Here's a selection of photos taken at the 2020 Riccarton Community Day, on 24 October, in perfect weather.

This year's event was unusual, as because of uncertainty of restrictions due to the Covid-19 response, it was decided to spread the activities across four locations. This did not dampen enthusiasm, however, and a great crowd enjoyed the day.

The Wigram electorate -- which includes Riccarton -- is currently represented by Labour's Megan Woods, who won comfortably in the last election with a margin of 4,594. In 2017, Labour won the largest share of Wigram's party votes by a slim margin – 41.4% to National's 41.2%. Before Ms Woods, the seat was held by Jim Anderton of the Alliance and Progressive parties. Boundary changes this year mean the electorate now includes an area south of Hornby and Aidanfield, and no longer includes the Avonhead area.

Each voter has two votes in the election. The first is for the candidate you want to represent you in parliament. The second vote is for the party you would prefer to form the government. Not all parties have a candidate standing in the Wigram electorate. However, even if it has no candidate here, you can still vote for a party in your second vote.

Following is a list of parties and their Wigram candidates (if there is one).

This year's general election will be held on Saturday, 17th October.

You can do advance voting at:

TUESDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2020

Rārākau: Riccarton Centre,
199 Clarence Street
11am – 2pm and 4pm – 7pm

FREE ADMISSION

Come along to ROAR and find out information on a variety of groups and services
See below for programme information

The government has made a directive to increase housing density, which the Christchurch City Council is considering challenging, despite the prospect of a hard battle.

A member of the Hornby-Halswell-Riccarton Community Board, Helen Broughton, has been fighting for years to reduce the density, particularly in Riccarton.