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Local Government Education Pack - Christchurch City Council
Website designed to assist tutors of students whose first language is not English. Aims to teach students about the roles and services of the Christchurch City Council and Environment Canterbury.

Parenting Programmes and Support Services
Resource directory listing local organisations which are endeavouring to support and strengthen parents/caregivers. Prepared by the Christchurch City Council.

Prostitution

Local governments around the country are coming to terms with the impact of the Prostitution Reform Act. This Private Member's Bill passed its third reading on the 25 June 2003. Local government's role in the new decriminalised sex industry particularly relates to managing the location of brothels and any adverse effects potentially associated with the business of prostitution including signage.

The Christchurch City Council is inviting residents to have their say on issues relating to the new Prostitution Reform Act. They have produced a questionnaire as part of a consultation process to decide whether the Council needs further control measures for prostitution related activities. Submissions close on 5pm, 13th November.

It is now legal to own and operate a brothel. Inspectors from Community and Public Health have the power to enter and inspect a prostitution business in relation to health and safety matters. The police are responsible for enforcing the Act’s new operator certificates and prosecuting people buying sexual services from prostitutes, younger than 18 years of age.

Under the Act, the Council has limited new powers, relating to businesses of prostitution. These powers are for regulating the location of brothels and controlling signage advertising commercial sexual services. The Act contains no new bylaw making powers in relation to soliciting on streets. The Council’s timetable means that should it decide to take any regulatory action, that would occur in the first half of next year. If it decided to pass any bylaws regulating the location of brothels and signage, these may be applied to existing brothels and signage.

Relevant articles and documents include:

• Prostitution Reform Act - background Local Government New Zealand
• Impact of the Prostitution Reform Act ACC
• Prostitutes Collective contracts remain the same Ministry of Health/Scoop

Buried Treasures

Political Parties and Groups

localeye has a listing of political parties and groups. This category includes web sites from:

• Major political parties such as Labour and National
• Minor parties like the Christian Heritage Party and the United Future Party
• Interest groups such as the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party and the Pegasus Bay Beach Users Association.
• Political campaigns and petitions - Peter Ellis Petition and Voters Voice