Board chair, director and adviser have resigned from Christchurch stadium project stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces a $2.5 billion water reform funding package at the Local Government Conference in Blenheim on July 15, 2021. If the water reforms happen, responsibility for maintaining water infrastructure – and the chlorine exemption – will change hands on July 1, 2024. “What we want to know is . can [the council] then require that new entity to maintain that exemption,” Dalziel told
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Christchurch s water was chlorinated in March 2018. Although the levels of chlorine have reduced across the city, the majority of residents still have some chlorine in their drinking water. (File photo)
Protest over Christchurch stadium seat reduction fuelled by 'misinformation' stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Concept drawing of new Christchurch multi-use stadium.
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After a four-hour meeting, Christchurch City Council voted on Thursday to reduce the number of seats in the arena from 30,000 to 25,000 in an attempt to stem an $88 million budget blowout.
It was meant to be Christchurch s last big post-earthquake project - a $473 million indoor stadium ideal to bring top tier All Black test matches back to the country s second largest city.
But the consortium behind the it broke the news earlier this week that the original design would cost a lot more than the budgeted amount.
Among the reasons for ballooning costs is the rising price of steel and shipping since the outbreak of Covid-19.
Christchurch leaders agree on new design concept for stadium with fewer seats stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.