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Because good news makes a differenceSun, 29 Jan 2017 18:35:44 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3.9Christchurch walking festival offers 50 different stroll options
https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/09/15/christchurch-walking-festival-offers-50-different-stroll-options/
https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/09/15/christchurch-walking-festival-offers-50-different-stroll-options/#commentsThu, 15 Sep 2016 08:30:05 +0000https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=30188The Breeze Walking Festival is back for 2016, and it’s bigger than ever before.
With over 50 walks, the festival has almost doubled in size and has something for all ages and abilities. From child-friendly strolls ...]]>https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/09/15/christchurch-walking-festival-offers-50-different-stroll-options/feed/0Shell Chapel the winner of Tiny Huts comp in Christchurch
https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/08/04/shell-chapel-the-winner-of-tiny-huts-comp-in-christchurch/
https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/08/04/shell-chapel-the-winner-of-tiny-huts-comp-in-christchurch/#commentsWed, 03 Aug 2016 16:00:22 +0000https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=30133A Shell Chapel, a Mini Marae and a Turret are among the five winning ‘Tiny Huts’ designs that will be built in New Brighton. The winners were announced at New Brighton Mall this afternoon. Each ...]]>https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/08/04/shell-chapel-the-winner-of-tiny-huts-comp-in-christchurch/feed/0New Brighton design competition calls for creative ideas for five “tiny huts”
https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/05/05/new-brighton-design-competition-calls-for-creative-ideas-for-five-tiny-huts/
https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/05/05/new-brighton-design-competition-calls-for-creative-ideas-for-five-tiny-huts/#commentsWed, 04 May 2016 16:00:49 +0000https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=29826The Press reported that a new design competition for five tiny huts is being launched to breathe life into New Brighton, Christchurch.
“Ideas include a wedding chapel, a puzzle room, an optical illusion and a reading room,” ...]]>https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/05/05/new-brighton-design-competition-calls-for-creative-ideas-for-five-tiny-huts/feed/0Funding available for grassroots projects that contribute to the strengthening of community wellbeing in Christchurch
https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/03/18/funding-available-for-grassroots-projects-that-contribute-to-the-strengthening-of-community-wellbeing-in-christchurch/
https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/03/18/funding-available-for-grassroots-projects-that-contribute-to-the-strengthening-of-community-wellbeing-in-christchurch/#commentsThu, 17 Mar 2016 15:00:35 +0000https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=29616Christchurch City Council
Local organisations working on grassroots projects that contribute to the strengthening of community wellbeing in Christchurch can apply for funding from Christchurch City Council’s Strengthening Communities Funding Schemes from next week.
Community groups have ...]]>https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/03/18/funding-available-for-grassroots-projects-that-contribute-to-the-strengthening-of-community-wellbeing-in-christchurch/feed/0Green light for Christchurch city cycleways
https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/02/20/green-light-for-christchurch-city-cycleways/
https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/02/20/green-light-for-christchurch-city-cycleways/#commentsFri, 19 Feb 2016 15:00:22 +0000https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=29467Green light for city cycleways – Christchurch City Council
Construction will start later this year on two multi-million-dollar cycleway projects in Christchurch.
Christchurch City Council have approved the following projects:
Papanui Parallel: A 5.5km long cycleway starting at Bealey ...]]>https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/02/20/green-light-for-christchurch-city-cycleways/feed/0Young Muslim women feed the homeless in Christchurch and connect with community
https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/02/19/young-muslim-women-feed-the-homeless-in-christchurch-and-connect-with-community/
https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/02/19/young-muslim-women-feed-the-homeless-in-christchurch-and-connect-with-community/#commentsThu, 18 Feb 2016 15:00:00 +0000https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=29424The Press reported that young Muslim women are helping to break down stereo types and connect with their community by turning up each month to feed the homeless in Christchurch.
The group were initially “nervous” but ...]]>https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/02/19/young-muslim-women-feed-the-homeless-in-christchurch-and-connect-with-community/feed/0Christchurch Council seeks comments on university cycleway plans
https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/02/17/christchurch-council-seeks-comments-on-university-cycleway-plans/
https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/02/17/christchurch-council-seeks-comments-on-university-cycleway-plans/#commentsTue, 16 Feb 2016 15:00:19 +0000https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=29449Christchurch City Council is inviting comments on plans for new cycleways that include traffic lights, shared paths and slow streets where people travelling in cars and on bikes share the road.
Designs showing how the Council ...]]>https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/02/17/christchurch-council-seeks-comments-on-university-cycleway-plans/feed/0Kids invited to take control and get tangled in Christchurch this Waitangi Weekend
https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/02/02/kids-invited-to-take-control-and-get-tangled-in-christchurch-this-waitangi-weekend/
https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/02/02/kids-invited-to-take-control-and-get-tangled-in-christchurch-this-waitangi-weekend/#commentsMon, 01 Feb 2016 15:00:35 +0000https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=29353
Christchurch Art Gallery presents Tangle
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu presents Polygot Theatre’s Tangle, a fun free event in which children take control, creating an enormous abstract work of art.
