Author: Simon Britten

Take care of your last-minute Christmas shopping at Redwood Market this Saturday 21 December from 10am to 1pm at the Redwood Hotel, 340 Main North Road.

This Sunday at 5pm bring your picnic chairs or blankets and come to St Paul’s Anglican Church, Papanui to sing Carols. Listen to the St Albans Community Choir, the choir of the St John Moraia Fijian Methodist Church, the Christchurch Accordion Orchestra and the musicians from Northcity Church. There’ll be activities for children, and if the weather is not fine, the event will be held inside the church.

https://stpaulspapanui.org.nz/events/carols-in-the-church-courtyard

On 12 December 2024, the Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board:

• heard four public forum presentations;
• approved a $4,000 grant to Shirley Rugby League Football Club, and a $2,408 grant to Papanui Leagues Club;
• approved mobility parking at Lancaster Park;
• approved no stopping restrictions on Virgil Place;
• approved no stopping restrictions for the intersection of Beeston Place & Freebairn Street;
• approved a replacement traffic island for Rutland Street at Westminster Street;
• approved a $8,000 grant to Community Focus Trust;
• approved a $2,000 grant to Kiwi Indians Theatre;
• approved an $8,000 grant to Together Diverse;
• and received a report on issues and initiatives within the Board area.

The Board is now in recess until its first meeting for 2025, which will be on 13 February in the Papanui Boardroom.

Click through to read the full minutes:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2024/12/PCBCC_20241212_MIN_9133_AT_WEB.htm

Wheelie bin collection days will be different for many properties over the next two weeks. With both Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, bins will be collected the day after their normal collection day for the remainder of that week, eg Monday & Tuesday collections will continue as normal, but all other collections will be delayed by a day.

To find collection days and check for public holiday and other information, head to: https://ccc.govt.nz/services/rubbish-and-recycling/collections

The Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board will meet this Thursday 12 December at 4pm in the Papanui boardroom. The agenda includes:

• public participation;
• proposed parking and/or stopping changes for Lancaster Park (Stevens Street), Bishop Street, Virgil Place (pic), and the Beeston Place / Freebairn Street intersection;
• a proposed replacement traffic island for the Rutland/Westminster Street intersection;
• applications to the Board’s Discretionary Response Fund from the Community Focus Trust, Kiwi Indians Theatre, Shirley Rugby League Football Club, Papanui Leagues Club, and Together Diverse;
• and an area report with an overview of initiatives and issues 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/2024/12/PCBCC_20241212_AGN_9133_AT_WEB.htm

The Wheels to Wings – Papanui ki Waiwhetū Major Cycle Route is set to be “rephased” tomorrow, which Councillors considering a staff recommendation to implement only an eastern connection, along with signalisation of the Harewood/Gardiners/Breens intersection and a crossing outside Harewood School.

The eastern connection will link the Nor’West Arc and Northern Line cycleways, between the railway crossing and Matsons Avenue, as well as providing a signalised cycle and pedestrian crossing just west of Matsons Ave (pic).

The balance of the project is proposed to be delivered in the 2029-2031 financial years.

Peak-hour bus lanes will remain on Cranford Street, following Council approval of the design option recommended by the Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board. The lanes will run between Innes Road and Berwick Street citybound, while the northbound lane will run between Westminster Street and Innes Road.

Click through for more information:
https://www.newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/green-light-for-transport-projects

There’ll be a dog-friendly Christmas celebration at St Paul’s Anglican Church, Papanui on Saturday 7 December. The event starts with a dog walk at 10am, followed by Christmas carol singing and a dog-friendly market in the church hall. See the Facebook event for details.

On Monday 2 December the Council will consider a report on about 50 recommendations from the city’s Housing and Business Choice Plan Change – Plan Change 14.

Recommendations include accepting building heights of 22m (equivalent to 10 stories) in Town Centre Zones including Papanui. A High Density Residential Zone around the Papanui town centre has a recommended building height of 14m.

Pictured below: a screenshot of the interactive map available on the Council website showing proposed zoning in the Papanui area. Magenta is the Town Centre Zone, orange is High Density Residential.

Click through to read more, and see this link for full details.

On 14 November, the Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board:

• heard 15 deputations in relation to Cranford Street, as well as two public forum presentations;
• approved laneway names for the Performing Arts Precinct;
• recommended to Council the bus lane option for Cranford Street;
• deferred a decision on a funding application from the Community Focus Trust;
• and received an area report on issues and initiatives in the Board area.

The Board will next meet on Thursday 12 December.

Click through to read the full minutes:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2024/11/PCBCC_20241114_MIN_9132_AT_WEB.htm