The South Brightside

07/04/2026

A City Council Policy and Planning Committee Meeting is being held tomorrow at 9.30 a.m. in the Camelia Chambers on Level 2.
Item 7 on the Agenda is “Coastal Hazards Adaptation Planning: Where to next?”

https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2026/04/PAPCC_20260408_AGN_10801_AT_WEB.htm

According to Item 3.4 of the Agenda:

“The recommended sequence is the lower Ōpāwaho Heathcote River and Saint Andrews Hill to Taylors Mistake first, followed by the remaining areas of Tē Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula alongside the Pūharakekenui Lower Styx River and then the lower Ōtākaro Avon river and Waimairi to Southshore areas”.
..."Adaptation planning in each area (or block) is likely to take two years.”

Fifteen years after the earthquakes, Council appears to have abandoned its “South New Brighton Regeneration Plan” from July 2017 and intends to ignore the earthquake legacy issues. In its resolution of 22 May 2019, Council promised to “decouple these legacy issues from adaptive planning for climate change”. Will protection for South New Brighton now wait for a further eight years, at the end of this “Coastal Hazard Adaptation Process”?

01/03/2026

South Brighton Residents' Association

General Meeting will be held on
Sunday, 8 March, 2026, 1.30–2.30 p.m.
Venue tbd. Please message us if you wish to attend.

23/02/2026

16/02/2026

What a relief! Although South Brighton is still not mentioned....

More than 14,000 households in the city's east were under the boil water notice, which has now been lifted.

14/02/2026

Today's boil water notice for the eastern suburbs lists the affected areas as New Brighton, Burwood, Wainoni, Aranui and Southshore. But why was South Brighton not mentioned? Has our suburb disappeared? Lack of clear communication on important issues such as this kind of public health alert is unhelpful and can only lead to confusion. There is also no information on the exact contaminant(s), or on why the entire eastern corridor is affected. Water in the South Brighton Domain comes from a local well, rather than from Rawhiti. Has it also been contaminated and if so, how?

Residents and visitors to areas of New Brighton, Burwood, Wainoni, Aranui and Southshore are being advised to boil their water until further notice after a sample within the zone was found to be contaminated.

15/11/2025

゚viralシalシ

Homeless people without any consultation or consideration of affected people.
SBRA have been working on this forceful behaviour of Council for a few months now.

A community meeting was held where 20-25 people attended and the unanimous decision was that everyone opposes Councils decision in this matter.

For clarity, this is not about emergency housing but housing for homeless people (Single men living rough as defined in the application to Council) in a quiet residential area. Due to the low elevation of the site. It will be very expensive to build on and the homeless people with have their floor levels at the height of the fence of the neighbouring properties. Issues regarding privacy and upsetting existing residents.
TC3 - Lateral spreading - Liquefaction - Subsidence.

Another point is that Council is using incorrect data and underestimating the flood risk on This site (this is confirmed in council documents). All flood maps at council portray this higher than neighbouring properties while 81 Blake St is at similar level to most neighbouring properties. The site falls under the definition of High-Flood-Hazard-Management-Area (HFHMA) according to latest elevation data from Council -new building is not permitted on such land.

That are the regulations the ratepayers of Christchurch have to follow.

As Christchurch City Council have been notified about this situation, any contracts can be voided in the future (Ultra Vires). Very high risk investment to say the least.
My calculations are about 1 million for groundwork and foundations before houses can be set down. If the job is stopped by Ultra Vires Judgement at that stage. Total loss 1m.

Other issues -
no services for vulnerable people or very far to go.
Stormwater infrastructure for this site is broken. Council has known this for years and neglected to repair what is broken. This is causing land erosion for other neighbouring properties.

Plainly this is not a suitable solution.
There are much better options available that I have brought up with Council.

A housing trust has been given a peppercorn lease and the green light to build up to 10 relocatable homes in South Brighton, for people living rough.

05/11/2025

South Brighton Residents' Association

The Annual General Meeting will be held on
Friday, 14 November 2025, 1.30–2.30 p.m.
Venue tbd. Please message us if you wish to attend.

29/08/2025

We have asked City Council to light up the Godwit/Kuaka sculpture

06/04/2025

13/01/2025

Have any residents been experiencing nuisance midges since Christmas? These insects probably come from the oxidation ponds in Bromley, where local residents have been complaining about the pests since before the earthquakes. Council control techniques do not appear to be working and we would not like to see midges breeding and settling permanently in South Brighton.
If you have been affected, you should report the problem to Counci on
03 941 8999.