Month: November 2024

Papanui High School Adult & Community Education has a weekend barista skills workshop coming up. For more information see the Facebook Post, or head to papanui.school.nz/adult-education to see all classes that are available.

The 2024 Redwood School Christmas Night Market will run from 5pm to 8pm on Wednesday 20 November, with food, entertainment, Christmas gifts and more. See the Facebook event for more information.

The Rotary Club of Papanui have their annual trailer raffle underway at Northlands Shopping Centre. Raffle tickets are for sale until 24 November – $5 each or $20 for a book of five. Payment can be made by cash, EFTPOS (not paywave) or bank transfer. All funds raised will be distributed to three charities.

The Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board will meet this Thursday 14 November 2024 at 10am in the Papanui boardroom.

The majority of the meeting time is likely to be taken up with consideration of options for Cranford Street between Innes Road and Berwick Street (recommended clearway option pictured). The agenda also includes: proposed laneway names for the performing arts precinct; an application to the Board’s Discretionary Response Fund; and an area report with an overview of initiatives and issues within the Board area.

The meeting is open for the public to attend and will be streamed on the Board’s YouTube channel and Facebook page.

Click through to read the full agenda:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2024/11/PCBCC_20241114_AGN_9132_AT_WEB.htm

Whakaoho Papanui Community Day is on this Sunday 10 November from 1pm-4pm at a new location – the Sissons Drive carpark at Northlands Shopping Centre. The afternoon will have a range of family-friendly activities including crazy bikes, stone carving, photobooth, entertainers, bouncy castles, and more.

For more information see the Facebook event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1608945020031034/

On Thursday 10 October, the Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board:

• received presentations from members of the public;
• received briefings from staff on the Council’s customer service system and from New Zealand Police;
• approved parking restrictions on Somme Street, Vagues Road, St Asaph Street, Cornwall Street, and Madras Street;
• approved three grants from the Board’s Discretionary Response Fund;
• allocated funding towards Community Pride Garden Awards for 2025;
• and received an area report with an overview of initiatives and issues within the Board area.

A motion to refer the Board’s delegation as final decision-maker on the option for a peak-hour clearway on Cranford Street (between Innes Road and Berwick Street) to the Council was lost.

The Board will next meet on Thursday 14 November at 10am (note the variation to the usual meeting day & time).

Click through to read the full minutes:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2024/10/PCBCC_20241010_MIN_9131_AT_WEB.htm