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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
Author Archives: belinda
Come along for a laugh on Sundays
Pass by the Scottish Society Hall in Edgeware Road on a Sunday morning and you may hear lots of laughter. Liz van Halewyn found out more from one of the facilitators, Hannah Airey.
Posted in Community, Mental Health, News, Newsletter
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Fixing uninsured houses
Location: Aoraki Room, Community Public Health, 310 Manchester St Time: July 30 12:30-1.30pm Description: Addington Action is running a training session as part of Healthy Christchurch lunchtime seminar series. Residents groups and others should attend if they want to be … Continue reading
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Stand up for Youth
Location: 129 Cambridge Tce Time: Wednesday, July 10 5.30pm -8.30pm Description: Listen to guest speaker, musician Tiki Taane and become part of a movement to create positive social change to reduce New Zealand youth unemployment, bullying and suicide. Learn about … Continue reading
Posted in EVENTS, Past, Youth
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Learn to grow vegies with Hand Over a Hundy
Families in East Christchurch are being challenged to grow their own vegetables as part of the Hand over a Hundy scheme.
Posted in Family, Sustainability
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Floor level survey quality questioned
A surveyor is questioning the quality and qualifications of those charged with assessing floor levels for earthquake damage and fears that homeowners will be disadvantaged.
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City air bad
Christchurch city pollution readings have breached the maximum readings 11 times this year already. Readings have been taken in Cole Street, St Albans since 1988 and Woolston since 2005 and so far this winter between 4 and 29 days of … Continue reading
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A week that was
It began with the lifting of the cordon around central Christchurch. The streets belong to pedestrians at least, again. It was a week in which we learnt that the the council had not learnt from the communications issues highlighted in … Continue reading
Posted in politicians, Wider Circles
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Tenants Protection Association surveys renters
Some Christchurch residents are trapped in unaffordable accommodation unable to move to healthier rental accommodation, to pay for heating or save up for a deposit to purchase a home, according to a survey by the Tenants Protection Association.
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Social inequality in western societies
Location: University of Canterbury, A3 Lecture Room Time: July 12 4-6pm Description: New Zealand is facing a crisis in social equality as are other western societies. New Zealand-born London of School Economics Professor Robert Wade will talk about social inequality … Continue reading
Posted in EVENTS, Notices, Past
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Volunteer tradespeople assist strugglers
A group of tradespeople from St Albans is offering to assist locals with odd jobs who can’t afford to pay for the work to be done. If you are struggling to make ends meet or know someone who has been … Continue reading
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Business students build positive community organisations
Business students at the University of Canterbury are part of a pilot project to help build positive community organisations.
Posted in Community, Uncategorized
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Cranford St likely to be rezoned business/commercial
Most of Cranford Street is likely to be rezoned business/commercial due to the proposed four laning of part of the street.
Posted in Infrastructure, Roading
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