Christchurch City Council strives to make its website as accessible as possible to people of all abilities.

The website is designed to meet New Zealand Government web accessibility and usability standards:

We will continually develop our website to deliver on our commitment to improving accessibility and usability for our users.

The text size for this site can be changed using your browser:

  • Chrome: Select the page menu at the top right, then 'Zoom', then 'Larger' or 'Smaller'.  Alternatively select CTRL + /- 
  • Internet Explorer: Select the 'View' menu, then 'Text size'
  • FireFox: Select the 'View' menu, then 'Zoom' or 'Zoom text only'
  • Safari: Select the 'View' menu, then 'Make text bigger' or 'Make text smaller'
  • Opera: Select the 'View' menu, then 'Zoom'

We aim to be browser and operating system neutral. This site has been designed and tested to work on the latest versions of all the major browsers (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Firefox and Safari). If you're using an older browser we strongly recommend that you upgrade it as soon as possible.

Upgrading your browser will improve the appearance of websites, significantly reduce the chances of your computer becoming infected with malware and protect your personal information.

Upgrade links:

Portable Document Format (PDF)

This site includes links to PDF documents. To read a PDF document you need to have the Adobe Acrobat reader installed.

Download a Portable Document Format (PDF)(external link) reader from Adobe website.

If you have any difficulty displaying a PDF document, please contact us for a paper copy.

Word documents

This site includes links to Word documents. If you have any difficulty opening or displaying a Word document, please contact us for a paper copy.

We use short URLs to help you find information on our site.

These may appear on documents or in advertising to make it easier to get to specific pages on the site.