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Update reported Oct. 18th, 2026, on the past week's prices: Petrol in #Dorset is cheapest in #Christchurch at 169.9p a litre and most expensive in #Dorchester, where the best price is 178.9p.
https://CheapFuelNearMe.uk/fuel-prices/christchurch/?utm_source=mastodon
https://CheapFuelNearMe.uk/fuel-prices/dorchester/?utm_source=mastodon
Roadworks report for #Christchurch, Fri 23 Oct, 2026:
CLOSED: Oak Tree Parade, West Road
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Ringwood Road
SINGLE-FILE TRAFFIC: Falcon Drive
WORKS IN THE ROAD: Stony Lane, Bure Road, Harbour Road, Iford Close, Saxonbury Road, Southwick Road, Southwood Avenue, St Georges Close
Roadworks report for #Christchurch, Thu 22 Oct, 2026:
CLOSED: Oak Tree Parade, West Road
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Ringwood Road
SINGLE-FILE TRAFFIC: Falcon Drive
WORKS IN THE ROAD: Stony Lane, Bure Road, Durrington Road, Haven Close, Hillside Drive, Iford Close, Saxonbury Road, Southwick Road, Southwood Avenue, St Georges Close
Roadworks report for #Christchurch, Wed 21 Oct, 2026:
CLOSED: Oak Tree Parade, West Road
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Ringwood Road
SINGLE-FILE TRAFFIC: Beaufort Road, Falcon Drive
WORKS IN THE ROAD: Stony Lane, Elizabeth Avenue, Hillside Drive, Portman Terrace, St Georges Close
Roadworks report for #Christchurch, Tue 20 Oct, 2026:
CLOSED: Oak Tree Parade, West Road
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Ringwood Road
SINGLE-FILE TRAFFIC: Beaufort Road, Broadway, Falcon Drive
WORKS IN THE ROAD: Stony Lane, Elizabeth Avenue, Nea Road, Portman Terrace
Our Self-Guided Walking Tour of Christchurch in New Zealand shows you the highlights of #Christchurch and it includes a short #Murals Tour. #NewZealand https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Christchurch/#tour
Update reported Oct. 18th, 2026: Cheapest petrol in #Christchurch has fallen from 170.9p to 169.9p a litre. Cheapest diesel: 199.9p a litre, reported Oct. 15th, 2026.
See all prices in #Christchurch: https://CheapFuelNearMe.uk/fuel-prices/christchurch/?utm_source=mastodon
Roadworks report for #Christchurch, Mon 19 Oct, 2026:
CLOSED: Oak Tree Parade, West Road
LANE CLOSED: Fountain Way
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Ringwood Road
SINGLE-FILE TRAFFIC: Beaufort Road
WORKS IN THE ROAD: Stony Lane, Coastguard Way, Mudeford, Nea Road, Sydney Road
Christchurch Spring Fashion Festival Recap: Runway Highlights From The Weekend https://www.byteseu.com/2464640/ #Action #annual #came #christchurch #fashion #festival #from #heres #highlights #loved #NewZealand #over #recap #runway #schedule #second #spring #the #there #viva #week #weekend #weekends #What #with #zealand
Roadworks report for #Christchurch, Sun 18 Oct, 2026:
CLOSED: Oak Tree Parade, West Road
LANE CLOSED: Fountain Way
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Ringwood Road
SINGLE-FILE TRAFFIC: Beaufort Road
WORKS IN THE ROAD: Stony Lane, Coastguard Way, Mudeford, Nea Road, Sydney Road
https://www.europesays.com/3316690/ Canterbury commuter rail: New Zealand First promises 12-month trial #12month #announced #canterbury #Christchurch #commit #commuter #first #from #new #NewZealand #promises #rail #rangiora #rolleston #Services #that #trial #will #with #zealand
Update reported Oct. 16th, 2026: Cheapest petrol in #Christchurch has risen from 169.9p to 170.9p a litre. Cheapest diesel: 199.9p a litre, reported Oct. 15th, 2026.
See all prices in #Christchurch: https://CheapFuelNearMe.uk/fuel-prices/christchurch/?utm_source=mastodon
Roadworks report for #Christchurch, Sat 17 Oct, 2026:
CLOSED: Fountain Way, Oak Tree Parade, West Road
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Ringwood Road
SINGLE-FILE TRAFFIC: Beaufort Road
WORKS IN THE ROAD: Stony Lane, Coastguard Way, Mudeford, Nea Road, Sydney Road
Roadworks report for #Christchurch, Fri 16 Oct, 2026:
CLOSED: Fountain Way, Oak Tree Parade, West Road
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Ringwood Road
SINGLE-FILE TRAFFIC: Beaufort Road
WORKS IN THE ROAD: Stony Lane, Coastguard Way, Mudeford, Nea Road, Northey Road, Sydney Road
One of the ecology postgrads working with me at the moment, Dee Patel, has spent this year doing lots of data curation work, and now stats analysis, on my 23-years of ongoing high frequency bird counts between Ōtautahi-Christchurch city and Lincoln town in Canterbury, NZ. That's where I repeatedly map and count birds while biking and running along 172 km of standard routes about the landscape.
