Canvas
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) led a public engagement process called Canvas from July to September 2014. Over 300 people provided their ideas and comments during Canvas for the future use of the red zone land in Kaiapoi, Pines Beach and Kairaki. You can read more in the Canvas Summary Report (released in December 2014).
Here are the comments that were received during Canvas:
- A Big Vision
- Arts and Culture
- Arts, Culture and Heritage
- Business
- Business and Commercial
- Business, Economic
- Camping
- Cass Street
- Children, families
- Commercial
- Community
- Community Spaces
- Culture
- Education
- Environment
- Event Space
- Food Forest
- Garden
- Green zone gardeners
- Health, environment
- Hedge maze
- Heritage gardens
- L Herbert submission
- Memorial
- Multi Sport complex
- Norman Kirk Fields
- Pets
- Recreation
- Recreation, fitness
- Recreational
- Resources
- Services
- Transport, Infrastructure and Service
- Trees for the Red zone
- Values
Kaiapoi
One option is that the Government sells the land for commercial/residential development.. If that is the case, then those who previously owned it, like us, must get the first right to buy it back. This must be at the same price at which it was taken off us. Otherwise this will be disrespectful and cause heart-ache and conflict..
If on the other hand they decide not to make money from selling the land, then it must be used for community benefit. Things we would like to see under this second option would be:
* Nature reserve and wetland with walkway
* Hockey turf, netball, tennis courts, and other sports facilities
* Cycle pathways like at McLeans Island
* Dog park for socialising the canines
* Boat ramp and riverside picnic facilities
* Large walk-in bird aviary like Singapore
* Animal petting farm for the little kids
* Pedestrian bridge over the river near the BMX track
* Lit pathway along river banks
Associated buildings, but otherwise not a building-rich area.