Fixing uninsured houses

Posted on 12 July 2013 by belinda

Location: Aoraki Room, Community Public Health, 310 Manchester St
Time: July 30 12:30-1.30pm
Description: Addington Action is running a training session as part of Healthy Christchurch lunchtime seminar series. Residents groups and others should attend if they want to be able to nominate houses for repair in their area. The seminar will cover information about eligibility.

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Stand up for Youth

Posted on 9 July 2013 by belinda

Location: 129 Cambridge Tce
Time: Wednesday, July 10 5.30pm -8.30pm
Description: Listen to guest speaker, musician Tiki Taane and become part of a movement to create positive social change to reduce New Zealand youth unemployment, bullying and suicide. Learn about a new model of corporate opportunity.

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Learn to grow vegies with Hand Over a Hundy

Posted on 9 July 2013 by belinda

Families in East Christchurch are being challenged to grow their own vegetables as part of the Hand over a Hundy scheme.
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Floor level survey quality questioned

Posted on 8 July 2013 by belinda

A surveyor is questioning the quality and qualifications of those charged with assessing floor levels for earthquake damage and fears that homeowners will be disadvantaged.
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City air bad

Posted on 8 July 2013 by belinda

Christchurch city pollution readings have breached the maximum readings 11 times this year already. Readings have been taken in Cole Street, St Albans since 1988 and Woolston since 2005 and so far this winter between 4 and 29 days of excessive readings have been recorded. The main cause of high readings in St Albans is combustion.


Source: www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/8860641/Chch-chokes-on-years-highest-pollution

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A week that was

Posted on 8 July 2013 by belinda

It began with the lifting of the cordon around central Christchurch. The streets belong to pedestrians at least, again.

It was a week in which we learnt that the the council had not learnt from the communications issues highlighted in 2012, in which the CEO did not pass on the seriousness of the consents crisis and the Mayor admits he did not read a vital report. The CEO got sent home on indefinite leave.
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Tenants Protection Association surveys renters

Posted on 8 July 2013 by belinda

Some Christchurch residents are trapped in unaffordable accommodation unable to move to healthier rental accommodation, to pay for heating or save up for a deposit to purchase a home, according to a survey by the Tenants Protection Association.
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Social inequality in western societies

Posted on 8 July 2013 by belinda

Location: University of Canterbury, A3 Lecture Room
Time: July 12 4-6pm
Description: New Zealand is facing a crisis in social equality as are other western societies. New Zealand-born London of School Economics Professor Robert Wade will talk about social inequality in western societies with capitalist systems. Joint lecture organised by the University of Canterbury’s School of Social and Political Sciences, Bridget Williams Books and the Fabian Society. Supper follows.

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Volunteer tradespeople assist strugglers

Posted on 8 July 2013 by belinda

A group of tradespeople from St Albans is offering to assist locals with odd jobs who can’t afford to pay for the work to be done. If you are struggling to make ends meet or know someone who has been putting up with leaks or deferring maintenance work etc contact Dave Mitchell: mitchelld@clear.net.nz or phone 022 1885741 for more information.

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Business students build positive community organisations

Posted on 4 July 2013 by belinda

Business students at the University of Canterbury are part of a pilot project to help build positive community organisations.
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Cranford St likely to be rezoned business/commercial

Posted on 4 July 2013 by belinda

Most of Cranford Street is likely to be rezoned business/commercial due to the proposed four laning of part of the street.
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Faster broadband for parts of St Albans

Posted on 3 July 2013 by belinda

Ultrafast broadband will be available in parts of St Albans over the next year.
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