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Residental Green Zone technical category information from CERA

Land in the green zone has been divided into three technical categories. These categories describe how the land in expected to perform in future earthquakes. The technical categories – TC1 (grey), TC2 (yellow) and TC3 (blue) describe the foundation systems … Continue reading

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New foundation design categories for Canterbury

http://www.landcheck.org.nz/ http://cera.govt.nz/land-information/maps Gerry Brownlee, Maurice Williamson 28 October, 2011 New foundation design categories for Canterbury Three new categories for residential foundation design have been developed and will be required for repairing and rebuilding homes in Canterbury following the earthquakes of … Continue reading

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Level 3 Water Restrictions are now in place

Christchurch’s water pumps, reservoirs and pipe network have been severely damaged by the earthquakes.This means we need to reduce the amount of water we use over summer. What does this mean for you? Unattended hoses, sprinklers and garden irrigation systems … Continue reading

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Upcoming WEA Events

 Click on the title to be able to open the links  To look at the programme of upcoming events please click this link: prog t 4 – 11 They include lectures, arts and craft, historical evenings, and much more for the … Continue reading

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Latest Work Notices

http://strongerchristchurch.govt.nz/worksnotices/AllWorksNotices

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ST ALBANS ART SOCIETY

We want to increase our membership so we invite all painters and learners to join us at our rooms. We meet at Forfar Courts at 95 Forfar Street,St Albans On Mondays between 10 am -12-30 pm we are community cantered … Continue reading

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Any unanswered questions for EQC?

CanCERN are preparing to meet again with EQC and insurance representitives and would like to get a sense of what questions  still need to be answered. Do you have an unanswered question?   Please check that the answer to their  question is not on … Continue reading

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St Albans Update

from BRENDON BURNS: Around 50 residents from St Albans turned out on Saturday morning at Abberley Park to air their feelings of being  forgotten in the process of recovering from the earthquakes. Most of St Albans is green zoned but … Continue reading

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CERA land zone map

http://cera.govt.nz/static/land-zone-map/  A map of the green, orange, red and white zones.

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One Stop Shock

  Click here to download: One Stop Shock 110711   Tena Koe, There is so much contact & support information out there its hard to find one place that has it all….until now! All the One Stop Shocks since September have … Continue reading

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Christchurch Academy of Ballet

New purpose built dance studio at 12 Berwick Street, St Albans. Enrolments now commencing with registrations at the studio from 9-11am on Saturday 17th September. $8-$10 lesson. Pre-primary to advanced adult classes. Enquiries 021 0294 7554  http://www.nzballet.co.nz/

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Company listens to area residents and withdraws application for Papanui recycling site

Ceres Environmental, an international disaster response, demolition and recycling company, is withdrawing its application for an earthquake debris recycling site in Papanui in response to concerns raised by local residents. “Ceres Environmental sincerely regrets the concerns caused when the preliminary … Continue reading

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