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Carols at the Pā

Location: Rehua Marae, Springfield Road Time: December 6 6pm-8.45pm Description: Join the whānau at Rehua Marae for a celebration of Christmas! Non-stop entertainment including bands – Mana Whānau, Merchants of Flow and many others, individual and group artists, kapahaka and … Continue reading

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Freeparking, just go ahead

Mike Greer may well have got the go ahead from Building Consents at the City Council after this visit but did the building inspector need to park on the footpath and grass verge like this? This photo was taken in … Continue reading

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St Albans losing fire station

The St Albans Fire Station site, on Cranford St, will be sold and new one built on a new site further north, according to plans announced recently. Some fire stations are being repaired, some sold and several new ones built … Continue reading

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Social statistics workshop

Location: Fendalton Service Centre, Jeffreys Road Time: November 21 @ 1-3.30pm Description: Statistics NZ workshop on insights from the General Social Survey 2012, presentation followed by hands on with the statistical information released in August and accessible on the stats … Continue reading

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Edgeware Pool Book Launch

Location: St Albans Community Centre, 1047 Colombo St Time: December 1 from 3.30pm Description: The history of the St Albans Swimming Club and Edgeware Pool is being launched at an event in the St Albans Community Centre on December 1 … Continue reading

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Community Board appoints chair

Mike Davidson has been made chairperson of the Shirley Papanui Community Board.

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Volunteering Canterbury on move again

Volunteering Canterbury has moved offices to Unit 3, 575 Colombo Street, which is behind the green Hunting and Fishing building, just north of South City Mall. The phone number and email addresses remain the same. They are moving to another … Continue reading

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Explore the inner city

Grab your umbrella and walk around the inner city, or get on your bike. Cars are banned for the day (Sunday, September 29). This event was postponed from July.

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SARA raises issues with candidates

Residents Association chair Emma Twaddell has identified a number of issues facing residents and the association that she intends to raise with candidates for election at the forum. Candidates were emailed a version of this letter late last week. Read … Continue reading

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Edgeware Village Green loses treasurer

The Edgeware Village Green has lost its treasurer, Karen Lewis, who passed away on September 14 after a long illness.

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Volunteering St Albans

Volunteering Canterbury visited the St Albans Baptist Church on September 17. Photos from the session have been posted on the organisation’s Facebook page.

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Walk/Run 4 Autism Awareness

Location: North Hagley Park Time: October 20 from 10 am Description: Autism New Zealand’s Canterbury/West Coast Branch is running its popular Walk/Run 4 Autism Awareness, a non-competitive event for all ages. Participants have a choice of distances: 2.5km, 5km or … Continue reading

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