Christchurch City Council - Latest News [Page 196]
Still time to book for Korean sister-city tour
Tuesday, 23 August 2005, 4:04 pm | Christchurch City Council
Tickets are still available for Christchurch residents to travel as part of an official sister-city tenth anniversary tour to Songpa-Gu, Seoul, Korea. More >>
Volunteers called to plant prime walkways
Monday, 22 August 2005, 11:52 am | Christchurch City Council
Join Coastcare Rangers on Sunday 4 September planting the Giant’s Nose, the city’s prime cliff-top walkway, with native trees and shrubs. More >>
Aranui High to host National Secondary Schools
Monday, 22 August 2005, 10:32 am | Christchurch City Council
Aranui High School has stepped up to the mark in the heartland of Rugby League in Christchurch to host the National Secondary Schools Rugby League Tournament - even getting the Brisbane Broncos coaching and development staff to help. More >>
Nominations invited for Christchurch Civic Awards
Friday, 19 August 2005, 12:31 am | Christchurch City Council
"These Awards are an opportunity for people and organisations working in the community to be recognised for what they do," Christchurch City Council International Relations co-ordinator, Dave Adamson said. More >>
Medical Officer of Health to talk on vaccination
Thursday, 18 August 2005, 12:33 am | Christchurch City Council
Maybe you have had the flu jab this year or taken part in the meningococcal B vaccination programme. But how much do you know about the vaccines that you have received? More >>
Feedback to Council's Christchurch historic report
Monday, 15 August 2005, 4:56 pm | Christchurch City Council
A Council report that presents Christchurch along the historic themes of Life in the City, The Built City, and Industry and Commerce has attracted great public feedback. More >>
What should we do with our sewage?
Monday, 15 August 2005, 11:43 am | Christchurch City Council
Most of us like to flush and forget, but Christchurch City Council thinks it’s time we talked about our sewage, and what should happen to it in the future. Together, we generate 25,000 tonnes of treated sewage solids, or biosolids, in Christchurch ... More >>
Nominations for City Plan heritage listings close
Friday, 12 August 2005, 6:31 pm | Christchurch City Council
About 170 nominations - from concrete pig sties to a Warren and Mahoney-designed building - have been received by the Christchurch City Council as potential new additions for City Plan heritage listing. More >>
Feedback invited on Council plan for Cemetery
Thursday, 11 August 2005, 4:33 pm | Christchurch City Council
The graves of a number of notable Christchurch residents including suffragist Kate Sheppard, artist John Gibb and politician Tommy Taylor are among those featured in a draft conservation plan for Addington Cemetery that is now available for public ... More >>
Carved pou at Tautahi marriage site to be blessed
Wednesday, 10 August 2005, 5:25 pm | Christchurch City Council
A ceremony will be at 6am tomorrow (11 August) to bless the site where three carved pou (poles) are to be unveiled on Cambridge Green, marking a place where it is believed the great Ngai Tahu chief Tautahi was married. More >>
Council sets city events funding
Friday, 5 August 2005, 3:02 pm | Christchurch City Council
Funds to develop a new Antarctica Festival and boost the World Buskers and New Zealand Cup and Show week festivals were approved as part of a $1.887 million events funding package considered by the Christchurch City Council yesterday. More >>
Council seeks variation to discharge consent
Friday, 5 August 2005, 11:22 am | Christchurch City Council
Christchurch City Council will apply for a variation to its Estuary Resource Consent seeking a level of ammonia discharge that its waste treatment plant can meet. More >>
Parklands Library opens on Saturday
Friday, 5 August 2005, 9:35 am | Christchurch City Council
Christchurch's newest community library opens this Saturday, 6 August, at 46 Queenspark Drive in Parklands, with a free family gala day of live performances and activities. It's the culmination of a long-term plan by Christchurch City Libraries to establish ... More >>
Council to appeal High Court ruling on brothels
Thursday, 4 August 2005, 5:08 pm | Christchurch City Council
The Christchurch City Council today voted to appeal the High Court decision to quash the council's brothels bylaw, and will apply for an order to stay the decision pending an appeal outcome. More >>
NASA engineer to give free public lecture
Tuesday, 2 August 2005, 11:55 am | Christchurch City Council
NASA engineer, Jack Bacon, will give a free public lecture at the Christchurch Town Hall on Monday, 8 August. More >>
Plans underway to manage archaeological remains
Monday, 1 August 2005, 11:17 am | Christchurch City Council
The Council has contracted consultants to work on a study to manage archaeological sites and remains across the city - giving a sense of the last 150 years in Christchurch. More >>
Anniversary tour to Christchurch, Eng, rescheduled
Friday, 29 July 2005, 2:40 pm | Christchurch City Council
The planned 30th anniversary tour to England and France to celebrate the sister city relationship of 30 years with Christchurch, England, has been rescheduled to capture the English spring. More >>
Halswell Quarry Park Track renamed
Friday, 29 July 2005, 10:26 am | Christchurch City Council
The newly built Halswell Quarry Park Track is to be renamed the John Taylor Walkway in remembrance of a renown Christchurch horticulturalist, teacher and dedicated Rotarian who died on Tuesday. More >>
Auditor General rejects developer inquiry request
Thursday, 28 July 2005, 11:00 am | Christchurch City Council
The Office of the Auditor General has rejected outright property developer Hugh Pavletich’s request to hold an inquiry into the Greater Christchurch Urban Development Strategy. More >>
Awards recognise strengthening communities
Monday, 25 July 2005, 10:39 am | Christchurch City Council
From intermediate school students monitoring water quality in their local stream to long-serving Meals on Wheels volunteers, the Spreydon-Heathcote Community Service and Youth Awards helped recognise people’s work in strengthening their communities. More >>
