Wigram, Christchurch

2907 days ago

60 Hillmorton - Southshore detours away from the Palms & Marshlands Rd from Sunday 16 October

Claire Nicholls from Metroinfo

From Sunday 16th October until Wednesday 19th October between 7pm and 6am each night all buses travelling towards the city will detour away from part of Marshland Rd while road works are carried out at night. Buses will detour off Marshland Rd onto Hercules St, Hope St and Shirley Rd back onto … View moreFrom Sunday 16th October until Wednesday 19th October between 7pm and 6am each night all buses travelling towards the city will detour away from part of Marshland Rd while road works are carried out at night. Buses will detour off Marshland Rd onto Hercules St, Hope St and Shirley Rd back onto North Parade to continue the normal route. Buses travelling towards Southshore are not affected. Bus stop 43949 and 18288 on Marshland Rd will not be serviced during this time. View detour map attached.

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2907 days ago

New Zealand Cup & Show Week

Social Media from Christchurch City Council

One of New Zealand's most prominent and glamorous sports broadcasters, Laura McGoldrick is joining New Zealand Cup & Show Week this year as the spring festival's Ambassador. www.ccc.govt.nz...

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2908 days ago

New improvements at Mobil for a better station experience

Mobil

At Mobil we’ve made some improvements including re-imaged stations, lighting you’ll love our new look pumps for a more pleasant station experience. At selected sites only. Come see for yourself. At selected stations only. We think you’ll like what’s changed. Learn more here. Learn more

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2909 days ago

Fuseable Petunias

Robin from Avonhead

Have 9 left over Fuseable Petunia Blueberry Lime Jam plants I'll be selling for $8 per plant. Blueberry Lime Jam is a combination of Sophistica Lime Green and Dreams Midnight.
“Fuseables” is a new technology where several different varieties and/or species of plants are molded together … View more
Have 9 left over Fuseable Petunia Blueberry Lime Jam plants I'll be selling for $8 per plant. Blueberry Lime Jam is a combination of Sophistica Lime Green and Dreams Midnight.
“Fuseables” is a new technology where several different varieties and/or species of plants are molded together to form what appears to be 1 plant. The multiple plants then naturally grow together, giving the impression that it is one plant with different colours or flowers.
Will need to be picked up tonight or tomorrow, 1st in 1st served.
Please note second picture is only a future reference. All questions welcome :).
All sold, will have more ready in about 1 months time.

Price: $8

2909 days ago

Poll: Are you concerned about boy racers in your community? #pulseofthenation

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

This week in Pulse of the Nation we're asking about boy racers, also known as 'car enthusiasts'. Are they a concern in your community?

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Are you concerned about boy racers in your community? #pulseofthenation
  • 66.5% Yes - something needs to be done about them
    66.5% Complete
  • 10.8% No - we're a community who loves our car enthusiasts
    10.8% Complete
  • 21.6% I haven't noticed them
    21.6% Complete
  • 0.5% What's a boy racer?
    0.5% Complete
  • 0.5% I don't know
    0.5% Complete
194 votes
2909 days ago

KITTEN SEASON HAS BEGAN AGAIN AND FUNDS NEED TO BE RAISED.

Bronwyn Reader from Cat Rescue Christchurch

Hello community

Cat Rescue Christchurch has set up a Givealittle page to help with the expected influx of kittens coming into our care. Would love for you to go and have alook and read about our first lot of four kittens born into our care, (last years final tally was over 500 kittens rehomed) … View more
Hello community

Cat Rescue Christchurch has set up a Givealittle page to help with the expected influx of kittens coming into our care. Would love for you to go and have alook and read about our first lot of four kittens born into our care, (last years final tally was over 500 kittens rehomed) and see if you can help us. Every donation over $5 is tax deductible (which means that you will get 33% back on your tax return as you get a receipt by Givealittle site)

Link is givealittle.co.nz... so best to copy and paste to your search tab.

