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Kees Chalmers

Reporter · NZ

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Sep 25, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Kees Chalmers

    Future options unveiled for use of former butchery site (opens the original)

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    Community feedback is being sought on proposed options for the future of the BP Meats site, which has divided the Akaroa community. The site at 67 and 67a Rue Lavaud, in Akaroa’s northern commercial area, includes the Akaroa Butchery, Deli and Pantry and the mostly vacant land behind it. It is the last piece of undeveloped flat land in Akaroa and has been the subject of council consultation since October 2024, prompting mixed views over its future. City council head of facilities and property Br

  2. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Kees Chalmers

    Final wave for longboard surfing competition (opens the original)

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    A popular Christchurch surfing event will be scaled back to its roots this year for what is set to be the surfing competition’s sixth and final edition. The Tuawera Longboard Classic co-founder Will Jamieson said the event had become a “beast of burden”, expanding beyond the grassroots competition it had originally intended to be. The cost of running the event had continued to increase while sponsorships were drying up. This made trying to keep the competition affordable for the surfers and even

  3. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Kees Chalmers

    Generous donors pledge $250k for museum rebuild (opens the original)

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    Te Ūaka The Lyttelton Museum has received a significant boost to its capital campaign, with more than $260,000 pledged and donated following a recent fundraising event attended by 95 supporters and prospective donors. Celia Allison announced at the event she and her siblings have committed $250,000 to the proposed museum rebuild, a move celebrated by Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula Community Board member Cathy Lum-Webb on social media. Allison is a well-known illustrator and entrepreneur.

  4. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Kees Chalmers

    Organisers of Diamond Harbour concert series call off event (opens the original)

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    Volunteer fatigue, dwindling funds and poor weather have seen organisers of a popular Canterbury outdoor concert series decide to call it off this summer. The free-entry annual Live at the Point concerts had been running since 2013. It is held at the Godley House gardens in Diamond Harbour, typically over eight consecutive Sundays in January and February. Event organiser Al Park said the concerts usually attract about 400 people and up to 800 when featuring big acts like The Eastern and Marlon W

  5. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Kees Chalmers

    Firefighters take six hours to tame woolshed blaze (opens the original)

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    A burn-off that spread to an old Canterbury woolshed kept multiple fire crews busy for six hours. The Diamond Harbour Volunteer Fire Brigade was called to farmland off Western Valley Rd in Port Levy at 3.39pm on Monday after the landowner discovered the fire had spread to the shed. Diamond Harbour crews arrived about 30 minutes later, with two tankers from Governors Bay and one from Lincoln called in to assist. With no reticulated water supply in Port Levy, crews pumped water from a nearby roads

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