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Reminder: nominations for Community Service Awards close today 26 April at 5pm. Please do think about people who volunteer in your community who you would like to nominate. For more information on the Awards and nomination guidelines, see: https://www.ccc.govt.nz/csa

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Local body elections are coming up later this year. All enrolled voters can cast a vote for their preferred Mayoral candidate, while Councillors and Community Board members will be elected by voters from the wards they represent. The current Councillor and Community Board members in Papanui Ward have confirmed they will be standing again, as will Think Papanui’s Simon Britten. Click through for more details:
https://ccc.govt.nz/news-and-events/newsline/show/3541

Election year is chance to build the Christchurch you want

“With local body elections only six months away, people in Christchurch and Banks Peninsula are being encouraged to consider becoming a candidate and to make sure they are registered to vote.”

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If your wheelie bins are normally collected on Thursdays, they’ll instead be emptied on Friday 26 April this week. Friday’s collection moves to Saturday. For more information, see the Christchurch City Council website or Facebook page.

“With ANZAC Day coming up this week, Thursday 25 April’s bin collections will be moved to Friday 26 April, and Friday bin collections will be moved to Saturday 27 April.

Our EcoDrop will be closed on Thursday, but will be open the rest of the week. For more visit: https://bit.ly/2IbOkc0

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The Sustainable Living Series at Papanui Library starts this Saturday 27 April with the ‘Great Stash Swap’ (bring and choose/take crafting supplies). On Sunday 28 April there’s a presentation on Tiny House Building & Living, Monday has a session on gardening, Tuesday the Community Energy Action Trust is presenting, Wednesday there’s an Upcycling Craft activity, then finally on Thursday 2 May an interactive ‘Love Your Rubbish’ session. Click through for details: https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/sustainable-living/

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“Sustainable Living Series at Papanui Library – April and May 2019 Papanui Library is hosting free activities, demonstrations, information…”

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This week’s Nor’West News reports that up to 40,000 kahikatea trees will be planted in the Cranford Basin as part of a Government initiative to mark the 100-year anniversary of the end of the First World War. It isn’t clear to Think Papanui exactly which part of the basin is to be planted. Last year it was reported that around 370 houses are planned to be built in Cranford Basin, with the first 40 expected by the end of 2020.

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This week’s Nor’West News has a sequel to the recent discussion here on Think Papanui about the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board’s choice of a table to be installed at 10 Shirley Road (the former Shirley Community Centre site). All three Shirley Ward representatives supported the Board’s decision to spend up to $5,000 on a multi-purpose concrete table, with a decision on seating deferred to reduce the initial cost. You can find the full digital edition of the paper online at: https://www.yumpu.com/…/view/626…/norwest-news-april-23-2019

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Watch out for traffic delays on Main North Rd southbound near Prestons Rd due to a lane closure. There’s work underway through this week that has also closed the Prestons Rd exit to Main North Rd (detour via Daniels Rd). For more information: https://www.journeys.nzta.govt.nz/christchurch/traffic-update/726633

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

This week’s Nor’West News carried an article on the recent meeting of the Redwood Business and Residents’ Association (Facebook link). Present at the meeting were several people who had been involved in a now-inactive residents’ association in the area, who were able to share some past experience & knowledge. (I arrived very late, having also attended the Papanui High School consultation meeting on proposed changes to school zones but fortunately didn’t miss the whole meeting.)

I’ve written up a brief summary of outcomes from last Friday’s Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board meeting. The contentious cost of a picnic table was the subject of a split vote at the Board meeting and also a few comments under my Facebook post. The next Board meeting is on Friday 10 May.

Top post of the week goes to a photo I shared of the resealing work on Langdons Road, which prompted a string of conversations in the comments on a range of semi-related topics.

With Friday being a public holiday, if your bins are normally collected on that day of the week please note that they’ll be collected on Saturday 20 April instead.

On social media I recently asked for feedback on the state of the Momorangi Crescent playground. I’d be happy to hear from a few more people, but feedback to date is not positive.

Last week I mentioned that submissions on the Council’s draft plan for Christchurch Northern Corridor traffic mitigation were about to close. In the interests of transparency I’ve shared my submission to Council.

Coming up:  watch out for roadworks on Prestons Road by Main North Road just after Easter.

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

With warm regards
Simon Britten

If your bins are normally collected on a Friday, this week they will be picked up on Saturday 20 April instead.

“Over the Easter period, if your bins are normally collected on a Friday, they will be picked up on Saturday 20 April instead.

Our EcoDrop will also be closed on Good Friday, but are open throughout the weekend and Easter Monday:
https://bit.ly/2IbOkc0

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The surface of Langdons Road is looking better this morning. Resealing work appeared nearly complete when Think Papanui went past, and the road closures should be gone soon.

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