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Resources and Information

Research, reference documents and other documents of use to Healthy Christchurch signatories and others.

• NZ climate change research boost

  Posted: Wednesday, November 06, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: Climate Change, research, funding
  Beehive media release: 5th November 2019 Should we plan for drought or deluge and how is CO2 released from the ocean’s floor? Several climate change projects were given a boost in the latest Marsden Fund investment of $83

• Kiwis report feeling less healthy

  Posted: Wednesday, November 06, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: wellbeing, survey, mental wellbeing, health
  Statistics New Zealand media release: 5th November 2019 The proportion of New Zealanders rating their general health as ‘excellent’ has fallen over the last eight years, especially among adults aged under 45, Stats NZ said today

• Botanic Gardens to host homegrown garden festival

  Posted: Wednesday, November 06, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: gardens, gardening, event
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 5th November 2019 Christchurch’s Botanic Gardens will play host to an innovative, homegrown garden festival for three days in March

• Digital museum gives glimpses into our history

  Posted: Thursday, October 31, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: heritage, technology
  Selwyn District Council media release: 30th October 2019 Lincoln has been turned into a giant museum where anyone with a smartphone can glimpse the history of the world around them

• Expressions of interest open for hosting the Green Connection Pod

  Posted: Thursday, October 24, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: Community Groups
  The Green lab is seeking expressions of interest for groups to host the Green Connection Pod - currently installed on the ground floor of Tūranga

• World Children's Day: What do you stompoff for?!

  Posted: Thursday, October 24, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: awareness, human rights, children, dance
  UNICEF NZ will be celebrating World Children’s Day on 20th November and also marking the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the rights of the Child

• Value the men around you for International Men's Day

  Posted: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: men, awareness, campaign
  The Canterbury Men's Centre is partnering up with anybody that wants to give positive recognition to the men in our lives on or around Tuesday 19th November 2019 this year

• Dangerous Decibels: Learn about preventing hearing loss

  Posted: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: hearing, prevention, Training, young people, children
  Dangerous Decibels is a training course available to colleges, schools and kindergartens on the dangers of excess noise, the irrevocable damage to hearing it can cause, and on how to protect yourself and your hearing health

• Call for young people to care for Christchurch rivers

  Posted: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: environmental health, conservation, water, young people, leadership
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 23rd September 2019 Young people from local schools and early learning centres are being called on to take action to create a healthy Ōpāwaho/Heathcote River

• Hundreds helped to prevent family violence

  Posted: Wednesday, August 28, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: families, violence, workshop, awareness
  Selwyn District Council media release: 27th August 2019 More than 150 teachers have taken part in workshops to help prevent family harm in Selwyn

• Plant airlift signals final stages of Sumner Road project

  Posted: Wednesday, August 28, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: environment, transport, earthquake recovery
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 26th August 2019 Helicopters will drop thousands of plants onto the steep slopes above Sumner Road as the final stages of a massive planting project gets under way this week

• Rare braided river birds to be protected by gull control

  Posted: Wednesday, August 28, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: environment, diversity, conservation
  Environment Canterbury media release: 26th August 2019 The Department of Conservation (DOC) is protecting rare and threatened bird species living in the Hurunui and Waiau rivers by controlling southern black-backed gulls/karoro, which prey on their chicks

• New suicide prevention videos from the Mental Health Foundation

  Posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: young people, youth, suicide, Communication, prevention
  Kia ora. The Mental Health Foundation is pleased to introduce their newest suicide prevention video suite "Connecting through Kōrero – Kōrerohia ngā mahi whakamomori ki te hunga taiohi"

• Latest Quitline campaign: Quit for your pets

  Posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: smoking, campaign
  We’re a nation of pet lovers with over 4.6 million pets! We all know that smoking is bad for humans. What you may not know is that second-hand and third-hand smoke can have some really nasty consequences for animals

• Cruise ships to pay more to visit Akaroa

  Posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: funding, policy
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 19th August 2019 Cruise ships berthing in Akaroa will contribute more this summer towards the costs of maintaining the area’s public amenities

• Date confirmed for Neighbours Day Aotearoa 2020

  Posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: neighbours, awareness, Community, event
  Greetings to you all. The dates have now been set, so pop them in your calendars! Neighbours Day Aotearoa 2020 will run from the 27th March to 5th April

• Rail freight takes pressure off roads

  Posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: transport, efficiency, Report
  Environment Canterbury media release: 12th August 2019 A major transport study says rail freight is an economic way to take pressure off South Island roads

• New Selwyn Libraries' Edge Connector service hits the road

  Posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: information, accessibility, services, recreation
  Selwyn District Council media release: 12th August 2019 A new library service bringing popular programmes and resources to those who don’t have easy access to a library had its first outing last week

• Avon Loop work to get under way later this year

  Posted: Wednesday, August 07, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: recreation, recovery
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 5th August 2019 Work on the final section of the Avon River Precinct – the Avon Loop – is expected to get under way later this year

• Budget advice and personal advocacy services from Delta Community Trust

  Posted: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: Advocacy, advice, finances, services, support, Community Groups
  Delta Community Trust has community workers trained in budget advise and experience in advocating on behalf of people in difficult circumstances

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