This week Dee got the first preliminary results for all birds and one clear story is worth sharing: of the ~21 species of native and endemic birds that were seen often enough to be able to analyse a trend, *ALL* have increased in numbers over the past two decades.
All of them!!
Many have increased by large amounts, and on average, the NZ endemics are up more than the natives we share with other countries.
Over the same period, the introduced birds (mostly English birds) have mostly stayed about the same, with just a few declines (eg Muscovy duck are down a bit).
It's a strikingly different result from what's been reported in the media from some other parts of the world. I expect it's due to the big increases here in regeneration and planting of native vegetation and mammalian predator control, leading to a resurgence of native species in areas where they'd declined last century. We've also had the agricultural intensification and urban expansion and warming climate seen in most of the world, but those negative effects on birds seem to (so far) have been more than offset by the return of native vegetation and reduction in predators.
Dee's due to complete and submit her thesis early next year so there's still plenty of work to do before we get the details ironed out and figure out all the nuances in the story. Still, the overall result is looking really promising for the city's birds.
#birds #Ōtautahi #Christchurch #nz #ecology #LincolnUniversityNZ
Roadworks report for #Christchurch, Thu 15 Oct, 2026:
CLOSED: Oak Tree Parade, West Road
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Ringwood Road
SINGLE-FILE TRAFFIC: Andover Close, Elizabeth Avenue
WORKS IN THE ROAD: Stony Lane, Beaufort Road, Coastguard Way, Cross Way, Mudeford, Nea Road, Northey Road, Tuckton Road
Sign, Hereford Street, 2013-02-22
Friday 22 February 2013.
File reference: CCL-2013 -02-22-IMG_4036
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
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#Christchurch #Earthquake #Eqnz.chch.2010
Ever notice how different a surf session feels when you stop chasing every wave?
Sometimes it’s better to sit for a moment, watch the sets and wait for the one that feels right.
Less rushing, more reading the ocean.
https://christchurch-surf-lessons.kit.com/posts/surfing-holiday-christchurch-surf-lessons
How many runways can you see for Christchurch International airport (New Zealand) ? : The answer is on https://www.bigorre.org/aero/meteo/nzch/en #christchurchinternationalairport #airport #christchurch #newzealand #nzch #chc #aviation #avgeek vl
Roadworks report for #Christchurch, Tue 13 Oct, 2026:
CLOSED: Hinton Wood Lane, Oak Tree Parade, West Road
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Ringwood Road
SINGLE-FILE TRAFFIC: Elizabeth Avenue, Preston Lane
WORKS IN THE ROAD: Cross Way, Palmerston Avenue
Christchurch restaurant owner says fake rat photos are damaging business reputation https://www.diningandcooking.com/restaurants/39110/ #are #business #christchurch #damaging #fake #owner #photos #rat #reputation #Restaurant #says #VietnameseRestaurant #VietnameseRestaurants
Christchurch Earthquake 22/02/11, 2011-02-26
The corner of Saint Asaph Street and Barbadoes Street.
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#Geoftheref #New #Zealand #Aotearoa #Christchurch #Canterbury #Earthquake #Eqnz #Earthquakes #Eqnz.chch.2010
Planned road closures starting tomorrow in #Christchurch, Tue 13 Oct, 2026:
Derritt Lane, until 14 Oct
Roadworks report for #Christchurch, Mon 12 Oct, 2026:
CLOSED: Oak Tree Parade, River Way
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Ringwood Road
SINGLE-FILE TRAFFIC: Preston Lane
WORKS IN THE ROAD: Belfield Road
Durham Street Methodist
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#DurhamStreet #Churches #DurhamStreetMethodist #Earthquake #ChristchurchEarthquake #Eqnz #EarthquakeAftermath #Aftermath #EarthquakeDamage #LostChristchurch #Methodist #MethodistChurch #Christchurch #Museum
Lane Walker Rudkin Buildings
Christchurch Earthquake Aftermath
PWS-2010-09-19-DSC02601
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#Earthquake #ChristchurchEarthquake #Eqnz #Lwr #LaneWalkerRudkin #Sydenham #LaneWalkerRudkinBuildings #EarthquakeAftermath #Aftermath #EarthquakeDamage #Christchurch
https://www.europesays.com/3304759/ Christchurch restaurant owner says fake rat photos are damaging business reputation #are #business #Christchurch #damaging #fake #NewZealand #owner #photos #RAT #reputation #Restaurant #says
Planned road closures starting tomorrow in #Christchurch, Mon 12 Oct, 2026:
Fountain Way, until 17 Oct
Hinton Wood Lane, until 13 Oct
https://www.europesays.com/3304021/ Christchurch double homicide: Former Devils Henchmen president among dead #among #Christchurch #club #complex #dead #devils #Double #early #flowed #former #have #henchmen #homicide #housing #killed #motorcycle #NewZealand #president #saturday #social #tributes #understood
Our Self-Guided Walking Tour of Christchurch in New Zealand shows you the highlights of #Christchurch and it includes a short #Murals Tour. #NewZealand https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Christchurch/#tour
Roadworks report for #Christchurch, Sun 11 Oct, 2026:
CLOSED: Oak Tree Parade, River Way
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Ringwood Road
SINGLE-FILE TRAFFIC: Preston Lane
WORKS IN THE ROAD: Belfield Road
Christchurch double homicide: Former Devils Henchmen president among dead https://www.byteseu.com/2442527/ #among #christchurch #club #complex #Dead #Devils #double #early #flowed #former #have #henchmen #Homicide #Housing #killed #motorcycle #NewZealand #president #saturday #social #tributes #understood
Here are four of my more notable observations from my weekly biodiversity run about Ōtautahi-Christchurch city, NZ, yesterday.
