Excellent progress is being made on New Zealand’s first purpose-built cruise berth, with well over half of the main wharf piles now successfully driven, and work has started on the construction of the main wharf deck. The construction of the main wharf deck involves a number of concrete pours. The first major concrete pour is planned […]
Post Type Archives: Harbour Watch News
Come and talk to us about the proposed Port activities on the Te Awaparahi Bay Reclamation.
Where & When? Governors Bay, Wednesday 4th September 6pm-7.30pm, Community Centre, Diamond Harbour, Thursday 5th September 5.30pm-7pm, The Green Room at the Community Hall, Lyttelton, Saturday 7th September 9am-12pm, Port Talk, Corner London & Oxford Streets Te Awaparahi Bay Reclamation Lyttelton Port Company has consents to reclaim land and build wharves within a 34ha footprint […]
Te Ana Marina Woolstore Investor Announced
Hospitality and retail establishments will soon to be breathing life into Lyttelton’s west side waterfront, following the commitment of successful Christchurch investors The Peebles Group to the Woolstore development at Te Ana Marina. The Peebles Group is headed by Richard Peebles and has played a major role in the revitalisation of Christchurch’s city centre. The […]
Land Use Consents for Te Awaparahi Bay to be publically notified by CCC
The Christchurch City Council (CCC) will soon be publicly notifying LPC’s land use consents to enable the establishment and operation of port activities on reclaimed land at Te Awaparahi Bay. LPC has obtained consents to reclaim the land from Environment Canterbury. This application is for the phased establishment and operation of a container terminal and […]
Recommitment of Whaka-Ora Healthy Harbour Plan
The five partners of the Whaka-Ora Healthy Harbour plan have signed a new memorandum of understanding highlighting their ongoing commitment to improving the health of the Whakaraupō/Lyttelton Harbour catchment. The plan is a long-term vision for the area and was launched last year. The previous memorandum of understanding signed in 2016 discussed the specifics of […]
Te Awaparahi Bay Reclamation moves ahead
Excellent progress is being made on the Te Awaparahi Bay reclamation, with two split hopper barges working to dump hardfill into the second phase of the project. Hard fill material from our Gollan’s Bay quarry is being taken by truck onto a barge, and from there moved by excavator to a split hopper barge which places […]
Plastics Project at LPC
Headed up by The Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR) the Aotearoa Impacts and Mitigation of Microplastics project is taking place in sites across the country, including Lyttelton. You may have seen ESR research scientist Olga Pantos and her team on the Waterfront House pontoon, which is where one of the pilot trials is […]
Trained eyes on the Hectors dolphins
Maryjane Waru stands on a container near the construction of the new cruise ship berth with her trained eyes on the sea. “You’ve got the sea, you’ve got waves, seaweed, birds and everything else, but then something catches your eye. You think you see a bird but it’s moving too fast,” Maryjane says. Maryjane is […]
Eavesdropping on dolphins builds scientific knowledge
Underwater, ears are more useful than eyes. That’s because sound travels through water much better than light, as marine scientist Dr Matt Pine explains. “Under water, particulate matter and phytoplankton scatter light. On a good day in the Hauraki Gulf, you might get 10m visibility. In busy harbours or estuaries, which Lyttelton is, it’s much […]
Dredge testing at Te Awaparahi Bay Reclamation
Testing of sediment being dredged at the Te Awaparahi Bay reclamation site has been carried out this week. As part of our Environmental Monitoring and Management Plan for the dredging, we are testing the sediment being dredged and disposed to the offshore disposal ground. Heron Construction’s backhoe dredge, the GPK, has been working to dredge […]