Take this impressive virtual tour while you still can
I had the pleasure of looking at the virtual tour of the new Christchurch Convention Centre and tasting the delicious food available at the food wagon on site.
All the staff at this venue are so friendly, knowledgeable and professional and make this experience one that all Christchurch ratepayers and residents should not miss.
The thought and planning that has obviously gone into this new Christchurch icon is a credit to all who have been involved in the project.
The information available is outstanding and the way staff working here make this such an enjoyable experience should be seen by all.
Sadly the exhibition closes on May 15, so I would advise you to make a visit in the coming week.
It is open from 11am to 3pm on
Wednesday to Friday, and from 10am to 3pm on Saturdays.
Bill McElhinney, Halswell
Save mobile library Given that the Christchurch City Council is hell bent on a current cost-cutting drive, one of the most distressing casualties, namely the mobile library, could easily be saved. To do so the council only has to put up for sale a derelict historic cottage it owns in Akaroa, known locally as Jennies Cottage.
This notable heritage-listed cottage in the Banks Peninsula district plan is in council ownership, and has been allowed to rot away to a disgraceful degree despite repeated requests from the Akaroa Civic Trust and local residents to have it freed up for sale.
Should this property have been in private ownership and left to fall apart, as is the case, council would have been up in arms.
The sale of Jennies Cottage could more than finance the mobile library’s retention. Rodney Laredo, Board of Akaroa Civic Trust (abridged)