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our christchurch www.ccc.govt.nz | [email protected] Council info line 941 8999 | 0800 800 169 Christchurch City Council news, events and information 25 May 2013 www.ccc.govt.nz facebook.com/ChristchurchCityCouncil @ChristchurchCC Check us out on Facebook 1. Please put treated or processed timber and cold ash in the Red wheelie bin, as they will contaminate the compost if placed in the green bin. 2. To prevent items freezing to the inside of bins, line them with cardboard or paper. Loosen material when you put your bin out. 3. Has your wheelie bin gone missing on collection day? Contact us within 24 hours to report it missing and avoid replacement costs. 4. Have you got a wheelie bin in need of repair? Contact us and we’ll get it fixed. 5. Has your address label fallen off or is it unreadable? Call the Council with your bin’s serial number and a new label will be sent to you. For assistance on any of these matters contact Christchurch City Council on (03) 941 8999. Keep up the good work Christchurch – we LOVE what you are doing – Love your rubbish Winter wheelie bin tips On the lunar calendar, the rise of the star cluster Matariki marks the beginning of the Aotearoa Pacific New Year. Join Christchurch City Libraries for a series of free events designed to help us listen, learn, share, sing and celebrate this month together. Story time: Join us and share stories, rhymes and songs. Suitable for tamariki aged 2–4 years. Ngāi Tahu Cultural Mapping Project: Takerei Norton shares the collection of stories and names that have been gathered from Ngāi Tahu kaumatua relating to the land. Rēhua Marae: Visit 79 Springfield Road for community evenings and a whānau day. Community Art Project: Come along to one of our hands-on star-weaving sessions – when it’s finished, add your star to the special display in your local library. For a full schedule of events, please visit Free Matariki events at Council libraries Insurance advocacy service coming soon Foundations for the new transitional South Brighton Community Centre are being laid – with the facility expected to open by early September. Excavations finished on the site of the demolished South Brighton Community Centre in Beatty Street last week. Piling work is underway and expected to take up to a month to complete. The former QEII Preschool building, which is being transformed into the transitional community centre, was moved to the site in March, courtesy of the International Association of the Lions Clubs which paid for the re-location. The building is sitting on blocks while the foundations for the facility are built. Deputy Mayor Ngaire Button says it’s wonderful that South Brighton residents are one step closer to using their community centre again. “It’s exciting for residents to see this wonderful new facility taking shape and we’re looking forward to welcoming them to the newly refurbished community centre in the coming months – the first time there’s been a community centre in the suburb since the building was earthquake-damaged more than two years ago and had to be demolished.” Once the foundations are completed, the facility will be lifted on to them by crane. Repair and refurbishment work will then be carried out before the community centre opens. This includes re-wiring and repainting the building and installing new toilets and a new kitchen. The work is being completed as part of the Council’s Facilities Rebuild programme. South Brighton Community Centre is one of 30 projects which the Council last year approved for funding, further investigations and, where possible, repairs. The permanent future of the site is still being considered. For more information about the South Brighton Community Centre and other Facilities Rebuild projects visit Final week of NZ Music Month People at their wit’s end with insurance claims won’t have long to wait for the new insurance advocacy service. Canterbury Insurance Advocacy Service (CIAS – pronounced “Seeyus”) is expected to begin a trial run at the end of May, working with a small number of people who have ongoing problems with their insurance claims. Work is underway to establish the independent charitable trust that will run the advocacy service, following the Council’s decision in April to provide a $200,000 start-up grant, providing its requirements are met. CIAS spokesperson Ali Jones says, “The Canterbury Insurance Advocacy Service is about supporting and advocating for the individual claimant with the insurance companies and EQC. “Each claimant will be assessed on a case-by-case basis with the primary focus on helping those suffering from health problems or financial