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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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Coffee and jam inspires awesome ideas for Christchurch
If you’ve got a brilliant idea and you want to make it happen head along to The Ministry of Awesome’s Coffee and Jam sessions at the Epic Hub (opposite the new C1 cafe) on Tuesday lunchtimes. You’ll get feedback, meet … Continue reading
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Join the flashmob
The Ministry of Awesome is organising a flashmob on April 13 at a yet to be announced venue. That would spoil the surprise. Head flashmobber Kate Hamilton has choreographed some awesome moves for the winning entry of the Ministry’s flashmob … Continue reading
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Handling repairs with Fletchers
A former Fletchers employee is giving out advice on how to handle repairs on a blog set up to provide Christchurch residents with an inside view on earthquake information.
Posted in Earthquake Information, Housing
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Organic veggie gardening course
The Delta Community Centre in Richmond is running an organic veggie course shortly to encourage Christchurch residents to grow healthy vegetables. The two hour a week course runs for eight weeks and will be held in the Baptist Church Lounge … Continue reading
Posted in Adult, Community, Education, Environment, Sustainability, Wider Circles
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Learn English after lunch for free
Trainee teachers at the Christchurch College of English on the College of Education campus in Ilam are offering free ESOL classes in the afternoons during termtimes. The classes run for about a month and the teachers are supervised by experienced … Continue reading
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Engineers design sustainable 21st century homes
A group of Christchurch engineers and planners have come up with an innovative plan for 21st century housing in Christchurch that could house up to 15,000 people in a walkable urban centre within five years.
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Red zone land damage assessments in 2014
It appears that any redzone residents waiting on land damage assessments from EQC will be waiting until after green zone assessments have been completed in late 2013. Settlements should then be completed by the end of 2014.
CanCERN Wellbeing Meeting
Location: Wainoni Methodist ChurchTime: 6-8pm March 19Link out: Click hereDescription: Workshops, conversations and Q and A on the topic of wellbeing for the citizens of Christchurch as we head into the third year after the earthquakes. Check out the programme … Continue reading
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Nine categories of land damage covered by EQC
There are nine categories of land damage. These refer to the type of damage and do not indicate levels of damage. They are: Land cracking caused by lateral spreading Land cracking caused by oscillation movements Undulating land Local ponding Local … Continue reading
Posted in Earthquake Information, TC3 Land
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Yoga classes on Wednesdays
Yoga classes offering a mixture of Hatha and Ashtanga taught in a flow sequence are being offered at the Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind premises early on Wednesday evenings.
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Renting out EQ damaged houses
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has produced two new information sheets to help those wanting to rent out, or to rent, homes damaged in the earthquakes. These sheets highlight the landlord’s obligations for renting out a property that’s … Continue reading
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More apartments for St Albans
More apartments are on the drawing board for St Albans. The Auckland developers are currently building a complex of eight three storey tilt slab blocks housing 24 apartments on Riccarton Road. It replaces a two storey wooden house that stood … Continue reading
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