Future Christchurch Update e voice of the Canterbury rebuild SEPTEMBER Eels get new river ‘townhouses’ Page 5 Getting help through the tough times Page 7 Spotlight on Christchurch’s Heritage Programme Pages 8–9 The elegant Gaiety Hall in Akaroa is a key heritage building which has been painstakingly repaired and strengthened. Our heritage returns A number of signicant heritage buildings in and The 137-year-old Italianate theatre was damaged strengthening work and held up the process. Heritage around Christchurch will re-open in the coming in the February 2011 earthquakes with repair and Programme Manager Richie Moyle says, "The Gaiety is months. As part of Christchurch City Council’s strengthening work beginning in November 2014. as beautiful as ever, but now it has the added bonus of Heritage Programme they will have been meticulously real structural strength." repaired and strengthened to meet new building code A large amount of borer and timber rot led to some standards, such as Gaiety Hall in Akaroa which issues with water-tightness in the building, which Read more about the Council’s Heritage Programme re-opened in April. had to be taken into account in the repair and on pages 8-9. Future Christchurch Update September 2016 CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL Karleen Edwards Inside: Christchurch City Council Chief Executive 3 Update on Waimakariri red zone land plan Spring, a season synonymous with this programme, and it is hoped that will best represent their community revitalisation and rejuvenation. almost all of the damaged heritage as members of this Council. More 4 Burwood Hospital buildings will be fully restored and information is available on the facilities ocially In this issue we explore the theme of opened by early 2018. website: elections.org.nz opened renewal – celebrating the treasures of our past and looking forward to our In keeping with our focus on heritage, With warmer months ahead and 5 New habitat for eels in future. We review the progress being our popular event Beca Heritage more time being spent outdoors, now Avon River project made on the repair, restoration and Week 2016 begins next month on is the time to experience the new re-opening of some of our much- 14 October. This year’s theme Hidden family-friendly cycleways that have 6 Support services still loved heritage buildings, and we Histories – our stories unearthed, been developed around the city. Read out there also look ahead to the start of Beca provides an opportunity to explore more about our major cycle routes in Heritage Week 2016. the aspects of our history that this issue. are less well known or less easily 7 Residential Advisory The iconic Mona Vale Homestead, accessible or visible, commemorating To keep up-to-date with the latest Service – help through carefully restored to its former the treasures and stories of our past. Christchurch news and events, the tough times grandeur and scheduled to re-open to remember to subscribe to our Council the public next month, is an excellent Continuing on our theme of renewal, newsletter at the following address: 8–9 Christchurch’s heritage example of the work being carried the countdown to next month’s ccc.govt.nz/the-council/newsline in safe hands out across the region as part of Local Government Elections is well Christchurch City Council’s Heritage and truly underway. I encourage Kind regards 10–11 Christchurch City Programme. At least 70 per cent of and challenge as many residents as Council our heritage buildings are undergoing possible to participate in this year’s repair or restoration work as part of elections, and vote for those who 12 Environment Canterbury 13 SCIRT DEVELOPMENT CHRISTCHURCH LIMITED 14 Selwyn District Council Rob Hall & EQC Chief Executive 15 Useful contacts Development Christchurch Ltd (DCL) In addition to the planning of the improve public spaces in the Mall and has an expert team focusing on waterfront area, which is intended to are in the process of initiating some regeneration priorities for our seaside create a destination, sta¨ are working changes to cleaning routines and What’s village community at New Brighton. closely with the New Brighton general maintenance of amenity in Over recent months, the team has Business and Landowners Association public areas. on... focused on developing a plan for the (NBBLA) on ways to revitalise the waterfront area between the current commercial core including the And lastly, we are setting up a Surf Life Saving Club and the Pier. The Mall area. The aim is to work with Regeneration Hub with our partners outline proposal is seeking to activate landlords, tenants and the business so we can continue to listen to the foreshore area and link it back to community to deliver an improved what the community wants for New New Brighton Mall by refurbishing and shopping experience for residents Brighton and share ideas. We’ll bring enhancing the whale pool and