Head Start Pathway: What It Means for Banks Peninsula and the Future of Local Government

Head Start Pathway: What It Means for Banks Peninsula and the Future of Local Government

by | Jul 19, 2026 | News and Updates, Banks Peninsula, Banks Peninsula Community Board, Christchurch City Council, Head Start Pathway, New Zealand, Survey | Community Consultation

Head Start Pathway: What It Means for Banks Peninsula and the Future of Local GovernmentWhat Is the Head Start Pathway?Head Start Guidelines – hereWhy Is Reform Being Considered?Christchurch City Council’s RoleWhat Could This Mean for Banks Peninsula?Looking...

Banks Peninsula Community Board presentation to the Christchurch City Council on Governance Partnership Agreement

by | Jul 2, 2026 | News and Updates, Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, Banks Peninsula Community Board, Christchurch City Council, New Zealand

Banks Peninsula Community Board presentation to the Christchurch City Council on Governance Partnership Agreement. The Chair of the Banks Peninsula Community Board raised concerns regarding the Governance Partnership Agreement between the Community Boards and the...
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...
Draft Banks Peninsula Community Board Plan 2026-2028

Draft Banks Peninsula Community Board Plan 2026-2028

by | Feb 16, 2026 | Banks Peninsula, Banks Peninsula Community Board, Christchurch City Council, Community Board Plan 2026-2028, Survey | Community Consultation

Draft Banks Peninsula Community Board Plan 2026-2028 " Read More Have Your Say on the Draft Banks Peninsula Community Board Plan 2026-2028   The Banks Peninsula Community Board has released its draft plan for 2026-2028, which sets out the vision and priorities...
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...
Steadfast Reserve Cass Bay Lyttelton

Steadfast Reserve Cass Bay Lyttelton

by | Apr 22, 2025 | Banks Peninsula, Banks Peninsula Community Board, Cass Bay, Christchurch City Council, Community Wellbeing, Parks and Reserves, Robust Infrastructure

Field visitBackground notes provided to the board members Field visit Prior to our board meeting, we visited Steadfast, located in Cass Bay. During our visit, we met with Jenny Healey, Chairperson of the Cass Bay Residents’ Association, and committee member Noeline...