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News: tagged with "environment"

• Have your say on Christchurch’s Draft Tree Policy

  Posted: Wednesday, September 16, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environment, policy, submission, consultation
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 14th September 2020 People with views on how publicly-owned trees in Christchurch should be managed are being encouraged to give feedback on Christchurch City Council’s Draft Tree Policy

• New science scholarship a pathway for future Maori and Pasifika academics

  Posted: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 in: Training With tags: maori, pacific, education, funding, qualification, environment
  A significant bequest by the late Emeritus Professor Peter Holland has paved the way to an exciting new postgraduate scholarship at the University of Canterbury (UC) for Māori and/or Pasifika students in Ecology or Environmental Science

• UC Connect panel: Earthquakes + Innovation = Resilience

  Posted: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: earthquake, seminar, built environment, resilience
  A panel of three University of Canterbury experts will discuss how they helped to engineer world-first quake-resilient buildings and structures, in an upcoming free UC Connect public talk

• Central city infrastructure work turns corner

  Posted: Wednesday, August 19, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: built environment, transport, repair
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 17th August 2020 Improvements to central city streets are motoring along, with an early finish forecast for mid-September for Victoria Street and early November for Hereford Street

• Government plan to tackle problem plastics and seven single-use plastic items

  Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 in: Resources and Information With tags: recycling, environment, Report, consultation, waste, management
  Beehive media release: 12th August 2020 Following the success of the phase out of single-use plastic shopping bags, the Government now has plans to phase out more single-use and problem plastics to reduce waste and protect the environment announced Associ

• Multi-Use Arena preparations continue at pace

  Posted: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: recreation, built environment, recovery
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 21st July 2020 Christchurch City Council is pulling out all stops on preparation work for the Canterbury Multi-Use Arena, as the $473 million anchor project continues to gather momentum

• Dual place names for Banks Peninsula features

  Posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2020 in: Resources and Information With tags: maori, environment, heritage
  Beehive media release: 7th July 2020 The history of Rāpaki is being restored through the inclusion of te reo in thirteen official place names on Te Pātaka-o-Rākaihautū/ Banks Peninsula and around Lyttelton Harbour/ Whakaraupō, the Minister for Land Inform

• Time for New Brighton Clock Tower to show fresh face

  Posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: repair, built environment, restoration
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 6th July 2020 The restoration of the New Brighton Clock Tower is complete and the repaired mechanism is telling the time once again

• Join millions of people reducing their plastic waste

  Posted: Thursday, June 25, 2020 in: Resources and Information With tags: environment, waste, recycling
  Plastic Free July is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution – so we can have cleaner streets, oceans, and beautiful communities

• Work starts on new Linwood swimming pool

  Posted: Wednesday, June 24, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: recreation, built environment, services
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 24th June 2020 The Linwood/Woolston community has celebrated the start of construction work on the eagerly-awaited Te Pou Toetoe: Linwood Pool

• Action plan to tackle Bromley odour issues

  Posted: Wednesday, June 24, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environment, health, community engagement, plan, management
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 22nd June 2020 Christchurch City Council and Environment Canterbury have agreed on an action plan for reducing the smells from the Bromley-based organics processing plant and Metro Place transfer station

• Stocktake of hospital buildings to guide investment

  Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: health, services, built environment, Report
  Beehive media release: 10th June 2020 The Government now has the first ever clear and comprehensive picture of the state of New Zealand’s hospital buildings and other assets to help ensure future investment decisions deliver the best health outcomes for N

• Council nets Smart City accolade with earthquake response

  Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: earthquake, disasters, Awards, built environment, resilience
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 8th June 2020 An innovative Christchurch earthquake response network, EQRNet, has taken top honours at the IDC Smart City Asia/Pacific Awards (SCAPA)

• Increase in glyphosate use could save millions

  Posted: Thursday, June 4, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environment, consultation, community engagement
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 3rd June 2020 Christchurch City Council is proposing a return to using more weed killers containing glyphosate. The move could save the organisation about $3.5 million

• Work Resumes on Stadium Waimakariri

  Posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: recreation, built environment, sport
  Waimakariri District Council media release: 27th May 2020 Construction has resumed on Stadium Waimakariri with contractors Leighs Construction working hard to make up time lost due to the COVID-19 lockdown

• Early start to Hereford Street work

  Posted: Thursday, May 21, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: built environment, recovery
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 21st May 2020 Hereford Street is being upgraded between Oxford Terrace and Manchester Street

• New wilding pines projects support Canterbury recovery

  Posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environmental health, campaign, funding
  Environment Canterbury media release: 11th May 2020 Wilding pine projects in Canterbury are to benefit from $2 million in government funding for the National Wilding Conifer Control Programme

• Major projects back under way across Selwyn

  Posted: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: built environment, recovery, transport
  Selwyn District Council media release: 5th May 2020 Major infrastructure and building works are swinging back into action in Selwyn following the move to Alert Level 3

• Christ Church Cathedral site ready for restoration

  Posted: Thursday, April 16, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: earthquake, recovery, rebuild, built environment, heritage
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 16th April 2020 Plans are under way to ensure that restoration work on Christ Church Cathedral can start as soon as possible after the lifting of lockdown restrictions

• Leaf it to Us in the Waimakariri

  Posted: Thursday, April 16, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environment, lockdown
  Waimakariri District Council media release: 15th April 2020 Burnt oranges, reds and golds are creating a beautiful seasonal scene across the Waimakariri District, as falling temperatures and turning leaves mark the arrival of autumn

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