Women’s quake stories sought

Posted on 16 October 2013 by belinda

The National Council of Women is seeking women who have been struggling to cope with life after the quakes to tell their stories.
Continue reading →

Posted in Mental Health, People, women | Leave a comment

St Albans Swimming Club AGM

Posted on 15 October 2013 by belinda

Location: Shirley Intermediate School staff room
Time: October 21 at 7:00
Description: St Albans Swimming Club is holding its AGM and planning for the future.

Posted in EVENTS, Family, Past, Sports | Leave a comment

CERA provides information mapping tool

Posted on 14 October 2013 by belinda

CERA has just launched a new interactive web-based mapping tool that will help with future planning in Christchurch. It shows land use and zoning, transport routes, and population figures to help with future planning in the region.
Continue reading →

Posted in Earthquake Information | Leave a comment

Flood prone residents organise group

Posted on 14 October 2013 by belinda

Residents in the St Albans, Mairehau, Richmond and Dudley Creek Catchment area have organised a residents’ group for flooding remediation.
Continue reading →

Posted in Earthquake Information | Leave a comment

Accommodating NGOs in Rebuilt Christchurch

Posted on 7 October 2013 by belinda

Location: WEA, 59 Gloucester St
Link out: Click here
Time: October 10 at 7.30pm
Description: One Voice Forum will discuss resourcing (including accommodation) for NGOs in the Rebuilt Christchurch. Benesia Smith from CERA will be there to respond. One Voice Te Reo Kotahi is a forum where NGOs meet every couple of months to discuss common interests and the rebuild.

Posted in Wider Circles | Leave a comment

Voting in local elections closes soon

Posted on 7 October 2013 by belinda

If you haven’t already voted get the papers in the mail by Wednesday to enable it to reach its destination.
Continue reading →

Posted in Local body elections | Leave a comment

Lessons learnt by EQC

Posted on 7 October 2013 by belinda

EQC commissioned Martin, Jenkins & Associates Limited (MJAL) in 2011 to capture lessons learnt from the Canterbury earthquakes to improve future delivery of EQC services. However, the report was never completed because of a Treasury review expected to cover the same ground. You can read an early draft on EQC’s website.

Posted in Earthquake Information | Leave a comment

St Albans Centre Noticeboard becomes SCAPE artwork

Posted on 29 September 2013 by belinda

This noticeboard used to stand at the intersection of Colombo Street and Edgeware Road. Anyway it has turned up as an artwork, minus any notices, by Los Angeles-based New Zealander Fiona Connor as part of the Scape Biennial, on the corner of High and Tuam Streets, opposite C1 under the title Common Co-op Coop.
Continue reading →

Posted in Arts, Community, SARA | 1 Comment

Explore the inner city

Posted on 29 September 2013 by belinda

Grab your umbrella and walk around the inner city, or get on your bike. Cars are banned for the day (Sunday, September 29). This event was postponed from July.

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

CERA being stingy with information

Posted on 24 September 2013 by belinda

Mayoral candidate Hugo Kristinsson is lodging an official information request to get CERA to release community forum notices and minutes and to allow the public to access vital land information. He says that CERA won’t give financial information to current landowners because they might profit from it but claims the Crown is happy to sell the same information to banks. Selling private information for financial gain. Is this not a breach of privacy, he asks.

Read about this and other land issues in the full text of Hugo’s open letter to Roger Sutton, CERA CEO on the next page.
Continue reading →

Posted in Earthquake Information, Insurance, Local body elections | Leave a comment

SARA raises issues with candidates

Posted on 23 September 2013 by belinda

Residents Association chair Emma Twaddell has identified a number of issues facing residents and the association that she intends to raise with candidates for election at the forum. Candidates were emailed a version of this letter late last week. Read the questions on the next page and then comment, elucidate or disagree in the comments section.
Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Free software available at South Library

Posted on 18 September 2013 by belinda

A demo of free software to show television on your computer is one of the highlights of Software Freedom Day being celebrated on September 21 at Christchurch South Learning Centre.
Continue reading →

Posted in Wider Circles | Leave a comment