stress and who are struggling to progress their residential insurance claims. “This service will be face-to-face and personal, while maintaining a level of professionalism and efficiency. The advocacy service will focus on the individual’s case and the humanity needed at each stage of the process, particularly given the difficulties people have been dealing with for so long. “We aren’t looking at why something can’t be done. We are looking at how we can do it, and getting on with it,” says Ms Jones. The service will complement CERA’s Residential Advisory Service launched on Thursday 16 May. The CERA service offers support to property owners having difficulty with insurance and other repair or rebuilding challenges, from straightforward advice on who they need to speak to, to independently facilitated multi-party meetings. The Canterbury Insurance Advocacy Service website is expected to be up and running soon. www.futurechristchurch.co.nz New South Brighton Community Centre a step closer to fruition Throughout May, Christchurch City Libraries has transformed Christchurch into a music-lover’s paradise, hosting free performances by talented Kiwi artists. This final week brings you: Carmel Courtney Cool jazz sax. 11am, Saturday 25 May, Papanui Library Jennine Bailey One of New Zealand’s finest jazz vocalists. 2.30pm, Saturday 25 May, Fendalton Library Rock On Riccarton Performances by the local community. 1.30pm Sunday 26 May, Upper Riccarton Library Out of the Blue Women’s vocal ensemble. 6.30pm, Monday 27 May, Fendalton Library Helen Webby Principal harpist of Christchurch Symphony Orchestra. 11am, Friday 31 May, Central Library Peterborough Midge McCleary Acoustic, percussive, twisted funk, jazz, blues and folk guitarist. 1pm, Friday 31 May, Shirley Library Christchurch City Libraries are once again partnering with RDU, the Canterbury University Student’s Association radio station to showcase and broadcast the best musicians from around Canterbury. For a full schedule of performances, please visit your nearest Council library or check online at www.christchurchcitylibraries.com www.christchurchcitylibraries.com/ Events/NZMusicMonth. Love Christchurch Your Rubbish Have your say on draft alcohol policy The Council is keen to find out what the community thinks about its draft Local Alcohol Policy (LAP), which goes out for public consultation next week. The draft policy, which is a provision of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012, has been adopted by the Council, with consultation starting on Friday 31 May and running until 5pm on Monday 1 July. The aim of the draft LAP is to minimise alcohol-related harm in the city and ensure that the sale, supply and consumption of alcohol is undertaken safely and responsibly. Mayor Bob Parker says the Council is keen to see what people think about the draft LAP and whether they feel it best fits the need of Christchurch. “This is a local alcohol policy and we want it to address local issues. We need to hear from the people of Christchurch, to see whether or not they feel we have got it right and encourage them to make a submission.” Key components of the draft LAP are: • A closing time of 3am in the Central City Entertainment Precincts (excluding Victoria Street) for taverns, bars, pubs, night-clubs and clubs, with a one-way door policy from 1am. • A closing time of 1am elsewhere in the Central City (including Victoria Street) for taverns, bars, pubs, night-clubs and clubs, with a discretionary one-way door policy where appropriate. • A closing time of 1am in suburban centres in the city for taverns, bars, pubs, night-clubs and clubs, with a discretionary one-way door policy where appropriate. • Maximum trading hours for selling alcohol of 9am until 9pm for all off-licences in Christchurch. • Restrictions on the location of new bottle stores and taverns to business zones. A submission form and project information can be found online at www.ccc.govt.nz/HaveYourSay For further information: • Visit www.ccc.govt.nz/localalcoholpolicy • Email [email protected] • Phone Adair Bruorton, Senior Policy Analyst, (03) 941 8851. • Post your submission to: Freepost 178 ‘Submissions on draft Local Alcohol Policy 2013’ Christchurch City Council Democracy Services PO Box 73013, Christchurch 8154 or Deliver to: Civic Offices, 53 Hereford Street, Christchurch or any open Council Library or Service Centre CELEBRATION: Flax weaving, stories and performance will be features of Matariki events at Council libraries. PROGRESS: With excavations done on the site of the transitional South Brighton Community Centre, focus is turning to piling before the building is lifted into place.
