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Creating an ethical human rights culture for all

Demand for St Albans rentals pushes up prices

Post-earthquake plasterboard repairs

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Oct 8: “I hope Christchurch will …”

Some UC students recently completed this project with a little help from us… Well done Lucy McLeod and students from College House for the lead you took on this.

Oct 8 2012 – Feb 15 2014: “I hope Christchurch will …”

Some UC students completed this project with a little help from us… Well done Lucy McLeod and students from College House at UC for the lead you took on this. The project is on Colombo Street, near the intersection with Tuam. Chalk was used to fill out what you hoped will happen in our city […]

Oct 8 2012: “I hope Christchurch will …”

Some UC students completed this project with a little help from us… Well done Lucy McLeod and students from College House at UC for the lead you took on this. The project is on Colombo Street, near the intersection with Tuam. Chalk was used to fill out what you hoped will happen in our city […]

Spring River Festival celebrates Avon River

The Mairehau September edition

Measuring the impacts of the Canterbury earthquakes on the residential property market.

Day 592 - Red Cross gives more help with power and storage bills

The New Zealand Red Cross 2011 Earthquake Commission today approved more help with electricity bills for all households that received its 2012 Winter Assistance Grant.

Around 6000 households will receive a second payment of $400 which will be paid directly to their power company.

The previous grant was $100 for each of the four months of June, July, August and September.

Commission head Sir John Hansen says the second payment is in recognition of the fact many people are sti ...

See you tomorrow.

Day 592 - Comcare Trust joins co-op

This morning a meeting was held with staff at Comcare Trust in Addington to establish another distribution centre for the Christchurch South Fruit & Veggie Co-op (CSFVC).

AMI/Southern Response Insurance Watch Cluster Meeting

Framing the central city: again

Day 589 - Holcim volunteers paint building

Today 4 volunteers from Holcim joined the Addington Action work crew and spent the day painting a building in Strickland St that is being used by Christchurch South Community Gardens as a community facility.

Denise, Deirdre, George and Ngaire joined Des and Mike and they all did a great job putting on 30 litres of paint with roller brushes and paint brushes. The new mobile scaffolding was used for painting the high bits because it was safer to do it this way.

Teams of volunteers fr ...

Day 589 - fruit & veggie orders

There are 266 orders from the 12 CSFVC distribution centres open over the school holidays for fruit and veggie packs next week. These will be packed and distributed on Wednesday 10 October.

2 Addington Action
18 Eureka St
9 Hoon Hay Presbyterian
14 Generation Health
48 Manuka Cottage
37 Opawa Baptist
18 Rowley Resource Centre
21 Salvation Army Sydenham
11 Spreydon Baptist Cobham Hall
30 St Bernadette's Hall
13 St Mary's Heathcote
45 Sydenham Community C ...

Lumley Insurance Cluster Meeting

Tribute to Avonside

Tribute to Avonside: Service of Thanksgiving

Reminder – next public meetings to be held 9 & 10 October

At these meetings, you will be able to:

EQC – TC3 geotechnical updates

EQC - Apportionment explained

EQC have updated their website to provide more detail on what apportionment means, and how it is worked out.

Sumner Village draft master plan released for consultation

The Christchurch City Council has released for consultation a draft master plan for Sumner Village.  The 103-page report can be viewed here [Large file - PDF 14MB, on the CCC website]. CCC instructions on how to make a submission A submission …

Abberley Park pool to reopen for summer

Southern Response Progress statistics update for September

Southern Response Progress statistics update

Southern Response have updated their progress statistics to the end of September. The chart is here. .

Sing your heart out, St Albans

An old-fashioned singalong this Sunday aims to put the heart back into the St Albans Community. The event has been organised by singer/songwriter June Burney in association with Christchurch City Creative Communities and the Residents Association and is being held …

Sing your heart out, Christchurch

Day 586 - Food subcommittee meets

Addington Action's food subcommittee met again today at Christchurch South Community Gardens.

The meetings are held 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at 3pm to provide support for the Christchurch South Fruit & Veggie Co-op (CSFVC).
A Christmas do will be held on Wednesday 19 December at the packing centre after packing is completed. BBQ plus bring a plate.

The last day for packing is Wednesday December 2012 and the first in 2013 will be Wednesday 17 January.

A 3 fold pamphlet to ...

Dino-Sauna for St Albans?

Geraldine Street repairs done and dusted

Patient Geraldine Street residents and their puzzled visitors will be shouting hooray now infrastructure repair work on the wastewater pipes in their street has finished.

Light party alternative to Halloween

Day 585 - getting site ready for new HQ

Today, the work crew spent some more time getting the Garlands Rd site in Opawa mowed and tidy for Addington Actions new HQ.

Also met some of the friendly neighbours who were curious about the future use of the land.

Local hero commends St Albans community spirit

Red Zone ID passes stolen in Champion Street

Not sure if the red zone extends to St Albans but red zone ids, demolition uniforms and order books were among items stolen from five cars at a group of Champion Street flats on Friday night.

Calling all Volunteers!

CERA publish Cabinet papers and Ministerial Decisions for Christchurch CBD Recovery

CERA have published the Cabinet paper and Minute mandating CERA to lead and promote the recovery of the Christchurch Central Business District.

Day 572 - work crew starts again

The Addington Action work crew started back today for the first time since May 2012.

The day started at Poulson St, mulching, planting and fixing a mower.

Then the crew lunch of macaroni cheese.

