Radio Packages: Begging & Housing

Apr 16, 2021, 12:17 PM News

Should begging be banned in Christchurch? Are medium density housing developments good for the city? Jessica Swan investigates.

A Christchurch woman is reviving a plan to rid beggars from city streets.

Five years ago the council said a ban on begging was too hard to enforce - but that's not stopping one frustrated mall manager.

Jessica Swan has more.

BEGGING-SWAN-PACKAGE

St Albans is about to get a big boost in the number of houses...and not everyone's happy.

The government's replacing the resource management act - making these developments easier to approve - and now debate's intensifying.

Jessica Swan has the story.