Christchurch City Council#Community Boards
{{Short description|Local government authority for Christchurch, New Zealand}}
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{{Use New Zealand English|date=February 2024}}
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| leader1_type = Mayor
| leader1 = Phil Mauger
| party1 = Independent
| election1 = 25 October 2022
| leader2 = Pauline Cotter
| leader2_type = Deputy Mayor
| party2 = The People's Choice
| election2 = 25 October 2022
| leader3 = Mary Richardson
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| motto = Fide condita, fructu beata, spe fortis
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File:OxfordTerraceChristchurch13June2008.jpg (building on lower right corner) and the former New Zealand Post office, which was updated in 2009–10 by the architectural firm Ian Athfield and Associates to become the new civic offices (large white building in centre right rear). The Avon River / Ōtākaro flows through the city centre.]]
The Christchurch City Council (CCC) is the local government authority for Christchurch in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority elected to represent the {{NZ population data 2018|Christchurch city|y}} people of Christchurch.{{NZ population data 2018||||y}} Since October 2022, the Mayor of Christchurch is Phil Mauger, who succeeded after the retirement of Lianne Dalziel.{{cite web |url=https://www.electionz.com/LGE2022Results/ELT60CH22_results.pdf |title=2022 Triennial Elections, Declaration of Result |publisher=Christchurch City Council |date=14 October 2022 |access-date=14 October 2022 |archive-date=10 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010231843/https://www.electionz.com/LGE2022Results/ELT60CH22_results.pdf |url-status=live }} The council currently consists of 16 councillors elected from sixteen wards, and is presided over by the mayor, who is elected at large. The number of elected members and ward boundaries changed prior to the 2016 election.
History
As a result of the 1989 local government reforms, on 1 November 1989 Christchurch City Council took over the functions of the former Christchurch City Council, Heathcote County Council, Riccarton Borough Council, Waimairi District Council, part of Paparua County Council, and the Christchurch Drainage Board. On 6 March 2006, Banks Peninsula District Council merged with Christchurch City Council.{{cite web |date=March 2006 |title=City Scene — Merger: 'Business as usual' |url=http://archived.ccc.govt.nz/CityScene/2006/March/MergerBusinessAsUsual.asp |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=Christchurch City Council |archive-date=2 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202152938/http://archived.ccc.govt.nz/CityScene/2006/March/MergerBusinessAsUsual.asp |url-status=live }}
Councillor Yani Johanson campaigned since 2010 to live-stream council meetings for more transparency. Whilst the technology had been installed well before the 2013 local elections, it has only been used since the change to Lianne Dalziel as mayor.{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=Charles |title=City council meetings coming to you live |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/9335340/City-council-meetings-coming-to-you-live |access-date=18 April 2014 |work=The Press |date=29 October 2013 |page=A1 |archive-date=19 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419014720/http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/9335340/City-council-meetings-coming-to-you-live |url-status=live }}
In mid-June 2024, the Christchurch City Council announced it would be withdrawing from Local Government New Zealand after the local government bodies association raised its annual membership costs by more than NZ$20,000. Mayor Phil Mauger welcomed the withdrawal, saying that it would allow the Council to directly advocate for issues important to Christchurch and Banks Peninsula.{{cite news |title=Christchurch councillors decide to exit LGNZ |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/520021/christchurch-councillors-decide-to-exit-lgnz |access-date=30 June 2024 |work=RNZ |date=19 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628210750/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/520021/christchurch-councillors-decide-to-exit-lgnz |archive-date=28 June 2024}}
Elections
The council is elected every three years using the first-past-the-post voting system. The vote is conducted by postal ballot. The 2016 elections had a turnout of 38.3% down from 42.9% and 52.2% in 2013 and 2010 respectively.{{cite web |title=Final Voter Turnout 2016 |url=http://www.lgnz.co.nz/nzs-local-government/vote2016/final-voter-turnout-2016/ |access-date=29 October 2017 |archive-date=29 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029065236/http://www.lgnz.co.nz/nzs-local-government/vote2016/final-voter-turnout-2016/ |url-status=dead }}
Prior to the 2004 local elections, there were 24 councillors in Christchurch. At that election, the number of councillors halved to 12.{{cite news |last=Gamble |first=Warren |title=Winston's men ready to rumble |work=The Press |date=3 December 2011 |page=C8}} For electoral purposes, Christchurch was divided into six wards from 2004, and seven wards after the amalgamation with Banks Peninsula in 2006. The six metropolitan wards each elected two councillors, with the remaining councillor elected for the sparsely populated Banks Peninsula ward. The 2016 representation review by the Local Government Commission has resulted in 16 wards, with each ward electing one councillor, i.e. an increase in three councillors.{{cite news |last1=Stylianou |first1=Georgina |title=Battle lines drawn for seats |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/78929575/North-Christchurch-a-battleground-for-council-hopefuls |access-date=19 April 2016 |work=The Press |date=19 April 2016 |page=A1 |archive-date=27 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927104941/https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/78929575/north-christchurch-a-battleground-for-council-hopefuls |url-status=live }}
Political groupings represented on the council are the centre-right Independent CitizensIndependent Citizens Association: http://www.independentcitizens.org.nz {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100401104236/http://www.independentcitizens.org.nz/ |date=1 April 2010 }} and the centre-left The People's Choice (formerly Christchurch 2021).The People's Choice: http://www.thepeopleschoice.org.nz {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202165600/http://www.thepeopleschoice.org.nz/ |date=2 December 2016 }} Party politics are less influential in elections to the council than is the case for the House of Representatives, with 10 councillors elected on tickets and 7 elected as independents in 2019, including the mayor.
