Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel, and her challenger John Minto (right), at the Mayoral Debate on "A Climate-Smart Christchurch". Held on September 22, the discussion was moderated by Catarina Gutierrez from the Ministry of Awesome. The event was organised by Generation Zero and 350 Christchurch.
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Located in Heathcote in Christchurch and open seven days a week, the Park features an early 1900s (Edwardian) township, with exhibits such as houses, picture theatre, school classroom, church, jail, railway station, lodge hall, post office, printers, tobacconist, general store, lawyer’s office and more. For steam train enthusiasts, the next train ride is scheduled on Nov 6.
Read MoreCommunity and Voluntary Sector Minister Jo Goodhew has participated in the New Zealand delegation to the 2016 Social Enterprise World Forum in Hong Kong, and is welcoming the opportunity for New Zealand to play host to next year’s Forum.
Read MoreIn a report released recently, the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) has found - while the practice of issuing pre-charge warnings to offenders has had a number of benefits, they are being used inconsistently and sometimes inappropriately.
Read MoreTheSouth West Baptist Church, which in the past has been known by many names including Lincoln Road Baptist, Lyttelton Street Baptist, Spreydon and Halswell Baptist, is celebrating its 150 years of establishment over the weekend of October 14 – 16.
Read MoreGiving a major boost to long-time Labour member, lawyer, academic and activist - Duncan Webb's campaign for the Christchurch Central electorate in 2017, Party's leader Andrew Little formally launched his campaign office in the city recently.
Read MoreThe Christchurch Fiji Association – an organisation formed in 2002 to initiate, promote, support and maintain cultural, religious and educational needs of the Fiji and Pacific migrants and their children – organised it's annual Spring Dhamaka on September 10.
Read MoreYoung girls and women are being encouraged to get up to date with their HPV immunisation and cervical smears this Cervical Screening Awareness Month. “We know that cervical cancer is one the most preventable cancers, and being immunised against HPV as a young women and having regular smears as an adult helps reduce the risk of developing cervical cancer by around 90 per cent,” Clinical Director of the National Screening Unit, Dr Jane O’Hallahan says.
Read MoreShortlisting your local election candidates just got easier, thanks to a new digital app from Christchurch City Council.
Read MoreA Committee made up of local residents and businesses, chaired by Councillor and Selwyn Central Community Board Chair Jeff Bland, is planning the 150th celebrations. The theme of the celebrations will be ‘Rolleston – New Zealand’s Youngest Old Town’ reflecting Rolleston’s history but also its recent growth with the population increasing from 1971 in 2000 to around 14,000 today.
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The Christchurch Educated Skills Scholarship programme is supported by Education New Zealand, the Canterbury Development Corporation, and the economic development agency of the Christchurch City Council.
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Organised by the New Zealand Human Rights Commission, the Forum will be held at Wellington's Te Papa Museum with the theme Te Anga Whakamua/ Future Focus 2016. The keynote speaker this time is Australian human rights lawyer and advocate Deng Adut.
Read MoreMinister for Ethnic Communities Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga has announced the opening of the funding round for the new Ethnic Communities Development Fund. The funding round opened on August 15 and closes on September 27. Any not-for-profit group can apply. It replaces the Settling In Fund and is designed to better support the ongoing needs of ethnic people. The priorities of the fund are to support leadership development, social cohesion and cultural events.
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A huge loss to the community, Dame Grace Shellie Hollander, passed away peacefully on June 27, in the presence of her family in Palmerston North Hospital. She was 94.
Read MoreImmigration New Zealand in collaboration with the Language in the Workplace Team, School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, has developed a web tool to help workplace communication challenges and improve communication between NZ employers, managers and their new migrant employees from other cultures.
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A Civic Memorial Service was held on the Archery Lawn of Christchurch's Botanic Gardens at midday on February 22, to mark the fifth anniversary of the 2011 earthquake of 6.3 magnitude, which claimed 185 lives and was considered to be the country's worst natural disaster in more than 80 years.
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A yearly round up of what all happened in Christchurch in 2015
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