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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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Celebrate Volunteer Day
Location: Abberley Park Time: December 5, 12-2pm Description: Volunteering Canterbury is holding a picnic in Abberley Park to celebrate International Volunteer Day. BYO picnic and also enjoy free sausages and entertainment from The Muse.
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Freeparking, just go ahead
Mike Greer may well have got the go ahead from Building Consents at the City Council after this visit but did the building inspector need to park on the footpath and grass verge like this? This photo was taken in … Continue reading
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St Albans losing fire station
The St Albans Fire Station site, on Cranford St, will be sold and new one built on a new site further north, according to plans announced recently. Some fire stations are being repaired, some sold and several new ones built … Continue reading
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Broken pipes close part of school
The discovery of broken sewer pipes under St Albans Primary School resulted in the closure of the library cafe block and adjoining areas on December 2. Stachybotyrs and penicillin spores have been found in air tests.
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Emma Twaddell named local hero
Emma Twaddell kept the St Albans Residents Association going through the earthquakes and political fallout in its wake. Her work was rewarded recently when she was one of 15 Christchurch people who was named a Kiwibank Local Hero.
Posted in People, SARA, Volunteers
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Local hair salon top in NZ
Hair Art and Beauty in Cranford Street can claim to be the top New Zealand salon after winning the New Zealand Salon of the Year award, as part of the Kitomba NZARH Business Awards 2013 held recently in Auckland.
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Protest outside Southern Response
Frustrated and tired Southern Response policy holders and supporters will protest slow progress outside the company offices in Show Place from 7am on December 2.
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Will Windows win?
Ellen Jones Poole from St Albans is one of 20 winners in the Outlook for Someday national film making competition with her film Windows.
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Host families sought for AFS students
AFS Intercultural Programmes New Zealand is seeking volunteer families to host High School students from Europe, Asia, Latin America and the USA. The students are expected to become part of the family, obey family rules and undertake their share of … Continue reading
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Community fun afternoon
Location: St Albans Uniting Parish, Cnr Knowles Street and Nancy Avenue Time: December 6 @ 4-7pm Description: Pick some vegetables from the community garden, have a sausage or bring a picnic and enjoy the activities on offer in this community … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Community, EVENTS, Family
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Social statistics workshop
Location: Fendalton Service Centre, Jeffreys Road Time: November 21 @ 1-3.30pm Description: Statistics NZ workshop on insights from the General Social Survey 2012, presentation followed by hands on with the statistical information released in August and accessible on the stats … Continue reading
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Name a cycleway, win a bike
The Christchurch City Council is looking for appropriate names for the planned 13 cycleways to crisscross the city. Coming up with a name could win you a new bicycle early in the new year. One of the planned routes heads … Continue reading
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