Think Papanui

The location of the Christchurch Northern Community Market has changed slightly within the Redwood Hotel Grounds to behind the Liquorland (off Prestons Road), with plenty of parking next to the market.

With the Autumn/Winter season upon us the hours have changed to 10am to 1pm.

See the Market’s Facebook Page or northerncommunitymarket.co.nz for more information.

The Waipapa/Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board will meet this Thursday 13 April at 4pm in the Papanui boardroom.

The agenda includes: public participation; proposed parking controls for Dorset Street and Dawson Street; four applications to the Board’s Discretionary Response Fund; and an area report on initiatives and issues within the Board area.

The meeting is open for the public to attend and will be livestreamed on the Board’s Facebook and YouTube channels. Click through to read the full agenda:

Community organisations have until 14 April to apply to the Council for support through the Strengthening Communities Fund. This fund supports community-focused organisations whose projects contribute to the strengthening of community wellbeing in the Christchurch city area.

Applications can be for operating costs such as salaries, power, rent, and administration, and/or for project costs such as community programmes, events, activities and equipment.

Click through for more information: https://ccc.govt.nz/culture-and-community/community-funding/scfund/

Changes to kerbside rubbish collection over Easter: the service will not be operating on Good Friday – 7 April 2023 – so pop your bins out for collection on Saturday instead. Bins will be collected as normal the week beginning Monday 10 April. Click through for more info: https://newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/changes-to-kerbside-collection-over-easter-anzac-day

Over the next month you may see an increase in resurfacing activity on the city’s roads, in particular in the east, central city, and northwest. Click through for more information on the Council’s road resurfacing programme:

https://newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/busy-road-resurfacing-season-ahead-for-christchurch

Te Ora Hou Ōtautahi on Windermere Road is one of the sites featured in this year’s Open Christchurch festival of architecture. See this Facebook post or head to the Open Christchurch website for more information. Think Papanui’s curator Simon Britten will be one of the hosts at Te Ora Hou.

Canterbury Police advise that the boy reported missing last week has been found safe and well.

Implementation of the second half of the Papanui slow speed neighbourhood will be underway in the next few days. These changes were approved by the Council last year following public consultation and a recommendation by the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board. See the notice for more details.

Term 2 classes at Papanui High School Adult & Community Education are now open for enrolment. See Facebook or https://www.papanui.school.nz/com-edu/categories for more details.

Curious about progress with the new school build in the former Foodstuffs warehouse in Papanui? Marian College has published a video tour showing where construction is up to. Check out the video on Facebook at: https://fb.watch/jxFg-tCDr_/