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Ecological restoration can look untidy, but that’s just nature doing its job.

The 2023 native planting season is shaping up to be the biggest yet for the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor (OARC), with 17 community days scheduled between May and the end of September.

The vision of a native forest corridor along the Ōtākaro Avon River will take a big step forward on Saturday as hundreds of volunteers put spades in the ground at Dallington.

At 12 years of age Jordan Wilson is the youngest person to be granted a temporary land use licence for Christchurch’s Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor regeneration area.

The call is out for residents living around the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor to help boost the number of backyard traps and protect the area’s regenerating green spine.

Ngāi Tūāhuriri, the community and Christchurch City Council will co-govern the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor (ŌARC).

Christchurch City Council is taking steps to close some short sections of road around the Ōtākaro Avon River so that a new City to Sea pathway can be built.

A mushroom-themed education, play and foraging area has officially opened in the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor Regeneration Area.

The Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor Co-Governance Establishment Committee has adopted a new framework to assess any Council-led projects planned for the former residential red zone.

Another chapter of Christchurch’s earthquake recovery has closed, with the final tranche of residential red zone land being transferred from government to local ownership.