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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: Past
Community discussion: boundaries of St Albans
Location: Mairehau Library, 42 Kensington Ave, St Albans. Time: 7-8pm April 9 Description: The discussion this month focuses on the boundaries of St Albans. The historic suburb of St Albans had its boundaries defined in 1856 in the Black Maps. … Continue reading
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Trauma release technique April 6
Fiona Young is a registered Physiotherapist offering to teach people a trauma release technique for free so that she can gain my TRE level 2 registration. If you would like to experience this technique and do not mind groupwork or … Continue reading
Posted in EVENTS, Health, Mental Health, Past
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St Albans Community Preschool to celebrate return
St Albans Community Preschool has moved back into its repaired building on the corner of Thames and Westminister Street and is holding a gathering at 9am on April 13 to celebrate.
Posted in Children, Community, EVENTS, Past
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Remembering 22 February 2011
When someone you love becomes a memory, that memory becomes your greatest treasure. Anon quote on Skylight website (a source of useful coping resources) Several events are planned around the city to remember the devastating earthquake in February 2011 at … Continue reading
Posted in Earthquake Information, EVENTS, Past
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Multicultural Day in Linwood
Location: Beverley Park, off Stanmore Road and Avonside Drive Map: Click here Time: 11:00am – 3pm on Saturday, February 16. Description: Linwood Community Arts Centre is holding its multicultural day this year at Beverley Park Rose Gardens, off Avonside Drive … Continue reading
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Whakaoho, a youth-run event for families
Location: Papanui Domain, Sawyers Arms Road Time: 1-4pm on December 9 Description: Join in the fun at this family event organised by young members of the Papanui Youth Development Trust.
Posted in EVENTS, Family, Past, Youth
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Picnic for volunteers
Location: Abberley Park Time: 12:00pm – 2pm on December 5 Description: Bring your lunch, chair and an international hat to celebrate International Volunteer Day in this beautiful little park in St Albans.
Posted in EVENTS, Past, Uncategorized
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Bringing back native plants to the city
Title: Plant Conservation Network AGM and talk Time: November 29 at 5:30pm Location: Canterbury Horticultural Centre, Hagley Park Website: www.nzpcn.org.nzDescription: A public talk on bringing native plants back to the city is the key feature of the New Zealand Plant … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, EVENTS, Past
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Edgeware Village Green Neighbourhood Celebration
Location: Edgeware Village Green (Trafalgar St / 43a Edgeware Rd – site of former Edgeware Pool)Date: October 30Time: 4.00pm to 6.00pmDescription: Free sausage sizzle, sunflower plants to give away for sunflower growing competition. Also Mary Rose from the City Mission … Continue reading
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Village Green Working Bee
Location: Edgeware Village GreenDate: October 27 Description: Planting, weeding, digging, talking, eating, harvesting etc… it’s lots of fun! All day, or just 20 minutes if that is all you have. And if you have garden stuff surplus to requirements send … Continue reading
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
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Community gardens bus trip
A community bus trip, which starts off from Packe Street Park and wends its way through community gardens on the east side of Christchurch, is one of the highlights of the inaugural Spring River Festival planned for the weekend of … Continue reading
Posted in EVENTS, Packe Street Park, Past
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