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Christchurch City Council news, events and information25 May 2013
www.ccc.govt.nz facebook.com/ChristchurchCityCouncil @ChristchurchCCCheck us
out on Facebook
1. Please put treated or processed timber and cold ash in the Red wheelie bin, as they will contaminate the compost if placed in the green bin.
2. To prevent items freezing to the inside of bins, line them with cardboard or paper. Loosen material when you put your bin out.
3. Has your wheelie bin gone missing on collection day? Contact us within 24 hours to report it missing and avoid replacement costs.
4. Have you got a wheelie bin in need of repair? Contact us and we’ll get it fixed.
5. Has your address label fallen off or is it unreadable? Call the Council with your bin’s serial number and a new label will be sent to you.
For assistance on any of these matters contact Christchurch City Council on (03) 941 8999.
Keep up the good work Christchurch – we LOVE what you are doing – Love your rubbish
Winter wheelie bin tips
On the lunar calendar, the rise of the star cluster Matariki marks the beginning of the Aotearoa Pacific New Year. Join Christchurch City Libraries for a series of free events designed to help us listen, learn, share, sing and celebrate this month together.Story time: Join us and share stories, rhymes and songs. Suitable for tamariki aged 2–4 years.
Ngāi Tahu Cultural Mapping Project: Takerei Norton shares the collection of stories and names that have been gathered from Ngāi Tahu kaumatua relating to the land.
Rēhua Marae: Visit 79 Springfield Road for community evenings and a whānau day.
Community Art Project: Come along to one of our hands-on star-weaving sessions – when it’s finished, add your star to the special display in your local library.
For a full schedule of events, please visit
Free Matariki events at Council librariesInsurance advocacy
service coming soon
Foundations for the new transitional South Brighton Community Centre are being laid – with the facility expected to open by early September.Excavations finished on the site of the demolished South Brighton Community Centre in Beatty Street last week. Piling work is underway and expected to take up to a month to complete.
The former QEII Preschool building, which is being transformed into the transitional community centre, was moved to the site in March, courtesy of the International Association of the Lions Clubs which paid for the re-location. The building is sitting on blocks while the foundations for the facility are built.
Deputy Mayor Ngaire Button says it’s wonderful that South Brighton residents are one step closer to using their community centre again.
“It’s exciting for residents to see this wonderful new facility taking shape and we’re looking forward to welcoming them to the newly refurbished community centre in the coming
months – the first time there’s been a community centre in the suburb since the building was earthquake-damaged more than two years ago and had to be demolished.”
Once the foundations are completed, the facility will be lifted on to them by crane.
Repair and refurbishment work will then be carried out before the community centre opens. This includes re-wiring and repainting the building and installing new toilets and a new kitchen.
The work is being completed as part of the Council’s Facilities Rebuild programme. South Brighton Community Centre is one of 30 projects which the Council last year approved for funding, further investigations and, where possible, repairs. The permanent future of the site is still being considered.
For more information about the South Brighton Community Centre and other Facilities Rebuild projects visit
Final week of NZ Music Month
People at their wit’s end with insurance claims won’t have long to wait for the new insurance advocacy service.Canterbury Insurance Advocacy Service (CIAS
– pronounced “Seeyus”) is expected to begin a trial run at the end of May, working with a small number of people who have ongoing problems with their insurance claims.
Work is underway to establish the independent charitable trust that will run the advocacy service, following the Council’s decision in April to provide a $200,000 start-up grant, providing its requirements are met.
CIAS spokesperson Ali Jones says, “The Canterbury Insurance Advocacy Service is about supporting and advocating for the individual claimant with the insurance companies and EQC.
“Each claimant will be assessed on a case-by-case basis with the primary focus on helping those suffering from health problems or financial stress and who are struggling to progress their residential insurance claims.
“This service will be face-to-face and personal, while maintaining a level of professionalism and efficiency. The advocacy service will focus on the individual’s case and the humanity needed at each stage of the process, particularly given the
difficulties people have been dealing with for so long.
