The details have been confirmed for the planting and weeding day at Papanui Bush on Langdons Road. Come down between 9am-12:30pm on Wednesday 5 June 2019. Bring your own gardening gear, and keep an eye on the weather forecast – the event will be cancelled if it’s raining on the day.
Further strike to impact year 9 students: Tue 4 June
Papanui High School year 9 students (and your parents & caregivers): please note you won’t have classes next Tuesday 4 June due to further industrial action. (This will likely impact other state secondary schools too?)
“Notification of Further PPTA Strike Action.
The PPTA have informed us today, 30th May 2019, that they are now giving notice (Pursuant to Section 74AC of the State Sector Act 1988) that teachers who are members of the Post Primary Teachers’ Association (PPTA) and who are bound by the Secondary…”
Further PPTA Strike Action – Principals Welcome – Our School – Papanui High School
Windermere retirement village: progress photos
The two- and three-story Windermere rest home development is now out of the ground. Framing is going up on the Condell Avenue side of the site.
Harewood/Gardiners/Breens public meeting: 6pm Thu 30 May
Were you left frustrated by the lack of a town-hall style open discussion forum at the recent Harewood/Gardiners/Breens consultation meetings? That's the headline in this week's Nor'West News. In response to residents' requests, Councillor Aaron Keown is hosting a public meeting this Thursday 30 May at 6pm at the Bishopdale Community Centre. The Council's proposals are open for feedback until Monday 10 June.
Community Boards will meet to consider CNC traffic plan, residents prepare to ‘peacefully rebel’
The St Albans Residents Association is rallying the community to ‘peacefully rebel’ outside the Council chambers this Friday ahead of the joint Community Board meeting to consider the Christchurch Northern Corridor Downstream Effects Management Plan.
Staff have recommended that the Boards: receive and endorse then plan; recommend to Council to endorse the plan; and note that Council staff will commence design & consultation on the first stage of the proposed interventions.
(Note that this joint meeting will also consider no stopping restrictions for North Avon Road, which is on the boundary between the Innes and Central Wards.)
Follow the link below for the online version of the agenda, which includes a full copy of the final downstream plan and other supporting information. It’s a big document, and there is also a PDF available for those who find that format more manageable to read.
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/…/JM-LA_20190531_AGN_3…
24 May Board meeting outcomes
At their meeting on 24 May, the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board: approved one application to the Board's Discretionary Response Fund and deferred decisions on two others; approved two applications to the Board's Positive Youth Development Fund; and received an area report covering initiatives and issues current within the Community Board area. The Board also asked staff to follow up on the possible installation of traffic lights at the Langdons/Greers intersection – as has been covered on Think Papanui, lights at that intersection are a resource consent requirement for the final stage of the Langdons Rd retail development, but aren't funded in the Council's budget and aren't required prior to Kmart opening on the site. The board will next meet on 14 June. Click through to read the full minutes:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/…/PICB_20190524_MIN_32…
Highlights from Polyphony youth voice art exhibition
Think Papanui’s Simon Britten attended the official opening of the 2019 Polyphony youth voice art exhibition at Papanui Library. Here are some highlights from the evening:
Northcote School plans project to get kids on bikes
In this week’s Nor’West News you can read about Northcote School’s ‘Bikes in Schools’ project, which will include an asphalt track on the school grounds and a fleet of up to 50 bikes. The Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board has granted $8,000 towards the $90,000 project. The full digital edition of the paper can be found at:
https://www.yumpu.com/…/v…/62674055/norwest-news-may-28-2019
Two more e-scooter operators for Christchurch
Two more e-scooter companies have been given permits to operate in Christchurch, bringing a total of 600 additional scooters to the city.
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More shared e-scooters Beam into Christchurch
“Another 300 electric scooters will soon be available to hire in Christchurch.”
Analysis: Adding up the benefits of the Christchurch Northern Corridor
The Christchurch Northern Corridor project has its origins in the 1960s, but it was in 2012 that the current project was approved. Think Papanui’s Simon Britten has been researching the benefits that the NZ Transport Agency’s board was told the project would bring at the time they made that decision. Click through for details.
“I’ve been researching the benefits we’re told will come from the Christchurch Northern Corridor (CNC) project. Here’s an analysis based on the information available to the Board of the NZ Transport Agency when the project was approved.
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Adding up the benefits of the Christchurch Northern Corridor
“Analysis: It’s fair to say that the Christchurch Northern Corridor (CNC) is a contentious project. There are significant costs involved (both financial – more on that in a future article.”