Phil Mauger: Christchurch Mayor on the areas of the red zone deemed suitable for housing

Christchurch's Mayor doesn't think previously red zoned land has been tainted by its past.  

The City Council's agreed to engage with interested parties, including social housing providers, iwi, and private developers.  

It's identified more than 10 hectares of land, split across 11 parts of the quake damaged zone, suitable for housing. 

Phil Mauger told Mike Hosking work will be needed on the foundations, but it's suitable to live on.  

He says 15 years ago red zoned land was defined by a ball point pen by someone in Wellington – now we know a lot more and there are some little pockets that could be used. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Christ is looking to lease or sell some red zone
land after a vote from the council yesterday. It's about
twelve hectores out of six hundred, so it's not a lot.
If you know, Christ judge places like Avonside Drive one Only,
Road Breezes, Road Film Major As the mayor of Christ
tutineers with us on this feel good morning to you
good one. So it seemed like an easy vote, no pushback.
Is everyone on board with us?

Speaker 2 (00:19):
Well, we've got six people on a co governance committee.
There's three from local Rununga and there's three from the
council and we just want we just want to get on.
As I say, it's only as were as you said,
as twelve hec there is. We're putting it out for
a registration of interest or whatever and we'll see what
comes back. We will not they're all little blocks here

(00:41):
and there, so we won't do the whole lot. We
might say we'll try that but there and try that
there and see how it goes. We'll see what comes back.
We're not.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
It's not set in concrete, Okay, lease or sell? What's
your what are your favor?

Speaker 2 (00:53):
Well, I know up in Auckland they have a lot
of lease land. I wouldn't mind leasing it because that's
apparently will lend money to people buying a house, So
you and if you don't have to borrow more money
to buy the land as well, it means that younger
people or people that aren't earning as much money can
actually own a house. It's important to own it. My

(01:13):
grandfather was a builder and he used to give young
couple second and third mortgages to get them into a hat.

Speaker 1 (01:19):
What do you reckon? Demand is is it tainted this
land you reckon or not? Psychologically I'm talking about I
don't think so.

Speaker 2 (01:26):
Down as you know christ is, but down below the
Anzac Bridge or the Basset Street bridge, we're moving the
stop banks back and letting the river flood out when
it gets up in height. But in the higher reaches
the ground is not as bad. Well, there will have
to be some work done on the foundations, I'm sure,
but you've got to remember that when way back fifteen

(01:47):
years ago red zone land was red zoned by the
thickness of All point ten by someone in Wellington. Now
we know a lot more about things and there are
some little pockets that could well be used.

Speaker 1 (01:58):
All right, well, wish you the best well and I
hope it works well. Avenside drives beautiful part of christchich
I was just used to grow up down the road
from Avenside Drive and fired the opportunity to buy or
listen lennon Avenside Driver and take it.

Speaker 2 (02:09):
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