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Category Archives: EVENTS
Spring River Festival – this weekend
The festival promises something for all ages and is organised by Avon-Otakaro Network (AvON), the group advocating for the Avon River red zone to become a river park and reserve. This year the festival will follow the journey of the … Continue reading
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St Albans Tennis Club Community Day
Location: 37 Dover St (near the Edgeware shops) Time: November 9 12:00 – 4.30 pm Description: Courts will be open to the St Albans community with sausage sizzle and lolly scramble for children and social tennis for adults. The first … Continue reading
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St Albans Swimming Club AGM
Location: Shirley Intermediate School staff room Time: October 21 at 7:00 Description: St Albans Swimming Club is holding its AGM and planning for the future.
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Youth expo of sustainability
Location: Canterbury Horticultural Society, 57 Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch Time: September 18 8.30am-4pm Description: An exciting informative fun EXPO run by Conservation Action Network from Unlimited High School
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Reel Tour features St Albans home movie
Location: St Michael’s and All Angels Church, 84 Oxford Tce Date: September 14. Christchurch showings are at 4pm and 7.30 pm Description: A home movie made at 10 Berry Street in 1910 is one of a number of historical Canterbury … Continue reading
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Reflections from the Fukushima Disaster
Location: St St Alban’s Uniting Church (Corner of Nancy Avenue and Knowles St, Mairehau) Time: August 14, shared supper at 6pm, speaker at 7pm Description: Crossways Church is hosting former intermediate school teacher Shinya Kawane from Saitama in Japan who … Continue reading
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Stand up for Youth
Location: 129 Cambridge Tce Time: Wednesday, July 10 5.30pm -8.30pm Description: Listen to guest speaker, musician Tiki Taane and become part of a movement to create positive social change to reduce New Zealand youth unemployment, bullying and suicide. Learn about … Continue reading
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Social inequality in western societies
Location: University of Canterbury, A3 Lecture Room Time: July 12 4-6pm Description: New Zealand is facing a crisis in social equality as are other western societies. New Zealand-born London of School Economics Professor Robert Wade will talk about social inequality … Continue reading
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Film Showing: Switch
Location: Alice in Videoland, Tuam Street/High Street cornerLink out: Click here Time: May 23 at 4pm and May 24 at 6pm Description: Sometime in the next couple of decades the world will shift from oil and coal based energy sources … Continue reading
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Energy Awareness Weekend
Location: Air Force Museum, WigramLink out: Click here Time: May 17-18 10am to 6pm Description: Electric cars and electric bikes are some of the items on display at the Energy Awareness event. Lots of seminars, workshops and demos to help … 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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Rights around rebuild
Location: Oxford Tce Baptist Church Lounge, corner of Madras St and Oxford Tce Time: Saturday, April 13 at 10:00am till lunchtime Description: Find out more about the history of the Treaty of Waitangi and discuss (democratic) rights around the rebuild. … Continue reading
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