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2381 days ago

Can Inspire volunteers and resources needed....

Janeen from Rolleston

Hello CHCH my name is Janeen and I am the new regional coordinator for Can Inspire and would really like your help to keep our Christchurch workshops up & running.
CanInspire is a not-for-profit registered charity based in Ashburton, NZ. With regional areas run by Coordinators in Hawkes Bay, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. We work alongside other charities and not for profit organisations providing jewellery making workshops and materials to individuals experiencing illness, trauma or personal loss. These take place in a variety of places in and around the central city, and suburbs.
We welcome any offers of assistance or donations related to our work, in particular donations of beads or other jewellery which could be used during our workshops & to stock our CanBead Kits. We are also very interested in hearing from you if you would like to know more about becoming a volunteer at our workshop sessions, being part of the team that assemble the bead kits, or our bag making team.
Please note, all volunteers who assist in our jewellery making workshops are required to have a police check prior to beginning. For more information, please PM me. I look forward to hearing from you. For more information:
www.caninspire.org.nz...
Thanks
Janeen.

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3 days ago

Is now the time to change "The Garden City" Title?

Gordon from Halswell

Something to natter about over tonight's events.
Since the 2010/2011 Earthquakes, Christchurch has struggled to replicate or make a come-back to regain the "Garden City" title.
There are a large number of contributing factors, land and properties being destroyed and rendered inhabitable = gardens lost for many years or altogether, during the Chaos that followed, residents, businesses and the council had far greater priorities to worry about.
Now the dust has mostly settled, it is becoming more and more obvious that "The Garden City" title can never be lived up to again.
My observations are decisions are being made that are making it impossible:
Huge chunks of land are now mown wastelands, for exercising and dog walking.
Other areas have been converted into water retention/nature and wildlife reserves, none of the plans I have seen or heard, indicate a move back to a Garden City image.
Add to this that high-density housing is reducing the land to grow a garden on and the latest charging for water usage has had a visible effect on how people keep the berm outside their houses. Lots of the properties that are still intact for gardening are now rental properties and it is not hard to see which of those properties are as you drive around, but lots would not win the Garden Award.
I am not in favour or against any of the factors mentioned, I heard chch referred to as "The Garden City" and thought if we had to come up with a new name, what would we want it to be, that reflects a new Image?
Cathedral City is out
Cycle City.....
Wetland wonderland ......
Dog-Friendly City.
I hope you receive all that you deserve in 2025


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1 day ago

We're talking new year resolutions...

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

Tidying the house before going to bed each night, meditating upon waking or taking the stairs at work.

What’s something quick, or easy, that you started doing that made a major positive change in your life?

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