Pictures of a re-imagined Otautahi-Christchurch City

Colinthe eternal optimist (so I’m told)meurkc@landcareresearch.co.nz

If we don’t get our act together (unity) & think beyond BAU we squander our momentary post-EQ fame for innovation - & sink into oblivion; irrelevant to Auck, CQ, TV News. We are supposed to be the 2nd city. We have to boldly claim it. And it is not about spending megabucks but being culturally & ecologically smart!

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S Motorway

Wider , Joined-up, Eco-City Context Place-Making

EasternEco-Anchor

Great Perimeter (CHCH360) Trail – encapsulating diversity, legibility, healthy city & eco-tourist opportunity

Joining the dots – the beads in a necklace – jewels in the crown!

Water crossing

Gate

Wildlife Bridge

Eco-centre

Travis-Avon-Otakaro (Waitakiri) Eco-Sanctuary

• 150ha Predator-Proofed Eco-Sanctuary Anchor Project

• with Wildlife Bridge• Increased diversity/visitor experience• Environmental education centre• A permanent commercial difference• $ 10 million investment

Coventry Cathedral

Own our Pompei !Preserve the RuinsBuild the Rubble Pyramid !

Sight Lines of Light & Unity (if not at ground level – from cathedral tower)Mosque-Putaringamotu-Marae-Maunga Tere-Synagogue-Cathedral-Waitākiri-Basilica-Te Poho-o-Tamatea-Te Pohue, and other taonga.

Join the Symbols that Unite a Community - all faiths, cultures & taonga

a rock - of differenceAtua – Rongoa protector of gardens & medicinal plants … in bed of moss & frame of ferns

Sculpture by Rewi Couch - Rapaki

Cf Te PapaWellington Bush City

Christchurch bush city – Cathedral Squarecascading off chalice (embodies a buried forest)

Time travel through natural & cultural layers of City – Centre-stage… not out the back!Encapsulating (with other Maori & Colonial symbolism) our whole history laid out … spiralling upwards in hope