Oral health and arthritis seminar

Posted on 7 August 2013 by belinda

Location: Oxford Baptist Church, 288 Oxford Terrace (on the corner with Madras St), Christchurch
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Time:August 24, 10 am
Description: For people with arthritis, loss of dexterity can have an impact on oral hygiene. This seminar will cover medication interactions, medication induced dry mouth, Sjogren’s Syndrome, pre-surgery oral health, and access to dental care. Dr Sarah Lovie from Canterbury DHB and Suzanne Croft from Arthritis New Zealand are the speakers. For further information or to register please call 0800 663 463 or 03 379 6718 or email suzanne.croft@arthritis.org.nz.

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Deadline for September edition of St Albans News

Posted on 7 August 2013 by belinda

The deadline for the next issue of St Albans News (non-local body materials) is August 19. Please send any articles/photos to news@stalbans.gen.nz

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Appeal to politicians to deal with risks to NZ

Posted on 3 August 2013 by belinda

Location: D Theatre, CPIT, Madras St (opposite Countdown)
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Time: August 14, 7.30pm
Description: Find out more about the ecological and financial risks to New Zealand and join others in a cross party appeal to do something about the risks from climate change, financial instability, inequality, peak oil etc in such a way that it will not harm future generations.

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League game for Rugby Park

Posted on 3 August 2013 by belinda

Rugby Park will host its first rugby league game ever when the St Albans ground hosts the Canterbury Rugby League grand final on August 11.
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Learn about affordable housing and community land trusts

Posted on 1 August 2013 by belinda

Location: CCC offices, Hereford Street
Time: August 19, 12:30- 1.30pm
Description: Dr Louise Crabtree, a visiting scholar hosted by Lincoln University, will give a talk on Community Land Trusts and affordable housing. She has been involved with such trusts in Sydney, Australia.Dr Crabtree’s research focuses on the social, ecological and economic sustainability of community-driven housing developments in urban Australia. She is interested in the challenges encountered in scaling up or replicating innovation in housing design and delivery in different contexts.

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Write your quake experiences on the Temple walls

Posted on 1 August 2013 by belinda

Christchurch people will be invited to write their earthquake experiences, or anything else they wish to let go of, on the walls of the Temple for Christchurch before the temple is burnt to the ground to symbolise release and moving on.
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Yoga/pilates fitness class

Posted on 30 July 2013 by belinda

Robyn Alderson is a non-profit, independent, community fitness instructor offering Yoga/Pilates pre-choreographed fitness classes in St Albans twice a week. The classes are held at Colleen Murray Dance studio at 520 Cranford Street from 6.30pm on Wednesdays and 8.30am on Saturdays. No experience is necessary. The casual fee is $10 per class. For further information phone Robyn 0274592553.

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Theatre club for children

Posted on 30 July 2013 by belinda

Are you home-schooling your children? Does your child have a dramatic streaK? Send them to Louise Glossop’s Theatre Club at Abberley Park Hall on Thursday afternoons from 1.30-2.30pm.
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Course for women to nurture themselves

Posted on 28 July 2013 by belinda

A course for women to nurture themselves begins this Thursday at the St Albans Community Centre in Colombo Street.
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More roadworks in Bealey Ave

Posted on 28 July 2013 by belinda

Bealey Ave, from Champion Street to the intersection with Whitmore Street, will be down to two lanes heading eastwards for six weeks while SCIRT strengthens underground pipes. Also in Whitmore Road, traffic heading southwards is likely to come across roadworks.

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Fishhooks in determining “Sum Insured”

Posted on 27 July 2013 by belinda

An Avonside resident has pointed out that online calculators provided by some insurance companies to help homeowners work out a “sum insured” for their future house insurance have shortcomings because they do not cover everything and do not give advice.
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CCC decides no public hearings for Edgeware Plan

Posted on 27 July 2013 by belinda

No public hearings will be held for the draft Edgeware Master Plan Plan because 89 per cent of submissions are in favour of it.

The Shirley Papanui Community Board recommended that such hearings were not necessary because of the plan’s popularity and the city councillors accepted this recommendation.
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