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Christchurch withdraws from further housing intensification

Christchurch’s bid to opt out of further housing intensification has been accepted.

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Flood maps updated for parts of Christchurch

Environment  |  4 Nov 2025

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Christchurch withdraws from further housing intensification

Planning & building  |  Yesterday

Christchurch’s bid to opt out of further housing intensification has been accepted.

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Explore our art landscape with Whenua book

Arts & Culture  |  7 Nov 2025

Construction to begin on Performing Arts Precinct car park

City life  |  6 Nov 2025

Clearer natural hazard information for Christchurch properties

Community matters  |  6 Nov 2025

Explore our art landscape with Whenua book

Arts & Culture  |  7 Nov 2025

Construction to begin on Performing Arts Precinct car park

City life  |  6 Nov 2025

Clearer natural hazard information for Christchurch properties

Community matters  |  6 Nov 2025

Come celebrate the New Year at Hagley Park!

City life  |  6 Nov 2025

Flood maps updated for parts of Christchurch

Environment  |  4 Nov 2025

Council Contact Centre takes out national award

Community matters  |  5 Nov 2025

Come celebrate the New Year at Hagley Park!

City life  |  6 Nov 2025

Flood maps updated for parts of Christchurch

Environment  |  4 Nov 2025

Council Contact Centre takes out national award

Community matters  |  5 Nov 2025

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Plan for your pets this Guy Fawkes

It’s time for pet owners to think about their animals’ welfare as people prepare to celebrate Guy Fawkes.

Dogs  |  3 Nov 2025

Rules change for Christchurch dogs and owners

People with dogs have new rules to get familiar with across Christchurch and Banks Peninsula.

Dogs  |  3 Nov 2025

Plan for your pets this Guy Fawkes

Dogs  |  3 Nov 2025

Rules change for Christchurch dogs and owners

Dogs  |  3 Nov 2025

City life

Christchurch: A great place to be

Crown hands over Parakiore as Council takes the reins

Construction of New Zealand’s largest indoor sport and recreation centre is complete.

Sport & recreation  |  31 Oct 2025

Tolkien’s epic trilogy gets theatrical treatment

Buckle up for a journey to Middle Earth (and back again) as Anthony Harper Summer Theatre returns to the Christchurch Botanic Gardens this January.

Art & creativity, Botanic Gardens, Things to do  |  31 Oct 2025

Crown hands over Parakiore as Council takes the reins

Sport & recreation  |  31 Oct 2025

Tolkien’s epic trilogy gets theatrical treatment

Art & creativity, Botanic Gardens, Things to do  |  31 Oct 2025

Environment

Looking after our natural resources

New study reveals lay of the land for entire district

A new study of vertical land movement is offering a much clearer picture of how the land is slowly rising and sinking post-earthquakes across Christchurch, Banks Peninsula, and beyond.

Climate change  |  22 Oct 2025

Midge season approaches as temperatures rise

Monitoring of midges at the Christchurch wastewater treatment plant is underway as temperatures start to rise for summer.

Water, Weather  |  21 Oct 2025

New study reveals lay of the land for entire district

Climate change  |  22 Oct 2025

Midge season approaches as temperatures rise

Water, Weather  |  21 Oct 2025

Planning & building

Creating a modern, sustainable city

News in brief from the Council meeting

Public transport improvements on Lincoln Road and Plan Change exemptions - here are the key decisions made during today's Christchurch City Council meeting.

Council updates, Planning for the future, Transport options, Urban growth  |  10 Sep 2025

Council to request opt-out from more housing intensification

Christchurch City Council will ask the Minister Responsible for RMA Reform for approval to opt out of further housing intensification decisions yet to be made under its Housing and Business Choice Plan Change (Plan Change 14).

Housing  |  3 Sep 2025

News in brief from the Council meeting

Council updates, Planning for the future, Transport options, Urban growth  |  10 Sep 2025

Council to request opt-out from more housing intensification

Housing  |  3 Sep 2025

Arts & Culture

Behind the scenes at the Gallery with new exhibition

A new exhibition at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū will shine a light on the often-hidden world of art archives.

Art & creativity  |  30 Oct 2025

Exhibition showcases renowned New Zealand painter

A new Gallery exhibition showcases one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s foremost modernist painters renowned for his street scenes and portraits.

Art & creativity  |  28 Oct 2025

Behind the scenes at the Gallery with new exhibition

Art & creativity  |  30 Oct 2025

Exhibition showcases renowned New Zealand painter

Art & creativity  |  28 Oct 2025
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