Waimakariri District Council investigating bylaw to ban private use of fireworks
The private use of fireworks could be banned in the Waimakariri district after the council agreed to consider creating a new bylaw.
"It's unlikely we will be able to ban the sale of fireworks in the district, but we should be able to introduce a bylaw about letting them off," Waimakariri councillor Paul Williams says.
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