News and Events

What is coming up in the community?

Easter - Good Friday (Friday 9 April) to Easter Monday (Monday 12 April)

Canterbury Conservation Day - Saturday 18 April - The day celebrates and highlights the many ways the community is involved in conservation and restoration projects throughout Canterbury.

Entry and information available on May 1 for the Nescafe Big Break - a competition for 16 to 24 year olds to win a cash injection to get started. No categories, any idea or pursuit goes.

Sites Added

Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Christchurch
Information on the church, its ministries and services. Sermons and articles.

Arts Canterbury
Charitable Trust set up in early 2003 to promote a wide range of regional arts and artists as well as leading regional initiatives, begining with a Canterbury Regional Arts Directory.

Christchurch Gum Tree
Online community board for Christchurch. Jobs, accommodation, for sale, travel. Post your own notices.

Aranui

On 26 March, Christchurch East MP Lianne Dalziel officially opened the Aranui Community Trust's new premises at 37 Hampshire Street. The Trust will be offering community help as well as pointing people in the right direction for help with issues relating to health, employment, training, and services for children, youth and families.

This is one of several community advancement projects that have been identified through the Aranui Community Renewal project, a partnership between the Trust, Christchurch City Council and Housing NZ Corporation that aims:

• to enhance Aranui as a good place to live
• to broaden the capacity of the community to take greater ownership of Aranui's future
• to improve the physical environment
• to improve housing management
• to deliver sustainability

Other Aranui resources :

• The Aranui Community Profile from Statistics New Zealand features a range of information from the 2001 Census - 27.7 percent of people in Aranui were under the age of 15 years, compared with 19.3 percent in Christchurch City and 22.7 percent for all of New Zealand
• Affirm - Aranui Family Festival - Last year's festival starred Scribe and Auckland band Ardijah. Affirm promotes Aranui and seeks to build pride whilst celebrating diversity - it is the event through which the Aranui Community Trust aims to engage the community, build the capacity, and enhance the well being of the people
• Burwood/Pegasus Advocacy Team - This Christchurch City Council Community Board covers Aranui and the suburbs of Burwood, Dallington, Shirley, Parklands, New Brighton, Bexley, and Wainoni
  

Community Initiatives

The Aranui Community Renewal project is one of many community initiatives listed in localeye. These schemes throughout Christchurch and Canterbury are aimed at improving and enhancing life in the communities.