The latest COVID-19 news for your community
Greetings from your Community Board
Message from the Chair
Kia ora koutou, I hope you all enjoyed a ‘staycation’ over the Easter long weekend.
We're now in the third week of lockdown and it's great to see we're making progress to 'flatten the curve' by heeding the call to Stay Home and Save Lives.
Our Community Board is continuing to catch up weekly on Zoom, and on Tuesday this week we had our bi-monthly Papanui Inter-Agency Network Meeting also via video. It was great to connect with a number of our local community groups and to hear about the hard work they’re putting in to helping those in need. Let’s keep supporting each other and keep up the kindness - we’ve got this.
Board Chair, Emma Norrish
Check out the work of these local heroes
Going to the supermarket has become a time-consuming chore for most people but for a group of dedicated Civil Defence volunteers it’s a way they can help out those in need. They’ve been hard at work providing welfare assistance to those in the community who are struggling to access essential supplies during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Stay safe while biking in your bubble
With so many families heading out for bike rides to burn energy during the lockdown, Christchurch City Council is offering some tips to make sure everyone stays safe on the road. Remember to stay with members of your 'bubble' and keep rides fairly short.
COVID-19: What impact is it having locally?
This rolling blog provides information on how efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 is affecting Christchurch City Council services, facilities and community events. Check here for updates.
More time for funding applications
We've extended the application deadline for the Strengthening Communities Fund. Groups now have until 22 April 2020 to apply for funding for their community wellbeing projects.
Free webinars for Christchurch community organisations
#Rauhaka - Connect! presents two local webinars designed to support community organisations. Follow the links below to register your interest and fill out the questionnaires, so we can tailor these sessions to best meet your group's needs.
Employment Law - COVID-19 and your workplace
Susan Wallace (Canterbury Community Law) and Shauna McClelland (Employer Lawyer) will lead a session that will provide general legal guidance on how COVID-19 rules may be impacting on employment law relationships.
Thursday 16 April
11.00am – 12.00pm
Meetings and COVID-19
Many non-profit groups will be required to hold either Board / Committee or Annual General Meetings at a time when New Zealand is affected by social distancing rules. Join Susan Wallace (Canterbury Community Law) and Henrietta Hall (Infoxchange) for legal and tech tips.
Monday 20 April
3.00pm – 4.00pm
Lead by example when walking your dog
A reminder to all dog owners, dogs must be on leads at all times while on a road or footpath. We're asking during the lockdown that dogs are kept on a lead at all times while outside of your property to help reduce contact between dogs, and between their owners.
Fun things to do from home
Download and print our Lockdown Activity Book, it's full of fun activities for you and your whānau to enjoy. Have fun colouring, puzzling, collecting, guessing and solving!
Street sweeping continues as autumn leaves fall
We are continuing to sweep the streets as this is essential to stop drains getting clogged and causing flooding when it rains. Please put any leaves you gather up in the green bin where possible to avoid too many leaves getting into our drains.
Public boat ramps closed
Christchurch City Council is closing all its boat ramps around Christchurch and in Lyttelton and Akaroa Harbours while the country is in Alert Level 4. This follows the Government advice that people are not to go boating, surfing or swimming during the lockdown period.
NZTA service update
Wondering how to renew your licence during lockdown? The New Zealand Transport Authority has a list of frequently asked questions with all the answers you need.
Information on rubbish disposal during the lockdown
There is no change to our kerbside collection service. You should continue to put your bins out as normal. We ask that, as much as possible, you continue to use each of your three bins as normal. However, if you have capacity issues with rubbish during the lockdown, as a last resort you are able to use the yellow bin for rubbish.
Wheelie bins need to be spaced apart
When you are putting your wheelie bins out for kerbside collection, please make sure you space them well apart so they don’t need to be handled. Watch our video to find out more.
Post-lockdown infrastructure projects for city top $1 billion
Christchurch City Council has submitted about $818 million worth of projects to the taskforce set up by the Government to seek out ‘shovel-ready’ infrastructure projects that can quickly stimulate the economy and create jobs.
Lockdown life in focus on Christchurch City Libraries Discovery Wall
People are being encouraged to share images that capture their lives and their neighbourhood places during lockdown to help create a historical collective record of life in isolation for the Christchurch City Libraries Discovery Wall.
Economic recovery package for Christchurch outlined
Subsidies for struggling businesses, marketing support and rates relief are the immediate priorities in a three-phase economic recovery package being put together for Christchurch.
Get information and advice about COVID-19
Council’s essential services are still operating. For the current status of our services, please visit our website.
For the latest information on how the lockdown is affecting Christchurch please visit Newsline.
If you, or someone you know needs help accessing essentials such as food or medication, please phone 0800 24 24 11.
For everything you need to know about COVID-19, visit Unite against COVID-19.
For health concerns and advice, visit Ministry of Health.
Contact your Community Board
We're working from home to continue providing support and advice to our community.
Contact the Papanui-Innes Governance team
Our governance team are also set up and working from home. You can find all our contact details on the Papanui-Innes web page.
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