Coastal Pathway – between the eastern end of Redcliffs Village and Shag Rock, Sumner –…
The Ministry of Health can confirm an individual who had previously been a guest at the managed isolation facility at the Pullman Hotel has tested positive for COVID-19. This individual, who is asymptomatic, has been isolating at home in Hamilton since 30 January and previously returned 3 negative tests, the most recent one being on…
ChristchurchNZ is delighted the Government confirmed funding in today’s Budget announcement for the redevelopment of Scott Base in Antarctica, New Zealand’s home on the icy continent. Åtautahi Christchurch is one of only five Antarctic Gateway cities in the world, and the official gateway and logistics hub for several international Antarctic programmes, including Antarctica New Zealand…
Some of the biggest names in bowls in New Zealand has been confirmed in the North (Te Ika-M-Äui) and South (Te Waipounamu) Island teams for the new inter-island challenge in September. The North v South Challenge will be contested at the Hopes Dunedin Indoor Stadium, 3-5 September in a Ryder Cup type format with 18…
Yarrow Stadium’s status as one of the nation’s leading regional venues will be cemented with state-of-the art hybrid turf and LED floodlighting to be installed under contracts announced today. The contracts are “exciting news for all Stadium users – local, regional, national or international”, says David MacLeod, chair of Taranaki Regional Council which owns the…
Brian Hall may be described as something of a late bloomer when it comes to the world of Warbird flying and ownership. His interest in aviation follows a similar story to many others. Growing up in Ashburton in the latter part of WWII Brian had a great interest in the comings and goings at an…
The spectacular setting of Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour will play host to the adrenaline-filled racing, marking Christchurch as one of at least nine iconic global destinations to celebrate the international event in the expanded calendar for Season 3. The 2023 New Zealand Sail Grand Prix is the first event in a four year commitment to Aotearoa…
The make-up of Christchurch’s wards and community board areas for the 2022 local elections has been confirmed. The final determination for Christchurch’s representation arrangements has been released by the Local Government Commission, with some small changes to the final proposal adopted by Christchurch City Council on 18 June. The Council’s 2021 Representation Review resulted in…
Christchurch City Council Chief Executive Dawn Baxendale and her new Executive Leadership Team have confirmed changes to the organisation’s management structure. The changes mainly affect third tier managers and follow on from the establishment of a new Executive Team and group structure eight months ago. “We are operating in an ever changing and challenging environment….
University of Canterbury, in partnership with Canterbury DHB and the region’s Māori and Pasifika providers, are running a two-day drop-in COVID-19 vaccination event next month. More at the source
Plans to turn the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor into a legacy project that will benefit Cantabrians for generations to come have been given a significant boost by Long Term Plan funding that was approved today. As part of the Council’s goals to improve water quality, ecological restoration and support climate change, a total of $316…
Food, Fibre and Agritech Challenge top 25 confirmed Innovation in the food, fibre and agritech sector looks set to solve some of the greatest challenges facing the sector thanks to ideas submitted to the Food, Fibre and Agritech Supernode Challenge. With more than 50 high quality applications from across the country, Challenge partners ChristchurchNZ, KiwiNet,…
Loren Heaphy, ChristchurchNZ General Manager of Destination and Attraction, said SailGP represented a unique and unmissable opportunity for the city: “This is an entirely different event to those we typically attract to Christchurch, and we jumped at the opportunity to bid to host SailGP. “We are a city of sport and innovation, and SailGP combines…
The Ministry is confirming one new managed isolation related case in Christchurch in the community. The case, reported to the Ministry on Monday afternoon, is a staff member working in a managed isolation facility in Christchurch where the international mariners are in managed isolation and quarantine. Full details of the case, and the actions taken…
The Ministry is today confirming a second worker at the Sudima managed isolation facility in Christchurch has tested positive for Covid-19. The person is a close workplace contact of the case reported yesterday. As the person works at the facility and is not a returnee they are treated as a community case. Both this case,…
New dates have been locked in for Christchurch’s inaugural spring music festival Go Live! The nine-day festival was originally scheduled to take place in September, but it was postponed until November when the outbreak of COVID-19 cases in Auckland resulted in the country shifting alert levels. “We’ve had to tweak some of our plans for…
Health Minister Chris Hipkins welcomes confirmation of Canterbury DHB’s move into state-of-the-art Christchurch Hospital Hagley building which will serve the community well for decades to come. The Ministry of Health is on track to hand over the facility on 10 August 2020. Sterile Services is due to be operational on 31 October 2020 and patients…
The three-day celebration was postponed from February 2021 due to the ramifications of Covid-19, and will now take place in Christchurch from 15 – 17 February 2022. The event attracts Pinot Noir experts and enthusiasts to New Zealand from every corner of the globe. The four yearly event showcases the country’s Pinot Noir and the…