Regional Parks Team

Christchurch City Council – Greenspace Unit

The purpose of the Regional Parks team is to manage the city’s regional parks for environmental enhancement and for peoples enjoyment. This includes the provision of a ranger service, project implementation, delivery of environmental education programmes and farm management activities. Parks such as Port Hill Reserves, Bottle Lake Forest Park and the Coastal edge are managed by this team, The Regional Parks Team is made up of:

• Regional Parks Team Leader
• Park Ranger Service
• Environmental Education Team
• Conservation Farm Manager

The Regional Parks Team:

• Maintains and enhances ecological values by providing and managing large parks to protect and conserve natural ecosystems and scenic values.
• Encourages experiences in the natural environment by providing and promoting sustainable recreational opportunities of parks for residents and visitors to Christchurch.
• Encourages and manages commercial use in parks that reflect the environmental and recreational values of the sites.
• Provides a uniformed ranger service who act as an interface between the community, the park/resource and Council policies and by laws.
• Leads the development and maintenance of parks under Council management.
• Protects and rehabilitates natural ecosystems.
• Provides recreational facilities aligned to the values of parks.
• Promotes, informs and educates people about recreation opportunities.
• Provides for community involvement/partnerships on assigned parks, in particular in ecological protection and rehabilitation programmes and recreation facilities.
• Manages Council grazing land primarily for wildlife management.
• Provides assistance to the National Rural Fire Authority fighting rural fires in Canterbury.

For more information on Christchurch City Council Regional Parks, please contact leisureandparks@ccc.govt.nz.