Organisation
= Mayor, council and committees =
{{See also|Mayor of Christchurch}}
Under most circumstances, the council is presided over by the mayor. At its first meeting after a local election, the council elects from among its members a Deputy Mayor, who acts as mayor in the absence and with the consent, or in the incapacity, of the mayor. The Deputy Mayor also presides at meetings if the mayor is not present. The Deputy Mayor is recommended by the mayor and is either confirmed or replaced in a vote of the first council meeting.
Councillors also serve on a number of committees. {{as of|2008}}, there is one Standing Committee, eight Standing Subcommittees, seven Joint Standing Committees and Working Parties (so called because they involve members of other local authorities), and 14 ad hoc subcommittees and working parties. The council can delegate certain powers to these committees, or alternatively they can consider matters in more detail and make recommendations to the full council.
= Community boards =
The council has established six community boards.{{cite web |title=Community Boards |url=https://ccc.govt.nz/the-council/how-the-council-works/elected-members/community-boards/ |website=ccc.govt.nz |publisher=Christchurch City Council |access-date=24 October 2022 |archive-date=23 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023215111/https://ccc.govt.nz/the-council/how-the-council-works/elected-members/community-boards/ |url-status=live }} These community boards deal with matters delegated to them by the council, act as representatives and advocates for their communities, and interact with community organisations and interest groups. General tasks typically delegated to local community boards are the locations of council rubbish bins, traffic lights, stop signs and pedestrian crossings; Also rubbish collection, local disturbance review and relaying information to the main council from their Ward area through the Councillor who has a right to sit on the board within their ward.
Some community boards, like the council, have created committees for specific purposes.
As of the 2022 local elections, the members of the community boards are:{{cite web |title=2022 Triennial Elections {{!}} DECLARATION OF RESULT |url=https://www.ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/The-Council/How-the-Council-works/Elections/2022-elections/Christchurch-City-Council-2022-Triennial-Elections-Final-FPP-Result.pdf |website=www.ccc.govt.nz |publisher=Christchurch City Council |access-date=23 October 2022 |archive-date=21 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021120329/https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/The-Council/How-the-Council-works/Elections/2022-elections/Christchurch-City-Council-2022-Triennial-Elections-Final-FPP-Result.pdf |url-status=live }}
= Organisational support =
The day-to-day administration of the City of Christchurch is carried out by a large team of Council staff. Indeed, in everyday usage, the term the council is extended to include not just the Mayor and Councillors, but the entire local civil service. The professional head of the civil service is the chief executive, who is appointed by the council under contract for up to five years. The chief executive is assisted by a team of general managers, who each have an individualised portfolio.{{cite web |title=CCC Organisation Chart |url=https://ccc.govt.nz/the-council/how-the-council-works/organisation-structure/chief-executive-and-executive-team/ |access-date=15 May 2023 |archive-date=15 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515081539/https://ccc.govt.nz/the-council/how-the-council-works/organisation-structure/chief-executive-and-executive-team/ |url-status=live }}
In early July 2013, CEO Tony Marryatt was put on indefinite leave on full pay over the council losing its accreditation with International Accreditation New Zealand (IANZ) to issue building consents, one of council's core functions.{{cite news |title=Mayor withdraws support for Marryatt |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/local-elections-2013/8875682/Mayor-withdraws-support-for-Marryatt |access-date=14 July 2013 |work=The Press |date=4 July 2013 |page=A1 |archive-date=2 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902024516/https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/local-elections-2013/8875682/Mayor-withdraws-support-for-Marryatt |url-status=live }} General manager Jane Parfitt was appointed acting CEO.{{cite news |title=Parfitt steps up to fill council's 'hot seat' |work=The Press |date=4 July 2013 |page=A2}} Karleen Edwards was chief executive from June 2014 to June 2019. In July 2019, she was succeeded by Dawn Baxendale.