On the Gallery forecourt this ...]]>https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/02/02/kids-invited-to-take-control-and-get-tangled-in-christchurch-this-waitangi-weekend/feed/0One dozen Canterbury students cycle length of New Zealand to make difference for Kiwi kids
https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/01/29/a-dozen-canterbury-students-cycle-length-of-new-zealand-to-make-difference-for-kiwi-kids/
https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/01/29/a-dozen-canterbury-students-cycle-length-of-new-zealand-to-make-difference-for-kiwi-kids/#commentsThu, 28 Jan 2016 15:00:55 +0000https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=29346
Taking the longest bike ride of their lives, a dozen University of Canterbury students will ride the length of the country to raise awareness and funds for kiwi kids living in poverty.
The students will set ...]]>https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/01/29/a-dozen-canterbury-students-cycle-length-of-new-zealand-to-make-difference-for-kiwi-kids/feed/0Canterbury students head to Thailand to make a difference
https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/01/12/canterbury-students-head-to-thailand-to-make-a-difference/
https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/01/12/canterbury-students-head-to-thailand-to-make-a-difference/#commentsMon, 11 Jan 2016 19:45:21 +0000https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=29251Interning at not-for-profit and ecological organisations in Bangkok is how 14 University of Canterbury (UC) students will spend the next five weeks.
The group left for Thailand this morning, on an experience which will not only ...]]>https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/01/12/canterbury-students-head-to-thailand-to-make-a-difference/feed/0A call for Cantabrians to recognise everyday heroes
https://happyzine.co.nz/2015/10/08/a-call-for-cantabrians-to-recognise-everyday-heroes/
https://happyzine.co.nz/2015/10/08/a-call-for-cantabrians-to-recognise-everyday-heroes/#commentsWed, 07 Oct 2015 15:00:42 +0000https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=28589
A new project is giving Cantabrians a unique opportunity to thank someone who has helped or been kind to them.
#ThatTimeYouHelped – Our Portraits of People Reaching Out to One Another is a collaborative project organised ...]]>https://happyzine.co.nz/2015/10/08/a-call-for-cantabrians-to-recognise-everyday-heroes/feed/0Christchurch students in Nepal during quake raise more than $20,000
https://happyzine.co.nz/2015/06/22/christchurch-students-in-nepal-during-quake-raise-more-than-20000/
https://happyzine.co.nz/2015/06/22/christchurch-students-in-nepal-during-quake-raise-more-than-20000/#commentsSun, 21 Jun 2015 23:04:42 +0000https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=27774By Kip Brook | Make Lemonade
Christchurch schoolgirls who were in Nepal during the devastating April earthquakes have helped raise more than $20,000 for the Nepali recovery effort.
Twenty six students and four teachers from St Margaret’s ...]]>https://happyzine.co.nz/2015/06/22/christchurch-students-in-nepal-during-quake-raise-more-than-20000/feed/0New Zealand’s largest public sculpture gifted to Christchurch
https://happyzine.co.nz/2015/06/11/new-zealands-largest-public-sculpture-gifted-to-christchurch/
https://happyzine.co.nz/2015/06/11/new-zealands-largest-public-sculpture-gifted-to-christchurch/#commentsThu, 11 Jun 2015 08:01:51 +0000https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=27725A new permanent landmark can be seen standing tall over the Canterbury Plains today, as Neil Dawson’s Fanfare, New Zealand’s largest public sculpture, was officially presented and illuminated for the first time yesterday.
The Karanga/Blessing/Mihi by ...]]>https://happyzine.co.nz/2015/06/11/new-zealands-largest-public-sculpture-gifted-to-christchurch/feed/0New exhibition bursting, flipping and wobbling its way to ArtBox
https://happyzine.co.nz/2014/02/12/new-exhibition-bursting-flipping-and-wobbling-its-way-to-artbox/
https://happyzine.co.nz/2014/02/12/new-exhibition-bursting-flipping-and-wobbling-its-way-to-artbox/#commentsTue, 11 Feb 2014 22:19:50 +0000https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=25836https://happyzine.co.nz/2014/02/12/new-exhibition-bursting-flipping-and-wobbling-its-way-to-artbox/feed/0Exhibitors invited for the Christchurch Body Mind Spirit festival
https://happyzine.co.nz/2014/01/08/exhibitors-invited-for-the-christchurch-body-mind-spirit-festival/
https://happyzine.co.nz/2014/01/08/exhibitors-invited-for-the-christchurch-body-mind-spirit-festival/#commentsTue, 07 Jan 2014 21:48:00 +0000https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=25587https://happyzine.co.nz/2014/01/08/exhibitors-invited-for-the-christchurch-body-mind-spirit-festival/feed/0Food resilience in Christchurch an important part of urban planning
https://happyzine.co.nz/2014/01/06/food-resilience-in-christchurch-an-important-part-of-urban-planning/
https://happyzine.co.nz/2014/01/06/food-resilience-in-christchurch-an-important-part-of-urban-planning/#commentsMon, 06 Jan 2014 06:54:10 +0000https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=25558https://happyzine.co.nz/2014/01/06/food-resilience-in-christchurch-an-important-part-of-urban-planning/feed/0Kids imaginations run riot for front yards at Ellerslie Flower Show 2014
https://happyzine.co.nz/2013/11/26/kids-imaginations-run-riot-for-front-yards-at-ellerslie-flower-show-2014/
https://happyzine.co.nz/2013/11/26/kids-imaginations-run-riot-for-front-yards-at-ellerslie-flower-show-2014/#commentsMon, 25 Nov 2013 17:27:58 +0000https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=25285https://happyzine.co.nz/2013/11/26/kids-imaginations-run-riot-for-front-yards-at-ellerslie-flower-show-2014/feed/0Student Volunteer Army co-founder recognised for greening the rebuild of Christchurch.
