Jun 23Residents concerns voiced to CouncilA letter was sent to the Christchurch City Council signed by 225 residents and landowners from Robinsons Bay and Takamatua who were conce...
Jun 11Pavitt Cottage Archaeological AssessmentJustin Maxwell and Jennifer Huebert, from Sunrise Archaeology, have been working in Robinsons Bay after The Pavitt Family Trust commissio...
Apr 24Rachel Hickcox reports on the Hoiho/Yellow-eyed PenguinRachel Hickcox, a PhD student in Zoology at Otago University, recently visited Akaroa to speak as part of Sea Week. Rachel is studying th...
Apr 22'Regenerate' launch a new Facebook PageOur 'Regenerate' Committee have just launched a new Face book page with information about regenerative practices and useful tips. Many th...
Apr 20Read our CCC Annual Plan submissionFriends of Banks Peninsula have made a submission to the Christchurch City Council Annual Plan 2020-21 where we have addressed the follow...
Feb 9Pavitt Cottage Open Day Friends of Banks Peninsula was delighted to be involved with the Pavitt Cottage Open Day in Robinsons Bay on the 8th and 9th of February....
Dec 16, 2019Akaroa Wastewater Scheme updateThings have moved quite quickly on the wastewater front in the last few weeks with several Working Party meetings being held and the Coun...
Apr 20, 2019The Latest BECA Technical ReportWe have obtained the latest BECA technical report (see below for links) - it was dated 10 August 2018 and contains interesting informatio...
Apr 12, 2019Wastewater in the news againRead the Akaroa Mail articles about Akaroa's Wastewater: Irrigation of Akaroa wastewater to Bays still being considered and More wastewat...
Mar 30, 2019Akaroa Wastewater Update MeetingConcerned residents met to discuss the latest proposal put forward by the Christchurch City Council for a large wastewater scheme on the ...
Dec 19, 2018FOBP Submission to the Misty Peaks Reserve Draft Management PlanThe Council purchased 500 hectares of the former Mt Desmond Station to form Misty Peaks Reserve, a scenic reserve that rises to nearly 80...
Dec 19, 2018Soap Box suggestion Wastewater Working PartyThe Christchurch City Council have now announced the following: “The results are in from our test drilling, and it appears deep-bore inje...
Apr 29, 2018CCC presentation to the Working PartyChristchurch City Council presented their Update on Deep Bore Injection Option Locations and Costs to the Akaroa Treated Wastewater Reuse...
Apr 18, 2018Submission TimeBoth ECAN and Christchurch City Council are in the process of consulting on their draft Long Term Plans. These allocate budgets to projec...
Mar 11, 2018Banks Peninsula Public ToiletsFriends of Banks Peninsula have been following with interest the situation surrounding the public toilets on Banks Peninsula. Many have h...
Mar 1, 2018Akaroa Treated Wastewater Reuse Options Working Party UpdatePenny Carnaby's, Independent Chair for the Akaroa Treated Wastewater Reuse Options Working Party, Letter to the Editor published in the 2...
Dec 19, 2017Working Party Reconvenes and goes into RecessThe Akaroa Wastewater Working Party reconvened for a single session on November 20 and then went into recess. Council staff explained tha...
Oct 21, 2017Wastewater Update and our AGMFriends of Banks Peninsula updated the Robinsons Bay Ratepayers Association and had a discussion about “where to from here” before holdin...
Sep 5, 2017Midges continue to plague City residentsLarge storage ponds don’t come without problems. Read about Bromley residents' continuing battle with midges and Council’s failure to sol...
Aug 31, 2017Further OIA requestWe were disappointed but not surprised that the Council refused to release the model used by PDP and Beca to calculate the land area need...
