Community engagement in the Papanui Ward in Christchurch, New Zealand
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In today’s Nor’West News, Think Papanui founder and curator Simon Britten writes about the impact a strong community voice can have in responding to Council proposals. You can read the full digital edition of this week’s paper at https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/61058441/norwest-news-july-10-2018
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The Star this week reports that Christchurch’s community boards have been given Māori names, to be added at the front of the current English ones. This reflects increased awareness of Māori worldview by community board members and Council staff. Our local board will be Waipapa / Papanui-Innes Community Board. See the article for more details.
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Click through to read the latest newsletter from the Papanui-Innes Community Board. Articles include: the Council’s Long Term Plan; Board support for youth; layout options for parts of the Christchurch Northern Corridor; air quality in Cranford Street, Papanui Bush planting, and more. http://christchurchcitycouncil.cmail19.com/t/ViewEmail/r/0FC46B56D20103802540EF23F30FEDED/E3FD648D7A0EA33220B193FBA00ED1DB
Community Board Newsletters Papanui Innes – July 2018
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Papanui Library is one of three that is hosting a basketball and football computer game tournament for young gamers aged 12 and over during the upcoming school holidays. FIFA game fans can head to the Papanui Library (or Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre) on Monday, 9 July, while Linwood Library will host the basketball eSports on Tuesday, 17 July. Click through for more details, including timing and booking information:
https://www.ccc.govt.nz/news-and-events/newsline/show/2704
Teenagers are being invited to test their reflexes at the Christchurch City Libraries’ inaugural eSports Tournament this month.
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The Winters Road cycle and pedestrian subway has opened! This structure has been built as part of the Christchurch Northern Corridor (CNC) project, and users of the QEII Drive shared path will now be diverted this way due to construction of the QEII Drive / CNC interchange. Members of the CNC project team were on hand at the opening, giving spot prizes to many of the first users of the subway.
http://nzta.govt.nz/media-releases/celebration-for-redwood-and-mairehau-the-opening-of-the-cnc-winters-road-subway/
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Do you know any young people (aged 12-24) who you could nominate for the YMCA Canterbury Youth Awards, organised by Youth Voice Canterbury? Categories include Leadership, Commitment to Wellbeing, Advocate for Inclusion and Diversity, and more. See the awards website for more information and an online nomination form. Nominations close on Tuesday 31 July: http://www.youthvoicecanterbury.org.nz/youth-awards.html
Youth Voice Canterbury are excited to bring back the YMCA Canterbury Youth Awards for a second time to celebrate the amazing things that young people are doing in our communities! Youth in Canterbury…
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Proposed road layout options for the Christchurch Northern Corridor (CNC) are back on the agenda for the Papanui-Innes Community Board. At the 20 June meeting, the board deferred any decision on CNC road layout options, in order to first receive further information from staff. This Wednesday 4 July at 4pm the Board will hold an extraordinary meeting, with the same report and proposals back on the agenda. Click through for full details:
http://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2018/07/PICB_20180704_AGN_2885_AT_EXTRA_WEB.htm
Agenda of Papanui-Innes Community Board – 4 July 2018
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The Papanui ward forms part of the Christchurch North constituency in the represntation arrangements being proposed by the Canterbury Regional Council (ECan). Background: since the 2016 election ECan has had a mix of elected and appointed members, but from 2019 will return to a fully democratically elected Council. You can make a submission on ECan’s proposal online, you can post or hand deliver a submission form, or send an email. Further information and an online submission form can be found at the link below. Submissions close at 4pm on Monday 30 July 2018. https://haveyoursay.ecan.govt.nz/representation-review
Community Representation Review
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Have you noticed this in Papanui? The car park behind the library / service centre is now a hub for a service offering bookable shared electric vehicles.
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The new Winters Road subway for cyclists and pedestrians is expected to open on Monday 2 July. Around the same time, the cycle/pedestrian pathway along QEII Drive will be diverted through the subway to enable further construction on the QEII Drive / CNC interchange.
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