kids play and visitors to the village. you details of the new Hub in the Back area, and will look to include a hot salt coming weeks. water pool in response to the strong One recent initiative was the Page community desire. Final scope for this PokemonGo day that was run to work is yet to be determined and soon coincide with one of the Saturday Publishing details DCL will engage more widely with the market days, which helped attract community about this proposal. additional people to the New Development Christchurch This publication is jointly Brighton Markets. If you haven’t been Limited is a Christchurch City produced by Christchurch Sta¨ have also been working to check out the Saturday markets, Council owned, but commercially City Council and Greater with community partners and you should. You can nd out more at: focused, development authority Christchurch Group. organisations to progress a design- newbrightonproject.org.nz/seaside- with a city-wide focus on urban led feasibility study for a promenade, market regeneration. Its goal is to help For editorial queries: editor@ based on a proposal that was put to catalyse new investment and futurechristchurchupdate.co.nz Christchurch City Council by one of Meanwhile, Council sta¨ and DCL are development in Christchurch. our fantastic community groups. working together with contractors to For delivery queries: delivery@ futurechristchurchupdate.co.nz ISSN Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team (SCIRT) progress This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand licence. This publication is produced in a way that allows for maximum of the way recovery and recycling of through materials, signicantly reducing energy use, the entire The SCIRT programme aims to air and water SCIRT work emissions. programme be completed in December 2016 PUB. Source: Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team (SCIRT). 2 Future Christchurch Update September 2016 Next step for Waimakariri red zone land plan Feedback on a recovery plan for the future use of residential red zone land in Canterbury’s Waimakariri District is being processed, following last month’s public engagement. The Draft Waimakariri Residential Red Zone Recovery Plan (Draft Plan) sets out proposed future uses for about 84 hectares of mainly residential land in the red zone areas of Kaiapoi, The Pines Beach and Kairaki. Possible uses include sport and recreation, and rural and business activity. The four-week period for the public to give feedback on the Draft Plan ended on 1 September 2016. People o¨ered their thoughts through written comment forms and online. Oªcials will study the feedback and provide advice to the Minister supporting Greater Christchurch Regeneration, Gerry Brownlee, to be considered along with the Draft Plan. The Minister will then make a decision on whether to approve the plan, or if any changes should be made. A nal decision is expected later this year. The Draft Waimakariri Residential Red Zone Recovery Plan was developed Recreation and sport are key elements of proposals for the future use of residential red zone land in the by Waimakariri District Council in Waimakariri District. consultation with the community and with support from Environment Canterbury, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Engagement over the possible uses Waimakariri Residential Red Zone Read the Draft Waimakariri Tahu, the Canterbury Earthquake of the land began in 2014 with the Recovery Plan in late 2015. That was Residential Red Zone Recovery Plan Recovery Authority (CERA) and the CERA-led Canvas project. Waimakariri subject to further consultation, public at: dpmc.govt.nz/future-use Greater Christchurch Group within the District Council then reviewed those hearings and submissions, resulting in Department of the Prime Minister ideas and invited more input before the Draft Recovery Plan presented to and Cabinet. completing the Preliminary Draft Minister Brownlee early last month. Meet the Shannon Bird Landscape apprentice, City Care rebuild Where are you from? by people is quite good. Often you do jobs and I’m originally from Auckland. I lived there for walk away but you don’t really have, I guess, an workers 17 years and moved down here in 2009. attachment to it after that, but that was quite I’ve been here ever since, so I experienced all of a good project. As you drive past, you can see the earthquakes. people actually using it. It was a pretty busy six months, long hours etc, but that’s what I think What made you want to be part of the rebuild? gets people to do the long hours is being involved Landscape wasn’t what I wanted to do originally. in a project like that, it was quite unique. I went to university for a couple of years … and I kind of worked out that wasn’t for me and I What challenges you about the rebuild? wanted to get more into the practical side of I guess maybe the pace of it, it’s been maybe a things.