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
An outdoor events space for open air theatre or gigs or even some sports events. There’s a really cool example of this in London, the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, which the picture is of (CC).
Kaiapoi
Ideas from the 11 August Community Workshop:
* BMX track
* Cycle ways and walking tracks
* Dog park
* Memorial/sculpture trail
* Motor home friendly town
* Overnight parking for visitors
* Kayak hire on river
* Native bird song
* Open air theatre i.e. amphitheatre
* History trail
* Movie theatre
* Green waste
* Parking cars, shuttles into town
Kaiapoi
Needs to be a better place
Kaiapoi
Community gardens - growing vegetables and fruit - many retired folk could help and instruct the young on learning these skills.
A little outlay by council to perhaps fence and put in a shed to store tools
Kaiapoi
A sculture park, a kinetic one, good as kid friendly and adults alike. Incorporated sound, water, land, reflection of quakes and perhaps Kai tahu.
Kaiapoi
It would be my wish, should it transpire some time in the future, that the red zone adjacent to the river is ever considered again for residential development, that the former owners of these properties are the first people to be given the opportunity of purchasing back their sections.
Ha guay
Excellent point - even better would be for the former owners to be able to purchase their sections at the current rating value, but the price the Crown paid would suffice.
Good point, Cheryl.
Nancy
This would be great - but the former owners should be able to purchase their sections at the same rip off price they were paid for them
Cheryl
Pines / Kairaki Beaches
I like to see the vacant land in Pines and Kairaki beach utilised for walking tracks for all to use eg, horses, dogs people, bikes etc. It needs to be kept as natural as possible with lots of native plantings.
Kaiapoi
Outdoor venue for music and theatre in summer
Community gardens
Market stall area - like the Riccarton bush markets
Kaiapoi
Area for locals to share
Reserve
Wetlands
Kaiapoi
Indoor skatepark, wooden ramps
Kaiapoi
As the world of paid employment becomes ever less rewarding for the majority in our region more space will be required to provide the opportinyty for rewarding recreation. The Kaiapoi space should be configured to enable the following future uses:-
Native plant reserve, propogation area.
Community gardens, neighbourhood allotments, fruit and nut tree orchards.
Motor home/caravan parking in conjunction with the NZMCA. Also allow short term stay for overseas tourists in selfcontained vehicles.
Outdoor performance area.
Farmers market and food fare venue.
No way to freedom camping, we have plenty of good camping grounds
Kaiapoi
Call the Red Zone "Green Slate", (as it is a clean slate to work with) We all want more green. Or "Green slate zone"
Kaiapoi
A dog park like the Groynes.
Rangiora one is not sufficient.
Natural reserve areas
Kaiapoi
Parks and gardens
Youth playground
Do not publish
Administrator
Kaiapoi
Kaiapoi as a river town needs to keep the Askeaton boat ramp open and acessible as it is the only low tide ramp in Kaiapoi. Bigger powerboats are unable to be retrieved at low tide anywhere else and it is used 24/7. In the longer term it would be ideal to build up the boat ramp car park using some of the landfill that seems to be being dug up all around the District. There are two other advantages, first it is clear of the Cure Boating Club rowing activities and second it avoids a long drag by boaties along the Kaiapoi River to Cintoshes Hole, The Brooklands Lagoon and the lower Waimakariri River area.
Stan Price
Agree keep the boat ramp at Askeaton. plenty of parking here. have counted up to 30 cars and trailers at Askeaton during the salmon season. whole area should repaired for use
Kaiapoi
Walking tracks/paths, mountain bike trails, native bush, food forest, some open spaces too.
Children's playground with a mini-golf course and/or a miniature train running through native bushes, trees and water features.
Margaret
Kaiapoi
Effieicent piles eg. anti-earthquake and new sub-division for new houses
Kaiapoi
Between Rich and Black Street develop a sports field - netball, tennic, rugby or soccer - school may benefit
Kaiapoi
I would like to see trees, native and fruit, recreation area, somewhere for people to have a picnic and say "my house was here" a few years ago! Maybe a community centre - meeting place.
We already have a community centre! A dedicated sports stadium would be good but maybe it could be developed at the high school like at rangiora high school. Building on red zone land would be expensive so natural things would be best. If land was to be fixed and built on I would pick beside the library and extend the town that way. To make the most of the river! Make the buildings two story like the library.
Charlotte
Kaiapoi
We would like to see the area made into parks for picnics and receation.
I would like to see a large area set aside for short term freedom camping for Certified self contained motorhomes and caravans. This would enabled more visitors to enjoy our recreational facilities and contribute to our local economy.
Great idea
Love it!
Richard
Great idea!
Sue
very cool idea!!
Jane
This is a great idea. I'd support this one if it was about entertainment and I think people would love to enjoy those hot Canterbury nights under the stars. Lke the annual winery concerts, they are always great nights.
I love this idea - hoping for it in Chch red zone also.
Lin