Key Goals

1. Natural Heritage

Protect and improve the health and bounty of the waterway.

2. Cultural Heritage

Acknowledge, manage, link, interpret and add to the existing cultural heritage of the waterway, its berms, and associated heritage places and features, in an integrated manner, as a commemoration of the cultural evolution of the city and its citizens.

3. Garden City Image

Continue to combine the indigenous and exotic vegetation of the river berms as a demonstration of the distinctive Christchurch Garden City image, but with greater emphasis on restoring indigenous biodiversity to the city.

4. Urban Legibility

Emphasise and celebrate the contrast between the natural, meandering, leafy character of the corridor and the hard urban character of the surrounding grid streets and buildings.

5. Use and Enjoyment

Improve the use, enjoyment, celebration and understanding of the river and its setting, to be freely available as a safe and welcoming place for the pleasure, relaxation and inspiration of citizens and visitors.