“We aren’t looking at why something can’t be done. We are looking at how we can do it, and getting on with it,” says Ms Jones.
The service will complement CERA’s Residential Advisory Service launched on Thursday 16 May. The CERA service offers support to property owners having difficulty with insurance and other repair or rebuilding challenges, from straightforward advice on who they need to speak to, to independently facilitated multi-party meetings.
The Canterbury Insurance Advocacy Service website is expected to be up and running soon.
www.futurechristchurch.co.nz
New South Brighton Community Centre a step closer to fruition Throughout May, Christchurch
City Libraries has transformed Christchurch into a music-lover’s paradise, hosting free performances by talented Kiwi artists. This final week brings you:Carmel Courtney Cool jazz sax. 11am, Saturday 25 May, Papanui Library
Jennine Bailey One of New Zealand’s finest jazz vocalists. 2.30pm, Saturday 25 May, Fendalton Library
Rock On Riccarton Performances by the local community. 1.30pm Sunday 26 May, Upper Riccarton Library
Out of the Blue Women’s vocal ensemble. 6.30pm, Monday 27 May, Fendalton Library
Helen Webby Principal harpist of Christchurch Symphony Orchestra. 11am, Friday 31 May, Central Library Peterborough
Midge McCleary Acoustic, percussive, twisted funk, jazz, blues and folk guitarist. 1pm, Friday 31 May, Shirley Library
Christchurch City Libraries are once again partnering with RDU, the Canterbury University Student’s Association radio station to showcase and broadcast the best musicians from around Canterbury.
For a full schedule of performances, please visit your nearest Council library or check online at
www.christchurchcitylibraries.com
www.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Events/NZMusicMonth.
it missing and avoid replacement costs.
Love Christchurch
Your Rubbish
Have your say on draft alcohol policyThe Council is keen to find out what the community thinks about its draft Local Alcohol Policy (LAP), which goes out for public consultation next week. The draft policy, which is a provision of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012, has been adopted by the Council, with consultation starting on Friday 31 May and running until 5pm on Monday 1 July. The aim of the draft LAP is to minimise alcohol-related harm in the city and ensure that the sale, supply and consumption of alcohol is undertaken safely and responsibly.
Mayor Bob Parker says the Council is keen to see what people think about the draft LAP and whether they feel it best fits the need of Christchurch.
“This is a local alcohol policy and we want it to address local issues. We need to hear from the people of Christchurch, to see whether or not they feel we have got it right and encourage them to make a submission.”
Key components of the draft LAP are:
• A closing time of 3am in the Central City Entertainment Precincts (excluding Victoria Street) for taverns, bars, pubs, night-clubs and clubs, with a one-way door policy from 1am.
• A closing time of 1am elsewhere in the Central City (including Victoria Street) for taverns, bars, pubs, night-clubs and clubs, with a discretionary one-way door policy where appropriate.
• A closing time of 1am in suburban centres in the city for taverns, bars, pubs, night-clubs and clubs, with a discretionary one-way door policy where appropriate.
• Maximum trading hours for selling alcohol of 9am until 9pm for all off-licences in Christchurch.
• Restrictions on the location of new bottle stores and taverns to business zones.
A submission form and project information can be found online at
www.ccc.govt.nz/HaveYourSay
For further information:
• Visit www.ccc.govt.nz/localalcoholpolicy
• Email [email protected]
• Phone Adair Bruorton, Senior Policy Analyst, (03) 941 8851.
• Post your submission to: Freepost 178
‘Submissions on draft Local Alcohol Policy 2013’ Christchurch City Council Democracy Services PO Box 73013, Christchurch 8154 or Deliver to: Civic Offices, 53 Hereford Street, Christchurch or any open Council Library or Service Centre
CELEBRATION: Flax weaving, stories and performance will be features of Matariki events at Council libraries.
PROGRESS: With excavations done on the site of the transitional South Brighton Community Centre, focus is turning to piling before the building is lifted into place.
