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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: News
Five great reasons to live in St Albans this winter
1. The scoops of chips at the newly re-opened St Albans Seafood (fish and chip shop) down Westminster Street 2. The friendly smile and wave as thanks when you stop to let others pass when forced into one lane of … Continue reading
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Come along for a laugh on Sundays
Pass by the Scottish Society Hall in Edgeware Road on a Sunday morning and you may hear lots of laughter. Liz van Halewyn found out more from one of the facilitators, Hannah Airey.
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The latest news in St Albans
Find out why some people are laughing their heads off in St Albans, especially on Sundays, in the July edition of St Albans News. And why people like living in St Albans. Download from here. Deliveries of the print edition … Continue reading
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St Albans News deadline looms
The St Albans News is approaching its 200th issue with the next edition and if you want to contribute any articles/photos you have until June 16 to submit to news@stalbans.gen.nz.
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Plenty to read in latest St Albans News
The boundaries of St Albans and whether Edgeware exists continues to dominate conversations and column inches. Find out about the street party, the market at Sunbeam Kindergarten and what happened to the sunflower seeds. Good old parish pump stuff. This … Continue reading
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Lions Den opening on Wednesday
Known affectionately and locally as the Lions Den, the more correctly titled transitional St Albans Community Centre will be opened on Wednesday by Lions International Foundation Chairman Wing-Kun Tam and Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker.
New Ngāi Tahu CEO appointed
Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu has appointed Arihia Bennett (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Porou) to the role of Chief Executive Officer. Arihia Bennett is currently the Kaiārahi/Chief Executive Officer of He Oranga Pounamu (HOP), which organises and integrates health and social … Continue reading
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St Albans News July edition
The July edition of St Albans News is now online.
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EQC Mediation Service Starts In August
Fed up with EQC and don’t agree with what they are telling you? There may be a way to solve this through a free mediation service starting in August. A mediation service being administered by AMINZ, the short name for the … Continue reading
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Drilling In St Albans
In amongst the repair work EQC is drilling of holes in St Albans to assist with foundation design. The work is expected to conclude in September. Testing will not take place on every TC3 affected property. The purpose of the … Continue reading
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New Attraction For St Albans
If you see people walking around in circle in St Albans, they’ve probably just visited the suburb’s latest attraction: a labyrinth. Launched on June 23 with a candlelit walk and a waiata, the labyrinth is a key feature of the … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Edgeware Village Green and Poolsite, News
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St Albans supermarket reopens
Edgeware Supervalue Supermarket reopened quietly on Friday morning. The previous building, in a former cinema, was demolished following the earthquakes in 2011 and the supermarket rebuilt from the ground up. The opening also marked the first outing of SARA’s new … Continue reading
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