{{cite news |last1=Kenny |first1=Lee |title=Pay hike for new boss |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/114168073/incoming-christchurch-city-council-chief-executives-salary-just-shy-of-500000 |access-date=12 July 2019 |work=The Press |date=12 July 2019 |pages=1–2 |archive-date=11 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711200846/https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/114168073/incoming-christchurch-city-council-chief-executives-salary-just-shy-of-500000 |url-status=live }} Baxendale resigned in November 2023, and was replaced by Mary Richardson on an interim basis.{{citation|title=Christchurch City Council chief executive Dawn Baxendale resigns|language=en|work=The New Zealand Herald |first1=Kurt|last1=Bayer|date=19 November 2023|access-date=2 September 2024|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-city-council-chief-executive-dawn-baxendale-resigns/Y5LL3KQMURF63JIYMQP2MYZLUU/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128231454/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-city-council-chief-executive-dawn-baxendale-resigns/Y5LL3KQMURF63JIYMQP2MYZLUU/|archive-date=28 November 2023|url-status=live}}
List of chief executives{{efn|The title of chief executive replaced the previous title of general manager, which in turn replaced the original title of town clerk.}}
Elected members
{{main category|Christchurch City Councillors}}
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The current elected members were chosen at the 2022 New Zealand local elections. Since then, two by-elections have been held to fill vacancies on community boards — one in the Innes ward and another in the Lyttelton subdivision of Banks Peninsula. In addition, one vacancy was filled by appointment under section 117(3)(a) of the Local Electoral Act 2001.https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2025/05/HHRB_20250501_AGN_10584_AT_EXTRA.htm
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colspan=6 | Community Boards |
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colspan=6 | Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula Community Board |
Position
! Subdivision ! Name ! colspan="2" | Affiliation (if any) ! Notes |
Chairperson
| Wairewa | class="nowrap"| Lyn Leslie | bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" | | Independent | |
Member
| Lyttelton | class="nowrap"| Cathy Lum-Webb | bgcolor="{{New Zealand local body group colour|party=People's Choice}}" | | The People's Choice | |
Member
| Mount Herbert | class="nowrap"| Howard Needham | bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" | | Independent | |
Member
| Mount Herbert | class="nowrap"| Luana Swindells | bgcolor="{{New Zealand local body group colour|party=People's Choice}}" | | The People's Choice | |
Member
| Akaroa | class="nowrap"| Nigel Harrison | bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" | | Independent | |
Member
| Akaroa | class="nowrap"| Asif Hussain | bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" | | Independent | |
Member
| Lyttelton | class="nowrap"| Jillian Frater | bgcolor="{{New Zealand local body group colour|party=People's Choice}}" | | The People's Choice |
colspan=6 | Former Members |
Member
| Lyttelton | class="nowrap"| Reuben Davidson | bgcolor="{{New Zealand local body group colour|party=People's Choice}}" | | The People's Choice | Resigned to stand as the Labour candidate for Christchurch East in the 2023 general election, which he won.{{citation|title=Davidson resigns as community board chair|language=en|work=Otago Daily Times |date=5 July 2023|access-date=7 March 2025|url=https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-christchurch/davidson-resigns-community-board-chair}} |
colspan=6 | Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board |
Position
!Ward !Member !colspan="3" |Affiliation (if any) |
Chairperson
|Linwood | class="nowrap"|Paul McMahon |bgcolor="{{New Zealand local body group colour|party=People's Choice}}" | |colspan="2" |The People's Choice – Labour |
Deputy Chairperson
|Linwood | class="nowrap"|Jackie Simons |bgcolor="{{New Zealand local body group colour|party=People's Choice}}" | |colspan="2" |The People's Choice – Labour |
Member
|Burwood | class="nowrap"|Greg Mitchell |bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" | |colspan="2" |Independent |
Member
|Burwood | class="nowrap"|Tim Baker |bgcolor="{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | |colspan="2" |Labour |
Member
|Coastal | class="nowrap"|Jo Zervos |bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" | |colspan="2" |Independent |
Member
|Coastal | class="nowrap"|Alex Hewison |bgcolor="{{New Zealand local body group colour|party=People's Choice}}" | |colspan="2" |The People's Choice – Labour |
colspan=6 | Waimāero Fendalton–Waimairi–Harewood Community Board |
Position
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Chairperson
| Harewood | class="nowrap"| Jason Middlemiss | bgcolor="{{party color|Independent Citizens}}" | | Independent Citizens | |
