Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton community update - 7 August 2020
Greetings from your Community Board
Message from the Chair
Kia ora koutou,
If you'd like to get to know your neighbours better, now is the time to apply for community board funding for your next neighbourhood gathering. Summer with your neighbours (formerly known as Neighbourhood Week) brings people together and now runs for the entire summer. I encourage everyone to give their feedback on an important new plan to reduce the city’s rubbish and manage it in a more sustainable way to cut waste and pollution. if you haven't already, check out the Draft Waste Management and Minimisation Plan 2020 and have your say.
Keep being kind and look after one another. Kia kaha.
Board Chair, Mike Mora
Highlights from our latest meeting
Our Community Board met on Tuesday 4 August. Some highlights of our meeting included hearing from local residents as part of our Public Forum and Deputations by Appointment.
Our Board approved funding for the Wharenui Amateur Swimming Club and Hei Hei Bromfield Community Development Trust to help with operational costs and facility upgrades. We also approved plans to relocate an existing bus passenger shelter and bus stop extension beside 59 Waimairi Road. You can read the minutes to see what else we discussed and find out the dates, times and details of upcoming Community Board and Council meetings here.
New guide outlines Activities and Services for Older Adults
Are you an older adult seeking to discover a new hobby, rekindle an old interest and make new friends? Good news, a new, up to date directory outlining activities and services available for older adults in the Halswell, Hornby and Riccarton wards has just been released. You can pick this directory up at your nearest Council service centre or library in the community board area.
Subsidies now available for neighborhood events
Have you ever wanted to organise a neighbourhood gathering? Perhaps you've always wanted to put on a potluck for the whole street? Summer with your neighbours is about bringing people closer together and celebrating the unique and diverse mix of each neighbourhood.
The Community Boards are making small subsidies available to help support Summer with your neighbours events. Applications are now open until Sunday 6 September, 2020
Apply online at: ccc.govt.nz/GetTogether
Community urged to keep an eye out for swing thieves
Residents groups are being asked to keep an eye on their local playgrounds, after a number of expensive basket swings have been swiped from playgrounds across Christchurch. Eight basket swings from across our city’s parks play network have been stolen over the past 18 months, and unfortunately, we can’t afford to keep replacing them. If you have any information about the basket swings, please contact our call centre on 03 941 8999.
Rates payment due date extended
About 56,000 ratepayers in the inner city suburbs and Banks Peninsula will get an extra two weeks to pay their first quarterly rates demand for the 2020-21 financial year.Ratepayers can also get their quarterly rates invoice and assessment by email by registering at ccc.govt.nz/ratesinvoice
Water reform discussions under way
Government-led reform of water services is under way and Christchurch faces some big decisions, Acting Mayor Andrew Turner says. As a water service provider, Christchurch City Council has been part of Government-led discussions on what shape the reforms might take.
Got some rubbish ideas?
Got ideas for how we can reduce rubbish and manage waste in more sustainable ways?Christchurch City Council is seeking public input on its draft Waste Management and Minimisation Plan 2020 which sets out how it plans to manage and minimise the district’s waste.
Have your say on the draft Waste Management and Minimisation Plan 2020.
What’s on in Christchurch this weekend?
Get ready to tackle a big weekend of sport, music, sustainability and Matariki.
Turn of entertaining new events for Christchurch
A new-look Christchurch City Council public events programme will get under way in September.Council Events and Arts Manager Lucy Blackmore says the rejuvenated programme acknowledges the need for change in a post-COVID-19 events environment and has been created in partnership with the community.
Discover what's on in your neighborhood and across our city. From free events, exhibitions and live comedy — it's it all here.
View consultations that the Council is currently undertaking, find out more about each consultation and have your say.
Read the latest news on Council activities and what's happening across Christchurch and Banks Peninsula.
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