A Christchurch woman has had to get rid of her “bleating goat” to avoid a fine for excessive noise. Jody Cartwright’s goat Merrywether – which was just three months old when she bought him in January – is the unusual addition to the list of noise complaints made to the Christchurch City Council this year.… Read More »Christchurch City Council not kidding around with goat noise complaint
People were shovelling silt and families were baking to feed them. But Civil Defence was refusing to allow the distribution of homemade food for fear of contamination. The Civil Defence decision, during the 2011 Canterbury earthquakes, angered Burwood-Pegasus Community Board member Tim Baker. He objected to the bureaucracy of it. “We… Read More »Civil Defence bureaucracy sparks community response plan
Christchurch marathon organisers want the demolition of the old central city police station delayed amid fears it is a safety hazard to the race. They say they have been blind-sided by an announcement the demo job will go ahead later this month and are angry they were not consulted in… Read More »Christchurch marathon organisers: Delay police station implosion
Wayne Tewnion’s quandary over a nearby quarry could spell trouble for his truffle business. The Yaldhurst resident, who owns Tewnion Truffière truffle farm on Old West Coast Rd, said dust from a planned nearby quarry expansion could harm the 600 hazelnut and English oak trees that nurture his black Périgord… Read More »Yaldhurst residents concerned about quarry dust
A Christchurch theatre company needs to raise at least $1 million to restore the Mill Theatre in Addington. The theatre was badly damaged in the February 2011 earthquakes and closed to the public, and four years on the Riccarton Players are still performing in other halls, theatres, and spaces across… Read More »Riccarton Players aim to restore Mill Theatre
Ferrymead Bays Football Club is pushing ahead with plans to install floodlights at its home turf after receiving council approval last week. The club will build six 13m-high light towers on one of its three pitches at Ferrymead Park and expects them to be up by November. President Gerard Cleary… Read More »Club to build light towers at Ferrymead Park
St Asaph art space Room Four is crowdfunding to stay open in the face of dwindling post-earthquake funds. Co-founders Rosalee Jenkin and Daegan Wells, both 24, have raised almost half of the $2,000 target they hoped to meet by August 9. “It’s a really good start,” Jenkin said. The funds… Read More »Room Four art space seeks online funds
By Grace Cabell, reporting for the Christchurch Mail A Christchurch cycling survey that aims to find ways of increasing the number of bike commuters in the city has gathered 1000 responses so far. Post-graduate researchers in the University of Canterbury Masters of Engineering Transport programme, in conjunction with the Christchurch… Read More »Christchurch cyclists asked what's needed
By Kyle Knowles for the Christchurch Mail Shirley Sports Club is investigating taking over an abandoned bowling club for a new community sports facility. The club has hired consultants to conduct a $30,0000 feasibility study into whether repairing and converting the former Burwood Park Bowling Club’s building and green is… Read More »Community sports hub possible at Burwood Park
By Krysia Krawczyk for The Press A move by the Christchurch City Council to waive consents for major building work could lead to a repeat of the costly leaky buildings saga, critics say. In a bid to speed up the city’s rebuild, the council is allowing project managers and builders… Read More »Building consent waivers a step too far for some
