This Sat 27 August: Cranford Basin Kahikatea Forest Community Planting

Conservation Volunteers New Zealand are holding a planting day at the Cranford Basin Kahikatea Forest this Saturday 27 August from 10am to 1pm. See the Facebook Event for more information and a link to register.

We are working in conjunction with Christchurch City Council to plant a forest of 40,000 kahikatea trees in a wetland area that will provide stormwater retention services as well as enhancing urban biodiversity.
Meeting point: 103 Philpotts Rd, Mairehau. For more accurate directions, put #63 Philpotts Rd into your GPS.
Please bring your own gardening gloves, a water bottle, and wear sturdy footwear – gumboots can be helpful.
We’d love to see you there, so please register on our website (https://bookings.conservationvolunteers.org/project/cranford-basin). Contact Donna (christchurch@cvnz.org.nz) 021 457 568 for more information.
COVID-19:
We will be following the advice from government and local council on all Covid-19 restrictions.

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Papanui Ward candidates confirmed

Nominations for the 2022 local body elections have now closed and candidates have been confirmed.

Christchurch City Council: candidates for Papanui Ward Councillor are: Mike Davidson (Independent); and Victoria Henstock (Your Local Independent Community Voice).
Community Board: two candidates have put their names forward for two Papanui Ward positions so they will be elected unopposed: Simon Britten (Think Papanui); and Emma Norrish (Independent).

Canterbury Regional Council: almost all of Papanui Ward falls within ECan’s North East/Ōrei Regional Constituency. Candidates for the two vacancies are: Tane Apanui (Rail and Simplified Transport); Ashley Campbell (Independent); Joe Davies (The People’s Choice – Labour); David East (Independent); and John Knox (Independent).

Voting papers for the city and regional council elections will start arriving in enrolled voters’ letterboxes from 16 September. People will have until midday Saturday, 8 October to return their completed voting papers. All enrolled voters can cast a vote for their preferred Mayoral candidate.

For more information on the City Council election see: https://ccc.govt.nz/elections
For more information on the Regional Council election see: https://www.ecan.govt.nz/elections

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Agenda: 19 August Community Board meeting

The Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board will meet this Friday 19 August at 9am in the Papanui Boardroom.

The agenda includes:

    • proposed parking restrictions on Averill Street by Pareawa Banks Avenue School;
    • the proposed stopping and sale of a portion of legal road in Cornwall St;
    • a change of landscaping concept for the renewal of Canal Reserve Drain alongside Marshland Road;
    • $143,382 in recommended grants from the Board’s Strengthening Communities Fund;
    • an application to the Board’s Discretionary Response Fund;
    • two applications to the Board’s Youth Development Fund;
    • and an area report covering issues and initiatives within the Community Board area.

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

Click through to read the full agenda:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2022/08/PICB_20220819_AGN_7650_AT_WEB.htm

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Closing Friday 12 August: Summer with your Neighbours

Applications for Summer with your Neighbours close at 5pm this Friday 12 August. Council funding is available to support local events that bring people closer together and celebrate the unique and diverse mix of our neighbourhoods. See the previous post or https://ccc.govt.nz/gettogether for more information.

Applications for Summer with your Neighbours 2022-23 opened today. Neighbourhood Week was the brainchild of the Shirley-Papanui Community Board (now known as the Papanui-Innes Community Board), which held the first event in 1998. This popular event has grown from year to year and is promoted by the Christchurch City Council. Three years ago the Council extended the event for the whole summer after feedback from applicants and it is now known as Summer with your Neighbours. Applications will close at 5pm on Friday 12 August 2022. You can find more information and an online application form at http://ccc.govt.nz/GetTogether, and also hard copy forms are available from Council service centres for those who do not have easy access to the internet.

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