Then onto Garlands Rd to clean up and mow a piece of council land being leased to Addington Action as a base.

Then finally to Strickland St for a spot of water basting and paint prep.

Meanwhile some kind people dropped off donated pre-loved towels, sheets and duvets fo ...

Day 582 - work crew starts again

The Addington Action work crew started back today for the first time since May 2012.

The day started at Poulson St, mulching, planting and fixing a mower.

Then the crew lunch of macaroni cheese.

Then onto Garlands Rd to clean up and mow a piece of council land being leased to Addington Action as a base.

Then finally to Strickland St for a spot of water basting and paint prep.

Meanwhile some kind people dropped off donated pre-loved towels, sheets and duvets fo ...

Day 582 - fruit & veggie orders

There are 270 orders from the 11 CSFVC distribution centres open over the school holidays for fruit and veggie packs next week. These will be packed and distributed on Wednesday 3 October.

2 Addington Action
19 Eureka St
9 Hoon Hay Presbyterian
15 Generation Health

50 Manuka Cottage
40 Opawa Baptist

20 Rowley Resource Centre
24 Salvation Army Sydenham
12 Spreydon Baptist Cobham Hall
30 St Bernadette's Hall
49 Sydenham Community Centre


Thi ...

Day 572 - fruit & veggie orders

There are 270 orders from the 11CSFVC distribution centres open over the school holidays for fruit and veggie packs next week. These will be packed and distributed on Wednesday 3 October.

2 Addington Action
19 Eureka St
9 Hoon Hay Presbyterian
15 Generation Health

50 Manuka Cottage
40 Opawa Baptist

20 Rowley Resource Centre
24 Salvation Army Sydenham
12 Spreydon Baptist Cobham Hall
30 St Bernadette's Hall
49 Sydenham Community Centre


This ...

Sep 27: Winning poem unveiled on the Infinity Poetry Wall

Kirsty Dunn’s winning poem has been unveiled at the Infinity Poetry wall, formerly known as the Instant Poetry wall (614 Colombo Street). Amazing she now has her own poetic stamp on the city of Christchurch!

Play the wellbeing game – be happy

Young unemployed target of community support model

Sep 26: Dino-Sauna comes to town!

A temporary sauna was installed on the old Moda Fotografica site on Friday, 28th September 2012 for the weekend (corner Oxford and London Streets). It was tested by a small group of locals on Friday night then it was open for public use on Saturday and Sunday evenings, overseen by the aforementioned locals. Sauna sessions were held for [...]

Champion Street closed for three months

Day 570 - Addington Action holds 2012 AGM

Earlier tonight, members of Addington Action held the 2012 AGM. The AGM was followed by the normal monthly membership meeting.

Day 580 - Addington Action holds 2012 AGM

Earlier tonight, members of Addington Action held the 2012 AGM. The AGM was followed by the normal monthly membership meeting.


Addington Action has evolved with the times as the post quake impacts have developed. From humble beginnings in Addington as a resident volunteer army in the days following the quake, it now loosely covers the worst affected parts of South Christchurch where working people live.

The first year of activity mainly focussed on boldly rescuing people by res ...

Day 580 - St Mary's Heathcote co-op to open

5 people turned up today for a public meeting to establish a distribution centre for the Christchurch South Fruit & Veggie Co-op (CSFVC)

St Mary's Church in Heathcote have kindly offered their hall as a free venue every Wednesday for an hour.

The meeting elected Emily Cassels as co-ordinator and Anna Chesney as deputy co-ordinator. Everyone else volunteered for packing.

An initial limit of 20 orders has been set while getting established and more packers can be found.< ...

Day 570 - St Mary's Heathcote co-op to open

5 people turned up today for a public meeting to establish a distribution centre for the Christchurch South Fruit & Veggie Co-op (CSFVC)

St Albans Community Strategy (20 Projects) outlined at AGM

The St Albans Community Strategy and its 20 project system were outlined at the St Albans Residents Association AGM on Tuesday night during a presentation by Jarod Coburn from . It is based on the Newlands Model of community development, which Jarod developed while in Wellington.

Reminder CERA Community Meeting

Rebuilding Christchurch with Wood seminar

The Marlborough Forest Industry Association is inviting a range of speakers to discuss how Marlborough and Nelson prefabricated timber suppliers and designers can contribute to the Christchurch rebuild.

Centre open for community use

The transitional community centre now has its certificate of compliance and is fit for public use.

Centre open for bookings

The transitional community centre now has its certificate of compliance and is fit for public use. An event hosted by the Christchurch City Council on Monday, September 25 as a followup to discussions in St Albans earlier in the year, …

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Day 578 - Addington School meeting called to establish co-op

Addington School agreed to host a distribution centre for the Christchurch South Fruit & Veggie Co-op (CSFVC) after a meeting of their PTAl. A public meeting has been called for October 26 to set up a committee of school parents to run the co-op.

Parents should bring $10 to the meeting to make the first fruit & veggie order.


Addington School
22 Brougham St, Addington
Co-op enquiries phone or text Amanda 021-024-76027 during school hours
Wednesdays 2.50pm - 3. ...

Day 568 - Addington School meeting called to establish co-op

Addington School agreed to host a distribution centre for the Christchurch South Fruit & Veggie Co-op (CSFVC) after a meeting of their PTAl. A public meeting has been called for October 26 to set up a committee of school parents to run the co-op.

Edgeware Village businesses get funding

Insuring new homes gets easier