Year: 2019

Official opening of the Neighbourhood Links rooms. 27 February 2019.

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At the 22 February meeting, the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board: again deferred a decision on an upgrade to bus facilities in Shirley, pending further advice from Council staff; approved a grant from the Board's Discretionary Response fund; approved a grant from the Boards Positive Youth Development Fund; and received an area report on initiatives and issues current within the Community Board area. Click through to read the full minutes. The board will next meet at 9am on Friday 8 March 2019.
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Term 1 classes with Papanui High School Adult and Community Education are underway, and there are some weekend courses coming up, including this opportunity to learn to plaster walls. See the Facebook page or website for details.

Papanui High School is offering a hands on class to teach students the art of plastering. You will learn how to prepare walls, how to use plastering tools correctly and how to skim walls. The tutor will also teach how to mix compound correctly and what undercoat to apply over plaster, the correct…

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Limewatch: this week the Christchurch City Council will consider a recommendation to extend Lime’s Christchurch permit by 12 months and increase the number of scooters allowed. It is also recommended that Lime be charged a rental fee that reflects the public space occupied by scooters. At the same time, safety of Lime scooters is in the news, with two councils suspending licences while a Lime-led email campaign fills Councillors’ inboxes. The AA is calling for the e-scooters to be taken off all NZ’s streets until safety is proven – click through to read more:
https://www.radionz.co.nz/…/aa-calls-for-lime-scooters-to-b…

Customers deserved better – AA on Lime scooters

“The motoring safety watchdog says there’s a consumer protection issue and the e-scooters shouldn’t be on the streets until they’re proven safe.”

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Click through for a recap of the Council discussion and decision on the draft CNC Downstream Effects Mitigation Plan:
https://simonbritten.com/2019/02/21/recap-council-decision-on-the-draft-cnc-downstream-effects-mitigation-plan/

Recap: Council decision on the draft CNC Downstream Effects Mitigation Plan

“The Christchurch Northern Corridor (CNC) Downstream Effects Mitigation Plan was on the Christchurch City Council’s agenda on 14 February 2019. The plan is required as a condition of the consent for…”

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Local youth and community organisation Te Ora Hou Otautahi is holding a hāngi fundraiser to support a group of young people travelling to Hawaii. Orders & payments are needed before the pick up date (Thursday 28 February). See the image for details.

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Duncan Webb Labour MP for Christchurch Central will hold a drop-in session at the Papanui Library next Thursday 28 February, from 11am to 1pm.

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A reminder that Grimseys Road is once again fully closed at QEII Drive. It’s due to reopen left-in & left-out on 11 March.

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The Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board will meet at 9am this Friday 22 February. The meeting is open for the public to attend. The agenda includes: bus facility upgrades in Shirley (back on the agenda after being laid on the table at the previous meeting subject to further information from staff); an application to the Board's Discretionary Response Fund (also back on the agenda after being deferred); an application to the Board's Positive Youth Development Fund; and an area report on initiatives and issues current within the Community Board area. Click through to read the full agenda:
http://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/…/PICB_20190222_AGN_321…

Agenda of Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board – 22 February 2019

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Urban design in the Papanui area is discussed in this opinion piece by Think Papanui’s founder and curator Simon Britten:
https://simonbritten.com/2019/02/18/opinion-urban-design-in-the-papanui-area/

Opinion: urban design in the Papanui area

“The Council Service Centre in Papanui now provides postal services, following NZ Post’s closure of their branch on Main North Road. Last year the Langdons Quarter expansion at Northlands opened, al…”

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