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Christchurch City Councillors have voted to keep a controversial temporary cycle lane installed by council staff last month.

More Christchurch locals are getting on their bikes with one cycling advocate saying its boost in popularity is down to investment in cycleways after the 2011 earthquakes.

Too much rain and high humidity has caused damage to this year’s strawberry crop and more heavy rain in the coming week could cause more damage and a dampener on other berry harvests.

One of Christchurch's busiest roads is to receive a major revamp that will see new lanes for car-sharing and fresh safety measures.

A city councillor and the son of a man killed in a collision with a truck have called on the Govt to introduce tougher penalties for motorists who crash into cyclists.

Steven Walton/Stuff Professor Bronwyn Hayward, a Canterbury University political scientist and climate change researcher, says the council can do a lot better with regard to planning for climate change. A leading academic has described Christchurch City Council’s plans for addressing climate change as “a quick throw-together of bullet points”. Professor Bronwyn Hayward, a Canterbury University political scientist and climate change researcher, described climate action within the 10-year ...

Plans for a controversial, costly Christchurch cycleway will continue - despite an attempt to halt the process today. Christchurch City Council has spent $1 million on plans for a cycleway along Harewood Rd but now intends to undertake more community consultation. Photo: RNZ / Eleisha Foon Hundreds of residents and several business owners are frustrated and upset they were not involved prior to the design work being done for the $19 million project. Christchurch City Council has now promised ...