LGOIMA responses

Public excluded reports 2016 onwards [PDF, 359 KB]

• 6 April 2016: Grants for uninsured buildings [PDF, 22 KB]
  Request for the number of heritage or other grants made to buildings bought in "as is, where is" condition, or buildings with no insurance funding available for repairs.
• 8 April 2016: Christchurch reconstruction costs [PDF, 22 KB]
  Questions regarding reconstruction costs borne by local government following the earthquake sequence.
• 29 April 2016: New Central Library correspondence [PDF, 1.4 MB]
  Request for correspondence relating to the funding of the New Central Library since 1 October 2015.
• 10 November 2016: Consent Operations Working Group Agenda and Minutes [PDF, 1.1 MB]
  Request for agenda and meeting minutes from 4 September 2010 to 9 September 2016.
• 23 January 2017: Crossing Carpark [PDF, 6.4 MB]
  Request for information regarding the Council contribution toward the Crossing Carpark and associated Council reports.
• 11 April 2017: Christchurch Earthquake Mayoral Relief Fund [PDF, 81 KB]
  Request for recipients and donors of the Fund.
• 13 April 2017: Mayor's Welfare Charitable Trust Fund spending [PDF, 17 KB]
  Request for how funds donated by the Auckland Council and the Christchurch Earthquake Appeals Trust were spent.
• 8 May 2017: Health Precinct Carparking [PDF, 1.1 MB]
  Request for report by Development Christchurch Limited on Health Precinct Carparking.
• 22 June 2017: Land Development Strategy [PDF, 479 KB]
  Request for Development Christchurch Limited report on Land Development Strategy.
• 5 July 2017: Canterbury Earthquake Learn, Prepare, Act Symposium [PDF, 6.9 MB]
  Information about the Council's involvement in the cancelled Canterbury Earthquake Learn, Prepare, Act Symposium.
• 31 July 2017: Community Resilience Partnership Fund [PDF, 889 KB]
  Questions regarding this fund, including criteria for eligibility and whether the fund is contestable.
• 28 February 2018: Correspondence between the Mayor, Minister Woods, and staff [PDF, 14 MB]
  A request for all correspondence between the Mayor and Minister Woods in relation to Regenerate Christchurch, and the Accessible City programme
• 29 March 2018: All progress update on the restoration of the Christchurch Town Hall [PDF, 7.9 MB]
  RNZ Project Directors Reports for the Christchurch Town Hall including information on repairs and conservation.

• 13 April 2017: St Asaph Street Post Construction Road Safety Audit [PDF, 1.4 MB]
• 9 June 2016: Loss of services through roadworks [PDF, 15 KB]
  Request for statistics on the loss of services due to complications from roadworks.
• 22 September 2016: Nitrate concentrations in drinking water [PDF, 3.3 MB]
  Request for data on the concentration of nitrates in Christchurch drinking water for the last 5 years.
• 23 December 2016: Carparking in the Christchurch CBD [PDF, 30 KB]
  Questions regarding potential loss of carparks within the four avenues.
• 19 May 2017: Information on street lights [PDF, 23 KB]
  Questions regarding cost and maintenance of street lights.
• 30 May 2017: Cycle lanes [PDF, 472 KB]
  Questions regarding width of cycle lanes, specifically on Grove Street.
• 14 July 2017: Traffic signals [PDF, 17 KB]
  Information on traffic signal failures.
  
• 12 March 2018: Well heads inspections and drinking water status [PDF, 25 MB]
  Information on the Beca well heads inspections and Christchurch's drinking water status
• 7 December 2018: E cigarettes and vaping [PDF, 248 KB]
  Information on the regulations surrounding the usage of E cigarettes and vaping on public transport and places.
  
• 6 March 2019: Lime Scooters [PDF, 27 MB]
  All correspondence between Lime Scooters and Christchurch City Council

 The Council publishes a monthly report detailing staff credit card (P Card) purchases. These reports can be found here.

• 1 March 2016: Legal costs associated with insurance settlement [PDF, 20 KB]
  Request for all legal costs associated with the Council's global insurance settlement for outstanding earthquake damage to Council assets.
• 22 July 2016: Average residential cost of rates [PDF, 22 KB]
  Request for the average residential cost of rates for 2014/15 and 2015/16, and what levies comprise this figure.
• 26 July 2016: Outstanding rates [PDF, 13 KB]
  Request for information relating to outstanding rates as at 30 June 2016.
• 28 October 2016: Advertising spend [PDF, 20 KB]
  Request for the total cost spent on advertising for the last financial year, and how much of this was spent on advertising on Youtube, Google and Facebook.
• 19 December 2016: Council's spending on gifts [PDF, 17 KB]
  Request for the Council's spending on gifts (including staff gifts and corporate gifts) for the financial years 2010 - 2016.
• 18 April 2017: Communications spend [PDF, 21 KB]
  Request for the total communications cost for 2015/16 and 2010/11 and associated information.
• 1 June 2017: Various questions [PDF, 603 KB] 
  A number of questions, including ones on Council spending, rates and Elected Member remuneration. 
  
