Information sheets and background are available at the Council’s service centres and at the Civic Offices on Tuam Street. If you call on 941 8999 we will post a set of the papers to you. Details of the Council’s service centres can be found on p157 of the 2003 telephone book, at the top of column three.

The information available at service centres and on the web includes:

• The report to Council about the issue and its background by Peter Mitchell, the Council’s Director of Legal and Secretarial Services
• A spreadsheet summarising the various options considered by the Council in its discussions leading to this proposal
• A submission form
• Maps of the Council’s proposed ward/ community board boundaries (a version of which is shown here) and another alternative which was not adopted by the Council
• Schedules of the communities of interest relating to two of the schemes considered by Council

To let the Council know your views, you can either write to Max Robertson, CCC Representation Review, PO Box 237, Christchurch, or work on-line through the Have Your Say website, at www.ccc.govt.nz/haveyoursay

The law says the Council must advise submitters about hearings and their right to be heard. To make a submission, therefore, you must include your name and contact details. You will receive written acknowledgement of your submission and information about Council hearings and your ability to take part.

The City Council will not use your contact information for anything other than the Representation Review process, but submitters should be aware that their responses will be available to any members of the public or news media who ask to see them.