There are plenty of options for travelling in low-emission ways that save time and cut costs.
Buildings are a major contributor to climate change because they use large amounts of energy.
Thinking differently about how we use and dispose of our stuff can substantially reduce our emissions.
By protecting natural habitats and carefully managing farmland and forests, we can help nature to help us.
Food needs to be grown, processed, transported, distributed, prepared, consumed and disposed of.
The long-awaited project to build erosion and flood protection structures along Te Ihutai/Avon-Heathcote Estuary edge in Southshore and South New Brighton is set to begin, following the approval of resource consent this week.
4 Feb 2026
Residents are being encouraged to take steps to prepare for increasingly severe weather and natural hazards, with Christchurch City Council launching new information to help people ready their homes for the impacts of climate change.
28 Jan 2026
With plenty of picnic spots, nature play areas and time for real fruit ice cream along the way, the City to Sea pathway makes for the perfect day of exploration on foot or wheels.
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Request, report and pay for Council services.
Apply for building and resource consents.
Manage your library borrowing.
Receive your rates invoice by email.
Book an indoor or outdoor space.
Take full control of your Rec and Sport membership.
List your events on What’s On Christchurch