The steel blue ladybirds are back. These are Australians that have been spreading through the city over the past 6 years.
https://www.inaturalist.nz/observations/407394546
The poroporo-feeding Australian beetles *Psylliodes brettinghami* are about again. These beetles first showed up in the city in 2024 and now many of our poroporo plants are pock marked with feeding holes.
https://www.inaturalist.nz/observations/407394556
Two kererū were in Ernle Clark Reserve by the Opawaho-Heathcote River. This has been the site of lots of native tree planting and weeding by the local community, so I hope the kererū stick around and nest.
https://www.inaturalist.nz/observations/407394555
A young wild native mistletoe that I've been watching on the grounds of Cashmere Primary School looks like it's about to fruit for the first time. Mistletoes are rare in the city so hopefully the birds help it to get some baby plants established in the area.
https://www.inaturalist.nz/observations/407394557
#nature #biodiversity #nz #wildcounts #Ōtautahi #Christchurch #nz
Roadworks report for #Christchurch, Sat 10 Oct, 2026:
CLOSED: Oak Tree Parade, River Way
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Ringwood Road
SINGLE-FILE TRAFFIC: Preston Lane
WORKS IN THE ROAD: Belfield Road
Hey Ōtautahi Christchurch, you have a meetup on this weekend!
These monthly meetups are a chance for editors of Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikisource, and more to get together, get advice, get collaborations started. Everybody's welcome, beginners or experienced.
Sunday 11 October, 10am–12pm
Scoundrel • 375 St Asaph St, Central Christchurch
https://w.wiki/XXih
As something of an antidote to my previous roadkill post, I also saw this family of Kakīānau, Australasian Black Swans, on my bike home today.
It's great to see them breeding now in the wetlands that have been built around the fringes of Ōtautahi-Christchurch city (NZ).
I'm part of this double bill at Lyttelton Arts Factory tonight till Saturday. #Ōtautahi #Christchurch #theatre https://events.humanitix.com/pact-and-washing-up
Colombo Street
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#PostDemolition #Earthquake #ChristchurchEarthquake #Eqnz #EarthquakeAftermath #Aftermath #EarthquakeDamage #Sydenham #Christchurch
Damage to Locksley Avenue, 05 Sep 2010
Earthquake damage to the footpath on Locksley Avenue.
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#Streets #Eastzone #Christchurch #Eqnz #ChristchurchEarthquake #DamagedInSeptember2010EarthquakeAndAftershocks #EarthquakeDamage #CanterburyEarthquake #2010 #September2010 #ViaGihu #ColourImage #LocksleyAvenue #2010s #Footpaths #Cracks #ChristchurchCityLibraries
Here's something my 18-year old daughter has been making with some of her writer friends. It's "Young Writers Yap", a radio show and Podcast on Plains Media–Te Reo Irirangi O Te Maania.
They've published 11 episodes so far, interviewing different talented local writers. It's lots of fun, with some incredibly creative people.
"This show is for anyone curious about the world of writing in Aotearoa. Whether you’re a curious student, a schoolteacher, a writer yourself, or something completely unrelated, this is the place for you! You’ll walk away with poetry, tricks of the trade, and inspiration— on top of having experienced the real-life chaos of Young Writers Yap."
It's the first radio production of Write On, a fantastic local writers' collective that runs weekend and summer holidays workshops for young writers. It was inspirational for our daughter.
Plains Media is Ōtautahi-Chirstchurch's non-profit community radio station run from Ara, the city's Polytech.
Check it out if it might be your kind of thing.
https://plains.org.nz/programme/youngwritersyap
https://www.schoolforyoungwriters.org/
#nz #WriteOn #podcast #Ōtautahi #Christchurch #writers #YoungWriters #poetry #fiction #PlainsMedia #YoungWritersYap
@VWDasher It was a good day for a run. Lots of things to see. Here are four highlights.
There was a male korimako feeding from the last flowers on a Eucalyptus leucoxylon. I like how the sun caught his red eye.
I saw a pair of battling European blackbirds. They didn't break up their skirmish until I was right next to them.
I found a grub of the first Sphenella fascigera fly I've seen this season (they're a pretty little native fly that makes galls in groundsels).
And, near the end of my run there was a happy kererū perched in the sun up a tree.
(I realised that I forgot to correct my camera's clock for daylight savings so I'll fix that with exiftools before sharing these on iNaturalist.)
#nature #Ōtautahi #Christchurch #nz #birds #insects #Tephretidiae
