The Government is getting serious about buying the last parcels of land on proposed stadium site in central Christchurch.

Land Information New Zealand (Linz) is in charge of securing land for the city’s rebuild anchor projects and its Canterbury recovery group manager Jeremy Barr said there were six properties left to acquire, which made up about eight per cent of the footprint.

“The majority of the area is now owned by the Crown.”

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