Basing their predictions on what happened three years after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Canterbury health officials say that the full impact of the quakes on the health of Canterbury people is yet to be felt. Source: Fairfax News
Visiting clinical psychologist Rob Gordon, who spoke in Christchurch recently, outlined the four stages of recovery after trauma and ways to deal with this. A copy of his slideshow The Social Context of Emergency Recovery is available online.
A blog and video platform started by a small group of documentary makers wants to hear your views on Christchurch.
As former mayor and St Albans resident, Garry Moore, who features on the Christchurch Voices website, argues the views of Christchurch people and the Christchurch City Council are being overlooked and over run e.g.: the council’s plan for the city built in consultation with its citizens, was overtaken by the male-dominated CERA-appointed 100 day plan group. Democracy and open-ness is being strangled.
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The Christchurch City Council is hosting a series of low-cost, funding workshops run by Kerri Tilby-Price in November.
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The Have -A-Go cricket programme is running again at the St Albans School over summer.
The sessions, run by the Riccarton Cricket Club for a cost of $40 per person, will be held on Fridays at 5.30pm and run for 14 weeks until early March 2013.
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Shoddy service, obstructive access to information and bumbling delivery are spurs to the creation of a citizens’ campaign to fix problems caused by EQC.
The Residents EQC Action Campaign (REAC) is a public campaign to sort out EQC, not only for people in Christchurch, but also for Wellington and other areas likely to experience strong earthquakes in future. The campaign has been endorsed by a number of residents associations and support groups, including the St Albans Residents Association.
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Do you have a lemon tree in your back yard groaning under the weight of those yellow citrus fruits. Is there an empty section near you with a lonely lemon tree?
Well, St Albans School is on the lookout for lemons, lots of them, to make old-fashioned lemonade to sell at the monster school fair on November 10. The fair will be held in the school grounds from 4pm to 7pm.
Donations can be dropped off at the School in Sheppard Place or the school will pick up large donations. Please phone Sharon 0220706626
Festa, or the Festival of Transitional Architecture, will light up the inner city this weekend. The Luxcity event, during the evening of Saturday, October 20 can be accessed from Latimer Square.
Lighting up the inner city though is just one of a number of events that makes use of empty sites and highlights the work of Restart and Gapfiller.
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Dora, the computer training bus, operated by the Computers in Homes scheme, is going to be parked at the transitional community centre at 1047 Colombo St around Thursday lunchtime as part of a promotional tour around the city.
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Have your say about your well-being on the CERA website before November 2 and help CERA identify where additional assistance may be needed.
Tell CERA how you feel about the progress of your recovery and day to day life.
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Central Christchurch MP Nicky Wagner made the first stroke at the Edgeware Croquet Club on September 15, marking the opening of the new season and a reopening of the club after quake repairs.
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New buildings and extensions to older buildings may need to be built on higher ground to avoid floods according to information revealed by CCC/CERA.
The message for St Albans is unclear. Parts of the map released by the council are not coloured at all (no extra height required) and others are coloured green or blue showing they are possibly likely to flood if a one in 50 or one in 200 year flood occurs. Then there is a large U shaped, piece of land coloured grey which the council has yet to categorise.
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A community bus trip, which starts off from Packe Street Park and wends its way through community gardens on the east side of Christchurch, is one of the highlights of the inaugural Spring River Festival planned for the weekend of October 20 and 21.
The bus, which holds 50 people, departs from Packe Street Park (125 Packe Street) and visits gardens at Fitzgerald Avenue, Delta Trust, Smith Street, New Brighton, before finishing at Wainoni where Christine Dann will talk about vegetable gardening. Reservations are required for this tour and a small charge is made to cover provided refreshments including a mini breakfast and lunch. The bus returns to St Albans around 4.30pm.
To reserve a seat you can email Peggy Kelly or phone Evan on 3236617
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.