Deputy Chairperson
| Fendalton | class="nowrap"| Bridget Williams | bgcolor="{{party color|Independent Citizens}}" | | Independent Citizens | |
Member
| Harewood | class="nowrap"| Linda Chen | bgcolor="{{party color|Independent Citizens}}" | | Independent Citizens | |
Member
| Waimairi | class="nowrap"| Nicola McCormick | bgcolor="{{party color|Avonhead Community Group}}" | | Avonhead Community Group | |
Member
| Waimairi | class="nowrap"| Shirish Paranjape | bgcolor="{{party color|Independent Citizens}}" | | Independent Citizens | Resigning from the board 1 July 2025. Position on the board will not be filled.https://www.neighbourly.co.nz/public/christchurch/ilam/message/78226367 |
Member
| Fendalton | class="nowrap"| David Cartwright | bgcolor="{{party color|Independent Citizens}}" | | Independent Citizens |
colspan=6 | Waipuna Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board |
Position
! Ward ! Member ! colspan="2" | Affiliation (if any) ! Notes |
Chairperson
| Halswell | class="nowrap"|Marie Pollisco | bgcolor="{{party color|The People's Choice (political ticket)}}" | | The People's Choice | Chairperson 9 May 2024 – present, and Deputy Chair October 2022 – 9 May 2024. Appointed as chairperson after the resignation of Helen Broughton from the position. She has been the subject of concerns of a possible conflict-of-interest, as she also works for the Christchurch City Council planning department.{{citation|title=Pride and distrust as troubled community board elects new leader|language=en|work=The Press |url-access=subscription|first1=Sinead|last1=Gill|date=9 May 2024|access-date=7 March 2025|url=https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350272655/pride-and-distrust-troubled-community-board-elects-new-leader}} |
Deputy Chairperson
| Riccarton | class="nowrap"|Helen Broughton | bgcolor="{{party color|Independent Citizens}}" | | Independent Citizens | Chairperson October 2022 – 9 May 2024 & Deputy Chair 9 May 2024 – present. Was initially chairperson, but resigned amid controversy over her leadership and a "dysfunctional" board. Her initial resignation was rejected, as she included the stipulation that she remain board representative for issues relating to planning. She later resigned again, that time with no stipulations, which was accepted. She remained a member of the community board in the deputy-chairperson role.{{citation|title=Community board chairperson resigns (again) from 'dysfunctional' board|language=en|work=The Press |url-access=subscription|first1=Sinead|last1=Gill|date=12 April 2024|access-date=7 March 2025|url=https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350243592/community-board-chairperson-resigns-again-dysfunctional-board|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250119023612/https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350243592/community-board-chairperson-resigns-again-dysfunctional-board|archive-date=19 January 2025}} |
Member 2022
| Hornby | class="nowrap"|Sarah Brunton | bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" | | Independent | |
Member
| Hornby | class="nowrap"|Henk Buunk | bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" | | Independent | Formerly affiliated to The People's Choice, but resigned the affiliation to vote against the appointment of Pollisco as chair.{{citation|title=Pride and distrust as troubled community board elects new leader|language=en|work=The Press|url-access=subscription|first1=Sinead|last1=Gill|date=9 May 2024|access-date=7 March 2025|url=https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350272655/pride-and-distrust-troubled-community-board-elects-new-leader|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250312062319/https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350272655/pride-and-distrust-troubled-community-board-elects-new-leader|archive-date=12 March 2025}} |
Member
| Halswell | class="nowrap"|Debbie Mora | bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" | | Independent | |
Member
| Riccarton | class="nowrap"|Luke Chandler | bgcolor="{{party color|Independent Citizens}}" | | Independent Citizens | Appointed to the Riccarton board on 10 April 2025 following the resignation of Gamal Fouda. |
colspan=6 | Former Members |
Member
| Riccarton | class="nowrap"|Gamal Fouda | bgcolor="{{party color|The People's Choice (political ticket)}}" | | The People's Choice | October 2022 – 31 March 2025 Imam of the Al Noor Mosque, moved to Australia in early 2025.{{citation|title=Imam Gamal Fouda leaving Al Noor Mosque|language=en|work=RNZ |first1=Delphine|last1=Herbert|date=3 March 2025|access-date=7 March 2025|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/543594/imam-gamal-fouda-leaving-al-noor-mosque}} |
colspan=6 | Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board |
Position
! Ward ! Member ! colspan="2" | Affiliation (if any) ! Notes |
