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Due to a significant MSD Contract increase our Team is seeking four fulltime Family Support Workers (these are fixed term positions through to 30 June 2020).
Our Team is seeking two fulltime Children’s Team Lead Professionals based in Christchurch (these are fixed term positions through to 30 June 2020).
Due to a rural expansion of our MSD Contract our Team is seeking one fulltime Family Support Worker (this is a fixed term position through to 30 June 2020).
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Cope with another dry summer by SMART Watering
Posted: Wednesday, November 09, 2016 in:
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environmental health
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water
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gardening
Environment Canterbury media release: 2nd November 2016 The SMART Watering campaign re-launched today in a bid to help home gardeners cope with another dry summer
Water quality improving at popular Canterbury swim spots
Posted: Wednesday, November 09, 2016 in:
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With tags:
water
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environment
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environmental health
Christchurch City Council Newsline: 9th November 2016 Monitoring of 52 popular fresh water swimming sites in Canterbury has shown that 12 of them have improved in quality
The Housing Question: new programme on Plains FM
Posted: Wednesday, November 09, 2016 in:
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With tags:
housing
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Communication
,
community engagement
The Housing Question is a new programme on Plains FM 96.9 exploring the many housing issues that exist in Christchurch and throughout New Zealand
New Christchurch freedom camping rules approved
Posted: Thursday, November 03, 2016 in:
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law
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land
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environment
,
environmental health
Christchurch City Council Newsline: 2nd November 2016 Changes to Christchurch’s freedom camping rules will help manage the safety of visitors, residents and the environment as the district moves into the busy summer period
Community effort needed to improve quality of rivers and streams
Posted: Wednesday, October 05, 2016 in:
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With tags:
environmental health
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environment
,
water
Christchurch City Council media release: 3rd October 2016 Improving the quality of the city’s waterways is a priority for Christchurch City Council but everyone needs to play their part
Changes proposed to Provisional Local Alcohol Policy
Posted: Wednesday, October 05, 2016 in:
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alcohol
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law
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policy
Christchurch City Council media release: 3rd October 2016 Christchurch City Council has been given permission to alter elements of its provisional Local Alcohol Policy (LAP)
Book Discussion Scheme: Making reading a social activity
Posted: Thursday, September 15, 2016 in:
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Community development
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Community Groups
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resilience
,
reading
Check out the Book Discussion Scheme if you enjoy reading and would like to make it a more social activity. The Book Discussion Scheme (BDS) is a non-profit that promotes the educational and recreational aspects of book groups and clubs
Coastal hazard LIM notations to change
Posted: Wednesday, September 07, 2016 in:
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With tags:
environment
,
water
,
housing
Christchurch City Council media release: 5th September 2016 Information about potential coastal hazards on the Land Information Memoranda (LIMs) of properties in Christchurch and Banks Peninsula will be altered
Changes proposed at entrances to CBD slow zone
Posted: Thursday, September 01, 2016 in:
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With tags:
transport
,
safety
Christchurch City Council media release: 30th August 2016 Ways to improve motorists’ awareness that they are entering the central city’s 30kph zone will be discussed by the Council’s Infrastructure, Transport and Environment Committee on Thursday
Children become road safety champions
Posted: Thursday, August 25, 2016 in:
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With tags:
children
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transport
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safety
Christchurch City Council media release: 24th August 2016 It’s a big job looking after little children, but when you’re a road safety leader you take it in your stride
How safe is our water?
Posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2016 in:
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With tags:
water
,
public health
Christchurch City Council media release: 24th August 2016 The contamination of Havelock North’s water supply has raised questions about the safety of water supplies across the country
New partnership focuses on health of Lyttelton Harbour
Posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2016 in:
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With tags:
environment
,
environmental health
,
water
Christchurch City Council media release: 23rd August 2016 A new initiative to restore the health of Lyttelton Harbour/Whakaraupō has been launched
New lease of life for one of last remaining wetlands in ChCh
Posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2016 in:
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With tags:
environment
,
restoration
Christchurch City Council media release: 10th August 2016 The Otukaikino near Belfast is one of Christchurch’s last remaining wetlands
New Unicycle path through Hagley Park a hit with users
Posted: Tuesday, August 09, 2016 in:
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With tags:
physical activity
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transport
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cycling
Christchurch City Council media release: 9th August 2016 More than 8000 people a week are walking or cycling the new Uni-cycle path through Hagley Park, according to new permanent counters placed along the path
Don’t visit your loved ones in hospital if you’re sick
Posted: Thursday, July 28, 2016 in:
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advice
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older people
Canterbury District Health Board media release: 28th July 2016 If you’re sick please don’t come visiting at Christchurch Hospital – that’s the message from Canterbury DHB’s Executive Director of Nursing Mary Gordon
Bike Share project being taken for 5000 rides
Posted: Thursday, July 21, 2016 in:
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cycling
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transport
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Christchurch City Council media release: 20th July 2016 Shared bikes have been taken on 5000 trips around Christchurch since the pilot scheme was launched nearly a year ago
No health concerns over nitrate levels
Posted: Thursday, July 21, 2016 in:
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With tags:
public health
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water
Christchurch City Council media release: 19th July 2016 High nitrate levels found in two samples of water taken from a bore in an industrial part of Addington are unlikely to have had any adverse effect on people’s health, Christchurch City Council and t
Plan heralds new approach to keeping young people active
Posted: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 in:
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physical activity
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children
,
youth
,
exercise
,
sport
Sport New Zealand media release: 11th July 2016 Sport New Zealand has today released a “plan of attack” for keeping young people in New Zealand active
Video encapsulates the things we love about Chch
Posted: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 in:
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With tags:
recovery
,
resilience
,
research
Christchurch City Council media release: 12th July 2016 The passions, hopes and aspirations people have for Christchurch have been captured in a short video released this week
2016 Vulnerability Report Published
Posted: Thursday, June 23, 2016 in:
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With tags:
funding
,
social
,
services
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Report
This 22nd and final Vulnerability Report from the NZ Council of Christian Social Services captures a period of relentless change to the social services landscape over the past 6 years, including: increasing demand for services in communities (that plat
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