

Council agrees to sea-level rise response
The Council has today agreed to a further peer review of its Coastal Hazard Assessment Report (Tonkin & Taylor 2015) and a subsequent...


Christchurch City Council considers changing coastal hazard LIM listings
The Christchurch City Council is considering subjecting a controversial report on coastal hazards to a second peer review. The...


Chapter 9 and 5 –  SES and Coastal submission dates
UPDATED NOV 29 - see highlighted changed dates below Here is a useful and handy list of the relevant dates for Chapter 9 and 5 – SES...


Preparing New Zealand for rising seas
Certainy or Uncertainty? The main issues are coastal flooding, coastal erosion, and coastal groundwater. In this extensive report you...


Christchurch ratepayers suffering major stress and financial loss as a consequence of the Council re
Science Adviser Simon Arnold has produced a report which points out the Christchurch City Council's Tonkin and Taylor report breaches the...


Expert calls on council to abandon climate hazard sea-rise report
A new review has slated the sea-level findings used by Christchurch City Council to assess risks to coastal properties. While council has...


Group vows to continue fight against coastal hazard LIM listings
The Christchurch City Council has changed the details on property records about coastal hazards, but affected residents want the...


Christchurch City Council staff have their own doubts about accuracy of coastal hazard maps
Christchurch City Council staff have their own doubts about accuracy of coastal hazard maps. The city council has tagged 18,600 land...


Reopened Christchurch seaside dump an environmental time bomb?
Environment Canterbury has recommended to Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee that he extend the re-opened old...


Government overrides Christchurch council and dumps sea rise hazard
Government overrides Christchurch council and dumps sea rise hazard The government has overridden Christchurch City Council and dumped a...