{"id":6977,"date":"2023-08-04T05:21:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T17:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=6977"},"modified":"2023-08-04T05:21:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T17:21:51","slug":"government-completes-christchurch-red-zone-transfer-to-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=6977","title":{"rendered":"Government completes Christchurch red zone transfer to council"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than a decade on from the Canterbury earthquakes, the government has completed the transfer of red zone land to the city council.<\/p>\n

Crown-owned red zone land along the \u014ct\u0101karo Avon River Corridor is being returned to the council, marking the end of the government’s post-earthquake responsibilities in the process.<\/p>\n

A residential red zone is any of several areas of land in and around Christchurch which experienced severe damage in the 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquakes and were deemed infeasible to rebuild on.<\/p>\n

Through voluntary buyouts, the Crown acquired and demolished or removed more than 8000 properties.<\/p>\n

Speaking at an on-site event in Dallington on Thursday, Christchurch mayor Phil Mauger said it was a fantastic milestone.<\/p>\n

“We had the earthquakes and 600-odd hectares of land damaged … the government have done a hell of a lot of work,” Mauger said.<\/p>\n

“We’ve had it back in about 10 parcels, we’ve got it all back and we’ve got it back for nothing, he said.<\/p>\n

“It is very special and I can’t wait for the pathway to be done, so I can bring my grandkids along … and just have fun out in the open space.”<\/p>\n

A number of\u00a0projects are being consulted on<\/a>\u00a0to revitalise the banks of the river corridor, which has already been described as a significant drawcard for residents and visitors to the Garden City.<\/p>\n

\"Minister<\/p>\n

Minister for Land Information Damien O’Connor and Christchurch Mayor Phil Mauger celebrate the final handover of red-zone land from the Crown to the City Council at an event on 3 August, 2023.\u00a0<\/span>Photo:\u00a0RNZ \/ Adam Burns<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The transfer of ownership of the Brooklands, Southshore, South New Brighton and Port Hills regeneration areas back to the city council began three years ago.<\/p>\n

But the size and complexity of the 5500 property titles within the corridor meant it took time.<\/p>\n

“I’ve done land development with my previous life for a long time and I know how long it takes to get rid of easements,” Mauger said.<\/p>\n

“The amount of work and money it would have cost the government to get the land back to us is a big job.”<\/p>\n

Minister for Land Information Damien O’Connor, who also attended the Dallington event, said the completion of the transfer was a “major step forward”.<\/p>\n

“It goes right back to the council and the people of Christchurch and Canterbury.<\/p>\n

“It’s back in the hands of the community where it can be used for, not residential purposes, but many other options and ideas that people have come up with.”<\/p>\n

RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More than a decade on from the Canterbury earthquakes, the government has completed the transfer of red zone land to the city council. Crown-owned red zone land along the \u014ct\u0101karo Avon River Corridor is being returned to the council, marking the end of the government’s post-earthquake responsibilities in the process. A residential red zone is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":6978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-nz-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6977"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6979,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6977\/revisions\/6979"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}