Chairperson
| Papanui | class="nowrap"| Emma Norrish | bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" | | Independent | |
Deputy Chairperson
| Papanui | class="nowrap"| Simon Britten | bgcolor="{{party color|Think Papanui}}" | | Think Papanui | |
Member
| Innes | class="nowrap"| Emma Twaddell | bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" | | Independent | |
Member
| Central | class="nowrap"| Sunita Gautam | bgcolor="{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | | Labour | |
Member
| Central | class="nowrap"| John Miller | bgcolor="{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | | Labour | |
Member
| Innes | class="nowrap"| Ali Jones | bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" | | Independent |
colspan=6 | Former Members |
Member
| Innes | class="nowrap"| Shreejana Chhetri | bgcolor="{{party color|The People's Choice (political ticket)}}" | | The People's Choice | Resigned within one month of the election result declaration, triggering a by-election.{{citation|title=Resignation triggers $75,000 by-election|language=en|work=The Press |first=Steven|last=Walton|via=Pressreader|date=3 November 2022|access-date=7 March 2025|url=https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/the-press/20221103/281681143825846}} |
colspan=6 | Waihoro Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote Community Board |
Position
!Ward !Member !colspan="3" |Affiliation (if any) |
Chairperson
|Spreydon | class="nowrap"|Callum Ward |bgcolor="{{party color|The People's Choice (political ticket)}}" | |colspan="2" |The People's Choice – Labour |
Deputy Chairperson
|Cashmere | class="nowrap"|Keir Leslie |bgcolor="{{party color|The People's Choice (political ticket)}}" | |colspan="2" |The People's Choice – Labour |
Member
|Spreydon | class="nowrap"|Roy Kenneally |bgcolor="{{party color|The People's Choice (political ticket)}}" | |colspan="2" |The People's Choice – Labour |
Member
|Cashmere | class="nowrap"|Lee Sampson |bgcolor="{{party color|The People's Choice (political ticket)}}" | |colspan="2" |The People's Choice – Labour |
Member
|Heathcote | class="nowrap"|Will Hall |bgcolor="{{party color|Independent Voice For Heathcote}}" | |colspan="2" |Independent Voice For Heathcote |
Member
|Heathcote | class="nowrap"|Tim Lindley |bgcolor="{{party color|For Communities You'll Love To Live In}}" | |colspan="2" |For Communities You'll Love To Live In |
Wards
The 16 councillors were each individually elected from one of 16 electoral wards:{{cite web |title=Deputy Mayor and Councillors |url=https://ccc.govt.nz/the-council/how-the-council-works/elected-members/deputy-mayor-and-councillors/ |website=ccc.govt.nz |publisher=Christchurch City Council |access-date=1 June 2024 |archive-date=1 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601150414/https://ccc.govt.nz/the-council/how-the-council-works/elected-members/deputy-mayor-and-councillors/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Ward and Community Boards map |url=https://www.ccc.govt.nz/the-council/how-the-council-works/elected-members/representation/ |website=ccc.govt.nz |publisher=Christchurch City Council |access-date=1 June 2024 |archive-date=23 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523120020/https://ccc.govt.nz/the-council/how-the-council-works/elected-members/representation |url-status=live }}
- Banks Peninsula ward – Covers the whole of Banks Peninsula, including the subdivisions of Akaroa, Lyttelton, Wairewa, and Mount Herbert.{{cite web |title=TE PĀTAKA O RĀKAIHAUTŪ BANKS PENINSULA WARD PROFILE |url=https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Stats-and-facts-on-Christchurch/2023-Community-profiles/2023-Community-Profiles-Banks-Peninsula.pdf |website=ccc.govt.nz |publisher=Christchurch City Council |access-date=1 June 2024 |archive-date=1 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601150426/https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Stats-and-facts-on-Christchurch/2023-Community-profiles/2023-Community-Profiles-Banks-Peninsula.pdf |url-status=live }}
- Burwood ward – Covers the suburbs of Aranui, Wainoni, Bexley, Burwood, Avondale, Dallington, Shirley East, Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor, Prestons, Waitikiri, Marshlands and Travis Wetlands.{{cite web |title=BURWOOD WARD PROFILE |url=https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Stats-and-facts-on-Christchurch/2023-Community-profiles/2023-Community-Profiles-Burwood-Ward.pdf |website=ccc.govt.nz |publisher=Christchurch City Council |access-date=1 June 2024 |archive-date=18 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518120428/https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Stats-and-facts-on-Christchurch/2023-Community-profiles/2023-Community-Profiles-Burwood-Ward.pdf |url-status=live }}
