By Kyle Knowles, reporting for the Christchurch Mail The Ascot/Freeville Residents Group is unhappy the Travis Medical Centre has been granted a lease to develop a car park on QEII land. Group co-ordinator Nigel Dixon did not believe the council should be leasing QEII land for car parking. “We spent… Read More »QEII car park plan disappoints residents' group
By Jess Pullar, reporting for the Christchurch Mail West Melton fashion design student Natalie Weaver is gearing up to sell her work for the first time. Along with other CPIT 3rd-year fashion students, she will be exhibiting her collection at FORM, an event hosted at The Colombo next month. Weaver,… Read More »Fashion design students put their work on show
By Grace Cabell, reporting for the Christchurch Mail A Christchurch cycling survey that aims to find ways of increasing the number of bike commuters in the city has gathered 1000 responses so far. Post-graduate researchers in the University of Canterbury Masters of Engineering Transport programme, in conjunction with the Christchurch… Read More »Christchurch cyclists asked what's needed
Georgia Weaver, reporting for The Press When most teenage girls are thinking about the school ball and exams, Jacquie Ruth’s sole focus is the swimming pool. The 17-year-old Rangi Ruru pupil, who has an eye on the 2020 Paralympics, yearns for the “physical freedom” the water provides. “I can swim… Read More »Finding freedom in the pool
By Grace Cabell and Caitlin Porter for The Press Christchurch’s school ball season is in full swing and so are the after-parties. Rural parties are the most concern to police, who this week issued a public warning to ball-goers and their parents to be wary about after-ball parties. Senior Sergeant… Read More »After-ball party warning
By Michael Cropp and Georgia Weaver for The Press Christchurch’s only 24-hour sexual violence support service may have to shut its doors because of a $23,000 shortfall. The Survivors of Sexual Violence Trust (SSVT), which operates crisis service SafeCare, fields daily referrals from police and has 16 clients in its… Read More »Sex abuse crisis service set to close
By Georgia Weaver for The Press Lyttelton ceramicist Cheryl Lucas has an unlikely role in Christchurch’s rebuild – handmaking chimney pots for heritage buildings. Her latest piece, a metre- high ceramic pot to match the surviving chimney pots atop 160-year-old Riccarton House, was put in place yesterday. Lucas, a renowned… Read More »Potter hand-crafts chimney pots for rebuild
By Michael Cropp for The Press Church leaders concerned that tenants are getting a raw deal in Christchurch are launching an advocacy service. Lyndon Rogers, who works in the Anglican Church’s social justice unit, said renters were having a hard time proving earthquake damage and expected wear and tear was… Read More »Church launches tenants' advocacy service
By Caitlin Porter for The Press Abraham, the much-loved star of children’s book The Builder’s Cat, has died, aged 20. The black half-Burmese feline was a kitten when Canterbury builder Gideon Couper started taking him to work – a move that inspired the 1999 book by award-winning author Gwenda Turner,… Read More »Abraham the book cat turns final page
By Kyle Knowles for the Christchurch Mail Shirley Sports Club is investigating taking over an abandoned bowling club for a new community sports facility. The club has hired consultants to conduct a $30,0000 feasibility study into whether repairing and converting the former Burwood Park Bowling Club’s building and green is… Read More »Community sports hub possible at Burwood Park
