Think Papanui

On 15 June, the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board: received six public forum presentations; approved a road name for a development on Philpotts Road; approved thirteen grants from the Board’s Discretionary Response Fund; and received an area report in issues and initiatives within the Board area. The Board will next meet on 13 July. Click through to read the full minutes: https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2023/06/PCBCC_20230615_MIN_9116_AT.PDF

Papanui High School Adult and Community Education is holding a showcase at Papanui Library next week, from 11am to noon daily. See their Facebook page for more details.

Papanui High School Adult and Community Education Department are holding an event at the Papanui Library Langdons Road
19-23 June to showcase our nightclasses to the community. There will be tutor demonstrations each day along with a static display and course information.Come along and find out more about the courses we offer

The Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board will meet this Thursday 15 June at 4pm in the Papanui boardroom.

The agenda includes: public participation; a proposed road name for a development on Hills Road; thirteen applications to the Board’s Discretionary Response Fund; and an area report on issues and initiatives within the Board area.

The meeting is open for the public to attend and will be livestreamed on the Board’s YouTube and Facebook channels. Click through for the full agenda:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2023/06/PCBCC_20230615_AGN_9116_AT_WEB.htm

Work to renew the water supply mains and sub-mains in Condell Avenue between Blighs and Aorangi Roads will get underway next week. The work is scheduled from June through to November, and is expected to involve some night works and water shut downs. For more information see https://ccc.govt.nz/transport/works-3/show/1223.

Next Saturday 10 June from 9am to 12:30pm there’ll be a Rotary Club of Papanui community planting day at Papanui Bush. Meet at Bridgestone Reserve on Langdons Road at 9am. BYO gumboots or sturdy footwear and gardening gloves.

Works to build the missing sections of the Northern Line cycleway between Papanui and Northwood have been delayed once again, and the timing remains uncertain for safer crossings for pedestrians and cyclists at Harewood, Langdons, and Sawyers Arms roads.

Council staff have today advised that works at Tuckers, Sturrocks, and Barnes Roads was due to commence on 6 June but KiwiRail has cancelled their approval. Work along the corridor between Tuckers Rd to Sturrocks Rd and Barnes Rd to Main North Rd might now commence in July or August 2023, but this is not yet confirmed. There is no indication of timing for work on crossings at Tuckers, Sturrocks, and Barnes Roads.

Crossing upgrades at Harewood, Langdons, and Sawyers Arms Roads remains provisionally booked with KiwiRail to commence in November 2023 but Council staff advise of “a number of factors” around this timing including confirming KiwiRail costings and design approval.

If your phone supports Emergency Mobile Alerts, be aware that you’ll likely receive a test message this Sunday 28 May between 6pm-7pm. Click through for more information: https://getready.govt.nz/en/prepared/stay-informed/emergency-mobile-alert/nationwide-tests/

📲The Emergency Mobile Alert (EMA) system is being tested Sunday 28 May between 6 and 7 pm. The nationwide test is a necessary part of making sure the Emergency Mobile Alert system works well.

Civil Defence Emergency Management Canterbury

The Northern Community Market will run both Saturday and Sunday this weekend (27 & 28 May), from 10am-1pm at the Redwood Hotel, 340 Main North Road. See the market’s Facebook page or northerncommunitymarket.co.nz for more information.

St Albans School will celebrate 150 years in September this year. If you have a connection to the school, save the date and join this Facebook group to keep informed, or head to stalbans.school.nz/150th-jubilee/.

Have you seen this chapel on Windermere Road? It’s one of the last remnants of Loreto College, a Sisters of Mercy boarding school for primary-aged boys which opened in 1930. There’s now a community organisation on the site, and the chapel remains in use as a youth and community space while awaiting funding for repairs and improvements. Today the chapel carries the name Hine Atawhai, acknowledging and preserving the link to the Sisters of Mercy.

A few photos of the school can be found at this link:
https://mercyschools.org.nz/featured_item/loreto-primary-boys-college-papanui/