- Cashmere ward – Covers the suburbs of Westmorland, Cracroft, Somerfield, Cashmere, Beckenham, Huntsbury, and St Martins.{{cite web |title=CASHMERE WARD PROFILE |url=https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Stats-and-facts-on-Christchurch/2023-Community-profiles/2023-Community-Profiles-Cashmere-Ward.pdf |website=ccc.govt.nz |publisher=Christchurch City Council |access-date=1 June 2024 |archive-date=29 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529093906/https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Stats-and-facts-on-Christchurch/2023-Community-profiles/2023-Community-Profiles-Cashmere-Ward.pdf |url-status=live }}
- Central ward – Apart from the central city, it covers the suburbs of Richmond, Linwood Village, Avon Loop, Phillipstown and Charleston.{{cite web |title=CENTRAL WARD PROFILE |url=https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Stats-and-facts-on-Christchurch/2023-Community-profiles/2023-Community-Profiles-Central-Ward.pdf |website=ccc.govt.nz |publisher=Christchurch City Council |access-date=1 June 2024 |archive-date=28 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528043227/https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Stats-and-facts-on-Christchurch/2023-Community-profiles/2023-Community-Profiles-Central-Ward.pdf |url-status=live }}
- Coastal ward – Covers the suburbs of the suburbs of Brooklands, Spencerville, Kāinga, Ouruhia, Queenspark, Parklands, Waimairi Beach, North New Brighton, New Brighton, South New Brighton, and Southshore.{{cite web |title=COASTAL WARD PROFILE |url=https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Stats-and-facts-on-Christchurch/2023-Community-profiles/2023-Community-Profiles-Coastal-Ward.pdf |website=ccc.govt.nz |publisher=Christchurch City Council |access-date=1 June 2024 |archive-date=18 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518120416/https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Stats-and-facts-on-Christchurch/2023-Community-profiles/2023-Community-Profiles-Coastal-Ward.pdf |url-status=live }}
- Fendalton ward – Covers the suburbs of Fendalton, Merivale, Strowan and Bryndwr as well as parts of Ilam, Burnside and St Albans.{{cite web |title=FENDALTON WARD PROFILE |url=https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Stats-and-facts-on-Christchurch/2023-Community-profiles/2023-Community-Profiles-Fendalton-Ward.pdf |website=ccc.govt.nz |publisher=Christchurch City Council |access-date=1 June 2024 |archive-date=1 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601150416/https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Stats-and-facts-on-Christchurch/2023-Community-profiles/2023-Community-Profiles-Fendalton-Ward.pdf |url-status=live }}
- Halswell ward – Covers the suburbs of Halswell, Wigram, Aidanfield and Kennedys Bush.{{cite web |title=HALSWELL WARD PROFILE |url=https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Stats-and-facts-on-Christchurch/2023-Community-profiles/2023-Community-Profiles-Halswell-Ward.pdf |website=ccc.govt.nz |publisher=Christchurch City Council |access-date=1 June 2024 |archive-date=15 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615055537/https://www.ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Stats-and-facts-on-Christchurch/2023-Community-profiles/2023-Community-Profiles-Halswell-Ward.pdf |url-status=live }}
- Harewood ward – Covers the suburbs of Bishopdale, Harewood, Northwood and Belfast and parts of Casebrook and Yaldhurst.{{cite web |title=HAREWOOD WARD PROFILE |url=https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Stats-and-facts-on-Christchurch/2023-Community-profiles/2023-Community-Profiles-Harewood-Ward.pdf |website=ccc.govt.nz |publisher=Christchurch City Council |access-date=1 June 2024 |archive-date=24 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924064958/https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Stats-and-facts-on-Christchurch/2023-Community-profiles/2023-Community-Profiles-Harewood-Ward.pdf |url-status=live }}
- Heathcote ward – Covers the suburbs of Sydenham, Waltham, Opawa, Murray Aynsley, Heathcote Valley, Ferrymead, Saint Andrews Hill, Mt Pleasant, Moncks Spur, Redcliffs, Sumner, Scarborough and Onepoto Taylors Mistake.{{cite web |title=HEATHCOTE WARD PROFILE |url=https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Stats-and-facts-on-Christchurch/2023-Community-profiles/2023-Community-Profiles-Heathcote-Ward.pdf |website=ccc.govt.nz |publisher=Christchurch City Council |access-date=1 June 2024 |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404221402/https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Stats-and-facts-on-Christchurch/2023-Community-profiles/2023-Community-Profiles-Heathcote-Ward.pdf |url-status=live }}