https://happyzine.co.nz/2013/09/23/student-volunteer-army-co-founder-recognised-for-greening-the-rebuild-of-christchurch/
https://happyzine.co.nz/2013/09/23/student-volunteer-army-co-founder-recognised-for-greening-the-rebuild-of-christchurch/#commentsSun, 22 Sep 2013 19:06:15 +0000https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=24782https://happyzine.co.nz/2013/09/23/student-volunteer-army-co-founder-recognised-for-greening-the-rebuild-of-christchurch/feed/0Cities around the world gift streetlamps to Christchurch for art installation
https://happyzine.co.nz/2013/09/22/cities-around-the-world-gift-streetlamps-to-christchurch-for-art-installation/
https://happyzine.co.nz/2013/09/22/cities-around-the-world-gift-streetlamps-to-christchurch-for-art-installation/#commentsSun, 22 Sep 2013 04:20:58 +0000https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=24793https://happyzine.co.nz/2013/09/22/cities-around-the-world-gift-streetlamps-to-christchurch-for-art-installation/feed/0‘Tree houses for swamp dwellers’ launches in Christchurch
https://happyzine.co.nz/2013/09/06/tree-houses-for-swamp-dwellers-launches-in-christchurch/
https://happyzine.co.nz/2013/09/06/tree-houses-for-swamp-dwellers-launches-in-christchurch/#commentsFri, 06 Sep 2013 04:51:07 +0000https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=24620https://happyzine.co.nz/2013/09/06/tree-houses-for-swamp-dwellers-launches-in-christchurch/feed/0
The Breeze Walking Festival is back for 2016, and it’s bigger than ever before.
With over 50 walks, the festival has almost doubled in size and has something for all ages and abilities. From child-friendly strolls ...]]>
A Shell Chapel, a Mini Marae and a Turret are among the five winning ‘Tiny Huts’ designs that will be built in New Brighton. The winners were announced at New Brighton Mall this afternoon. Each ...]]>
The Press reported that a new design competition for five tiny huts is being launched to breathe life into New Brighton, Christchurch.
“Ideas include a wedding chapel, a puzzle room, an optical illusion and a reading room,” ...]]>
Christchurch City Council
Local organisations working on grassroots projects that contribute to the strengthening of community wellbeing in Christchurch can apply for funding from Christchurch City Council’s Strengthening Communities Funding Schemes from next week.
Community groups have ...]]>
Green light for city cycleways – Christchurch City Council
Construction will start later this year on two multi-million-dollar cycleway projects in Christchurch.
Christchurch City Council have approved the following projects:
Papanui Parallel: A 5.5km long cycleway starting at Bealey ...]]>
The Press reported that young Muslim women are helping to break down stereo types and connect with their community by turning up each month to feed the homeless in Christchurch.
The group were initially “nervous” but ...]]>
Christchurch City Council is inviting comments on plans for new cycleways that include traffic lights, shared paths and slow streets where people travelling in cars and on bikes share the road.
Designs showing how the Council ...]]>
Christchurch Art Gallery presents Tangle
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu presents Polygot Theatre’s Tangle, a fun free event in which children take control, creating an enormous abstract work of art.
On the Gallery forecourt this ...]]>
Taking the longest bike ride of their lives, a dozen University of Canterbury students will ride the length of the country to raise awareness and funds for kiwi kids living in poverty.
The students will set ...]]>
Interning at not-for-profit and ecological organisations in Bangkok is how 14 University of Canterbury (UC) students will spend the next five weeks.
The group left for Thailand this morning, on an experience which will not only ...]]>
A new project is giving Cantabrians a unique opportunity to thank someone who has helped or been kind to them.
#ThatTimeYouHelped – Our Portraits of People Reaching Out to One Another is a collaborative project organised ...]]>
By Kip Brook | Make Lemonade
Christchurch schoolgirls who were in Nepal during the devastating April earthquakes have helped raise more than $20,000 for the Nepali recovery effort.
Twenty six students and four teachers from St Margaret’s ...]]>
A new permanent landmark can be seen standing tall over the Canterbury Plains today, as Neil Dawson’s Fanfare, New Zealand’s largest public sculpture, was officially presented and illuminated for the first time yesterday.
The Karanga/Blessing/Mihi by ...]]>