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- Council concerned about Lyttelton Port Company employee relations, requests meeting with board chairs and unions
The Council’s Finance and Performance Committee today passed a series of resolutions relating to 100% Council-owned Lyttelton Port Company. The context was an agenda item recommending the Council: receives Christchurch City Holdings Ltd’s final Statement of Intent for 2025/26; notes and advises any comments on EcoCentral Ltd’s Statement of Intent for 2024/25; and notes that forecast dividends from Christchurch City Holdings Ltd are consistent with the Annual Plan 2025/26.
By way of further context, in the Lyttelton Port Company (LPC) Statement of Intent 2024, a staff engagement score target of ≥68 was set for 2026 and ≥70 for 2027. In the 2025 LPC Statement of Intent, referenced in today’s Committee agenda, the targets are ≥66 for 2026 and ≥67 for 2027, increasing to ≥68 in 2028.
Four additional resolutions, all relating to Lyttelton Port Company (LPC), were moved by Councillor Johanson and seconded by Deputy Mayor Cotter, in addition to the staff recommendations in the agenda.
The LPC resolutions and voting record are detailed below:
Committee Resolved FPCO/2025/00134
5. That the Committee notes, with concern, the decline in industrial relations at LPC and the ongoing legal disputes over employment matters.
The division was declared carried by 12 votes to 2 votes the voting being as follows:
For: Deputy Mayor Cotter, Councillor Barber, Councillor Donovan, Councillor Fields, Councillor Gough, Councillor Harrison-Hunt, Councillor Henstock, Councillor Johanson, Councillor McLellan, Councillor Moore, Councillor Peters and Councillor Templeton
Against: Mayor Mauger and Councillor Keown
Carried
Councillor MacDonald and Councillor Coker, having declared an interest, took no part in the debate or vote on this item.Committee Resolved FPCO/2025/00135
6. That the Committee notes, with concern, the proposed reduction in engagement targets within the new Lyttleton Port Company Statement of Corporate Intent.
The division was declared carried by 9 votes to 5 votes the voting being as follows:
For: Deputy Mayor Cotter, Councillor Donovan, Councillor Fields, Councillor Harrison-Hunt, Councillor Johanson, Councillor McLellan, Councillor Moore, Councillor Peters and Councillor Templeton
Against: Mayor Mauger, Councillor Barber, Councillor Gough, Councillor Henstock and Councillor Keown
Carried
Councillor MacDonald and Councillor Coker, having declared an interest, took no part in the debate or vote on this item.Committee Resolved FPCO/2025/00136
7. That the Committee requests a meeting when appropriate between:
- the chairpersons of CCHL and LPC,
- the Mayor, Deputy Mayor and the local Banks Peninsula Councillor
- the Branch Secretaries of the RTMU and MUNZ
The division was declared carried by 9 votes to 5 votes the voting being as follows:
For: Deputy Mayor Cotter, Councillor Donovan, Councillor Fields, Councillor Harrison-Hunt, Councillor Johanson, Councillor McLellan, Councillor Moore, Councillor Peters and Councillor Templeton
Against: Mayor Mauger, Councillor Barber, Councillor Gough, Councillor Henstock and Councillor Keown
Carried
Councillor MacDonald and Councillor Coker, having declared an interest, took no part in the debate or vote on this item.Committee Resolved FPCO/2025/00137
8. That the Committee reconfirms it desire for LPC to work collaboratively to improve employment relations in accordance with the Statements of Corporate Intent 2024 and 2025.
Carried
Councillor Keown requested that his vote against the resolution be recorded
Councillor MacDonald and Councillor Coker, having declared an interest, took no part in the debate or vote on this itemLink to meeting minutes:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2025/07/FPCO_20250723_MIN_8614_AT_WEB.htm - Council rejects bid for community representation on Avon Corridor governance committee
The Council today rejected an amendment to a proposed governance model for the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor. The recommended initial model is an interim Committee of Council, consisting of up to three representatives appointed by Ngāi Tūāhuriri, and up to three Council representatives, including the Mayor and Deputy Mayor and “one of the councillors who represents the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor local communities”.
Councillor Donovan moved an Amendment to have up to three Council/Community representatives, including the Mayor and Deputy Mayor, and one community member appointed by the Council.
The amendment was voted on and declared lost.
The division was declared lost by 8 votes to 9 votes the voting being as follows:
For: Deputy Mayor Cotter, Councillor Coker, Councillor Donovan, Councillor Fields, Councillor Harrison-Hunt, Councillor Johanson, Councillor Moore and Councillor Templeton
Against: Mayor Mauger, Councillor Barber, Councillor Gough, Councillor Henstock, Councillor Keown, Councillor MacDonald, Councillor McLellan, Councillor Peters and Councillor Scandrett
The original officer recommendations were then voted on and carried, with Councillor Johanson requesting that his vote against Resolution 4 (relating to the make-up of the interim Committee) be recorded.
Link to meeting minutes:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2025/02/CNCL_20250219_MIN_8571_AT_WEB.htm - Council procurement policy amended to comply with United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334
Christchurch City Council’s Finance and Performance Committee voted today to amend the Council’s procurement policy to “…not contract with the list of companies identified by the United Nations Human Rights Council as being involved in the building or maintenance of illegal Israeli settlements” in occupied Palestinian territories.
The staff report recommending this change followed presentations made during the Council’s public forum related to the ongoing Israel – Hamas conflict.
