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Every Friday morning, on the edge of the former residential red zone, a group of enthusiastic children pull on their gardening gloves and pick up their shovels, ready for some hard mahi.

A mushroom-themed education, play and foraging area will sprout in the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor Regeneration Area in the coming months.

Christchurch City Council is taking steps to close some short sections of road around the Ōtākaro Avon River so that a new City to Sea pathway can be built.

Another chapter of Christchurch’s earthquake recovery has closed, with the final tranche of residential red zone land being transferred from government to local ownership.

A mushroom-themed education, play and foraging area has officially opened in the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor Regeneration Area.

The Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor Co-Governance Establishment Committee has adopted a new framework to assess any Council-led projects planned for the former residential red zone.

The wheels are in motion to progress a new City to Sea pathway that will connect the central city to New Brighton.

Council rangers are supporting a group of children living next to the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor to build and maintain a small jump track in the regeneration area.

Due to health and safety concerns, whitebait enthusiasts will no longer be able to drive vehicles through the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor Regeneration Area (OARC) to access the river when the season begins on 1 September.

Significant strides have been taken this year in the multi-generational project to transform the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor into an ecological sanctuary and recreational area for the city.