Thanks for listening and if you would like to volunteers your time please go to our website and see what sort of help you can provide.

Kind Regards
Bronwyn.

Ps if you love quiz nites, we are having one on the 5th of November. Poster below. Great prizes and raffles will be available.


IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU COULD SHARE THIS POSTER WITH PEOPLE AND WORKPLACES SO WE CAN GET MORE TEAMS AND HENCE MORE MONIES RAISED TO HELP.

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2910 days ago

It's Get Ready Week!

The Team from Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management

This year the theme for Get Ready Week is Prepared Kids. We know that when kids are involved in preparing for emergencies and learning about natural hazards, they encourage their families to be more prepared and play a more active role in responding to and recovering from emergencies.

As part of… View more
This year the theme for Get Ready Week is Prepared Kids. We know that when kids are involved in preparing for emergencies and learning about natural hazards, they encourage their families to be more prepared and play a more active role in responding to and recovering from emergencies.

As part of Get Ready Week 2016, we are launching our redeveloped schools resource What’s the Plan, encouraging schools to update their emergency preparedness plans and use the new resource to build resilience as a life skill for their students.


Here are our top tips for Prepared Kids
1. Give the school or day care a list of three people who can pick the kids up if you can’t get there.
2. Talk to your kids in an honest (but not scary) way about what might happen in an emergency, what you can do to keep safe, and what your plan is for if you can’t get home. The more involved they are, the less scared they will be if an emergency does happen.
3. Make a plan with your kids. Sit down together and talk about the things you need every day and work out what you would do if you didn’t have them. Grab a piece of paper and write down what you agree, who you need to contact and things you need to do to get ready.
4. Get your kids involved in getting supplies and checking them regularly. In an emergency you could be stuck at home for three
days or more. You probably have most of these things already, and you don’t have to have them all in one place, but you might have to find them in a hurry and/or in the dark.
www.happens.nz...

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2910 days ago

Nominate a local fave for a Vodafone Local Business Award!

Vodafone New Zealand

We’re delighted to invite you to nominate your favourite local business in the inaugural Vodafone Local Business Awards. You can help them win great prizes - and win some for yourself!

Whether it’s the superb customer service from your local plumber, the dedication of your doctor, or the … View more
We’re delighted to invite you to nominate your favourite local business in the inaugural Vodafone Local Business Awards. You can help them win great prizes - and win some for yourself!

Whether it’s the superb customer service from your local plumber, the dedication of your doctor, or the friendly face at the café that resonates with you - these awards are about recognising outstanding Kiwi businesses that help make our communities tick.

Nominate your favourite business now and you’re in the draw to win one of two $100 Prezzy® cards!
Nominate now

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2910 days ago

125 Redwood - Westlake bus service detouring away from Awatea Rd Wednesday 12 October

Claire Nicholls from Metroinfo

On Wednesday 12th October between 7am and 4.30pm all buses travelling towards Halswell will detour away from Awatea Rd while road works are carried out. Buses will detour off Springs Rd onto Sioux Ave, Mustang Ave, Buckhurst Ave, Dalwood Dr and The Runway back onto Awatea Rd to continue the normal … View moreOn Wednesday 12th October between 7am and 4.30pm all buses travelling towards Halswell will detour away from Awatea Rd while road works are carried out. Buses will detour off Springs Rd onto Sioux Ave, Mustang Ave, Buckhurst Ave, Dalwood Dr and The Runway back onto Awatea Rd to continue the normal rote. Bus stops 38184, 38166 and 39035 on Awatea Rd will be closed during this time and passengers can use stops on Springs Rd or further east on Awatea Rd instead. Buses travelling towards Hornby are not affected. View detour map attached.

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2913 days ago

Hornby ICONZ

Kevin Bedford from ICONZ Hornby

Hornby ICONZ is starting back for term 4 this Thursday evening 13th October at 6.30pm. We have a fun action packed programme for the boys, including an overnight camp next month.

