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The Waikura/Linwood-Central-Heathcote Community Board hold regular meetings that you’re welcome to attend. Anyone can ask to speak to the board about a local issue, activity or project.
The board's main roles are to:
The Waikura/Linwood-Central-Heathcote Community Board generally meets in the Linwood-Central-Heathcote Community Boardroom
at 180 Smith Street, on the first Monday and third Wednesday of each month at 3.30pm and 9.00am respectively.
These meetings are open to the public.
If you would like to speak at a board meeting, please contact the Community Board Advisor on 03 941 6601
The Community Board offer grants to assist local groups to undertake small community projects.
A desire to produce healthy, accessible food for his local community inspired Michael Reynolds to set up Roimata Food Commons.
The edible gardens were set up in 2017 with 34 fruit trees planted in Woolston’s Radley Park.
Today the gardens are well on the way to becoming a celebrated community food system, administered by a charitable trust made up of passionate people from across the city.
“We now have over 100 fruit trees, many other edible plants, as well as over 1000 native plants that have been added along the banks of Ōpāwaho,” Mr Reynolds says.
“We’re all devoted to the exploration of creating a localised food system that is ecologically regenerative for the community,” Reynolds says.
“Recent events have highlighted the importance of a secure food supply, as well as the ability of food to create opportunities for people to connect and share abundance.”
He says the development of the “community garden” space has been a vital step, and with the production of seasonal vegetables and perennial herbs, members of the community can harvest something from the garden almost any time.
Everyone is welcome to be part of the project, help grow nutritious food and make some new friends. Roimata hosts working groups on Wednesdays (10am to 12pm) and holds community events over the year, supported by funding from the Waikura/Linwood-Central-Heathcote Community Board.
The Board administers various funds to support the local community, with assistance available for community groups, sports teams and individual projects.
Find out more about community funding (external link)or email communitygrants@ccc.govt.nz for more information.
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PO Box 73052, Christchurch 8154 PO Box 73052, Christchurch 8154 How would your closest friends describe you? What has been one of your most defining moments in life? Where are we most likely to find you on a Sunday afternoon? What is a skill you’d like to learn and why? If you could only keep five possessions, what would they be? Why did you become a Community Board member, and what do you hope you can bring to the table? PO Box 73052, Christchurch 8154 PO Box 73052, Christchurch 8154 PO Box 73052, Christchurch 8154 PO Box 73016, Christchurch 8154 PO Box 73052, Christchurch 8154
Alexandra Davids – Board Chair
Community Board member for the Linwood Ward
021 308 440
alexandra.davids@ccc.govt.nz
Darrell Latham
Community Board member for the Heathcote Ward
021 190 2645
darrell.latham@ccc.govt.nz
About Darrell
I would like to think that they would describe me as being 'like a dog with a bone' meaning that I refuse to give up and that I will stand up for people. I also think that they would say that I do my best to ensure that decison-making is transparent and that I work towards ensuring that justice not only must be done but also be seen to be done.
When my 19 year old daughter Julia, was diagnosed with cancer it changed everything. She is now 36 years old and in good health. The way I view 'life' now is completely different.
Hopefully relaxing and out walking with my wife Lee and, whenever possible, with our grandchildren.
I would love to learn to play a musical instrument. As a youngster and before I could really appreciate music, I learned to play the piano but gave up. The saxophone would be my choice of musical instrument to learn to play. Dream on! Much easier to listen to the accomplished experts at my age. The reality is that I am all fingers and thumbs and not in any way musically talented.
Life's events reshape us and in the final analysis, the pursuit of possessions steals our energy and our time. I guess we all aspire to having possessions and I'm no different, as the possessions that create happiness and improve our lives are great. However, the older I get the more I find joy in new experiences (new places and meeting new people) and in trying to be 'better' rather than seeking more.
Because I want to repay a debt to society. Over the year in my life and career, people and the community have given so much. Life and living has been focused around providing for our family and developing my career. Now it's pay back time. My aim is to ensure that people are well represented and that Council is accountable to the wider community.
Jackie Simons
Community Board member for the Linwood Ward
027 473 2795
jackie.simons@ccc.govt.nz
Jake McLellan
Councillor
for the Central Ward
027 844 0296
jake.mclellan@ccc.govt.nz
Michelle Lomax
Community Board member for the Central Ward
michelle.lomax@ccc.govt.nz
Sara Templeton
Councillor
for the Heathcote Ward
021 036 7672
sara.templeton@ccc.govt.nz
Tim Lindley
Community Board member for the Heathcote Ward
03 384 9428 / 021 707 198
tim.lindley@ccc.govt.nz
Yani Johanson
