Redcliffs Residents Association
Information for Redcliffs residents
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The President and Members of the Sumner-Redcliffs RSA will be holding their Anzac Day Service at 11am on Friday 25th April at the Memorial Gates on Wakefield Street.
There will be a march to the Gates from the corner of Wakefield St and Arnold St assembling at 10.30 am and setting off at 10.50am. The service will start at 11am.
The Council has just published their Coastal Hazards Adaptation Plan for Lyttelton Harbour and Port Levy, which is the result of a body of work undertaken between the council planners and the local communities. Sooner or later this process will need to happen in our community, to start formal preparations for coping with sea level rise. Anyone interested can read the Plan here. If you would like to be involved in local planning please contact the Redcliffs Residents Association or their planning sub committee led by Evan Price.
All residents are members! Update from the RRA committee - with the new Societies Act we now have two classes of membership - the committee and office bearers form one class and we have "Community Members" who are everyone who lives in Redcliffs, or works here or owns properties or businesses in the area. The membership fee is zero, so is one of the few things in life that is genuinely free. All members are welcome to attend the monthly committee meetings but if you want to vote or take an active role in the work of the Association please contact the secretary to sign up. Phone Pat on 0274274772, or email secretary@redcliffs.org.nz.
The RRA is holding a public meeting on Monday 7th April at 7pm at Redcliffs School hall, with a speaker on a fascinating topic of great local interest - Basalt, hāngī, and moa: archaeology: the archaeology of the Redcliffs Village Site.
The speaker is Tristan Wadsworth of Overground Underground Archeology who led the archeological excavation at the School site. Tristan has been living and working in Christchurch and surrounds for 10 years and has been involved in several archaeological investigations in Redcliffs and the surrounding area. This is home to some of the earliest archaeological sites within Canterbury, dating to the 14th century, and within a few generations of the first settlers of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Redcliffs Flat was a large permanent village site occupied around 1390-1450 AD, but with evidence for regular occupation in the general area into the 18th century. This early community used tools sourced from distant parts of the country, and gathered resources from the estuary, sea, and forests of the Port Hills, fishing, gathering shellfish, hunting seals and other sea mammals, and moa and other birds, including several now-extinct species. The area is archaeologically rich, and has much remaining to tell us about the early environment and history of Canterbury.
Environment Canterbury consultation on their draft Annual Plan 2025/26 is expected to open later this month. They are asking for your feedback on three specific public transport topics that will particularly affect residents of Greater Christchurch. They would also like to hear your thoughts about some changes proposed to resource consent deposits and staff charges, which may impact general ratepayers.
Your feedback will help our councillors decide which route to take and shape our Annual Plan for Canterbury in 2025/26. From 28 February, submissions can be made online at ecan.govt.nz as well as through email, post or by picking up a physical submission form from the library.
Council matters. Public feedback on the Draft Annual Plan opens on Wednesday 26 February and runs until 11.59pm on Friday 28 March 2025. Find details on the Christchurch City Council website and give your views.
The Sumner Ferrymead Foundation is continuing to supporting the local community with awards and support. For individuals there are academic and Outward Bound scholarships and an apprenticeship. For clubs, groups and orgnanisations - Sports, Arts and Culture, Environment and Community awards. Details on their website here. Applications for 2025 close on 6th April.
Every Saturday 9.30am - 12.30pm at Mount Pleasant Community Centre, McCormacks Bay.
Your local market needs your support. New cheese stall too. Delicious fresh food, coffee, plants, stalls, live music. For market enquiries phone: 021 239 8946.
Second Saturday of the month, look for the Predator Free Port Hills stall for advice and subsidised traps for backyard trapping of rats, possums, stoats etc so you can help with the area-wide project.
Redcliffs has a local group working as part of the wider Predator Free Port Hills initiative. The Predator Free Redcliffs Group encourages everyone with a garden to get involved with trapping and baiting in the local area as well as helping in the reserves and parks on the Port Hills nearby. We can organise the provision of highly subsidised traps for catching rats, stoats, mice, possums, hedgehogs and mustelids and advise on their use.
Contact predatorfreeredcliffs@gmail.com. See also the Facebook page Sumner Pest Control Group for up to date news about their efforts and successes. This is part of a co-ordinated environmental effort for regeneration and restoration of wildlife, and the area is already seeing a marked increase in sightings of bellbirds, warblers and fantails.
Workshop, tools and craft space, open to the public to use - contact the Shed Supervisor or look at thier notice board for details of current activities, projects and opening hours.
Address: 99C Main Road, Redcliffs.
Email: redcliffscommunityshed@gmail.com
Good news, our local RSA is now on line! Keep in touch with their events and news via their website here. Remember you're always welcome to join members each week:
COFFEE MORNING – 10.30AM TUESDAYS – VILLAGE INN
Members of the Sumner Redcliffs RSA meet at the Village Inn for comradeship and coffee.
Committee meetings are held regularly, usually on the second Monday of the month at the REDCLIFFS LIBRARY, 91 Main Road, (rear entrance) at 7.30pm. All residents welcome to attend, to catch up on local issues. There is a Directory for Redcliffs in booklet form if you prefer that to the internet variety - contact the Secretary for copies Tel: 03 376 6133 or email secretary@redcliffs.org.nz.
These local council meetings are held at the Council Service Centre, Christchurch South Library. Members of the public are welcome to attend. The dates, agendas and minutes can be found on the Council website and here.
There are regular planting and maintenance days in the area, in Barnett Park, Drayton Reserve, Mahoe-nui above Sumner, McCormacks Bay, Charlesworth wetland reserve at Humphreys Drive (every Sunday 3pm - 5pm) and Calder Green reserve in Heathcote. Volunteers who would like to get their hands dirty in the interests of improving the environment are always welcome. See Projects & Activities page for more details.
There is a lot going on to restore and improve the upper section of Barnett Park, beyond the playing fields. Enjoy gardening? Try your hand at removing pest species from a rather bigger area. Regular work parties.
For up to date information on this exciting ecological project at the back of Redcliffs, and how to get involved see the Drayton Reserve Volunteers website.
The Hub, a comprehensive information centre for the Sumner/Redcliffs area, is open at the Sumner community centre and library Matuku Takotako (corner of Wakefield Avenue and Nayland Street) Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Co-ordinator: email here. The museum has also reopened in the centre.
Volunteers organised by the Summit Road Society undertake track maintenance In Barnett Park and on the eastern Port Hills. Second and fourth Monday mornings. Contact Paul Tebbutt for details of regular work parties - new members welcome. