Connect with St Albans
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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Meetings with insurance companies
InsuranceWatch has organised a couple of meetings with insurance companies in the next few weeks. The Lumley cluster meeting will be held at the EFK Samoan Church hall, 9 Vili Place, Woolston on Thursday 25 October at 7pm. This meeting … Continue reading
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Free financial advice extended to green zoners
Struggling to cope financially after the earthquakes? Financial advice offered to red zoners has now been extended to those in the green zone coping with decisions regarding moving, repairs etc. The Commission for Retirement and Financial Literacy has also produced … Continue reading
Posted in Earthquake Information, TC3 Land, Uncategorized
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Learn how to map community data at free workshop
Learn how to gather, store, share and use data to help the community at a Data Mapping Workshop on October 27 and then help SARA with a data mapping project.
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Chippenham to be restored
In a city where demolitions of older buildings seem to be a daily occurrence comes this news reported in the Press of the planned restoration of Chippenhnam. Built in the 1860s, the two storey brick house has been owned by … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Housing
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Festival City
It’s a busy weekend, this Labour Weekend. The East is building a festival around the Avon River, Indians are celebrating Diwali with food, music and dance at the CBS complex, the Festival of Transitional Architecture will light up the inner … Continue reading
Posted in EVENTS, Past
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Volunteers needed to fill gap
If you have some spare time after October 29, help set up the new Pallet Pavilions music venue on the site of the demolished Crowne Plaza Hotel (also known as the Parkroyal in a previous era) at the corner of … Continue reading
Posted in music, Voluntary work, Wider Circles
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Oak trees removed for safety’s sake
A couple of large oaks near the flying fox in St Albans Park will be removed just after Labour Weekend because of health and safety concerns. Additional maintenance work by city council staff is also being carried out in other … Continue reading
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Recording sound riverside
The Riverside Studio (in Opawa) has just opened a new purpose built studio and will help budding musicians with demo recordings, as well as audiobooks and courses. More info visit this website: http://www.riversidesound.co.nz/
Posted in Wider Circles, Youth
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Read Mainland Football News online
Read the latest edition of Mainland Football News, known as No 1 Fan.
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Edgeware road repairs start soon
The wastewater repairs have been completed and work starts on October 24, putting in new kerbs, footpaths and the road will be resealed.
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Quake impact on health still to come
Basing their predictions on what happened three years after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Canterbury health officials say that the full impact of the quakes on the health of Canterbury people is yet to be felt. Source: Fairfax News Visiting … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Mental Health
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Giving voice to muted Christchurch
A blog and video platform started by a small group of documentary makers wants to hear your views on Christchurch. As former mayor and St Albans resident, Garry Moore, who features on the Christchurch Voices website, argues the views of … Continue reading
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