Banks Peninsula News

Banks Peninsula — Christchurch City Council is today (Friday 5 October) closing four community facilities on the Banks Peninsula after receiving the results of engineering assessments that show they are earthquake-prone.

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Banks Peninsula — While most people will be at the beach over summer, University of Canterbury senior lecturer Chris Hann will be out on Bank’s Peninsula testing rockets flying up to 1400kmph.

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Banks Peninsula — Five Banks Peninsula environmental organisations will have funding certainty for the next three years due to a change in policy by the Christchurch City Council.

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Banks Peninsula — Conservation Minister Kate Wilkinson has welcomed the conviction of an endangered gecko smuggler but says tougher penalties are needed.

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Banks Peninsula — Christchurch City Council is asking Banks Peninsula residents to check their stormwater drainage systems as spring approaches.

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Banks Peninsula — At around 8 am today police were notified of a helicopter crash in the Kaituna Valley area of Mt Herbert, Banks Peninsula.

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Banks Peninsula — Green Party MP Sue Kedgley today paid tribute to Sir Don Beavan for his outstanding work on diabetes treatment and prevention.

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Banks Peninsula — Regional Coroner Sue Johnson has today established the identification of the person who died in Little Akaloa yesterday and confirms it is Professor Sir Donald Beaven.

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Banks Peninsula — Formal identification of a body in a house destroyed by fire in the Banks Peninsula settlement of Little Akaloa yesterday, could take days, say Christchurch Police.

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Banks Peninsula — Canterbury Police advise that SH 75, the Akaroa Highway, has been blocked by a large tree falling across the road between Little River and the Hill Top.

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Banks Peninsula — Still looking for William Stewart 4:07pm 19 March 2009 Police are still looking for William Alexander Stewart and believe he is still in the Selwyn area.

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Banks Peninsula — Emergency Services are at the scene of a vehicle crash on the Christchurch Akaroa Road (SH75) in Duvauchelle, near Akaroa.

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Banks Peninsula — The award of $35,000 costs to Federated Farmers from Environment Canterbury (Canterbury Regional Council), signals the end of an 11 year fight for the right to farm in Banks Peninsula.

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Banks Peninsula — At 8.00pm last night Police responded to an address in Port Levy, Banks Peninsula to investigate a serious assault after calls by several people.

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Banks Peninsula — At 8.00pm tonight Police responded to an address in Port Levy, Banks Peninsula to investigate a serious assault.

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Banks Peninsula — Environment Canterbury chief executive Dr Bryan Jenkins has confirmed that the council will not appeal the recent Environment Court decision on landscape provisions of the Banks Peninsula District Plan, now part of Christchurch City.

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Banks Peninsula — Statement from Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker on the Environment Court decision re Banks Peninsula landscape appeals.

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Banks Peninsula — The Environment Court has ruled in favour of farmers on the Banks Peninsula who have been fighting for the right to farm their land for over a decade.

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Banks Peninsula — After visiting a number of biodiversity projects on Banks Peninsula this week, Conservation Minister Hon.

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Banks Peninsula — Significant progress has been made in relation to the death of Tui Rosemary TAIT through the course of today.

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Banks Peninsula — Police are continuing the investigation into the death of Tui Rosemary Tait, 52, also known as Rose Payne.

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Banks Peninsula — Police have now been able to formally identify the female whose body was located on Western Valley Road, Port Levy earlier today.  She was 52 year old Tui Rosemary TAIT.

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