Christchurch City Council's expecting to announce a public opening date next week - with the potential it won't be until after December's Special Olympics. Events director Liz Fitzgerald says it has ...

Christchurch’s urban environment—with its expansive land availability, established suburban patterns, and growing central city—required more flexibility than the national standards provided.

Much of the work ceased last week, when the Government granted an exemption from city-wide intensification. The exemption limits the potential for three, three-storey homes per section of land, to a ...

Christchurch and Auckland councils argued the Medium Density Residential Standards were not right for their cities.

Christchurch City Council has met its Housing Growth Target and is therefore able to withdraw part of Plan Change 14, RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop ...

Christchurch City Council has been given an exemption from housing intensification rules. John MacDonald has some thoughts.