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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 budget as poorly articulated and lacking objectives, data and allocated resources. She made the com...

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 to involve the community as they try to improve the heavily criticised plans. But, it would also cut...