AvON Blog

Avon-Otakaro Network (AvON) is delighted with the comment by Acting Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery, Amy Adams, that the Government will consider the proposal to turn the Avon River red zone into a reserve and river park, and says it looks forward to working with the Government to make this happen. [More]

The Green Party is calling on the Government to commit to building an Avon-Otakaro River Park, after more than 18,500 people have signed a petition in support of the Park. [More]

Scores of Christchurch people will take the petition asking for a park on the Avon River red zone land on a symbolic journey up the Avon River on its way to Parliament next week. [More]

A stalwart of Christchurch conservation and business has been named as the patron of the group campaigning for a reserve and river park in the Avon River red. [More]

The group campaigning to create a river park and reserve out of the Avon River Red Zone has more than 14,000 signatures on its petition to Parliament – and is confident this number will increase. [More]

Every flower that floated down the Avon and Heathcote Rivers yesterday represented someone's personal reflections on the last year and their hopes for the future, says Evan Smith of the Avon-Otakaro Network (AvON). [More]

The group campaigning to create a river park and reserve out of the Avon River Red Zone wants completed petition sheets returned now. [More]

Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker has given his blessing to the campaign for a reserve and river park on the Avon River red zone, calling it “a great vision”. [More]

The Green Party has thrown its support behind a campaign to turn the Avon River red zone into a reserve and river park, with MPs and candidates signing a petition seeking just that. [More]

A new group is lobbying local and national politicians to create a reserve and park on the Avon River red zone land once the owners have left. [More]