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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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Downers to open site office in Madras Street
Downers, one of the firms involved in Christchurch street repairs, is opening a site office in St Albans in the next few weeks. The site is next door to 443 Madras Street and neighbours are likely to be treated to … Continue reading
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Plenty to read in latest St Albans News
The boundaries of St Albans and whether Edgeware exists continues to dominate conversations and column inches. Find out about the street party, the market at Sunbeam Kindergarten and what happened to the sunflower seeds. Good old parish pump stuff. This … Continue reading
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The expert virus
“We are not suffering from earthquakes – we have a virus called experts that is running over people’s lives” Quote from an anonymous local in Cancern Newsletter
Posted in Earthquake Information
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Fletchers meets with St Albans locals
The Fletcher team had two meetings in Hendon Street, St Albans recently – one at 6 pm at night, the other at 8 am the following morning.
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Report aids planning for community recovery after disasters
The Canterbury Medical Research Foundation has produced a research report into how communities adapt after a disaster. The report is written from the perspective of those communities and will assist other communities around the world with recovery planning.
Posted in Earthquake Information, Health
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Insurance Advocacy Service to be set up
An insurance advocacy service is being set up to help those affected by post quake insurance woes in their battles with insurance companies.
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Mothers’ Day Fun Run at Rugby Park
Location: Rugby Park, Malvern StreetTime: 12 May, starts at 10:00am Description: Five kilometre fun run and walk, raising money for the Heart Foundation’s Go Red for Women Campaign. Crusaders present. Register online on the Jennian website. Costs $20 to enter, … Continue reading
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School furniture to give away
Wharenui School in Riccarton has approximately 30 – 40 student chairs and 12 desks, surplus to requirements, to give away to a community group. The desks are wooden with steel frames, and the chairs are plastic/vinyl with steel frames, and … Continue reading
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Central or East Christchurch?
Press reporters went out and canvassed Lianne Dalziel’s Christchurch East electorate about her plans to run for the Christchurch mayoralty and caught the opinions of one John Pooley of St Albans who said she did things for other people not … Continue reading
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Bee Project
Location: St Albans Transitional Community Centre, 1049 Colombo Street Time: Monday, April 22 at 7.30pm Description: Find out more about Aaron Keown’s urban Bee Project that will see more bees in the city and honey production on rooftops. Tel 359 … Continue reading
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Free materials for groups and businesses
The Christchurch City Council’s is launching a free materials service with a website that will help organizations exchange reusable materials for free. The service aims to prevent good reusable items from being dumped. The Freematerials site is available to businesses, … Continue reading
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More housing design advice for Canterbury
The Government is funding a housing design advisory service in Canterbury to encourage rebuilders and renovators to design houses to deal with future disabilities. Senior Citizens Minister Jo Goodhew and Disability Issues Minister Tariana Turia announced the service recently.
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