Year: 2022

Papanui Community Toy Library is looking for space in north Christchurch to run the Library on Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings and store their toys.

The Library is a not for profit organisation and their sole purpose is to assist parents with the physical and social development of young children through play. Their aim is to reduce the impact on the environment and improve play in children. They rely heavily on community grants, fundraising and volunteers to run the group.

If you’ve got some spare space and are keen to help out a community group at an affordable price, please let them know!

They have to move on from their current spot due to the sale of the site, and can provide an excellent reference. Size of space needed approximately 60-100sqm.
Please contact papanuitoylibrary@hotmail.com or message via the Papanui Community Toy Library Facebook Page.

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The Council’s kerbside collection of rubbish, recycling and organics will go ahead as usual tomorrow despite the Labour Day public holiday. Remember that your bins need to be put outside your property before 6am on collection day.

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The Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board will hold an inaugural meeting at 9am on Friday 28 October in the Papanui boardroom. Board members will be sworn in, a chairperson and deputy chairperson will be elected, statutory requirements will be explained, and a date will be set for the Board’s first ordinary meeting. The meeting is open for the public to attend, and will be livestreamed on the Board’s YouTube channel and Facebook page. Click through for the full agenda:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2022/10/PCBCC_20221028_AGN_8196_AT_WEB.htm

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There is still space available at the Halloween Community Kids Event hosted by Ray White Papanui and Rotary Club of Papanui. This is a free event but registration is required to manage numbers.
“Calling all ghouls and boys please join us in St James Park, Papanui on Halloween for our free community kids event. This year the witches have taken over and to receive your goodie bag you’ll need to find all the magic potion ingredients around the park, frogs legs, ravens feathers and mermaid hair included! Dress up in your favourite costume!
What? Free community kids Halloween activity proudly hosted by Ray White Papanui and Rotary
When? Monday 31st October 2022 from 4.30pm – 5.30pm
Who? Kids under 12 years accompanied by an adult
Where? St James Park, Papanui
Rotary will be running a fundraising sausage sizzle so please bring change.“
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/halloween-community-kids-event-hosted-by-ray-white-papanui-rotary-tickets-423774339457

Halloween | Community Kids Event | Hosted by Ray White Papanui & Rotary

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The Neighbourhood Trust will be running their annual Light Party on Monday 31 October from 4:30pm-7pm, with free family entertainment, including:
Massive inflatable playground
Kids’ jeeps
Face painting
Games
Pre-schoolers playroom
Black light disco
Kids’ entertainers
Live music
Sausage sizzle
Kai
There’ll also be a coffee cart, Mr Whippy & shaved ice available to purchase.
See the Facebook event for more details.

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What came before Redwood Library? This article by Christchurch City Libraries explores the development of the area prior to the 1968 opening of the library and Plunket rooms. Fun fact: what is now known as Sturrocks Road was previously Craddocks Road and before that Accommodation Road.

Click through for more:
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/what-came-before-redwood-library/

What came before Redwood Library?

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The Council is planning to reduce speeds from 50km/h to 30km/h around Christchurch schools and to 40km/h in neighbourhood streets, starting with the areas shown on the interactive map at the link below. This is part of New Zealand’s Road to Zero Strategy, which has a goal to have safe speed limits around all schools by the end of 2027. “Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has changed the way speed limits are set which encourages us to implement an area-wide approach for consistency, especially around schools, using permanent 30km/h speed limits,” says the Council. On busier roads such as Papanui Road the Council proposes to use variable 30km/h speed limits that will operate during school start and finish times only.

Click through for more details and a link to the interactive map:
https://www.ccc.govt.nz/the-council/haveyoursay/show/541

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