Minister Willis highlighted that potential supermarket developers have long faced a fragmented, cumbersome consenting ...

John MacDonald shares his thoughts on the alternatives proposed by advisors at the Christchurch City Council to the ...

Christchurch City Council has accepted the resignation of its Chief Executive Dawn Baxendale which was tendered on 6 November. Mrs Baxendale started at the Council in October 2019, after moving from ...

Ministers are proposing to limit annual rates rises to between two and four percent. Councillors were briefed yesterday on the early findings. A four-percent cap from 2027 would force the council to ...

Christchurch City Council has announced four new appointments to the Council's Executive Leadership Team. The Council's Acting Chief Executive Jane Parfitt says that today's announcement means that ...

Partial asset sales are back on the table as Christchurch ratepayers face an “unsustainable” 70% rates increase over the next nine years. The city council’s interest costs are expected to increase by ...

The Christchurch City Council has been selected to serve as a one-stop consenting authority for large-scale supermarket developments. Finance Minister Nicola Willis says the new service is the latest ...

Asset sales are again being mooted with the Christchurch City Council's debt set to skyrocket to $2.1 billion in six years. The council is due to sign off on a $10.6b, 10-year budget on Tuesday, ...

Christchurch City Council has regained its accreditation as a building consent authority almost 18 months after it was stripped for holding up the earthquake-hit region's rebuild. Photo / Simon Baker ...

"Smokefree" areas in Christchurch will now be "vapefree". Christchurch City Council today voted to expand its existing Smokefree Public Places policy to include vaping. It covered publicly owned areas ...

Christchurch City Council has selected SAP to reinvent its digital processes to create a better experience for its employees and citizens. The programme includes a complete digital transformation into ...

Christchurch City Council has accepted the resignation of chief executive Dawn Baxendale – just days after a behind-closed-doors secret meeting in which her position was discussed. Baxendale, who had ...