• 29 June 2017: Costs of engagement and consultation [PDF, 18 KB]
  Costs of consultation and engagement relating to Long-Term Plans and Annual Plans, 2011/12-2015/16 (and budget for 2018-28 Long-Term Plan).
• 6 October 2017: State housing [PDF, 8.5 MB]  
  Various information regarding the government's proposed sale of state housing.
• 5 February 2018: Average residential rates [PDF, 301 KB]
  Information on the average residential costs of rates.
• 5 February 2018: Council spending and controls [PDF, 203 KB]
  Information on the Council's Chamber of Commerce subscription, Council owned housing, and audit and risk oversight. 
• 28 March 2018: Parking facilities and parking lots [PDF, 197 KB]
  Information requested on parking on land owned or administered by the Christchurch City Council.
• 25 May 2018: Ilex cafe [PDF, 29 MB]
  Information on the leasing process of the Ilex cafe 

• 10 March 2016: Various financial and governance questions [PDF, 69 KB]
  Questions regarding Councillors, Council meetings, level of debt and rates.
• 17 May 2016: Organisation structure [PDF, 81 KB]
  Request for the Council's current organisation structure.
• 18 May 2016: Longest serving Councillor [PDF, 14 KB]
  Question regarding which current Councillor has provided the longest overall tenure of service for the Council.
• 19 July 2016: Council staff salary bands [PDF, 14 KB]
  Request for the number of staff within specified salary bands.
• 16 November 2016: Cost of "Get out and vote" campaign [PDF, 14 KB]
  Request for the amount spent on vote engagement campaigns run by the Council for the most recent local body elections.
• 17 February 2017: Council and Board Member induction costs [PDF, 16 KB]
  Request for the amount spent on materials provided to newly elected members.
• 6 March 2017: Gift registers for the Mayor and CE [PDF, 136 KB]
  Request for the gift register for elected members and the Chief Executive.
• 15 March 2017: LGNZ training courses [PDF, 28 KB]
  Request for the amount spent on training and professional development courses facilitated by Local Government New Zealand, and a list of the specific courses, attendees and dates.
• 27 March 2017: Conflicts of interest [PDF, 15 KB]
  Question regarding the number of engineers and planners who have declared conflicts of interest.
• 24 July 2017: Council employees [PDF, 17 KB]
  Information about numbers and remuneration of full-time Council employees, by gender (also see related story(external link))
•  12 February 2018: Staff numbers and remuneration [PDF, 319 KB]
  Request for information on current staff numbers and salaries at the Christchurch City Council.
• 7 May 2018: Council spending on functions [PDF, 203 KB]
  Request for information on Council spending in relation to functions for staff, delegates and guests.
• 31 May 2018: The Mayor's External Advisory Group (EAG) [PDF, 148 KB]
  Request for information on the Mayor's External Advisory Group including remuneration and travel expenses.
• 6 June 2018: Costs associated with cultural advice and Taiora QEII Recreation and Sport Centre [PDF, 1.7 MB]
  Request for information on the costs of Matapopore Charitable Trust providing cultural advice to the Christchurch City Council.
• 24 September 2018: Costs related to Mayor's vehicle [PDF, 182 KB]
  Request for information on the vehicle usage of the Mayor of Christchurch.
• 20 February 2019: Staff and Elected Member travel costs [PDF, 366 KB]
  Request for information on staff and Elected Member travel costs over the past year.
• 4 December 2019: CEO's Relocation Assistance costs [PDF, 30 KB]
  Request for information relating to the costs of Chief Executive, Mrs Dawn Baxendale's relocation to Christchurch
• 27 May 2020: Christchurch City Council Pandemic Plan [PDF, 2 MB]
• 4 June 2020: Staff salaries over $100k per year [PDF, 605 KB]
  Request for information relating to the number of staff (and their roles) whose salaries are $100k or more per year
• 8 October 2020: Councillor Briefings Attendance [PDF, 165 KB]
  
  

• 28 April 2016: Fit for Future restructure [PDF, 23 KB]
  Questions around redundancy payments, number of new/disestablished positions, cost of consultants and budget savings.
• 4 May 2016: Sustainability Energy Policy [PDF, 15 KB]
  Questions relating to the Sustainable Energy Strategy 2008 - 2018.
• 5 April 2017: Somerfield Intensification [PDF, 6.3 MB]
  Request for information regarding the intensification of Somerfield following the District Plan Review.

