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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
Permanent community facility for St Albans
Rumours have been floating around St Albans for some weeks that the Christchurch City Council is planning to sell off land at 1049 Colombo Street and Caledonian Road and build a community facility instead at 43a Edgeware Road (also owned … Continue reading
Petition launched for road arrows
Christchurch JP and Labour candidate Tony Milne has launched a petition for CCC to install turning arrows at the corner of Cranford Street and Innes Road.
Neighbourly connects neighbours and communities
Eighteen years ago when the worldwideweb was in its infancy and dial up was the only way you could access the internet from home, St Albans NeighbourNet operated a private intranet that offered neighbours a way to connect to neighbours, … Continue reading
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Get Neighbourly
Location: St Albans Community Centre, 1049 Colombo StLink out: Click here Time: June 23 at 2pm 0 Description: Online discount dealmakers Grabone founders are promoting Neighbourly.co.nz around New Zealand after a pilot in a handful of Auckland suburbs. The site … Continue reading
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Heartless destruction of garden
Helen Ross from Edgeware Village Green got a very nasty surprise when she passed nearby the village green on May 8 – the heart-shaped garden had been destroyed without warning. “Wanton destruction without a moment’s hesitation,” she said, adding: “My … Continue reading
Fun ride along Colombo Street
A fun ride on Saturday, May 18 along the full length of Colombo Street aims to promote road safety and cycling as an everyday form of transport.
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Offers of help trickle in
The local branch of St Vincent de Paul and the Parish Office at Our Lady of Fatima wants to do some baking for residents in the Flockton Basin affected by multiple bouts of flooding.
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New signage for flood zones?
When vehicles larger than a family car travel through floodwaters in Christchurch they create waves and the water flows into houses. It will be a while before CCC can get around to fixing the problem in Flockton Street caused by … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Infrastructure, Roading, Wider Circles
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SARA presses community needs in annual plan submission
The St Albans Residents Association (SARA) wants the house in Caledonian Road bought by the city council in 2010 for community use to be used to house homeless community groups and makes this point in its submission to the draft … Continue reading
Big Bike Fix Up
Location: MacFarlane Park, Acheson Ave, Shirley Time: April 5 from 1-4pm Description: ICECycles in conjunction with Shirley Community Market are running a Big Bike Fix Up at MacFarlane Park Market.
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CCC consulting over District Plan
Location: Papanui Baptist Church, 144 Sawyers Arms Road Link:CCC district plan review Time: March 12 5.30-7.30pm Description: CCC consulting residents of Shirley Papanui Ward over first chapters of the revised district plan. Among other things in the document, the council … Continue reading
Waitangi Day celebrations @ marae
Location: Rehua Marae, 79 Springfield RoadTime: February 6 from 10am-2pm Description: Open Day at the Marae with activities for tamariki, weaving, mirimiri etc. $10.00 Hangi at 1.30pm. To order, presales are being taken on 03 355 5615 or 027 245 … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Community, EVENTS, Māori, Rehua Marae, Wider Circles
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