CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL ANNUAL SURVEY OF RESIDENTS MARCH 2003 PART 3: APPENDICES OF OPEN-ENDED RESPONSES ANNUAL SURVEY OF RESIDENTS MARCH 2003 PART 3: APPENDICES OF OPEN-ENDED RESPONSES COMMISSIONED BY THE: CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL PREPARED AND CONDUCTED BY: NATIONAL RESEARCH BUREAU LTD National Research Bureau Ltd, P O Box 10-118, Mt Eden, Auckland, New Zealand, phone (09) 6300 655, fax (09) 6387 846, www.nrb.co.nz CONTENTS Page No. Q1a The best things that the Christchurch City Council has done for Christchurch in the last few years ..................................... 1 Q1b The worst things that the Christchurch City Council has done for Christchurch in the last few years .................................... 26 Q1c The most important things the Christchurch City Council should do for Christchurch over the next few years .............................. 51 Q2 Services you know Council provides, which are the most important to you ............................................................... 88 Q3b Services/facilities they think Council should provide but is not providing at present.................................................. 96 Q3d Services/facilities that Council provides, that they think it should not provide................................................... 102 Q6a Native plants that can be found in neighbourhood ..................... 105 Q6b Native birds that can be found in neighbourhood ...................... 107 Q10c Things they have done, in the last 12 months, to look after native wildlife...................................................... 108 Q11b Environmental organisations they are members of ...................... 112 Q15 Things Council should do to make the City Centre a better place to visit............................................................. 114 Q16 Places around the City where they would take a visitor to show them Christchurch at its best ............................................. 126 Q17b Reasons for dissatisfaction with the way the City, as a whole, looks and feels...................................................... 132 Q17b Reasons for satisfaction with the way the City, as a whole, looks and feels...................................................... 136 Q20 The group or social network that matters most ........................ 148 Q21b Reasons why dissatisfied with the way the Council involves the public in the decisions it makes ..................................... 149 Q22b Reasons why they think the public has little or no influence on the decisions that the Council makes ................................. 155 Q33b Things that make it difficult for them to take part in leisure activities that are important to them, in their free time ............ 161 Q36 Main reason for visiting a Council library over the last 12 months ... 165 Q38 Main reason for having not visited a public library in the last 12 months............................................................ 166 Q42b Other problems in their neighbourhood over the last 12 months ........ 167 CONTENTS (continued) Page No. Q45b Reasons why respondents feel that increasing diversity is making Christchurch a better place to live .................................. 172 Q45b Reasons why respondents feel that increasing diversity is making Christchurch a worse place to live ................................... 180 Q47c Reasons why they don’t use public transport, or don’t use it more often........................................................... 187 Q52 Main things done in leisure time ..................................... 194 Christchurch City Council - Annual Survey of Residents March 2003 - Appendices of Open-Ended Responses Q1a The best things that the Christchurch City Council has done for Christchurch in the last few years... 01 ... Maintaining/upgrading parks and gardens - general improvements in parks - Halswell Quarry - parks and gardens - parks - planting and general landscaping - parks and gardens are kept green and tidy - the Botanical Gardens (especially the Peacock fountain) - maintenance of parks and continued development in gardens - maintaining Hagley Park - the city's gardens and lawns are pretty - Botanical Gardens and rotunda, redone the gardens - upgrading of Council parks - maintaining parks and keeping them up to date - over and above what's needed for parks in most areas - improvements in parks and reserves - developed Quarry Park at Halswell - they have preserved and maintained our parks, supported the Halswell Quarry Park - I like how they have looked after parks and expanded them by putting more in - the upkeep on the parks - gardens are impressive - parks, have made them more beautiful - keeping everything green, the parks are kept up to scratch - well developed parks - lots of lawns - the plantings around parks, noticed a lot more - I like the parks particularly the Botanic Gardens - parks and reserves always impressive with their performance - the maintenance of the parks is good - parks and reserves are much nicer now - parks, well served by parks - increasing number of parks and park maintenance 02 ... Continuing the garden city image - maintaining the garden city image - continuing with the garden city image - garden city image is well fostered - garden awards provided for good gardens - promoting garden city image, the garden competitions and making people proud of their city - garden city, the way they maintain it at world standard levels - I still like the term 'garden city' 1 Christchurch City Council - Annual Survey of Residents March 2003 - Appendices of Open-Ended Responses 03 ... Beautifying/landscaping streets/general city - general beautification of the city - beautifying the place - street landscapes - living streets concepts - Worcester Boulevard, Victoria Square, New Regent St - endeavouring to improve the landscape of the zigzag Sumner - street design and planting city-wide is commendable - street improvements in suburban streets - doing up the streets - upgrades of the streets in Edgeware - tidying up Victoria Square - I like the beautiful water fountain behind the Town Hall - Sumner, paved access to the esplanade area - plants in troughs along Worcester Boulevard makes the city attractive - the beautifying - getting Victoria Square looking nice, cobbling to the museum looks lovely - tidying up of streets - streetscapes are impressive - beautifying the streets and improving the area around Cave Rock Sumner - planting on roadways, the street planting - islands and garden areas in the streets - cleaning up the streets, landscaping, gutters, underground wiring - upgrading the buildings in the city, made them look great with painting and that - lighting up bridges - street landscaping - Victoria Square and Worcester Boulevard - landscaping - the plantings on road verges, noticed a lot more - beautified the streets - tidying up of Hampshire St, shopping area, park and community centre - the beautifying of different areas, the aesthetic look of the city is good - daffodils down Linwood Ave - upgrade in Victoria St, the paving and planter boxes - Worcester Boulevard, doing it up - subdivisions are becoming more attractive - Victoria Park, grass, seating, flowers - in the suburbs they have put an effort into landscaping - the roadside landscaping is good - beautification of the roads - the Council are trying hard beautifying subdivisions - lots of new planting on roadways - the look of things 2 Christchurch City Council - Annual Survey of Residents March 2003 - Appendices of Open-Ended Responses 04 ... Tree planting/native tree replanting - native planting - tree planting - increased plantings of native varieties - lots of trees - planting trees - continued planting of native plants - planting of trees and shrubs - native planting around the roading - planting of many trees and shrubs - street-side trees - trees that they've put down Blenheim Rd - native replanting - still planting English trees on the side of rivers - native plantings - planting trees around the business area - lots of trees planted - planting natives on the banks of the Avon has been good 05 ... Road improvements/improved traffic flows - developing roading - general improvements in roads - the new motorway system that runs by Travis Rd - the maintenance of the roads - improvements to roading and traffic flow - new road/motorway through Brighton - improvement to the roading especially the ring road, QE II Dr to the rubber works in Woolston, it's quicker that way - new bridge in area, Annex Rd - Yaldhurst Rd has been widened and people can drive more safely - the control islands placed on many intersections - improved roads - motorway - new motorway expressway - improvement of roading through roundabouts - put in motorways, use Curletts Rd through to Riccarton - new motorway through Bexley - I'm impressed with the progressive roading system, they have a good programme in place - upgrading the kerbing in roadways - roading, Curletts Rd - Fendalton road widening - ring route around the city - improving roads especially Dyers Pass Rd - developing the motorway in the north west area is successful in terms of traffic build up, Fendalton Rd - look after the roads - generally traffic moves/flows well - roads are tidy - created road bumps to slow traffic in urban areas - traffic assistance in Cresswell Ave - widening of the roads in Brighton - roading - general maintenance has improved 3 Christchurch City Council - Annual Survey of Residents March 2003 - Appendices of Open-Ended Responses 05 ... Road improvements/improved