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Welcome to Banks Peninsula Matters – your go-to platform for news, insights, and perspectives on issues affecting Akaroa, the Bays, and the wider Banks Peninsula community.
Banks Peninsula
Banks Peninsula is known for its remarkable sense of community, and this is precisely why any development project in the area is taken seriously. The residents deeply value their sense of belonging and inter-contentedness with one another, leading them to be actively engaged in shaping the future of their beloved locality.
Our goal is to highlight the concerns and priorities of Banks Peninsula, reflecting what matters most to local communities. We aim to showcase the rich resources and opportunities the peninsula offers to visitors and residents alike, while encouraging community involvement and supporting the wellbeing of both current and future generations.
If you have an opinion piece or news you’d like to share, feel free to send it through, we’d be happy to publish it.
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The Routledge Handbook of Regenerative Tourism
IntroductionCritical ReviewsTable of ContentsCritical ReviewsOrder Online Introduction The Routledge Handbook of Regenerative Tourism, Edited By Francesc Fusté-Forné, Asif Hussain. This timely and...
Head Start Pathway: What It Means for Banks Peninsula and the Future of Local Government
Head Start Pathway: What It Means for Banks Peninsula and the Future of Local GovernmentWhat Is the Head Start Pathway?Head Start Guidelines - hereWhy Is Reform Being Considered?Christchurch City...
Michael de Hamel – Editor Akaroa Mail
From the Navy’s Deck to the Editor’s Desk: The Michael de Hamel StoryA Photographer on the MoveChoosing a DirectionBuilding the MailPhotographer, Journalist, Publisher150 Years of the Akaroa Mail...
Banks Peninsula Community Board presentation to the Christchurch City Council on Governance Partnership Agreement
Banks Peninsula Community Board presentation to the Christchurch City Council on Governance Partnership Agreement. The Chair of the Banks Peninsula Community Board raised concerns regarding the...
150 Years of the Akaroa Mail and Why It Needs Your Help Now
The Akaroa Mail: The Talk of the PeninsulaA Voice That Has Outlasted EmpiresThe Crisis Facing Local NewsThe Akaroa Mail: Key FactsWhat Your Support Has Already Made PossibleWhy This Newspaper Is...
Cost blowout renews call to scrap council’s Akaroa wastewater plans – RNZ Article
Cost blowout renews call to scrap council's Akaroa wastewater plans - RNZ Article: A Banks Peninsula residents' group has renewed calls to scrap council plans for a wastewater plant in the Akaroa...
Options for quicker Akaroa wastewater consenting (Fast Track) Finance and Performance Committee
Options for quicker Akaroa wastewater consenting (Fast Track) Finance and Performance Committee 27.05.26 – Item 16 – Options for quicker Akaroa wastewater consenting...
Deputations by Appointment & Presentation of Petitions to the Finance and Performance Committee
Deputations by Appointment & Presentation of Petitions to the Finance and Performance Committee 27.05.26 - Items 5 & 6 - Deputations by Appointment & Presentation of Petitions...
Akaroa and Duvauchelle Wastewater Scheme Update
Akaroa and Duvauchelle Wastewater Scheme Update Agenda: Banks Peninsula Community Board Information Session/Workshop (see page 7 Item 4)...
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency Update
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency Update Agenda: Banks Peninsula Community Board Information Session/Workshop (see page 5 Item 3) https://www.youtube.com/live/0jHmKb7LZnc?si=ZwGDAbbCD6XMXqbf
Residents ‘dismayed’ council is pushing ahead with Akaroa wastewater scheme – The Press Report
Residents ‘dismayed’ council is pushing ahead with Akaroa wastewater scheme - The Press Report The Christchurch City Council is pushing ahead with a contentious $94 million wastewater treatment...
How Akaroa’s wastewater battle was won
Akaroa’s wastewater treatment plant, built in the 1960s, is located at Takapūneke, a significant historical site; the site of a massacre and cemetery. The job of undoing this cultural insult passed...
Update on response to Whakaraupō and Akaroa Harbour sewage failures
Update on response to Whakaraupō and Akaroa Harbour sewage failures Earlier this year there were several sewage overflows into Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour and Akaroa Harbour which were not...
Akaroa Wastewater Cost Reduction Opportunities Finance and Performance Committee
Akaroa Wastewater Cost Reduction Opportunities Finance and Performance Committee 22.04.26 – Item 10 – Akaroa Wastewater Cost Reduction Opportunities...
Friends of Banks Peninsula Submission (Jan Cook and Suky Thompson) – Draft Annual Plan 2026/27
31.03.26 – Item 3 – Draft Annual Plan 2026/27 – Hearing of verbal submissions – Friends of Banks Peninsula Tuesday 31 March 2026 Friends of Banks Peninsula Submission (Jan Cook and Suky Thompson) -...
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