The Star: July 27, 2023

home to numerous organisations
and programmes which
the reserve was fitted with
recreational facilities, such as a
basketball court, playground,
community on the reserve’s
future was sought in 2020,
with 58 submitters split
between replacing the old
community centre or developing
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residents
RESIDENTS ARE being asked
Thursday, July 27, 2023
Christchurch’s best read and largest circulating newspaper
to share their vision for the
future of the Shirley Community
Reserve.
The reserve on Shirley Rd was
previously home to the Shirley
Community Centre.
Damaged by the February
22, 2011 earthquake, it was
demolished in 2012.
Pre-quake, the centre had been
enriched the area and helped the
community.
In place of the centre,
pump track and a large green
space.
Feedback from the
BURWOOD Hospital is making a plea for patients to return walking frames as stocks run low.
ten to return it – no matter how long ago – is asked to give it back,
no The same problem is also happening
Said Canterbury Allied Health questions asked.”
She said as well as walking at Christchurch Hospital.
Johnstone said people can
frames, the hospital wants any director Jacqui Lunday Johnstone (right): sometimes accidentally overlook
“Anyone who has forgot-
equipmen they’ve borrowed, or
borrowed medical equipmen to be returned.
store it away and forget about it.
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the area into a dynamic open
green space.
In 2021, the city council
approved $3 million funding for
the rebuild of the community
centre and requested an updated
feasibility study.
The Waipapa Papanui-Innes-
Central Community Board
has since made the future of
the reserve a key priority in its
2023-2025 plan.
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