2914 days ago

100 Wigram - The Palms bus service detouring away from Heaton St from Sunday 9 October

Claire Nicholls from Metroinfo

From Sunday 9th October until further notice between 6pm and 6am each night all buses travelling from Merivale towards Westfield Riccarton will detour away from Heaton St while road works are carried out. Buses will detour by continuing down Papanui Rd onto Normans Rd and Strowan Rd back onto … View moreFrom Sunday 9th October until further notice between 6pm and 6am each night all buses travelling from Merivale towards Westfield Riccarton will detour away from Heaton St while road works are carried out. Buses will detour by continuing down Papanui Rd onto Normans Rd and Strowan Rd back onto Glandovey Rd to continue the normal route. Bus stops 46373 and 50488 on Heaton St will be closed during this time. Buses travelling towards Merivale and The Palms are not affected. View detour map attached.

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2914 days ago

Water in the Avonhead-Russley area

Social Media from Christchurch City Council

UPDATE: Christchurch City Council has been on-site flushing the water network in the Avonhead-Russley area. As a result water in this area is now clearing.


Due to the quick response from residents and contractors, the clouded water was contained around Russley Road to Avonhead Road between … View more
UPDATE: Christchurch City Council has been on-site flushing the water network in the Avonhead-Russley area. As a result water in this area is now clearing.


Due to the quick response from residents and contractors, the clouded water was contained around Russley Road to Avonhead Road between Yaldhurst Road and Memorial Ave.


We advise residents living in this area to run an outside tap for 10-15 minutes to remove any remaining cloudy water from household pipes.

Further flushing and testing will be continued this afternoon. Test results will be available mid-afternoon tomorrow.

While we do not believe the current situation requires us to recommend people to boil water this is something they can do, as a precautionary measure, if they have any concerns.

POST: We are investigating why water in some parts of the north west of the city is coming out of the tap cloudy. The Council had received number of calls from the public this morning about the quality of the water, mainly in the Avonhead- Russley area.

The water was in the process of being tested and the network was also being flushed. The pump station which is believed to be the cause of the discolouration has been shut down.

We are hoping to get to the bottom of it very quickly but in the meantime if people have any concerns they should, as a precaution, boil the water before drinking it or use bottled water.

We will keep residents updated as we receive information.
ccc.govt.nz...

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2914 days ago

Local body voting closes SAT 8th Oct at midday

Chrys Horn from Halswell Community Project

All votes for local body candidates need to be in to the Council by midday tomorrow, Saturday 8th October You need to drop them into a CCC library or service centre since posting will no longer get your votes in on time.
Find out about Halswell Ward Candidates in the Booklet that was sent with… View more
All votes for local body candidates need to be in to the Council by midday tomorrow, Saturday 8th October You need to drop them into a CCC library or service centre since posting will no longer get your votes in on time.
Find out about Halswell Ward Candidates in the Booklet that was sent with your voting papers.
Find out more from the last 7-8 blog posts on our community blog at halswellcomm.blogspot.co.nz... where we have 500 word descriptions from all council and community board candidates and one local ECAN representative. Google can also be your friend here!

Any problems - call the Council on 941 8999.

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2915 days ago
2915 days ago

Thank You For Your Generous Donations!

The Warehouse Hornby

Thanks to your generous donations over the past six months a total of $2,704.61 was raised through the ‘Bags for Good’ Programme. These funds will go on to support Yaldhurst Model School, Hornby toy Library and Bellyful Christchurch with their community programmes. Thank you so much for your … View moreThanks to your generous donations over the past six months a total of $2,704.61 was raised through the ‘Bags for Good’ Programme. These funds will go on to support Yaldhurst Model School, Hornby toy Library and Bellyful Christchurch with their community programmes. Thank you so much for your on-going generosity, with your help the community is becoming a better place.

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