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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
Category Archives: EVENTS
Packe St park marks Neighbourhood Week
Packe St park will celebrate Neighbourhood Week this weekend with an open day on October 21.
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Monster Fair at St Albans School to aid school pool
Location:St Albans School Primary School, Sheppard Place Time: November 10 from 04:00pm to 07:00pm Description: St Albans Primary School is holding a monster fair to raise funds to repair the school’s quake-damaged swimming pool.The school’s pool is not listed in … Continue reading
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Spring River Festival celebrates Avon River
The inaugural Spring River Festival being organised for the weekend of October 20 and 21 celebrates the eastern end of the Avon River with bus trips, walks, picnics and talks. The Spring River Festival also includes science events, such as … Continue reading
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Sing your heart out, St Albans
An old-fashioned singalong this Sunday aims to put the heart back into the St Albans Community. The event has been organised by singer/songwriter June Burney in association with Christchurch City Creative Communities and the Residents Association and is being held … Continue reading
Light party alternative to Halloween
Instead of a fireworks event on November 5 this year, The Neighbourhood Trust, which operates out of the St Albans Baptist Church in McFaddens Road, is organising an early evening Light Party as an alternative to Halloween on Wednesday, October … Continue reading
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Could Greece or Ireland happen here?
And what would we do if it did. Jane Kelsey, a well known social and political commentator will address this topic during the Lincoln Efford Memorial Lecture at the WEA’s Gloucester Street premises on October 23.
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ChCh Economic Development Strategy coming soon
Get a sneak peek at the Christchurch Economic Development Strategy at Canterbury Development Corporation’s networking event on 20 September before it is officially launched.
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Community Board Meeting
The next meeting of the Shirley-Papanui Community Board will be on September 19 at 4pm. Meetings are held at the Papanui Service Centre and are open to the public.
Use suffrage day to demand respect for democracy
A group of local people using Suffrage Day to protest the undermining of democracy in Christchurch will gather at the Bridge of Remembrance on Wednesday, September 19 at 5.30pm wearing green, white and purple. Speakers have been organised and a … Continue reading
Posted in Community, EVENTS, Past, Wider Circles
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Eco-city of the future
Christchurch is a biodiversity hotspot and the earthquakes provide the opportunity to turn the city into an an imaginative and vibrant eco-city. Come along to a public talk being given by Colin Meurk to the North Canterbury Branch of Forest … Continue reading
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Barbershop tribute to Queen
The Christchurch City Chorus tribute to the music of Queen, titled Mercury Rising, is also a fundraiser for Christchurch City Mission. Bring along a can of food when you attend one of the two sessions at Middleton Grange on Saturday, … Continue reading
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Protesting slow recovery
A protest march against the lack of action in quake recovery is being held on Saturday, September 1, departing Carlton Mill corner at 1pm.
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