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Historic Reserve Designation For Takapūneke
Friday, 22 January 2010, 2:42 pm | Christchurch City Council
An exhibition at the Akaroa Museum and a blessing at the reserve on 5 February will commemorate the establishment of the Takapūneke Historic Reserve in Akaroa. Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker, who announced the Council’s intention to change the designation ... More >>
Volunteer Clean Up Of Naughty Boys Island
Wednesday, 20 January 2010, 5:22 pm | Christchurch City Council
The Community Max volunteer group, comprising of 16-23 year old youths, is helping Christchurch City Council clean up Naughty Boys Island, situated in the Lower Avon River. More >>
Libraries’ Summer Reading Club is a page turner
Wednesday, 20 January 2010, 10:29 am | Christchurch City Council
Children are notching up an amazing number of books a week as part of the Christchurch City Libraries’ Summer Reading Club. The Summer Reading Club is a city-wide initiative encouraging children between five and twelve years of age to continue independent ... More >>
Beautifying Christchurch at annual garden comps
Tuesday, 19 January 2010, 9:36 am | Christchurch City Council
Annual garden competitions are at the heart of the work by the Christchurch Beautifying Association and also their Hort Galore display at this year’s Ellerslie International Flower Show. More >>
Central Christchurch Taxi Stands Now Available
Monday, 18 January 2010, 3:05 pm | Christchurch City Council
If you've ever struggled to find a taxi in Central Christchurch after 11pm, life has just become a bit easier. Five new "night time only designated taxi stands" have been created in the City Centre to make finding a taxi simple and easy. More >>
The Great North and South Landscape Build-off
Friday, 15 January 2010, 12:30 pm | Christchurch City Council
Visitors to this year’s Ellerslie International Flower Show will be able to watch some of New Zealand’s best landscapers being put through their paces in The Great North and South Landscape Build-off. More >>
Ratepayers Watch Top Golfers For Free
Thursday, 14 January 2010, 3:32 pm | Christchurch City Council
Christchurch ratepayers will have the opportunity to see some of the world's top golfers for free at next week's New Zealand PGA Championship at Clearwater Resort. More >>
U19 CWC - Changes to Training Schedule
Wednesday, 13 January 2010, 10:58 am | Christchurch City Council
The following changes have been notified to the teams' practice schedule for today, Wednesday 13 January, at the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup in Christchurch, New Zealand. More >>
Warm-up matches under way after rain delays
Tuesday, 12 January 2010, 12:48 pm | Christchurch City Council
Warm-up matches in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup are commencing after rain delays this morning in Christchurch. Start times are as follows: • Afghanistan v Zimbabwe, Lincoln No. 3; Start 11.45am, 47 overs • New Zealand v England, St Andrews College; ... More >>
U19 CWC official warm-up match result - Day One
Tuesday, 12 January 2010, 12:31 pm | Christchurch City Council
Sri Lanka v Hong King Score summary: 314-1 in 50 overs (Andri Berenger 113 ret, Udara Jayasundera 102 ret, Banuka Rajapaksa 40) Hong Kong: 226 in 48.2 overs: (Mark Chapman 69 n.o., Irfan Ahmed 55; Saranga Rajaguru 4-43, Chathura Peiris 3-24) Sri Lanka won ... More >>
Largest garden in Ellerslie’s 15 year history
Monday, 11 January 2010, 2:54 pm | Christchurch City Council
Multi award-winning Chelsea Flower Show designer Chris Beardshaw has designed and will build the largest ever exhibition garden in the 15-year history of the Ellerslie International Flower Show at this year’s Show. Stretching 12 metres across the ... More >>
Old Waimakariri Bridge is open
Monday, 11 January 2010, 1:21 pm | Christchurch City Council
The Old Waimakariri Bridge is open to traffic now It had been closed until Sunday afternoon due to concerns over the high river level caused by the heavy rain upstream. More >>
Kids learning to love trees
Monday, 11 January 2010, 1:18 pm | Christchurch City Council
The Christchurch Botanic Gardens will allow children to connect with trees in a very personal way in a weekly programme starting this January. 'Tree Magic' is a powerful educational programme that explores the wonders of trees and will be held behind ... More >>
Beach Blast 2010 - New Brighton beach fun for free
Thursday, 7 January 2010, 4:33 pm | Christchurch City Council
This month’s Beach Blast parties at New Brighton are again offering 7-12 year olds free lessons in surfing, body boarding and body surfing. North Wai Boardriders Club will hold surf lessons at both parties while the local surf lifesaving clubs, North ... More >>
U19 CWC warm-up matches in Christchurch
Thursday, 7 January 2010, 3:55 pm | Christchurch City Council
Three national Under-19 teams (Afghanistan, United States and Hong Kong) have now arrived in Christchurch and have played warm-up matches in preparation for the U19 Cricket World Cup starting next week. Afghanistan arrived in New Zealand on New Year’s ... More >>
Korean Icebreaker to visit Lyttelton
Thursday, 7 January 2010, 12:10 pm | Christchurch City Council
Lyttelton will be the first port of call this summer for Korea’s new Icebreaker the ‘Araon’. Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker and Antarctica New Zealand Chief Executive Lou Sanson both welcomed the Araon’s forthcoming visit. “This City's association ... More >>
Council releases draft School of Music report
Wednesday, 23 December 2009, 4:52 pm | Christchurch City Council
The Christchurch City Council has today (23 December) released the draft November Heritage Impact Assessment Report by Australian conservation and heritage consultant Elizabeth Vines on the proposed National Conservatorium of Music. More >>
Pride of Canterbury selected in national U19 team
Wednesday, 23 December 2009, 10:03 am | Christchurch City Council
Canterbury, the new national under-19 cricket crown holder, will have four reps in the national team for the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup in January. More >>
Man fined for misuse of hazardous substance
Tuesday, 22 December 2009, 5:29 pm | Christchurch City Council
A Christchurch man has been convicted and ordered to pay just over $2500 after pleading guilty to nine charges laid by the Christchurch City Council under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HSNO) act. The charges related to the illegal manufacture ... More >>
A Feast of New Exhibitions
Tuesday, 22 December 2009, 4:38 pm | Christchurch City Council
Christchurch Art Gallery is filled with exciting new art and all the exhibition spaces are open to the public – for the first time in nearly five months. More >>
