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In response to Christchurch’s 2nd devastating earthquake the St Albans Residents Association has revamped its website. This website is dedicated to the recovery of St Albans and its city, Christchurch. It is a place where people can go to find relevant local information. If you are from an organisation or a business and have essential information you would like to share with the community, then please get in touch by email to communitycentre@stalbans.gen.nz or by phone to 374 2465, and we will endeavour to publish it here.

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Vintage Sale – 29th Jan

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2012 Spring Festival

 Date: 28th January 2012

Time: 11:00am—4:00pm

Place: Rewi Alley Chinese School 32 Matipo St, Riccarton, Christchurch

Free entry

In Chinese lunar calendar, 2012 is the year of Dragon, to celebrate the New Year, we will provide a number of very special food, crafts, games and performances, as well as exciting lucky draw. We hope to give people a good time to relax and enjoy their social life, as before.

St Albans Skate Jam

Date: Sat 28 January 2012
Time:  12-3pm
Venue:  St Albans Park
Cost: Free!

The St Albans Skate Jam is a fun, free youth event and gives kids a chance to get out and have a go at skateboarding! I can hear you saying ‘What if they do not have skating equipment?’ – Skate Skool has taken care of this and equipment is available on the event day to hire for FREE!  This event is run by the Christchurch City Council and anyone can come along and get some tips from our skate instructor Scotty Buckner.  There’ll also be a competition at the end with lots of awesome prizes.  Come along to St Albans Park on Saturday 28th January from 12 – 3pm – there’s even a free sausage sizzle to keep the kid’s energy up! See you all there.

The Student Volunteer Army is planning volunteer days throughout the year and need projects!

The Student Volunteer Army is looking for projects to help with, by providing the labour and energy to help groups improve their communities.  Let them know of a site where they could build or help build a community garden, a BMX track, or could help paint over graffiti, or need gardening assistance in a community spot.

The Student Volunteer Army is planning volunteer days throughout the year and need projects!

If you have an idea,

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How are you coping with the on going Aftershocks?

We’d like to help.

The Heart Foundation is offering free seminars on staying power, a wells, a wellness toolkit, dealing with stress and heart health. All are welcome to come along and hear advice and information from four health experts.

Thursday 1 March: 5.30 – 7.30 pm – Linwood School North Hall, 221 Woodham Rd, Linwood (parking also on Rowcliffe Rd)

Friday 2 March: 12 – 2 pm – Village Gall of Heathcote Valley, Cnr

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Shirley Papanui St Albans Community Board Minutes

Shirley Papanui Community Board 30 November 2011 – Seminar Notes

The Mairehau February issue

mairehau Feb 2012

Keep up to date with the CERA Community Forum

http://cera.govt.nz/community-forum/agendas-and-notes

If you have something you would like answers to send the information though to us or pass it on to CanCERN http://cancern.org.nz/

What do Christchurch consumers want from the re-built city centre

Dear Sir or Madam, CERA is undertaking an in-depth survey to find out what Christchurch consumers want from the re-built city centre. This survey is designed to capture consumers’ intentions so CERA can help the government and council put the draft Christchurch Central City Plan into action. I encourage you to respond to the survey by logging-on to www.centralcitystudy.org.nz  Your views and intentions are important and will help guide how we implement the reconstruction programme. Many

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Edgeware Village Woes

Frustration for Christchurch bakery

By: Amanda South | Newstalk ZB 

Monday January 16 2012 6:00

A Christchurch bakery faces axing staff next month as an insurance deadline looms.

The February 22 quake anniversary for a lot of Christchurch businesses sees the end of 12 months of business interruption insurance.

Wayne Saunders owns KB’s Bakery franchise in Edgeware Village but he’s been locked out since June 1 when the building was deemed unsafe.

He says although,

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Avon-Otakaro Network (AvON) Update

Dear  supporter

Thank  you for all your help as we campaign to make sure the Avon River Red Zone  becomes a reserve and river park – honouring nature, and the people who have had  to leave their homes behind.

As  well as gathering signatures for our petition, we’d also like your help to record  important trees, buildings and other “assets” in the Red Zone.  By creating a  register of these assets, we hope some of

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