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The Willows Early Learning Centre has spaces available at their upcoming Car Boot Sale, which is fundraising for a defibrillator for their centre. See the Facebook event for contact details if you’d like more information or to sign up, and mark your calendars for 13 September 10am-12 midday.

🚧Major works at Cranford St / Main North Rd from 25 August🚧

There will be no right turn from Cranford Street into Main North Road during traffic signal recabling works from Monday 25 August 2025. A pedestrian crossing will also be closed at the intersection, and there’ll be lane drops and changes throughout the works, which are expected to be completed in early October.

This work will impact traffic flows in the area – Think Papanui anticipates impacts at the QEII / Northcote / Main North intersection due to traffic detouring via QEII Drive. Take care if you’re in the area and be prepared for changed conditions.

See the works notice for more information.

Continue reading “Cranford / Main North Road turn closure from 25 August”

The Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board will meet on Thursday 13 August at 4pm in the Papanui boardroom. The agenda includes:

• public participation;
• a concept plan for renewal of the Momorangi Reserve play space (pic);
• proposed active transport improvements for Ferry Road between Mathesons Road and Ryan Street, including four pedestrian refuge crossing points;
• bus stop upgrades (including installation of a shelter) on Riccarton Avenue;
• proposed No Stopping restrictions for Browns Road near Innes Road;
• proposed removal of three trees at the intersection of Harrison Street and Flockton Street to enable the renewal of a wastewater line;
• twenty-one Strengthening Communities grants totalling $140,250;
• allocation of $16,500 to board projects including the Youth Development Fund and Summer with your neighbours 2025-26;
• 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 livestreamed on the Board’s YouTube channel and Facebook page.

Click through to read the full agenda:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2025/08/PCBCC_20250814_AGN_9140_AT_WEB.htm

Final nominations have been announced for Christchurch City Council and Environment Canterbury Regional Council (ECan).

Candidates nominated to represent Papanui Ward as City Councillors are Simon Britten and incumbent Victoria Henstock.

Papanui candidates for Community Board are Simon Britten (incumbent), and Ashleigh Feary & Harrison McEvoy.

Papanui is now part of ECan’s Christchurch Central / Ōhoko Constituency. Candidates are: Benjamin Alexander; Ross Boswell; Lindon Boyce; Alexandra Davids; Nettles Lamont; Genevieve Robinson (incumbent); and Alan Wang.

Local government elections are conducted by postal vote. For the 2025 local elections, voting documents will be delivered between 9 September and 22 September 2025, and voting closes at noon on 11 October.

For more information head to these web pages:
Christchurch City Council – Elections
Environment Canterbury Regional Council – Local elections

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

• received three public forum presentations from members of the public;
• approved a change of design to the Richmond Neighbourhood Greenway Cycleway outside 45 Averill Street;
• approved a P5 parking restriction on Cranford Street near Westminster Street;
• approved a P3 parking restriction and no stopping lines on Wairakei Road adjacent to Wairakei School;
• approved a P5 Loading Zone on Caledonian Road outside Southern Cross Hospital;
• and received an area report on issues and initiatives within the Board area.

The Board will next meet on 14 August.

Click through for the full minutes:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2025/07/PCBCC_20250710_MIN_9139_AT_WEB.htm

Waitomo Papanui on Cranford Street is set to open on Tuesday 22 July 2025. Think Papanui understands there’ll be a promotion running from 10am to 12 midday including a giveaway of ‘thousands of dollars’ of fuel by Waitomo Group, free coffees from Joe’s Garage, and More FM Canterbury 92.1 on site with merch and freebies.

The commissioning of the signalised pedestrian crossings at Harewood, Langdons, and Sawyers Arms Roads has been completed.

The crossings are all now operational, as are railway automatic gates at Harewood and Langdons Roads. Take care if you’re in the area as the activation of the crossings may affect traffic conditions.

The project is forecast to cost $12.6m in total, over a million dollars under budget.

From Tuesday 22 July, Grassmere Street between Grants Road and 46 Grassmere will be closed for watermain renewal work. Residential access to properties will be maintained, as will pedestrian and cyclist access, although cyclists will be asked to dismount. The Papanui Parallel shared path between Grassmere & Rutland Streets remains closed at this stage.

For more information see the Council website:
https://ccc.govt.nz/transport/works-3/show/1792

The secret’s out! Waitomo Group is set to open Waitomo Papanui at the former Caltex site on Cranford Street, which has been closed following a fire in August last year.

Summer with your Neighbours: applications for funding open now. Neighbourhood Week was the brainchild of the Shirley-Papanui Community Board (now known as the Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board), which held the first event in 1998. This popular event has grown from year to year, and has now known as Summer with your neighbours. Small subsidies are available to help cover costs and support events.

For more info and an application form, see:
https://ccc.govt.nz/news-and-events/events/community-programmes/summer-with-your-neighbours