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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: Wider Circles
Learn with the WEA
The Workers Educational Association programme always offers a great variety of adult education classes at low cost during mornings, afternoons, evenings and weekends. Their programme for Term 1 is now available. Check out one off lectures and put them in … Continue reading
Posted in Adult, Education, Wider Circles
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Ideas wanted for eastern Christchurch
Share your ideas for the eastern suburbs in Christchurch and see what others have come up with. It’s a bit like the CCC share an idea consultation but this one is run by the community. Click here for Eastern Visions … Continue reading
Posted in The Future, Wider Circles
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Ministry of Awesome stirs …
Gapfiller, Greening the Rubble and now Ministry of Awesome, another catalyst making things happen in this injured city has joined the post quake events circuit. It is difficult to pin this one down but it definitely is not office-bound or … Continue reading
Posted in Business, EVENTS, Wider Circles
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Another council pool in danger of permanent closure
Another CCC-owned swimming pool in in danger of permanent closure and this time it is not the Council at fault. CERA wants the Centennial Pool site for a children’s summer playground and won’t allow CCC repairs to go ahead. CERA … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Facilities, Family, Wider Circles
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Relocated Community House opening soon
Christchurch Community House lost their Hereford Street premises in February 2011 but are reopening at the end of this month at 113 Tuam Street, right next to the Central Library and Bus Station. Fewer tenants will be in the building … Continue reading
Posted in Voluntary work, Wider Circles
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ReUnite Trust Canterbury launch
Location: PEETO The Multicultural Learning Centre (currently operating from the Riccarton Baptist Church Corner of Peverel and Rattray Streets, Riccarton) Date: November 5 Time: 6pm to 8pm Description: Tim Barnett, who used to be the MP for this area, will … Continue reading
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Volunteers needed to fill gap
If you have some spare time after October 29, help set up the new Pallet Pavilions music venue on the site of the demolished Crowne Plaza Hotel (also known as the Parkroyal in a previous era) at the corner of … Continue reading
Posted in music, Voluntary work, Wider Circles
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Recording sound riverside
The Riverside Studio (in Opawa) has just opened a new purpose built studio and will help budding musicians with demo recordings, as well as audiobooks and courses. More info visit this website: http://www.riversidesound.co.nz/
Posted in Wider Circles, Youth
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Festival of Transitional Architecture to light up city
Festa, or the Festival of Transitional Architecture, will light up the inner city this weekend. The Luxcity event, during the evening of Saturday, October 20 can be accessed from Latimer Square. Lighting up the inner city though is just one … Continue reading
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Packe St park marks Neighbourhood Week
Packe St park will celebrate Neighbourhood Week this weekend with an open day on October 21.
Posted in EVENTS, Packe Street Park, Wider Circles
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The Mairehau September edition
Find out what is going on in the adjacent suburb in the September edition of The Mairehau
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St Paul’s School may merge
St Pauls School of Dallington, currently based on a a former alternative school site in Champion Street, may merge with Our Lady of Fatima School in Mairehau, according to this newspaper story
Posted in Children, Churches, Uncategorized, Wider Circles
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