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Christchurch design pair win twin awards at Ellerslie

Tuesday, 5 March 2013, 6:40 pm | Christchurch City Council

A garden inspired by clever reuse has won the Judges’ Supreme Award at this year’s Ellerslie International Flower Show More >>

Committee strongly supports Fanfare

Tuesday, 5 March 2013, 5:05 pm | Christchurch City Council

The Christchurch City Council’s Community, Recreation and Culture committee this afternoon strongly supported and agreed to recommend that the Council agree to the installation and ongoing maintenance of Fanfare, when a suitable location is confirmed ... More >>

Creative Industries receive Council funding

Tuesday, 5 March 2013, 5:00 pm | Christchurch City Council

The Community, Recreation and Culture Committee approved the following grants from the Creative Industries Support Fund: More >>

Auckland scoops National Flower Bed title

Tuesday, 5 March 2013, 4:43 pm | Christchurch City Council

Auckland, the City of Sails has wowed the judges of the Zealandia National Flower Bed competition with their themed flower garden. More >>

Ellerslie Opens Its Gates Tomorrow

Tuesday, 5 March 2013, 11:09 am | Christchurch City Council

The gates to New Zealand’s premier gardening and lifestyle exhibition, the Ellerslie International Flower Show, open to the public at 10am tomorrow. More >>

Draft Edgeware Village Master Plan available for comment

Monday, 4 March 2013, 4:02 pm | Christchurch City Council

Christchurch City Council today released the Draft Edgeware Village Master Plan for public comment. The Council-led Plan has been prepared to support the recovery and rebuild of Edgeware’s Village Centre in response to the damage caused by the earthquakes. More >>

Ellerslie Has Lasting Impact On Christchurch

Monday, 4 March 2013, 11:41 am | Christchurch City Council

Ellerslie Has Lasting Impact On Christchurch Christchurch’s Ellerslie International Flower Show may only run for five days but its impact on the city will grow on long after the last visitors to the show have gone home. More >>

Books change lives

Monday, 4 March 2013, 11:21 am | Christchurch City Council

Books that change lives will be the focus of Christchurch City Libraries NZ Book Month activities and events in March. Carolyn Robertson Unit Manager Libraries and Information says books really can and do change lives. More >>

Transitional Works Selected For Lyttelton Civic Square Site

Monday, 4 March 2013, 11:17 am | Christchurch City Council

Oversized armchairs; a listening post with recordings of the local environment and a double-sided seat with a built-in lamppost and herb garden are among the seven transitional works selected to enliven the Lyttelton civic square site as part of ... More >>

Transitional Works Selected For Lyttelton Civic Square Site

Friday, 1 March 2013, 4:38 pm | Christchurch City Council

Oversized armchairs; a listening post with recordings of the local environment and a double-sided seat with a built-in lamppost and herb garden are among the seven transitional works selected to enliven the Lyttelton civic square site as part of ... More >>

A backyard garden designed to inspire

Friday, 1 March 2013, 2:45 pm | Christchurch City Council

Darfield landscape designer Ross Baldwin is hoping his exhibition garden will inspire visitors to the Ellerslie International Flower Show to look at their backyards in a new light. More >>

Inspiring Concepts For New Urban Living In Chch Unveiled

Friday, 1 March 2013, 10:18 am | Christchurch City Council

Thursday 28 February 2013 Inspiring Concepts For New Urban Living In Christchurch Unveiled Concepts for new urban living in Christchurch were unveiled in a public exhibition on Worcester Boulevard this evening. Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker, in ... More >>

Key decisions from today’s Council meeting [28/2/13]

Thursday, 28 February 2013, 5:22 pm | Christchurch City Council

Christchurch City Council met today (Thursday 28 February), with the key decisions made outlined below: More >>

Council successfully prosecutes illegal brothel owner

Thursday, 28 February 2013, 5:05 pm | Christchurch City Council

The Christchurch City Council has successfully prosecuted the owner of an illegal brothel that was located in Churchill Street, Christchurch. More >>

Council Revises Social Housing Closure Threshold

Thursday, 28 February 2013, 2:52 pm | Christchurch City Council

Christchurch City Council has today agreed to revise the threshold for closing its social housing complexes that have undergone a Detailed Engineering Evaluation, following a notice of motion recommending the change. More >>

Florists Compete for Flowers Work Wonders National Titles

Thursday, 28 February 2013, 12:16 pm | Christchurch City Council

New Zealand’s budding young florists will need to demonstrate their creativity and flair when they compete for national titles at the Ellerslie International Flower Show next week. More >>

Christchurch Art Gallery Outer Space programme: Showhome

Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 4:45 pm | Christchurch City Council

Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu’s latest exhibition in the Outer Spaces programme, Showhome, opened last night in Christchurch, featuring the disconcertingly ‘perfect’ works of recent University of Canterbury graduate Emily Hartley-Skudder. More >>

Sneak a peak at year’s hottest new plants

Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 2:57 pm | Christchurch City Council

People lucky enough to be heading to Ellerslie International Flower Show will be able to sneak a peek at this year’s hottest new plants. At the Go Gardening Show Offs stand in the Hort Galore marquee visitors can view stunning new perennials, ... More >>

Ellerslie Photography Winners Focus On Imagination

Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 10:38 am | Christchurch City Council

A dreamy image capturing a fairytale of flowers has won the 2013 Ellerslie International Flower Show Focus on Flowers photography competition. More >>

Council adopts draft Three Year Plan for consultation

Tuesday, 26 February 2013, 5:28 pm | Christchurch City Council

A cycling network, a new walkway in Lyttelton Harbour and funding for suburban masterplan projects are among the proposals in the draft Christchurch City Three Year Plan. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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