Several unexpected delays to the Christchurch City Council’s well-heads upgrade programme means parts of the city will still receive chlorine-treated drinking water beyond this month.

Term 2 ends on Friday this week, and a wide variety of school holiday programmes are available in the Riccarton area. Here’s a list: 

Have you ever wanted to organise a neighbourhood gathering? Do you want to get to know the people who live close to you? Perhaps you've always wanted to put on a potluck for the whole street.

Summer with your neighbours (formerly known as Neighbourhood Week) is set up to bring people together and now runs for the entire summer.

A tribute to the transformation that the Riccarton West Community Garden has helped bring about in the local area was paid by MP Megan Woods at the official opening of Te Pataka, Riccarton West Community Pantry, on 6th June. The MP said that when she was elected in 2011, this part of Riccarton was seen as one of the most disconnected areas of Christchurch. Now it has become one of the areas with life.

A planned tree-planted median strip in Riccarton Rd will be shortened and have fewer trees than originally planned, to ensure there are no barriers for emergency services.

Designs showing what a major overhaul of the Harrington Park playground in Riccarton will look like have been approved.