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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: Community
Patches of orange in a land of green
The landreports released by the government today show most of St Albans to be classified green, with very few patches in orange – meaning those property are still in ‘limbo’. The full press release by the Beehive explains the details … Continue reading
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Christchurch Earthquake Update – Keep safe in aftershocks
12pm, Tuesday 14 June 2011 Drop, cover and hold – do not run outside. When an earthquake starts, the best advice is still to ‘drop, cover and hold’. This is the drill practised by schoolchildren, and what Civil Defence agencies … Continue reading
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HOW CHRISTCHURCH BECAME THE GARDEN CITY – Diana Madgin
Garden-making was an important institution from the earliest days of settler colonisation in Christchurch. It wasn’t until more than half a century later, however, that we became known as the Garden City of the Dominion. But long before the Canterbury … Continue reading
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Edgeware shops evacuated due to earthquake damage
St Albans has lost more shopping opportunities at the Edgeware Village. The block of shops at the corner of Colombo St and Edgeware Rd was evacuated today for at least a month or until further notice. The closed shops include … Continue reading
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Next Step Centre for Woman
The Next Step Centre for Women is a friendly, supportive environment providing a pathway to expand your opportunities, choices and skills in further education and employment. Next step Centre newsletter
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Tell New Zealand’s government: Christchurch rebuild must lead the world in sustainability
It’s time to send this message to – Christchurch City Council – the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority – the NZ Government: We, the people of Canterbury, the people of New Zealand and our friends internationally, want you todeliver a well-planned, … Continue reading
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FORUM: RE-VISIONING THE GARDEN CITY
Wednesday 25 May, 7:30-9:30pm Canterbury Horticultural Society Hall 57 Riccarton Avenue This is a forum to give the gardening public of Christchurch food for thought as we make new plans for our Garden City. Speakers will have 12 minutes each … Continue reading
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To Christchurch musicians, music teachers and students
What do we Christchurch musicians, music teachers and students need? Just yesterday some of Christchurch’s musicians and music teachers came together to raise concerns and find ways to help one another at this time. Varying representatives from our music community … Continue reading
New radio station for Christchurch
NZ Broadcasting School students have started a new radio station, C96. Their slogan is “Sounds Like Christchurch because we are all about what is happening in this city.”
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Resilient Futures: Supporting Recovery in Greater Christchurch conference
The conference was held on 18th April. international experts sharing their views. Described by Dr Suzanne Vallance as, Constructive strategies for successfully overcoming the difficulties of the recovery phase around housing, community, the environment, and financial investment under geological uncertainty. … Continue reading
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Transition from Civil Defence to CERA
As the Civil Defence emergency comes to a close, earthquake response and recovery functions will be transitioned out of the EOC and moving forward, many of the key roles and responsibilities will be shared between the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA), the Christchurch City … Continue reading
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Bronwyn Hayward – The Power of Social Agency
Dr Bronwyn Hayward, Senior Lecturer Political Science at University of Canterbury New Zealand speaking to the Resilience 2011 Conference about the 4 September 2010 Darfield earthquake and the devastating 22 February 6.3 aftershock. She discusses young citizens responses to dangerous environmental change and cites … Continue reading
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