Air quality

Good air quality in our city is important for the health of all city residents. Poor air quality, either from high levels of fine dust or from harmful gases, directly impacts our health. Air pollution can also hinder people's ability to participate in outdoor activities. The environment can also be affected by polluted air, which can tarnish and corrode building materials and damage vegetation.

During winter, Christchurch frequently experiences climatic conditions which, coupled with smoke from home heating, produces very poor air quality.

Ambient Air Quality

• 24 hr PM10 Exceedences and Maximum Concentrations, St Albans, 1999 - 2010 [PDF 22KB]
• The Second Highest Concentration of PM10 in Christchurch, 1995 - 2015 [PDF 41KB]
• Average PM10 Air Pollution Concentrations on Still Evenings, 1996 - 2010 [PDF 66KB]
• Air Quality Complaints and Number of High Air Pollution Nights (days over 50 μg/m3), 2000 - 2010 [PDF 75KB]

Home Heating Devices

• Total Number and Age of Woodburners in the Christchurch Airshed, 1999 - 2006 [PDF 20KB]

• Number of Homes with Cleaner Forms of Home Heating through the Clean Heat Project, 2003 - 2013 [PDF 21KB]

Total Emissions Inventory

• Sources and Contaminants of Air Pollution in Christchurch, 2006 [PDF 22KB]

Council response

• Christchurch City Fires Bylaw 2007

Authorising Unit: Strategy Support

Last reviewed: Monday, August 08, 2011

Next review: Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Keywords: air quality