Service centre to become one-stop shop for Papanui residents

Good news for the Papanui community: from mid July, bill payments and vehicle services will be available over the counter at the Christchurch City Council‘s Papanui Service Centre. Postal services have been offered at the Service Centre since the local NZ Post branch closed earlier this year. Click through for more information:
https://www.ccc.govt.nz/news-and-events/newsline/show/3590

Service centre to become one-stop shop for Papanui residents

Christchurch City Council’s Papanui Service Centre will soon become a one-stop shop for people wanting to post letters and pay bills.”

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Boards reject Northern Corridor traffic management plan? Not really?

Did the joint Community Board meeting on Friday ‘reject’ the plan to manage downstream effects of the Christchurch Northern Corridor? What happens next? Think Papanui’s Simon Britten writes:
https://simonbritten.com/2019/06/03/boards-reject-northern-corridor-traffic-management-plan-not-really/

Boards reject Northern Corridor traffic management plan? Not really?

Recap: “Boards reject northern corridor traffic management plan” ran the headline on the Council’s article summarising the outcome of Friday’s joint Community Board meeting. What happened at the me…”

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Untagged wheelie bins will no longer be emptied

Christchurch wheelie bin collections continue as normal this week despite the Queens Birthday public holiday. If you do have any issues with a bin not being emptied, it could be that it didn’t get tagged in the Council’s stocktake. Click through for details:
https://ccc.govt.nz/news-and-events/newsline/show/3596

Untagged wheelie bins will no longer be emptied

Christchurch and Banks Peninsula residents are being urged to check their wheelie bins have been electronically tagged because untagged bins will soon stop being emptied.”

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Think Papanui interviewed on RNZ National

Think Papanui’s founder Simon Britten was interviewed on Radio NZ’s Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan this week. Click through to listen:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018697450/hyper-local-reporting-in-papanui

Hyper-local reporting in Papanui

A Christchurch man has a website dedicated to local government issues in the Papanui ward – he describes Think Papanui as an independent initiative to promote community engagement.”

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