For more information:
See the full text of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334.
See the meeting agenda for the staff report, with attached advice previously given by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) to Environment Canterbury.The full text of the resolution is that the Finance and Performance Committee:
1. Receives the information in the Procurement Policy: Alignment with United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 Report.
2. Notes that the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 states that Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestine territory are illegal under international law.
3. Notes the advice received from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Environment Canterbury in relation to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 is included as Attachment A to this report.
4. Notes that the United Nations Human Rights Council has released a list of organisations trading with the illegal Israeli settlements on the West Bank of the Palestinian Territories as outlined in Attachment B to this report.
5. Notes that the Christchurch City Council does not currently do business with any organisations included on the United Nations Human Rights Council’s list.
6. Confirms the addition of the following language to the Council’s Procurement Policy to reflect its commitment to comply with United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334, with any exemption being approved by the Chief Executive:
a. “The Council will comply with UN Resolution 2334 and not contract with the list of companies identified by the United Nations Human Rights Council as being involved in the building or maintenance of illegal Israeli settlements. An organisation on the United Nations’ list will only be included on a procurement shortlist in exceptional circumstances and with the approval of the Chief Executive.”
7. Notes that staff are requested to bring back, for inclusion in the Letter of Expectations to Christchurch City Holdings Limited (CCHL), appropriate direction for CCHL and its subsidiaries to operate in a manner that is consistent with the guidance and advice provided by the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in respect of New Zealand organisations international trade and business dealings.
The staff recommendations were moved by Councillor Harrison-Hunt and seconded by Councillor Templeton, and were carried without a division recording individual votes.
Councillors Barber and Keown requested that their vote against the recommendation be recorded.
Councillors Gough, Henstock and Peters requested that their abstention from the vote be recorded.
Link to meeting minutes:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2024/10/FPCO_20241023_MIN_8552_AT_WEB.htm - Council votes to resign LGNZ membership
The Council voted today to resign its membership of Local Government New Zealand Inc (LGNZ). An additional resolution (#3 below) was added to the motion, allocating the LGNZ membership budget to professional development and support for elected members and to a ‘parliamentary engagement’ budget line.
The full resolution passed by Council is:
That the Council:
1. Receives the information in the New Zealand Local Government Association Inc: payment of annual membership subscription report.
2. Declines to renew its membership of Local Government New Zealand Inc and:
a. Resolves to resign its membership of Local Government New Zealand Inc; and
b. Authorises the Mayor to give notice of the resignation in writing to Local Government New Zealand Inc.
3. Allocates the unspent portion of the budget for Financial Year 2025 and future years for membership levies to Local Government New Zealand to the following budgets in the following priorities:
a. Additional Community Board Member Professional Development Training and Workplace Support services of $60,000, (the training component is split equally between the Community Boards);
b. Additional Councillor Professional Training and Workplace Support services of $30,000 (the training component is split equally between the Councillors and excludes the Mayor)
c. A new budget line for Parliamentary Engagement of $30,000 which will accommodate:
i. promotion of the Council’s interests;
ii. advocacy on matters affecting the interests of the Council and its communities; and
iii. facilitation of effective engagement
with Government, Parliamentarians and other agencies of the Government.
d. Return the balance of any budget to the operating surplus/deficit in Financial Year 2025.
4. Notes that the decision in this report is assessed as low significance based on the Christchurch City Council’s Significance and Engagement Policy, as it is a decision regarding membership of an organisation and does not affect strategic assets or levels of services.
The division was declared carried by 9 votes to 8 votes the voting being as follows:
For: Mayor Mauger, Councillor Barber, Councillor Gough, Councillor Henstock, Councillor Keown, Councillor MacDonald, Councillor McLellan, Councillor Peters and Councillor Scandrett
Against: Deputy Mayor Cotter, Councillor Coker, Councillor Donovan, Councillor Fields, Councillor Harrison-Hunt, Councillor Johanson, Councillor Moore and Councillor Templeton
Link to meeting minutes:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2024/06/CNCL_20240619_MIN_8516_AT_WEB.htm - Council votes to pause work on Safer Speed Plan
Councillors voted today to pause the Hearings Panel process on the Council’s Full Speed Management Plan (draft Safer Speed Plan). This followed consultation for the Speed Management Plan and also recent direction from Government that there will be a revised rule for setting speed limits in place by the end of 2024.
The full text of the resolution is “That the Council:
- Proceed with Option 3 to pause the Hearings Panel process until the Government provides further guidance on any new Land Transport Rule relating to the setting of speed limits and commit to a Hearings Panel proceeding before the end of the year.
- Note that a report will come back to Council for its consideration of next steps once staff have assessed the scope and impacts of any such new Land Transport Rule.
- Note that the decision in this report is of high significance in relation to the Christchurch City Council’s Significance and Engagement Policy.”
The division was declared carried by 9 votes to 8 votes the voting being as follows:
For: Mayor Mauger, Councillor Barber, Councillor Gough, Councillor Henstock, Councillor Keown, Councillor MacDonald, Councillor Moore, Councillor Peters and Councillor Scandrett
Against: Deputy Mayor Cotter, Councillor Coker, Councillor Donovan, Councillor Fields, Councillor Harrison-Hunt, Councillor Johanson, Councillor McLellan and Councillor Templeton
Link to meeting minutes:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2024/04/CNCL_20240416_MIN_10209_AT_WEB.htm