Author: Simon Britten

This Saturday hop in to the Redwood Market – 9:30am to 12:30pm at the Redwood Hotel, corner Prestons & Main North Roads.

See the market’s Facebook Page for more info.

There’ll be an Anzac Day service hosted by the Papanui RSA at 10am on Friday 25 April, with the parade forming in St James Avenue at 9:30am. Parking is available in the Mitre 10 car park until midday.

Other Anzac Day services and events include a dawn service in Cathedral Square (6:30am) and a Citizen’s Service at 10am in the Transitional Cathedral, as well as numerous local events.

For details see:
https://www.newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/dawn-service-to-remember-fallen-soldiers

All Christchurch City Libraries will be closed on Good Friday 18 April, and also (with the exception of Tūranga) on Easter Monday 21 April.

Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 April aren’t public holidays, so most libraries including Redwood and Papanui will be open their normal hours.

On Anzac Day Friday 25 April all libraries will be closed.

For full details head to:
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/news/library-closures-or-change-in-hours/

On Thursday 10 April, the Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central community Board:

• heard four deputations from members of the public regarding items on the agenda;
• approved all but one of 23 proposed new shelters at well-used bus stops;
• approved a change to parking restrictions on Westminster Street by Cranford Street;
• approved P120 parking restrictions for Bishop Street near Bealey Avenue;
• approved a grant from the Board’s Discretionary Response Fund to the Avon Ōtakaro Network Inc for Matariki in the Zone;
• and received a report on issues and initiatives within the Board area.

The Board will next meet on Thursday 15 May.

Click through to read the full minutes:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2025/04/PCBCC_20250410_MIN_9136_AT_WEB.htm

If Friday is your usual kerbside collection day, please note the following changes: Good Friday bin collections move to Saturday 19 April 2025; and Anzac Day bin collections move to Saturday 26 April 2025. There are no changes to collections on Easter Monday.

For more information on rubbish, recycling, and organics, head to:
https://ccc.govt.nz/services/rubbish-and-recycling

The Council has advised that the signalised crossings on Harewood, Langdons, and Sawyers Arms Roads are set to be commissioned in June 2025.

Upgrade works at all three crossings had to be completed before the switchover can happen from the old signalling system to the new one, and construction work on the last of the three (Sawyers Arms Road) is now winding down.

For more information on the project, including the option to subscribe to email updates, head to the project webpage.

The Government’s Setting of Speed Limits Rule 2024 requires the Council to implement variable speed limits of 30km/h during ‘school travel periods’ outside of all Ōtautahi Christchurch and Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū schools.

Streets adjacent to the following schools are included in the proposal: Papanui Primary; St Bede’s College; Redwood Primary; Te Kura o Matarangi – Northcote School; Casebrook Intermediate; Marian College; Bishopdale School Te Kura o Papakōhatu; Wairakei School; Waimairi School; and St Andrew’s College.

Click through for full details of the Council’s proposal, noting that feedback is being requested specifically from kura/schools:
https://letstalk.ccc.govt.nz/schoolspeeds

Proposed electorate boundary changes will see parts of Papanui change from Christchurch Central to Ilam, and Redwood will mostly change from Christchurch Central to Christchurch East.

The Representation Commission is proposing the changes as part of a nationwide review of electorate boundaries, driven by the need to ensure each electorate has about the same number of residents. The proposed changes are open for public feedback until 27 April 2025.

Final electorate boundaries will be released in August this year, following a public hearings process, and will apply from the 2026 General Election. This process does not affect ward and constituency boundaries for this years local government elections.

For more information and an online feedback form, head to:
https://vote.nz/boundary-review/about/2025

Geotechnical drilling equipment was spotted on site in Cranford Basin last week. The southern part of the basin is subject to a Fast Track consent application that proposes approximately 528 residential dwellings.

The Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board will meet this Thursday 10 April at 4pm in the Papanui boardroom.

The agenda includes:

• public participation;
• proposed 120 parking restrictions in Bishop Street;
• proposed upgrades to well-used bus stops across the Board area;
• proposed changes to parking restrictions for Westminster Street near Cranford Street;
• an application to the Board’s Discretionary Response Fund;
• and an area report with an overview of issues and initiatives within the Board area.

The meeting is open to the public and will be livestreamed on the Board’s YouTube channel and Facebook page.

Click through to read the full agenda:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2025/04/PCBCC_20250410_AGN_9136_AT_WEB.htm