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Port Hills Crown-owned red zone land.
Photo: Supplied / Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ)
Land Information Minister Damien O Connor announced the latest transfer of the Crown-owned red zoned land today.
It is part of a progressive process, with the land changing hands from Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) to the council, which began last year. It builds on last year s transfer of areas in Brooklands, Southshore and South New Brighton, along with the historic Bill Sutton House in the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor, O Connor said.
The Crown transferred about 440 Port Hills properties to the care of the Christchurch City Council after the 2010 earthquakes left them in danger of rockfall, land slips and cliff collapse, he said.