type council holdings company industry various headquarters christchurch new zealand area served canterbury region key people bob lineham ceo owner christchurch city council website www.cchl.co.nz christchurch city holdings ltd cchl is a wholly owned investment arm 1 of the christchurch city council . the council controlled trading organisations ccto own and run some of the important infrastructure in christchurch such as the public transport and electricity delivery in the city . contents 1 organisations owned by cchl 1.1 lyttelton port company 1.2 christchurch international airport 1.3 city care 1.4 orion 1.5 selwyn plantation board 1.6 enable networks 1.7 red bus 1.8 ecocentral ltd 2 see also 3 references 4 external links organisations owned by cchl edit cchl owns or part owns the following eight companies . 2 lyttelton port company edit the lyttelton port company is the management of the main port in the south island at lyttelton new zealand . it services the city s businesses as the seaport . by june 2012 cchl ownership had increased to 79.3 % . 3 christchurch international airport edit main article christchurch international airport christchurch international airport . 75 % owned by cchl . 3 city care edit city care is the city council s infrastructure management company . they have branches throughout new zealand and service many councils and businesses . 4 100 % owned by cchl . 3 after the collapse of construction company mainzeal city care hired their management team . a decision whether city care will venture into vertical construction has not yet been made . 5 in november 2015 christchurch city council decided to sell city care . after a sales process left only one offer on the table that was considered insufficient the city council decided in august 2016 that it would keep city care . asset sales is one of the top issues in the 2016 christchurch mayoral election . 6 orion edit main article orion new zealand limited orion is an electricity distribution company that owns and operates the network in the central canterbury area . it covers the area between the waimakariri and rakaia rivers and from the canterbury coast to arthur s pass . 7 89.3 % owned by cchl . 3 selwyn plantation board edit selwyn plantation board operates in forestry and farming . 8 39.32 % owned by cchl but the company is in the process of being wound up it is selling its assets and the proceeds will be distributed to the two shareholding council holding companies . 3 a final payment to cchl is expected in 2013 . 9 enable networks edit main article enable networks enable networks builds and runs a new fibre optic network in christchurch . enable networks was first launched in 2007 with funding from cchl and a grant from the ministry of economic development . initially launched as christchurch city networks limited ccnl in 2009 the company re branded as enable networks . the company is the crown s partner for its ultra fast broadband initiative . 100 % owned by cchl . 10 red bus edit main article red bus new zealand red bus is one of the public passenger transport operators in christchurch . 100 % owned by cchl . 3 ecocentral ltd edit the newest company is ecocentral ltd which operates council s recycling . it is 100 % owned by cchl . 3 see also edit christchurch christchurch city council references edit christchurch city holdings . the press cchl boss backs down on enable 19 november 2009 page a11 a b c d e f g steeman marta 9 june 2012 . council clings to assets as quake bills mount . the press . pp . c21 c22 . retrieved 4 march 2013 . about us . city care . city care direction unclear . the press . 5 march 2013 . p. a9 . law tina ; truebridge nick 2 august 2016 . relief as city care sale to be dumped . the press . p. a1 . retrieved 2 august 2016 . about orion . orion group . spbl ownership spbl new zealand . steeman marta 5 march 2013 . orion leads city firms to profitable half year . the press . p. a9 . retrieved 6 march 2013 . about enable . enable networks . retrieved 24 january 2016 . external links edit christchurch city council website cchl website orion website city care website christchurch international airport website lyttelton port company website red bus website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title christchurch city holdings & oldid 732585217 categories companies based in christchurchgovernment owned companies of new zealand navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 1 august 2016 at 22 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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