Cost blowout renews call to scrap council’s Akaroa wastewater plans – RNZ Article

Cost blowout renews call to scrap council’s Akaroa wastewater plans – RNZ Article

by | Jun 3, 2026 | News and Updates, Akaroa, Akaroa and the Bays, Akaroa Wastewater, Banks Peninsula, Banks Peninsula Community Board, Christchurch City Council

Cost blowout renews call to scrap council’s Akaroa wastewater plans – RNZ Article: A Banks Peninsula residents’ group has renewed calls to scrap council plans for a wastewater plant in the Akaroa township, following a cost blowout of more than $70...
Residents ‘dismayed’ council is pushing ahead with Akaroa wastewater scheme – The Press Report

Residents ‘dismayed’ council is pushing ahead with Akaroa wastewater scheme – The Press Report

by | May 17, 2026 | News and Updates, Akaroa, Akaroa and the Bays, Akaroa Wastewater, Banks Peninsula, Banks Peninsula Community Board, Christchurch City Council

Residents ‘dismayed’ council is pushing ahead with Akaroa wastewater scheme – The Press Report The Christchurch City Council is pushing ahead with a contentious $94 million wastewater treatment scheme in Akaroa, to the shock of local residents who...
How Akaroa’s wastewater battle was won

How Akaroa’s wastewater battle was won

by | May 9, 2026 | News and Updates, Akaroa, Akaroa and the Bays, Akaroa Wastewater, Banks Peninsula, Banks Peninsula Community Board, Christchurch City Council

Akaroa’s wastewater treatment plant, built in the 1960s, is located at Takapūneke, a significant historical site; the site of a massacre and cemetery. The job of undoing this cultural insult passed to the Christchurch City Council in 2006, when it amalgamated with the...
Update on response to Whakaraupō and Akaroa Harbour sewage failures

Update on response to Whakaraupō and Akaroa Harbour sewage failures

by | Apr 25, 2026 | News and Updates, Akaroa, Akaroa and the Bays, Akaroa Wastewater, Banks Peninsula, Banks Peninsula Community Board, Christchurch City Council, Environment Canterbury (ECan)

Update on response to Whakaraupō and Akaroa Harbour sewage failures Earlier this year there were several sewage overflows into Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour and Akaroa Harbour which were not authorised. Due to this, on 20 March 2026, Canterbury Regional Council...
Christchurch City Council – Akaroa Wastewater Treatment Scheme

Christchurch City Council – Akaroa Wastewater Treatment Scheme

by | Aug 15, 2025 | News and Updates, Akaroa, Akaroa and the Bays, Akaroa Wastewater, Banks Peninsula, Banks Peninsula Community Board, Christchurch City Council, Environment Canterbury (ECan)

Christchurch City Council – Akaroa Wastewater Treatment Scheme Christchurch City Council (CCC) has applied for various resource consents to establish and operate a wastewater treatment scheme and associated discharges to land as part of the Akaroa Treated...
Council briefed on ocean outfall alternative for Akaroa wastewater scheme

Council briefed on ocean outfall alternative for Akaroa wastewater scheme

by | Jul 2, 2025 | News and Updates, Akaroa, Akaroa and the Bays, Akaroa Wastewater, Banks Peninsula, Banks Peninsula Community Board, Christchurch City Council

Council briefed on ocean outfall alternative for Akaroa wastewater scheme Christchurch City Council might, next year, reconsult and reconsider ocean outfall as a potential alternative to land irrigation for its future Akaroa and Duvauchelle wastewater treatment...