Riverside shopping and dining, canal boats and new public spaces for events could all be a part of Kaiapoi’s future. They are just some of the ideas featured in the Kaiapoi Town Centre plan which was adopted by the Waimakariri District Council today.

Over the last eight months Smith Street in Kaiapoi has been bustling with construction activity while the Council upgraded the Smith Street and Williams Street Intersection.

Guy Fawkes is coming up this Monday and with fireworks on sale from today we want to remind you that while we might like to get together with friends for a backyard display, fireworks can also cause distress for neighbours, pets and livestock.

Work to secure the former BNZ building in Kaiapoi has begun, meaning barriers along its frontage will soon be removed, and the footpath re-opened to pedestrians.

As a great place to live, work and play, Waimakariri District has exciting growth on the horizon and a subsequent need for carefully managed urban development over the next 30 years.

Despite our best intentions, we continue to be disappointed by the number of vehicle owners driving in the sand dunes of our beaches especially Pines Beach.  We have also suffered ongoing vandalism of fences put in place to protect both this natural environment and the safety and enjoyment of visitors.

Two outstanding Kaiapoi High School students have been awarded the first Waimakariri District Council Youth Development Grant.  Artemis Hingston and Carli Wells will use the $3000 grant to develop and grow a Student Volunteer Army in the district.

Technology which aims to nullify nitrates in groundwater is about to be trialled by scientists in the Silverstream Reserve in Clarkville.