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Find Out How Old Your Woodburner Is
As part of the Air Plan to deliver cleaner air in Canterbury towns and cities, the first of a number of local bans on the use of open fires and solid fuel burners older than 15 years will become effective in Christchurch from 1 April 2010.
Similar bans will apply in Kaiapoi from May 2010 and in Ashburton from May 2011.
For Christchurch, Kaiapoi and Rangiora there are town-specific lists of all building consents to install solid fuel burners issued in the last 15 years.
Use the link for your town and follow instructions to look at a list of properties with burners less than 15 years old. If yours is on the list, it is okay to use your burner until the 15th anniversary of its first installation.