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Selwyn residents fighting for homes after being told they need to leave them by 2039 (www.rnz.co.nz)

Residents of a small Selwyn community say they will keep fighting to save their homes after being told they must vacate them by 2039....

Cars damaged by wave of grain after silo collapses (www.rnz.co.nz)

A dozen vehicles at a car dealership in Christchurch have been damaged by a wave of grain when a silo collapsed at a neighbouring flour mill.

Wānaka is famous now: Scientists use Raspberry Pi tech to protect NASA 'scope data (www.theregister.com)

The telescope was the Super Pressure Balloon Imaging Telescope (SuperBIT), launched on April 16, 2023, from Wānaka Airport in New Zealand. The telescope was raised to approximately 33,000 metres (108,000 feet) in altitude by NASA’s 532,000-cubic-metre (18.8-million-cubic-foot) balloon and, above circa 99.5 percent of the...

Landlords are parasites - photos of my chalk activism (lemmy.nz)

Open the URL, I self-hosted a zip file with 9 photos so you don’t have to visit a website that’s filled with ads....

Nelson quietly reclassifies vehicles as buildings. (nelson.isoplan.co.nz)

EDIT: Sorry for the false alarm. The Building Act 2004 already has this defintion. Nelson is simply adding the same definition to their plan. From my not-a-lawyer perspective, it seems that this is a benign change and there is no threat to people living in Tiny Houses....

South Island’s million dollar streets revealed (www.odt.co.nz)

CEO on leave as Court Theatre battles toxic culture, resignations (www.thepress.co.nz)

Summary of Public Meeting: "Nelson Plan Change 29" -Thursday 2023-09-07 (lemmy.nz)

Nelson City Council hosted a public meeting this evening to discuss the plan change that allows for 3 and 6 story buildings to be built in the city centre....

Queenstown Lakes council's Mike Theelen gets big pay jump as rates soar (www.stuff.co.nz)

Sure, let’s give the council CEO a raise after raising rates by 14.5%.

Outrage at plans to allow 10-storey buildings in three Christchurch suburbs (www.thepress.co.nz)

This is the best thing for Christchurch. It should’ve happened 15 years ago.

Dirty old buildings in the central city and those ugly shipping containers

The other day I met a guy from Chengdu, so I looked it up on YouTube. I also follow a modest YouTuber who uploads videos of Saint Petersburg when he goes for walks with his wife and granddaughter....

Housing Crisis meeting - on the 28th of August

When...

Independent panel declines Ngāi Tahu's plans for a salmon farm off the coast of Stewart Island (i.stuff.co.nz)

Another Southland major project looking like a non-starter. Cannot seem to catch a break, though I feel some of our “leaders” might be the root of the problems?

I will be hosting real life meetings about housing/renting problems

Hey everyone, I registered a domain name and installed phpBB forum software, but I will also be:...

Quake City exhibition - free entry weekend, 12 and 13 August (www.canterburymuseum.com)

Evacuations not 'ruled out' as heavy rain continues to hit Canterbury (i.stuff.co.nz)

Stay safe everyone!

Investigation continues into disappearance of Yanfei Bao, vehicle seized (i.stuff.co.nz)

She’s been missing since Wednesday. If you have any information, no matter how trivial, please contact the Police on 105.

Planned Southland plant-based milk factory now heading elsewhere (southlandtribune.substack.com)

Southland just can’t seem to get decent investment rolling :( I had been looking forward to a locally manufactured, plant based milk alternative.

Two children missing in Southland after bush walk at Mavora Lakes (update: found now) (www.rnz.co.nz)

Search teams are looking for two children who did not return from a bush walk in Southland on Saturday afternoon....

The Rolleston Ave bike lane gets to stay (lemmy.nz)

No parking, no theatre, Court Theatre trustee warns (www.thepress.co.nz)

There’s a convention centre right next door - with no parking facilities - that sees much larger events than the ones that happen at the Court Theatre, and that doesn’t seem to have any issues. Similar for the Isaac Theatre Royal. There are over 1000 parking spaces within walking distance. Get a grip mate.

Mayor Phil Mauger’s council meetings closely scripted (www.thepress.co.nz)

Not sure why this is news… seems like a sensible way to make sure the meetings run properly.

South Island Winter getaway spots?

Feeling the need to get out of town for a bit and disconnect - wondering if anyone has some good suggestions (preferably not too far out of Chch/Canterbury) to go and explore for a few days in winter? I’ve got a 4WD so getting off road isn’t a problem. Some of my favourites are the likes of Peel Forest or Castle Hill - any...