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Christchurch City Council is lowering the speed limit on some Papanui, Opawa and Banks Peninsula roads as part of its ongoing drive to make the transport network safer. The Council, on the recommendation of the two local Community Board, has agreed to lower the speed limit on the local streets in Papanui from 50 to…
Restoration of rock art site continues Lucy Millar, Chair OTOP Water Zone Committee Members of the Orari Temuka Opihi Pareora (OTOP) Water Zone Committee made the most of the last days of summer to get native plants in the ground at the precious Taniwha Gully rock art site near Pleasant Point. A community planting day at the…
Round two of the Suzuki International Series graced the hallowed grounds of Manfeild on Sunday and, unbelievably, the racing just keeps getting better and better with each event. Just as it was at the series opener at Taupo the previous weekend, the racing was fast and frenetic in all the various bike categories, with points…
2021 has begun in much the same fashion as 2020 ended for residential property as the housing market continues its upward trend. A shortage of stock continues to put upward pressure on prices in most parts of New Zealand with continued low interest rates and a recovering economy encouraging activity right across the residential property…
Taupo teen Annabel Francis’ golden showjumping season has continued, this time at the Glistening Waters Series Finals Championship Show in Masterton where she won three series crowns as well as picking up minor placings. The 18-year-old from Taupo has added the POLi Payments Premier League Series to an already bulging trophy cabinet that also includes…
25 jobseekers with aspirations of starting their own business have been selected to take part in a specialised accelerator programme giving them direct access to local mentors, start-up specialists and seven weeks of business masterclasses to develop and test their idea. The accelerator programme is the second phase of Start Me Up, an initiative aimed…
The Department of Conservation and leading civil engineering company Fulton Hogan are continuing their partnership for another five years and will progress the gains being made in returning more takahÄ to the wild. Fulton Hogan signed a partnership agreement with DOC in 2016 to support the TakahÄ Recovery Programme and it has seen DOC and…
Geotechnical engineers have largely completed their assessments of damaged roads and slips around the region and reinstatement works have started in many areas. 125 contractors and sub-contractors are on the ground working to get the roading network back up and running. Marlborough’s Recovery Manager Dean Heiford says the stability of the soil and rock around…
The accelerator programme is the second phase of Start Me Up, an initiative aimed at supporting jobseekers to explore what it takes to start their own business. Badass Brownies, one of the Accelerator participants aims to employ women seeking work experience to help them secure a job, these low allergen brownies give back to your…
The accelerator programme is the second phase of Start Me Up, an initiative aimed at supporting jobseekers to explore what it takes to start their own business. Badass Brownies, one of the Accelerator participants aims to employ women seeking work experience to help them secure a job, these low allergen brownies give back to your…
Managing the long-term impact of cruise ships in Akaroa continues Akaroa has experienced a significant increase in cruise ship arrivals over the last ten years, which has raised concerns for many in the community about the influx of tourists and the potential disturbance of the seabed and a reduction in water quality. Environment Canterbury and…
Work continues on Pukaki wildfire recovery and wilding removal With the fire risk in Canterbury remaining high, the fires by Lake Pukaki in August 2020 and Lake Ōhau in October 2020 remind us of the devastation that wildfires can cause. The silver lining of the fires is that they have served to increase community awareness of…
Cantabrians are being reminded of the COVID-19 testing options available to them if they want to be tested this weekend. Free COVID-19 testing continues to be available at general practices and urgent care facilities in Canterbury and at three Community-Based Assessment Centres (CBACs): Orchard Road CBAC (near Airport), 174 Orchard Road, (Off Harewood Road), Christchurch….
Waitomo’s disruption of the New Zealand retail fuel market continues with the opening of three new Fuel Stops in the South Island on Wednesday 5 August at 10am – two in Dunedin and one in Christchurch. The two new Dunedin sites are Northgate Fuel Stop near the University and Eastgate Fuel Stop in South Dunedin….
The last few weeks have put a spring in the step of the team at Riccarton Park. Earlier in the year, the Covid-19 pandemic had threatened to deal a cruel blow to the South Island’s flagship racetrack and its two premier carnivals. August’s Grand National Festival was impossible in a calendar with no South Island…
Wetland work continues in Kaikōura Kaikōura Water Zone Committee (KWZC) enable local wetland work to protect, grow and enhance native habitat with more than $40,000 of Immediate Steps Biodiversity Funding (IMS). Three key projects have been chosen to contribute to wetland work in Kaikōura District: Greenburn wetland is impressive to the eye and has an established…
The assembly of a large crane on-site marks another step on the pathway to reinstatement for Christ Church Cathedral. Cathedral site preparation work continues The assembly of a large crane on-site marks another step on the pathway to reinstatement for Christ Church Cathedral. A large crane will be installed on the Christ Church Cathedral site…