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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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St Albans Tennis Club Community Day
Location: 37 Dover St (near the Edgeware shops) Time: November 9 12:00 – 4.30 pm Description: Courts will be open to the St Albans community with sausage sizzle and lolly scramble for children and social tennis for adults. The first … Continue reading
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Women’s quake stories sought
The National Council of Women is seeking women who have been struggling to cope with life after the quakes to tell their stories.
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St Albans Swimming Club AGM
Location: Shirley Intermediate School staff room Time: October 21 at 7:00 Description: St Albans Swimming Club is holding its AGM and planning for the future.
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CERA provides information mapping tool
CERA has just launched a new interactive web-based mapping tool that will help with future planning in Christchurch. It shows land use and zoning, transport routes, and population figures to help with future planning in the region.
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Flood prone residents organise group
Residents in the St Albans, Mairehau, Richmond and Dudley Creek Catchment area have organised a residents’ group for flooding remediation.
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Accommodating NGOs in Rebuilt Christchurch
Location: WEA, 59 Gloucester St Link out: Click here Time: October 10 at 7.30pm Description: One Voice Forum will discuss resourcing (including accommodation) for NGOs in the Rebuilt Christchurch. Benesia Smith from CERA will be there to respond. One Voice … Continue reading
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Voting in local elections closes soon
If you haven’t already voted get the papers in the mail by Wednesday to enable it to reach its destination.
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Lessons learnt by EQC
EQC commissioned Martin, Jenkins & Associates Limited (MJAL) in 2011 to capture lessons learnt from the Canterbury earthquakes to improve future delivery of EQC services. However, the report was never completed because of a Treasury review expected to cover the … Continue reading
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St Albans Centre Noticeboard becomes SCAPE artwork
This noticeboard used to stand at the intersection of Colombo Street and Edgeware Road. Anyway it has turned up as an artwork, minus any notices, by Los Angeles-based New Zealander Fiona Connor as part of the Scape Biennial, on the … Continue reading
Explore the inner city
Grab your umbrella and walk around the inner city, or get on your bike. Cars are banned for the day (Sunday, September 29). This event was postponed from July.
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CERA being stingy with information
Mayoral candidate Hugo Kristinsson is lodging an official information request to get CERA to release community forum notices and minutes and to allow the public to access vital land information. He says that CERA won’t give financial information to current … Continue reading
SARA raises issues with candidates
Residents Association chair Emma Twaddell has identified a number of issues facing residents and the association that she intends to raise with candidates for election at the forum. Candidates were emailed a version of this letter late last week. Read … Continue reading
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