- Hornby ward – Covers the suburbs of Hornby, Hei Hei, Islington and Yaldhurst, as well as parts of Wigram and Sockburn.{{cite web |title=HORNBY WARD PROFILE |url=https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Stats-and-facts-on-Christchurch/2023-Community-profiles/2023-Community-Profiles-Hornby-Ward.pdf |website=ccc.govt.nz |publisher=Christchurch City Council |access-date=1 June 2024 |archive-date=2 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902024514/https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Stats-and-facts-on-Christchurch/2023-Community-profiles/2023-Community-Profiles-Hornby-Ward.pdf |url-status=live }}
- Innes ward – Covers the suburbs of Edgeware, Mairehau, Shirley, and St Albans.{{cite web |title=INNES WARD PROFILE |url=https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Stats-and-facts-on-Christchurch/2023-Community-profiles/2023-Community-Profiles-Innes-Ward.pdf |website=ccc.govt.nz |publisher=Christchurch City Council |access-date=1 June 2024 |archive-date=28 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528043216/https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Stats-and-facts-on-Christchurch/2023-Community-profiles/2023-Community-Profiles-Innes-Ward.pdf |url-status=live }}
- Linwood ward – Covers the suburbs of Linwood, Woolston, and Bromley.{{cite web |title=LINWOOD WARD PROFILE |url=https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Stats-and-facts-on-Christchurch/2023-Community-profiles/2023-Community-Profiles-Linwood-Ward.pdf |website=ccc.govt.nz |publisher=Christchurch City Council |access-date=1 June 2024 |archive-date=18 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518120440/https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Stats-and-facts-on-Christchurch/2023-Community-profiles/2023-Community-Profiles-Linwood-Ward.pdf |url-status=live }}
- Papanui ward – Covers the suburbs of Papanui, Redwood, Northcote and Sawyers Arms.{{cite web |title=PAPANUI WARD PROFILE |url=https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Stats-and-facts-on-Christchurch/2023-Community-profiles/2023-Community-Profiles-Papanui-Ward.pdf |website=ccc.govt.nz |publisher=Christchurch City Council |access-date=1 June 2024 |archive-date=1 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601164322/https://www.ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Stats-and-facts-on-Christchurch/2023-Community-profiles/2023-Community-Profiles-Papanui-Ward.pdf |url-status=live }}
- Riccarton ward – Covers the suburbs of Riccarton, Ilam, Sockburn and Upper Riccarton.{{cite web |title=RICCARTON WARD PROFILE |url=https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Stats-and-facts-on-Christchurch/2023-Community-profiles/2023-Community-Profiles-Riccarton-Ward.pdf |website=ccc.govt.nz |publisher=Christchurch City Council |access-date=1 June 2024 |archive-date=1 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601150418/https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Stats-and-facts-on-Christchurch/2023-Community-profiles/2023-Community-Profiles-Riccarton-Ward.pdf |url-status=live }}
- Spreydon ward – Covers the suburbs of Addington, Hillmorton, Hoon Hay and Spreydon.{{cite web |title=SPREYDON WARD PROFILE |url=https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Stats-and-facts-on-Christchurch/2023-Community-profiles/2023-Community-Profiles-Spreydon-Ward.pdf |website=ccc.govt.nz |publisher=Christchurch City Council |access-date=1 June 2024 |archive-date=31 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531185824/https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Stats-and-facts-on-Christchurch/2023-Community-profiles/2023-Community-Profiles-Spreydon-Ward.pdf |url-status=live }}
- Waimairi ward – Covers the suburbs of Russley, Avonhead and Burnside as well as parts of Ilam.{{cite web |title=WAIMAIRI WARD PROFILE |url=https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Stats-and-facts-on-Christchurch/2023-Community-profiles/2023-Community-Profiles-Waimairi-Ward.pdf |website=ccc.govt.nz |publisher=Christchurch City Council |access-date=1 June 2024 |archive-date=2 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902024514/https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Stats-and-facts-on-Christchurch/2023-Community-profiles/2023-Community-Profiles-Waimairi-Ward.pdf |url-status=live }}
Responsibilities and services
{{See also|Territorial authorities of New Zealand}}
The council is vested with a power of "general competence" for the social, economic and cultural well-being of Christchurch. In particular, the Council has responsibility for a range of local services, including roads (except State Highways), water, sewerage, waste collection, parks and reserves, and libraries. Urban development is managed through the maintenance of a city plan and associated zoning regulations, together with building and resource consents. The council has been given extra powers to regulate certain types of business operations, notably suppliers of alcohol and brothels.
