FRIENDS of Banks Peninsula Inc.

We have obtained the latest BECA technical report (see below for links) - it was dated 10 August 2018 and contains interesting...

Read the Akaroa Mail articles about Akaroa's Wastewater: Irrigation of Akaroa wastewater to Bays still being considered and More...

Concerned residents met to discuss the latest proposal put forward by the Christchurch City Council for a large wastewater scheme on the...

The Council purchased 500 hectares of the former Mt Desmond Station to form Misty Peaks Reserve, a scenic reserve that rises to nearly...

The Christchurch City Council have now announced the following: “The results are in from our test drilling, and it appears deep-bore...

Christchurch City Council presented their Update on Deep Bore Injection Option Locations and Costs to the Akaroa Treated Wastewater Reuse...

Both ECAN and Christchurch City Council are in the process of consulting on their draft Long Term Plans. These allocate budgets to...

Friends of Banks Peninsula have been following with interest the situation surrounding the public toilets on Banks Peninsula. Many have...

Penny Carnaby's, Independent Chair for the Akaroa Treated Wastewater Reuse Options Working Party, Letter to the Editor published in the 2...

The Akaroa Wastewater Working Party reconvened for a single session on November 20 and then went into recess. Council staff explained...

Friends of Banks Peninsula updated the Robinsons Bay Ratepayers Association and had a discussion about “where to from here” before...

Large storage ponds don’t come without problems. Read about Bromley residents' continuing battle with midges and Council’s failure to...

We were disappointed but not surprised that the Council refused to release the model used by PDP and Beca to calculate the land area...

The FRIENDS of Banks Peninsula Wastewater steering committee has been working steadily in the background to analyse the submissions to...

Radio NZ News reported that on Monday, 14 Aug, Akaroa and Banks Peninsula received almost a month's rain in 12 hours. Photos from around...

The Akaroa Mail, 11 Aug, 2017, reported the extension of the Akaroa wastewater deadline by the Environment Court.

Banks Peninsula was left in a very saturated state last week after heavy rainfall caused slips, property damage, flooding and some road...

FRIENDS of Banks Peninsula has submitted 2 sets of Official Information Act requests, on 16 June and 26 June. We seek information from...

Christchurch City Council has now posted all the submissions it received on its website. We are aware that due to the failure of the...

FRIENDS of Banks Peninsula was stunned to learn that the 5 options in the recent Akaroa Wastewater consultation were based on faulty...