Mayor Garry Moore has launched a website for residents to have their say directly and on-line about current issues. Although other new zealand council sites have a mayoral presence, christchurch's is the first where a mayor has an interactive forum - and regularly posts information seeking community views on issues facing the city.
Residents can e-mail for more information.
We ve just finished a round of public debate about economic development where we listened and responded to what the public wanted. I think the result of starting that debate was a win for all of us, in that it got the City talking about finding creative ways to help shape a healthy economic future. What drove me to fire up the debate was the awareness that Christchurch is exposed to incredible opportunities when it comes to broadening our economic base to meet the needs of the new information and technology age. We need to make the most of these opportunities. Canterbury already has a great global reputation for quality rural products and innovative manufactured products.