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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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IAG to confirm overcap claims by December 20
IAG said it would confirm the status of overcap claims and state whether a property is economic to repair, or needs rebuilding, by December 20. And all IAG repairs will be completed by late 2015.
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Future quake claimants forced to accept less
Fears have been expressed by current red zoners that future earthquake claimants around New Zealand will be forced to accept repairs or take expensive court action to enforce their rights to replacement. Brooklands resident Olly Ohlson is hitting the airwaves … Continue reading
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Pre 1976 units face uncertain future
Apartments and other multiple unit buildings built before 1976 may face higher insurance costs, costly upgrades and possibly demolition as local councils attempt to make buildings more earthquake resilient (building code compliant).
Posted in Earthquake Information, Housing
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Quake doco wins award
Gerard Smyth and others who worked on the feature film When A City Falls has won several awards in the TV awards ceremony held on Saturday evening.
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Homes on TC3 land selling
Sales of Christchurch City Green Zone properties are defying expectations that many would be unsalable for many years. Even those rated TC3 are selling.
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Red Cross website aids Canterbury youth
New Zealand Red Cross has launched a brand new website to provide young people in Canterbury with coping skills after the earthquakes. The site Address the Stress provides video messages from sports heroes,musicians, comedians and actors. Although aimed atyoung people … Continue reading
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Part of Purchas Street closed
The section of Purchas Street between Geraldine and Barbadoes Street will be closed to traffic for four or five weeks from November 5 while SCIRT fix the pipes. Detours will be required. The intersections to those streets will also be … Continue reading
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Work on Huggins Place
Work begins on wastewater pipeline and lateral replacement in Huggins Place on Monday, beginning from the Hills Road entrance and finishing at the end of the cul de sac. Daytime access to the street will be limited for six weeks … Continue reading
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Ideas wanted for eastern Christchurch
Share your ideas for the eastern suburbs in Christchurch and see what others have come up with. It’s a bit like the CCC share an idea consultation but this one is run by the community. Click here for Eastern Visions … Continue reading
Posted in The Future, Wider Circles
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Time for some spiritual healing
Location: St Albans Transitional Community Centre, 1047 Colombo Street Time: November 26 07:00pm – 09:30pm Description: Followers of Bruno Groening, a German spiritual healer who died in 1959, are bringing his approach to healing to Christchurch. Bruno Groening had a … Continue reading
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No 1 Fan newsletter
Female footballers playing under the Mainland umbrella are doing well in national competitions. Read about this and more in the latest edition of No1 Fan
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Disaster Response and the World Health Organisation (WHO)
Location: PC Browne Room, upstairs in the Horticultural Hall, Hagley Park Time: November 27 at 05:00pm Description: The Department of Public Health and General Practice of the University of Otago is hosting a seminar with Dr Alistair Humphrey, Medical Officer … Continue reading
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