NEW CITY ARENA

Future arena design

Preliminary design images for the Canterbury Multi-Use Arena (CMUA) are giving people an exciting glimpse into what the future holds for central Christchurch.

Crafted by Christchurch-based architects Warren & Mahoney and international stadium design experts Populous, the images show how the CMUA will sit and look on the site. CMUA Project Delivery Ltd Board Chair Barry Bragg says they provide the most accurate picture yet of what the facility will look like once completed.

The CMUA will occupy much of the central Christchurch site bordered by Hereford, Barbadoes, Tuam and Madras streets. At 232 metres long, 195 metres wide and 36 metres high at its tallest point, it will have a seating capacity of 30,000 for sporting events and up to 37,800 in concert mode.

“We know people are really excited about the prospect of having a covered arena in the heart of the city and we hope these preliminary designs will capture people’s imaginations and give them a glimpse of what is to come.

“We are well on the way to delivering Christchurch a world-class covered arena with high-quality acoustics that is capable of hosting top international music concerts as well as major international sporting fi xtures,’’ Bragg says.

Councillors meet this month to approve the preliminary design package, with the developed design scheduled to be completed by April.

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LIANNE DALZIEL CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL | MAYOR

Kindness and goodwill

It’s hard to write a welcome back to work message ahead of the summer break. At the time of writing, I didn’t know what I was going to be doing other than reading a pile of books I have amassed over the year.

It doesn’t matter whether I ended up leaving town for a few days or not, reading is always a happening thing over the holidays.

I love the opportunity to relax that this time o ers, and although my usual trip to the Coromandel is o my schedule this time, relaxing is what I intend to do.

This was my last Christmas as Mayor of Christchurch.

Although the last two years have been particularly challenging for us all, it has been a true honour and privilege to hold this role as we have navigated our way through all the challenges we have had to face.

I can’t say that the alert levels and now tra c lights have been easy for anyone, not least of all the event organisers that had to make an early call on whether to proceed or not.

Let us hope for better times ahead in 2022.

And may we avoid the worst aspects of this global pandemic that we can see play out in di erent parts of the world, while treating each other with kindness and goodwill. Ensuring members of our wider community, and particularly the most vulnerable members, are well protected is essential.

The additional pressures faced by the health system will have wider consequences on the delivery of all health services.

This puts us all under an obligation to do what we can as individuals to keep the pressure o the system by really looking after ourselves, actively pursuing wellness, and taking time out to take extra care of the most vulnerable in our community.

Those sound to me like great goals for 2022.

PETER TOWNSEND TE PAPA HAUORA ADVISORY COUNCIL | INDEPENDENT CHAIR

Look a er others

What a bizarre year 2021 was. In its a ermath, many of us, during some well-deserved and much needed time out, will have refl ected on the year past, and what it has meant to us all.

Very few would have anticipated the way things played out.

The race to vaccinate as many as possible in anticipation of the inevitable arrival of Covid-19 in our community has been a remarkable shift from the determined elimination strategy that was playing out earlier in the year.

The change in dynamics in our communities and the ramifi cations for healthcare are enormous, and not yet fully understood.

What is clear, as we embark on 2022, is that the game is going to continue to change and we will be faced with new and di cult challenges.

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JOHN BRIDGMAN ŌTĀKARO LIMITED | CHIEF EXECUTIVE

A busy year ahead

Rounding out 2021 with the opening of Te Pae Christchurch was fantastic, and now the team at Ōtākaro Limited is looking forward to showing you what is inside.

Come and see this amazing new venue during our upcoming public open day, on Sunday 13 February. Thousands of people turned out for similar days at Tūranga, the Town Hall and the Justice Precinct in recent years, so we have no doubt the people of Christchurch will come out in force for the tour.

Granted, the latter was helped by o ering a hopefully rare opportunity to see a jail cell, but Te Pae Christchurch will be home to many public events for years to come.

Another milestone we are looking forward to reaching in the early stages of this year is the installation of the fi ve towering hydroslides at Parakiore Recreation and Sport Centre, as we look to complete the bulk of the facility’s remaining construction this year.

Troubles with trans-Tasman travel prevented us from getting the eel-like tubes up on the Antigua St and St Asaph St corner last year, but our eagerness to show them o to you has not diminished.

We’ll also complete another Anchor Project by the end of 2022, with construction of the fi nal section of the South Frame soon getting underway.

LEEANN WATSON CANTERBURY EMPLOYERS’ CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Happy new year

Already 2022 is shaping up to be another year of change, with central government policies tackling immediate economic headwinds such as our slow economic bounce-back, immigration, a slowing China, tourism and infl ation.

Other big issues will be climate change, industrial relations and three waters reforms, the overhaul of the RMA, and the compulsory Fair Pay Agreements.

It would be good to see Government take some pressure o with a pragmatic approach to immigration and getting skills into New Zealand to support business activity.

At a regional level, we are on a relatively strong footing. Our economic activity has been robust, retail spending bounced back strongly last year and net exports remain strong.

We are also looking forward to events at Te Pae now that it is open, SailGP, the ICC Women’s World Cup, and the return of international events including Bread & Circus World Buskers Festival and Snoop Dogg.

There is also the local election in October. Then it will be important to elect a council able to build on existing strengths, one with a willingness to incorporate new approaches and above all an enabler of business. We also look forward to (we hope) to the borders re-opening.