• 18 May 2016: Economic Impact Assessment [PDF, 631 KB]
  Request for the Council's Economic Impact Survey of the 2015 Christchurch Marathon.
• 3 June 2016: Social housing statistics [PDF, 13 KB]
  Request for

  information about the age of the Council's pensioner housing portfolio in Christchurch, including: 

  how many units of pensioner housing the Council has, how many are older than 10 years; and how many are younger than 10 years.
• 18 August 2016: Costs of the Great Britten! exhibition [PDF, 17 KB]
  Request for figures relating to the Great Britten! exhibition.
• 5 October 2016: Translation and interpretation services [PDF, 26 KB]
  Request for the ways the Council manages its translation and interpretation services, and amount spent on these services.
• 13 October 2016: Social housing units [PDF, 28 KB]
  Questions regarding residential units owned by the Council.
• 1 November 2016: Show Week funding breakdown [PDF, 28 KB]
  Request for information on grants and Council communication spend relating to Show Week 2015.
• 25 November 2016: Cost of 2016 Guy Fawkes fireworks display [PDF, 18 KB]
  Request for cost of organising the 5 November 2016 fireworks display.
• 25 November 2016: Cost of Christmas decorations [PDF, 20 KB]
  Request for details relating to money spent on Christmas decorations from 2012 onward.
• 17 February 2017: Information on community centres [PDF, 19 KB]
  Request for number of users of community centres, and the cost of rebuilt centres.
• 22 March 2017: Information on library books [PDF, 23 KB]
  Request for the 10 most/least popular library books, missing and overdue books, as well as the number of books issued and the amount collected in penalties.
• 11 April 2017: Most requested and banned library books [PDF, 23 KB]
  Request for the top 10 most requested books, waiting times for these and a list of banned books in 2016.
• 2 June 2017: Information on library security guards [PDF, 18 KB]
  Information about the employment of security guards at various libraries.

• 1 September 2016: Hazard mitigation data [PDF, 45 KB]
  A number of questions relating to coastal suburbs, including requests for information on hazard mitigation.
• 26 September 2016: Estimated cost of Waimairi Stream flow improvements [PDF, 99 KB]
  Request for breakdown of estimated cost of augmenting the flow of the Waimairi Stream.
• 20 April 2017: Infrastructure affected by climate change [PDF, 445 KB]
  Request for a list of infrastructure that could be affected by climate change in the future, as well as any reports from the past five years on this.
• 19 September 2017: Port Hills Fires [PDF, 18 MB] 
  Combined responses to requests for correspondence between 13 and 17 February, regarding the Port Hills Fires, to and from the Mayor; the CEO; the Civil Defence Controller; and the Head Ranger Port Hills & Banks Peninsula.
• 26 February 2018: Statistics on water-related illnesses from the Christchurch water supply [PDF, 106 KB]
  Request for information on illnesses which are directly attributable to Christchurch drinking water since the September earthquake 2010.
• 18 April 2018: Proposed water bottling plant consents [PDF, 12 MB]
  Request for information on consents and Interested Party notifications for a proposed water bottling plant in Belfast, Christchurch.
• 23 April 2018: Foreign substances placed in Council fountains [PDF, 157 KB]
  Request for information about what happens when a foreign substance is placed in a Council fountain.
• 18 October 2019: Weed spraying [PDF, 122 KB]
  Request for information on the Council's roadside spraying.
  
  

• 5 February 2016: Parking infringements [PDF, 15 KB]
  Questions around Council parking enforcement practices and methodology.
• 6 April 2016: Council events noise complaints [PDF, 14 KB]
  Request for the number of noise complaints surrounding Council-organised events. [PDF, 14 KB]
• 13 April 2016: Residential building consents figures [PDF, 16 KB] and attachment [XLSX, 230 KB]
  Request for the number of new build residential consents by month, from January 2014 to February 2016.
• 13 September 2016: "Bizarre", noise and animal complaint details [PDF, 22 KB]
  Request for details regarding bizarre complaints, noise complaints and animal control complaints.
• 25 November 2016: Littering fines [PDF, 16 KB]
  Request for littering fines imposed from 2011 - 2016.
• 1 December 2016: Parking meter revenue [PDF, 16 KB]
  Request for information on revenue collected from Council parking machines in the last financial year and the number of machines in operation.
• 8 December 2016: Council trespasses [PDF, 20 KB]
  Request for details of Council trespass notices issued in 2016.
• 27 April 2017: Parking revenue [PDF, 14 KB]
  Request for amount of revenue generated through parking fees and infringements in the last three financial years.
• 14 July 2017: CTV building [PDF, 277 KB]
  Information about the CTV building and building code compliance.
• 15 October 2019: 5G information [PDF, 986 KB]
  Request for information on the 5G roll out in Christchurch

• 29 February 2016: Impounded dogs [PDF, 17 KB]
  Request for the number of dogs currently impounded in Council facilities, dog capacity at the Council animal shelter and the number of dogs destroyed in 2015.
• 13 May 2016: Dog attacks [PDF, 17 KB]
  Request for details of dog attacks, breakdown of dog registration revenue and rostering of animal management officers.
• 11 August 2016: Dog information [PDF, 34 KB]
  Request for information on the dog pound, budget for dog control and dog facilities, and income from dog registrations.
• 25 November 2016: Dog pounds [PDF, 19 KB]
  Number of dogs which died in pound care in the last 3 years, and shelter occupancy rates for dogs.
• 24 January 2018: Christchurch dog data  [PDF, 194 KB]
  Request for information including numbers of dogs registered, the cost of housing a dog at the Council shelter, the number of dogs euthanised at the Council shelter and the Council's policy on euthanising a dog.