Christchurch City Council boss Dawn Baxendale gets $18,000 pay rise
Dawn Baxendale will be pocketing more than $550,000 a year after councillors signed off on the pay rise during a closed-door meeting.
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Dawn Baxendale will be pocketing more than $550,000 a year after councillors signed off on the pay rise during a closed-door meeting.
A 150MW solar farm - by far the biggest in New Zealand - is to be built at Christchurch Airport, and funded by an Australian-based renewables fund.
Christchurch Airport is committing 400 hectares to create a renewable energy park with a solar farm that will generate enough to power 30,000 homes.
A new energy park will generate enough electricity for 30,000 homes, and power clean fuel production, data centres, and vertical farming.
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