Author: Simon Britten

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:

• • heard from residents impacted by traffic calming measures being trialled downstream of the CNC;
  • requested a report with advice concerning the name ‘Gulati Lane’ for a development in Hills Road;
  • received a briefing from St Albans School students on their Innovating Streets Project;
  • approved four grants from the Board’s Discretionary Response Fund;
  • and received an area report on issues and initiatives within the Board area.

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

 

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The Papanui RSA ANZAC parade and service is this Sunday 25 April. The parade commences at 9:30am and the service at the RSA at 10am. Click through for more details:

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Around 60 people turned out to Kohinga St Albans Community Centre tonight to hear from Duncan Webb Labour MP for Christchurch Central on housing and urban development in Christchurch, and specifically the National Policy Statement on Urban Development (NPS-UD). The Council is legally required to give effect to the NPS-UD, and it is anticipated that the community will be formally consulted next year on any proposed District Plan changes in relation to building heights and density. The NPS-UD stipulates that any plan changes need to be publicly notified for submissions by August 2022. Tonight’s meeting was hosted by the St Albans Residents Association.

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The period for public submissions on the Draft 2021–31 Long Term Plan ends at midnight on Sunday 18 April. “You don’t need to have an opinion on every issue – if there’s just one pet project you want a say on, or one idea you’ve had for how ratepayer money could be spent or saved over the next few years, we encourage you to let us know right up until Sunday,” the Mayor says. Click through to read more, and for an online submission form:
https://newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/time-running-out-for-long-term-plan-submissions

Time running out for Long Term Plan submissions

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The Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board will meet this Friday 16 April at 9am in the Papanui boardroom. The agenda includes: public forum presentations on Cranford/Innes intersection safety and Flockton Street traffic volumes & speeds; a proposed request for staff to investigate revoking the name ‘Gulati Lane’ for a development in Mairehau; a briefing on the St Albans School innovating streets project; four applications to the Board’s Discretionary Response Fund; and an area report on initiatives and issues current within the Community Board area. The meeting is open for the public to attend and will be livestreamed on the Board’s Facebook page. Click through to read the full agenda:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2021/04/PICB_20210416_AGN_5615_AT_WEB.htm

Agenda of Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board – 16 April 2021

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It’s three years since the first planting day at Papanui Bush. The site can be accessed from Bridgestone Reserve on Langdons Road by Chapel Street, and the next weeding/maintenance day with the Rotary Club of Papanui is coming up this Tuesday 13 April from 9:30am-12pm. Members of the public are welcome to come for all or part of this time – wear suitable clothing and BYO gloves & gardening tools if you have them.

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At today’s Council meeting, the Chair and Deputy of the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board presented their monthly report, which was followed by a discussion on the noise issues associated with the CNC motorway. The Council has agreed that the Mayor will write to Waka Kotahi NZTA asking that the speed limit on the CNC between Radcliffe Road and Cranford Street be reduced to 60km/h until the final low-noise seal is complete, and also to write to the Minister of Transport about the existing speed limit and concerns over adverse effects on neighbouring residents.

This section of today’s meeting can be seen in the video below. Discussion on CNC noise starts at around 5:15.

08.04.21 – Item 9 – Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board Report to Council

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