Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board

Safeguard our strategic assets from being sold off.

Investing in Rapid Mass Transit a game change for how we can live, work and play in the city, including employment opportunities for youth.

Ensuring the council works proactively to support local businesses and events coming to Christchurch.

Encourage businesses to create or partake in larger local events (markets, festivals) to help boost their visibility.

Investigate policies for helping our young people better understand their role within our community and the support they can gain from it.

Create a program that all can participate in to help revitalise and improve our public spaces, so all may benefit.

Encourage local businesses, start-ups and social enterprises who provide local products and local labour.

Improve public space within our local retail areas and infrastructure to increase safety accessing them and within them.

Quantify and support the voluntary sector of our workforce's contribution to the economy and society and fund positive growth of this sector.

Support sustainable local businesses, such as vegetable suppliers, pharmacies, essential services to operate equitably. Allow remediation.

Increase checks on infrastructure, respond in a timely fashion to flooding events, old drain problems!

Ensure we are caring with communities that welcome diverse cultural and age groups, with support. Liaise with Refugee and Migrant personnel.