Community engagement in the Papanui Ward in Christchurch, New Zealand
Work is underway to drill a new well at the Mays Water Supply Pump Station in Papanui. Difficult ground conditions have delayed works, with the project now expected to be completed in the last quarter of 2021. The footpath outside the site is deviated slightly but no other significant traffic impacts are expected.
A new building has arrived on the previously-vacant site beside Papanui Baptist Church on Sawyers Arms Road. The house has been donated to the church by Summerset Group and will be used to accommodate staff who work in the local community.
More coverage of this can be found in this week’s edition of the Nor’West News, available on line at:
https://www.yumpu.com/…/65597314/norwest-news-may-06-2021
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is consulting on a new rule relating to speed management planning. One aspect of this is a proposal for speed limits will be reduced to 30 km/h (or 40 km/h in some circumstances) around urban schools and a maximum of 60 km/h around rural schools. These speed limits could either be permanent or variable, and controlling authorities such as the Council would be required to introduce an initial 40% of these limits by 30 June 2024, and to use reasonable efforts to complete the remaining by 31 December 2029.
You have probably seen 40 km/h restrictions around schools in the Papanui area. If you have a view on the current proposal, submissions can be made until 5pm on Friday 25 June 2021. Click through for more information and an online submission form:
https://www.nzta.govt.nz/about-us/consultations/land-transport-rule-setting-of-speed-limits-2021-consultation/
The Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board will meet this Friday at 9am in the Papanui boardroom. The agenda includes:
The meeting is open for the public to attend and will be streamed on the Board’s Facebook page. Click through for the full agenda:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2021/05/PICB_20210507_AGN_5616_AT_WEB.htm
Agenda of Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board – 7 May 2021
Water supply mains renewals are about to get underway in Northcote. This is a significant project that will start with Uxbridge & Aldgate Streets and carry on through the area over the next year or so. Take care and keep an eye out for traffic management in the area from next Monday 10 May 2021.
The full start-work notice can be found online at https://ccc.govt.nz/transport/works/show/702
The Council is seeking feedback on its Representation Review initial proposal. The Representation Review is a process the Council completes every six years, to review things like how many elected members will represent you, Ward boundaries and the make-up of Community Boards. Part of the reason for doing this is to ensure each Ward represents a similar number of people, with a need to adjust boundaries to account for population changes throughout the city.
The Council’s initial proposal is to keep the current system of 16 Wards each electing a single Councillor, and to reduce the number of urban Community Boards from six to five, with each comprising three Wards. Under the current proposal, the Papanui-Innes area would be represented by a new Community Board comprising of the Papanui, Innes and Central Wards. Click through for more information and to give feedback:
https://ccc.govt.nz/the-council/consultations-and-submissions/haveyoursay/show/396
The latest newsletter from the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board includes: highlights from the Board’s latest meeting; the opening of Kohinga, the St Albans Community Centre; news on wastewater renewals in the area; and more. Click through for the newsletter:
http://createsend.com/t/r-B9F845B5D99002912540EF23F30FEDED
Papanui Library is open from 10am to 4pm today Monday 26 April – one of five Christchurch City Libraries that are open today. Click through for more details:
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/anzac-day-2021-services-events-displays-and-exhibitions-in-christchurch/
Anzac Day 2021: Services, events, displays and exhibitions in Christchurch
When you walk down the quiet and leafy streets of Papanui, you might be surprised to see a big green sign directing you to a new Whare on Windermere Road. The sign belongs to Te Ora Hou Ōtautahi, who you may also be surprised to learn have been supporting rangatahi (young people) and whānau (families) in Ōtautahi for almost 40 years.
The 40 kaimahi (staff) of Te Ora Hou’s specialist team have supported thousands of Māori and Pasifika in Ōtautahi to complete the journey from Tamariki tū Rangatahi tū Rangatira (childhood into adulthood) in a safe and healthy way.
The aim is to begin a process of intergenerational change, disrupting negative cycles and helping to guide young people to realise their own potential – as good neighbours, employees, parents, family members and valued members of the wider community.
Te Ora Hou can represent a final chance for some rangatahi to take control of their own destiny, and carve out a path free from crime, violence and abuse and no one knows this better than seventeen-year-old Manahi, who states “I literally would be in jail right now if it wasn’t for Te Ora Hou – I know that.”
Manahi started getting in trouble at a young age and was on a bad path. “The way I was heading, getting in trouble every day, my mentality was I’m just going to end up in jail. The majority of people in my family were in and out, and I just wanted to be like them.” Continue reading “Development underway in Papanui for Māori youth and whānau”
At the 16 April meeting, the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board:
The Board will next meet on Friday 7 May.
Click through to read the full minutes:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2021/04/PICB_20210416_MIN_5615_AT.PDF
