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This website is dedicated to the recovery of St Albans and its city, Christchurch following a devastating series of earthquakes in 2010 and 2011. This service by the St Albans Residents’ Association (SARA) offers 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 sara@stalbans.gen.nz and we will endeavour to publish it here.Translations
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SCIRT is gathering information about the condition of the underground infrastructure
Investigations – piecing together the damage – SCIRT We can all see the earthquake damaged roads and bridges when we drive around the city. What we can’t see is what impact the earthquake has had under our roads. To ensure … Continue reading
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Multi-cultural Festival
Linwood Community Art Centre’s annual Multi-cultural Festival Saturday 18th Feb 2010 11am – 3 pm Venue: “Doris Lusk Reserve” (next to the Linwood Community Arts Centre 388 Worcester St)
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Smoother access to key services
SCIRT Update 3-2-2012 We understand that the city’s damaged roads and footpaths can be frustrating to travel along at the moment. People just want to be able to go about their day to day business without having to struggle with … Continue reading
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Grey Water recycling an option for gardeners
The Press. 4-2-2012 An engineer who moved to Christchurch for the earthquake rebuild is hoping household water recycling will become a fixture of the recovery. Steven Roberts, of Watersmart, installs systems to recycle grey water – from showers, washing machines … Continue reading
Biggest Solar Energy community planned
The Press. 3-2-2012 All 2200 homes in Christchurch’s proposed Highfield subdivision will be fitted with solar-energy systems, making it New Zealand’s biggest solar community. The systems, consisting of both photovoltaic and hot-water panels, would supply about a quarter of a … Continue reading
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Working With or Near Silt – information from EQR
Background In many homes where repairs are being project managed by Fletcher EQR there is a problem of silt build-up under the house. This poses a number of issues for contractors, including its safe removal and the potential exposure to … Continue reading
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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. … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
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a vision for the Avon River red zone
Avon-Otakaro Network (AvON) a vision for the Avon River red zone Welcome to our vision, changing Christchurch’s Avon River red zone from a place of despair and tragedy to a land of beauty and joy. AvON wants to make the … Continue reading
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new temporary Central Library Peterborough
87-91 Peterborough Street The new library will provide a flavour of the Central Library in Gloucester Street but on a smaller scale, with a mix of new stock and material on loan to customers at the time of the February … Continue reading
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