Year: 2019

Explosion in Northwood

Breaking news: emergency services are responding to an incident in Marble Court, Northwood, following some kind of explosion / ‘loud bang’ which was heard & felt widely across north west Christchurch. More to come.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/…/christchurch-emergency-services-r…

Update 11am: from the Stuff story linked below: “Police said in a statement that they were helping with evacuations and road closures. Motorists were advised to follow diversions and avoid the area.”

Christchurch emergency services responding to ‘loud bang’ heard across city

“Emergency services are attending an incident in Northwood, Christchurch, after a ‘loud bang’ was heard across the city.”

Source

 

A photo from the scene supplied to Think Papanui by a Brookwater Ave resident

Papanui photo promotion closes Sunday 21 July

Last days to participate: you have until 5pm on Sunday 21 July to share a photo from the Papanui area, and be in the draw for a gift card courtesy of Mitre 10 MEGA Papanui. It looks like we’re heading into a wet weekend, but the submission form is mobile-friendly, so check your phone – maybe you already have a snap from the area you’d like to share? Follow this link for the submission form and T&Cs (and from this page click ‘vote’ to see a gallery of pictures submitted so far):
https://thinkpapanui.nz/photo

Source

Video: ECan candidate information session

Think Papanui attended this week’s ECan candidate information session, for people interested in standing as Regional Council candidates in the upcoming local body elections. For more information see https://www.ecan.govt.nz/…/your-counc…/elections/candidates/, or open this video in YouTube for more information and links.
https://youtu.be/aHAqmquXgKM

Environment Canterbury / ECan Elections 2019: attending a candidate information session

“Think Papanui’s founder and curator Simon Britten gives a rundown on an information session for people considering standing as Environment Canterbury (ECan) …”

Source

12 July board meeting outcomes

At their meeting on 12 July, the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board: heard a report back from a young person who had received funding from the Board; heard a representation on behalf of the Belfast Netball Club about the condition of their courts and facilities; approved funding allocations for the Board’s Discretionary Response Fund and Positive Youth Development Fund; approved a grant for Aratupu Preschool and Nursery towards a mural; approved two Positive Youth Development Fund grants; and more. Click through to read the full minutes. The board will next meet on Friday 26 July.
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/…/PICB_20190712_MIN_32…

christchurch.infocouncil.biz

Source

Recap: the week ended 12 July

Think Papanui’s curator Simon Britten rounds up stories from the past week:

Last Saturday morning while out and about in Papanui Ward I saw contractors removing the closure on Rutland Street that had been in place since the water main blowout earlier in the week.

The Christchurch City Council is currently surveying residents on their views and experiences of travelling, in the latest in the ‘Life in Christchurch’ survey series.

I shared a story from the City Council’s website promoting awareness of the upcoming local body elections.

Think Papanui’s ‘Papanui in Pictures’ promotion closes in just over a week’s time (21 July 2019). I’ve shared a gallery of some of the submissions received to date. Head to https://thinkpapanui.nz/photo to participate or to see more entries.

Applications are open now for ‘Summer with your neighbours’ – you can apply to Council for funding to support a local neighbourhood gathering. Applications close on 16 August.

Reporting live from outside the Council’s Water Strategy drop-in session

On Monday I attended another drop-in information session on the Council’s draft Integrated Water Strategy. Once again this was very sparsely attended – I posted a brief live video encouraging people to attend, and subsequently have put up two posts asking for people’s thoughts on the low turnout.

On Tuesday evening I attended Axel Wilke’s Tuesday Club talk on transport emissions, climate change, and the Christchurch Northern Corridor.

I posted a photo of the southbound lane on Main North Road that’s currently impacted by roadworks. This was top post of the week on Think Papanui’s Facebook page. The lane drop doesn’t appear to be causing too much disruption, thanks to the lighter school holiday traffic.

There was a Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board meeting today (Friday 12 July). Earlier in the week I shared some highlights from the agenda – keep an eye out for a follow-up post in the coming week once minutes are available.

Over on Think Papanui’s Facebook page I’ve launched a second ‘what do you love about Papanui?‘ promotion, once again supported by Mitre 10 Mega Papanui. See the post for details of how to participate (closing date is 18 July 2019).

I’ve given ECan’s upcoming Candidate Information Evening a mention – that’s happening this Monday 15 July.

Earlier today I shared a photo showing construction progress at Kmart’s future Papanui site in Langdons Road. The first walls are up on the next stage of the development.

Closing soon:

Coming up:

  • From 7pm this Sunday 14 July there’ll be some night work happening on QEII Drive. Westbound traffic will be stopped at times during this work, which is planned to run through to 25 July.
  • This Monday the 15th of July the refurbished customer service desk at the Papanui Service Centre is due to open, with full NZ Post facilities available including vehicle transactions and bill payments.

Feedback is always welcome on Think Papanui’s content, either on Facebook or Instagram, or directly to me.

With warm regards
Simon Britten