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Signatory Notice Board

News and notices from Waka Toa Ora signatories.

• Christchurch sows eco-friendly solution in electric weed control

  Posted: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environment, technology, sustainability
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 30th April 2019 An innovative, spray-free approach to controlling weeds will be trialled in Christchurch with the use of electro-thermal technology

• Parking will stay free for Taiora QEII customers

  Posted: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: transport, recreation, parking
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 24th April 2019 A new ticketing system for the carpark at Taiora QEII Recreation and Sport Centre will not mean any extra charges for pool or gym users

• After March 15: a Plains FM Podcast

  Posted: Thursday, March 21, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: mental wellbeing, trauma, support
  Plains FM has produced a special daily series to help us better understand what has happened as a result of the Mosque tragedies in Christchurch

• Statement from the Mental Health Foundation: Extremism is not a mental illness

  Posted: Thursday, March 21, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: mental health, suicide, race relations, discrimination
  Mental Health Foundation media release: 20th March 2019 Following Friday’s appalling terrorist attack, many people have speculated that the terrorist must have been mentally ill. We understand why it’s comforting to think this

• Positive emissions report sets tone for behaviour change

  Posted: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environment, waste, workplace, Climate Change, Report
  Environment Canterbury media release: 12th March 2019 An independent report into Environment Canterbury’s 2017 greenhouse gas emissions has shown the tangible ways in which the organisation has reduced its level of emissions, as well as highlighting an a

• Canterbury DHB thrilled with announcement of funding for new facilities

  Posted: Thursday, February 28, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: mental health, mental wellbeing, services
  Canterbury DHB media release: 28th February 2019 Canterbury DHB Chief Executive David Meates, has welcomed today’s announcement from the Prime Minister of around $79 million to fund the construction of two new facilities for some of the region’s Speciali

• Free Stop Smoking Clinic for Smokefree Pregnancies

  Posted: Thursday, February 7, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: smokefree, women, health, support, services, children, families
  Come along to a free stop smoking clinic for pregnant women. Date and Time: Thursdays from 11am to noon.Location: Birth Rite Midwives Whare Haumanu (197 Linwood Avenue)

• Rural property owners urged to check their fencing

  Posted: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: transport, safety
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 30th January 2019 The NZ Transport Agency is urging rural property owners to make sure stock are securely fenced in and cannot wander onto the road

• Canterbury DHB first in NZ to start Project SEARCH

  Posted: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: disabilities, employment, Training
  Canterbury DHB media release: 25th January 2019 Ricky Reeves was nine-years-old when brain cancer affected his optic nerve, leaving him severely visually impaired

• New young adults group for people with disabilities

  Posted: Thursday, December 6, 2018 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: youth, disabilities, support, young people, recreation
  Impact is an exciting programme for 18 to 36 year olds with physical and intellectual disabilities from Delta Community Support Trust. Delta are seeking expression of interest from young people, their families and caregivers to join this programme

• Look for the signs of dementia this Christmas

  Posted: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: older people, dementia, families, mental wellbeing
  Dementia New Zealand media release: 5th December 2018 As Christmas approaches and families get together, Dementia New Zealand is running its Remember December campaign to encourage Kiwis to learn the signs of dementia

• Electronic stop signs aim to reduce intersection crashes

  Posted: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: safety, transport
  Waimakariri District Council media release: 26th November 2018 Electronic warning signs were installed at two high-risk Waimakariri intersections late last week

• New dial tracks Christchurch city water use

  Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, conservation
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 13th November 2018 Hand-held watering and shorter showers could hold the key to work continuing on upgrading Christchurch’s water wells over the hot summer months

• Council releases Water Review findings

  Posted: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, safety, Report
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 16th October 2018 An external review into the events leading up to the loss of the secure status for Christchurch’s water supply has identified issues with Christchurch City Council’s handling of the situation

• Plastic bags and tetra pak cartons get red binned

  Posted: Thursday, September 20, 2018 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waste, management, recycling
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 20th September 2018 Christchurch City Council is urging people to get into the habit of using re-usable shopping bags because it can no longer divert plastic bags from the landfill by recycling them

• New approach needed to keep people off benefit

  Posted: Thursday, September 13, 2018 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: employment, wellbeing, research, education, Report, welfare
  Beehive media release: 12th September 2018 New research shows that about half of all of the people who left the benefit system following the 2012/2013 welfare reforms were back on the benefit within 18 months

• CPAG launches Welfare fit for Families campaign

  Posted: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: campaign, poverty, support, families, welfare, policy
  Child Poverty Action Group media release: 6th September 2018 What will it take to ensure that all children living in Aotearoa-New Zealand have all their wellbeing needs met? Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says when families fall on hard times, they s

• Action plan to tackle alcohol-related harm

  Posted: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: planning, alcohol, harm, injury prevention, policy
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 15th August 2018 A city free from alcohol-related harm is the vision behind a new strategy launched in Christchurch

• New lease of life for central city

  Posted: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: survey, research, urban design, earthquake recovery
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 25th July 2018 Most Christchurch residents feel upbeat about the central city

• Health benefits of cleaner air highlighted

  Posted: Wednesday, June 13, 2018 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environmental health, heating, pollution
  Environment Canterbury media release: 13th June 2018 Improved air quality could keep vulnerable Cantabrians out of the hospital this winter. Canterbury Medical Officer of Health Dr Ramon Pink said: “Clean air is necessary for health and wellbeing

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