Papanui Interagency Community Meeting

Posted on 6 November 2012 by belinda

Location: Board Room, Papanui Service Centre, cnr Langdons Rd/Restell Street, Papanui.
Time: December 14 10:30am
Description: Limited car parking in the Warehouse Stationery/Noel Leeming carparks)

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Central City Living zones review

Posted on 6 November 2012 by belinda

Christchurch City Council is carrying out a review of the planning framework of the living zones in the Central City, including the special amenity area (SAMs) overlays, as part of the Christchurch Central Recovery Plan.
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IAG to confirm overcap claims by December 20

Posted on 6 November 2012 by belinda

IAG said it would confirm the status of overcap claims and state whether a property is economic to repair, or needs rebuilding, by December 20. And all IAG repairs will be completed by late 2015.
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Future quake claimants forced to accept less

Posted on 5 November 2012 by belinda

Fears have been expressed by current red zoners that future earthquake claimants around New Zealand will be forced to accept repairs or take expensive court action to enforce their rights to replacement.

Brooklands resident Olly Ohlson is hitting the airwaves on Thursday to warn that the treatment he, and others, have received at the hands of insurers could be the way claimants, whose houses should receive replacement costs, are treated in future. Watch Jo Kane’s show on CTV on Thursday.
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Pre 1976 units face uncertain future

Posted on 4 November 2012 by belinda

Apartments and other multiple unit buildings built before 1976 may face higher insurance costs, costly upgrades and possibly demolition as local councils attempt to make buildings more earthquake resilient (building code compliant).
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Quake doco wins award

Posted on 4 November 2012 by belinda

Gerard Smyth and others who worked on the feature film When A City Falls has won several awards in the TV awards ceremony held on Saturday evening.

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Homes on TC3 land selling

Posted on 2 November 2012 by belinda

Sales of Christchurch City Green Zone properties are defying expectations that many would be unsalable for many years. Even those rated TC3 are selling.
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Red Cross website aids Canterbury youth

Posted on 2 November 2012 by belinda

New Zealand Red Cross has launched a brand new website to provide young people in Canterbury with coping skills after the earthquakes.

The site Address the Stress provides video messages from sports heroes,musicians, comedians and actors. Although aimed atyoung people dealing with the Canterbury quakes, the advice contained on it can be applied to any natural disaster.
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Part of Purchas Street closed

Posted on 2 November 2012 by belinda

The section of Purchas Street between Geraldine and Barbadoes Street will be closed to traffic for four or five weeks from November 5 while SCIRT fix the pipes.

Detours will be required. The intersections to those streets will also be narrowed while the work is carried out.

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Work on Huggins Place

Posted on 2 November 2012 by belinda

Work begins on wastewater pipeline and lateral replacement in Huggins Place on Monday, beginning from the Hills Road entrance and finishing at the end of the cul de sac.

Daytime access to the street will be limited for six weeks to enable the work to take place. Work is expected to be completed before Christmas.

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Ideas wanted for eastern Christchurch

Posted on 1 November 2012 by belinda

Share your ideas for the eastern suburbs in Christchurch and see what others have come up with. It’s a bit like the CCC share an idea consultation but this one is run by the community.

Click here for Eastern Visions on the Rebuild Christchurch website.

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Time for some spiritual healing

Posted on 1 November 2012 by belinda

Location: St Albans Transitional Community Centre, 1047 Colombo Street
Time: November 26 07:00pm – 09:30pm
Description: Followers of Bruno Groening, a German spiritual healer who died in 1959, are bringing his approach to healing to Christchurch. Bruno Groening had a very precise, intuitive knowledge of this energy and through his teachings made it freely available to everyone. Thousands of people have been helped by this ancient knowledge. Contact Michelle on 027 348 7291 for further information. Free admission but donations are appreciated.

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