= Building consents =
One of the core functions of the council is to check and approve building consents. In July 2013, Christchurch City Council lost its accreditation for issuing building consents, in the middle of a rebuild period following the devastating February 2011 Christchurch earthquake.{{cite news |last1 =Cairns |first1 =Lois |last2 =Young |first2 =Rachel |title =Council to be banned from issuing consents |url =http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/8862238/Council-to-be-banned-from-issuing-consents |access-date =1 July 2013 |work =The Press |date =1 July 2013 |archive-date =21 October 2013 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20131021212853/http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/8862238/Council-to-be-banned-from-issuing-consents |url-status =live }} A Crown manager, Doug Martin, was installed to reform the council's building consent department.{{cite news |last2 =Conway |first2 =Glenn |last1 =Young |first1 =Rachel |title ='Major challenges' ahead |url =http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/9127157/Council-consents-backlog-is-growing |access-date =21 October 2013 |work =The Press |date =5 September 2013 |page =A2 |archive-date =21 October 2013 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20131021212708/http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/9127157/Council-consents-backlog-is-growing |url-status =live }} The Council successfully obtained reaccreditation in December 2014.{{Cite web |url=https://www.ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Consents-and-Licences/building-consents/Reports/Final-Report-of-the-Crown-Manager-for-Building-Control.PDF |title=Archived copy |access-date=15 May 2023 |archive-date=15 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515075325/https://www.ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Consents-and-Licences/building-consents/Reports/Final-Report-of-the-Crown-Manager-for-Building-Control.PDF |url-status=live }}
= Kerbside waste collection =
Christchurch has a wheelie bin kerbside collection system, which replaced their previous system. The previous system required the resident to put a black rubbish bag out every week to the kerbside, along with a green recycling crate. With the current system, residents are given three wheelie bins: One 240 litre bin (recycling), One 140 litre bin (rubbish), and one 80 litre bin (organics). Each week, residents can put two of the three bins out. The 80 litre organics bin goes out every week and the 240 litre recycling and the 140 litre rubbish alternate.
= Christchurch City Libraries =
{{See also|Christchurch City Libraries}}
= The Shuttle =
Whilst public transport is the responsibility of regional councils, the Christchurch City Council provided a free central city service. The Shuttle operated from December 1998 to February 2011 and came to an end with the February 22 earthquake.{{cite news |last1=Hayward |first1=Michael |title=CBD shuttle trail (sic) would have to be funded by council or by cutting other services |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/97840188/cbd-shuttle-trail-would-have-to-be-funded-by-council-or-by-cutting-other-services |access-date=5 April 2020 |work=Stuff |date=16 October 2017 |archive-date=8 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008221035/https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/97840188/cbd-shuttle-trail-would-have-to-be-funded-by-council-or-by-cutting-other-services |url-status=live }}
= Offices =
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;1862–1887
The Christchurch Municipal Council, as it was originally called, was using the Christchurch Land Office, the first public building erected in Christchurch in 1851.{{cite web|title=Remembering our former homes as we move to the Council's new Home on Hereford|url=http://www.ccc.govt.nz/cityleisure/artsculture/christchurchheritage/archives/formerhomes.aspx|publisher=Christchurch City Council |access-date=21 April 2011|archive-date=7 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807172117/http://www.ccc.govt.nz/cityleisure/artsculture/christchurchheritage/archives/formerhomes.aspx|url-status=live}}
;1887–1924
On the same site, the council had the so far only purpose-built Municipal chambers constructed, designed by Samuel Hurst Seager in a Queen Anne style. Many years after the council moved out in 1920 the building became known as Our City and is registered as a Category I heritage building with Heritage New Zealand (NZHPT).{{NZHPT|1844|Our City|22 April 2011}}
;1924–1980
Council purchased the burned out shell of the former Canterbury Hall and built new Municipal offices in Manchester Street. Later it became known as The Civic, after the name of the Restaurant and bar of the same name. The building was registered as a Category II heritage building with the NZHPT,{{NZHPT|1870|Civic|22 April 2011}} and was demolished after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
;1980–2010
Council bought the former Miller's Department Store and moved to 163 Tuam Street in 1980. This gave rise to the occasional metonymic use of Tuam Street to refer to the municipal government. The building was registered as a Category II heritage building with the NZHPT,{{NZHPT|1856|Civic Offices, Tuam Street|22 April 2011}} and was demolished after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
;2010 to present
In August 2010, the Council's new offices were officially opened in a refurbishment of the former Christchurch Mail Sorting Centre, designed by the Ministry of Works in 1974. The redevelopment was supervised by Wellington-based architect Ian Athfield.
The council also maintains service centres in the suburbs of Fendalton, Hornby, Linwood, Papanui, Riccarton, Shirley, and in the towns of Lyttelton, Little River and Akaroa.
See also
- Christchurch City Holdings, a wholly owned investment arm of the Christchurch City Council
- Coat of arms of the City of Christchurch, granted to the Christchurch City Council in 1949
Notes
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References
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External links
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