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Thumbing A New Direction At The Botanic Gardens
Thursday, 4 October 2007, 5:01 pm | Christchurch City Council
In Japan, gardening has become a popular hobby, especially among women, who utilise even balconies (due to shortage of space) to put together tiny gardens of exceptional beauty. More >>
City park rangers want cats Belled
Wednesday, 3 October 2007, 1:45 pm | Christchurch City Council
The birds of Travis Wetland in Christchurch - some of them very rare - are under threat from cats hunting all the way into the central wetland. More >>
Basketball returns home to Cowles
Friday, 28 September 2007, 4:23 pm | Christchurch City Council
Canterbury Basketball is moving back to the “home of basketball” – Cowles Stadium. More >>
Site chosen for new Bus Exchange
Friday, 21 September 2007, 4:48 pm | Christchurch City Council
Christchurch City Council has chosen a square block of land in Lichfield Street, west of Colombo Street, as the site for the city's new Bus Exchange. More >>
Interest High In Central City Re-Development
Friday, 21 September 2007, 2:53 pm | Christchurch City Council
In reply to one resident's query about the future of the Central City South, Mr Roers says the Council would seek to expand the lanes network, create additional open spaces, and preserve heritage buildings in one of the City's most iconic areas. More >>
New storage facility planned for Akaroa Museum
Friday, 21 September 2007, 10:20 am | Christchurch City Council
Christchurch City Council has today (Friday, 21 September) released concept plans for a new purpose-built storage facility for the Akaroa Museum. The 259sqm facility will be built at the rear of the existing Museum, on adjoining Council-owned land ... More >>
NZ’s first water screen installed at QEII Park
Thursday, 20 September 2007, 12:23 am | Christchurch City Council
The 10-metre wide screen – a cascade of water that forms a tactile visual display screen on which to project imagery – will be launched on 29 September, says Christchurch City Council Recreation and Sports Manager John Filsell. More >>
Graham Condon Leisure Centre
Wednesday, 19 September 2007, 3:57 pm | Christchurch City Council
Christchurch City Council today (Wednesday, 19 September) unveiled plans for the Graham Condon Leisure Centre at Papanui. More >>
Urban designer impressed with Christchurch plans
Tuesday, 18 September 2007, 11:24 am | Christchurch City Council
Developing the laneway network in Central Christchurch will be the envy of other cities, says a visiting Australian urban designer. More >>
The Brave New World of Garden Heritage
Tuesday, 18 September 2007, 9:38 am | Christchurch City Council
In 1967 Christchurch residents raised $55,000 to save Mona Vale Garden from being ploughed into a sub-division. Next week, staff at Mona Vale will offer a guided tour of the historic gardens, a one-off event steeped in history and beauty. More >>
Working With Care On The New-look City Mall
Thursday, 13 September 2007, 3:45 pm | Christchurch City Council
The Alliance Team (the Christchurch City Council, Downer EDI Works, and Isthmus Group) plans to complete the Stewart Plaza and the adjacent areas by November end. The work through the remainder of High Street will continue in the new year. More >>
The Godwits are here!
Thursday, 13 September 2007, 10:18 am | Christchurch City Council
More than 30 bedraggled and starving Godwits touched down at the Avon-Heathcote Estuary yesterday. (12/09) And the ChristChurch Cathedral bells will ring in the arrival of the Godwits at noon today (13/09/2007). More >>
Sounds like Antarctica
Tuesday, 11 September 2007, 10:27 am | Christchurch City Council
Imagine a vast canvas of silence painted with sound bytes. Take the pristine wind-dominated sonic landscape of the Antarctica as the canvas and paint in the snorts and bellows of a seal, the squabble of a penguin rookery and of mukluks trudging on snow. And ... More >>
Death Of Councillor A Tragic Loss
Sunday, 9 September 2007, 2:01 pm | Christchurch City Council
Long-serving Christchurch City Councillor Graham Condon was killed in a tragic accident near Christchurch this morning. More >>
Arctic Wader Beats the Godwits back to Christchurch
Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 4:31 pm | Christchurch City Council
In what looks like a season of singles, a lone Pectoral Sandpiper has pipped its bigger relatives the Godwits to their summer feeding grounds in Christchurch. More >>
Candidate Withdraws Election Bids
Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 10:43 am | Christchurch City Council
Barry Columbus (Christchurch City Vision) today withdrew his candidacy for Spreydon/Heathcote Councillor and the Canterbury District Health Board. More >>
The Godwits Are Coming
Tuesday, 4 September 2007, 3:15 pm | Christchurch City Council
Christchurch City Ranger Andrew Crossland says he received a report of a single sighting midway over the Pacific today (04/08/2007). More >>
Council to waive parking infringement notice
Friday, 31 August 2007, 1:22 pm | Christchurch City Council
Council staff have decided a ticket issued to Community Board member Phil Clearwater for election signage on the top of his car will be waived. Inspections and Enforcement Manager Gary Lennan says a review of the issue of Mr Clearwater’s ticket found ... More >>
Chch home to more than 160 different ethnicities
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 11:22 am | Christchurch City Council
Christchurch is now home to more than 160 different ethnicities, according to the city’s first Migrants Report released today (29 August). The Migrants Report 2007, produced by the Christchurch City Council, provides a comprehensive insight into ... More >>
Council conducts residents survey
Monday, 27 August 2007, 10:43 am | Christchurch City Council
The Christchurch City Council’s endeavour at collecting serious feedback from its residents came with the bonus of high satisfaction ratings in its first survey for 2007. More >>
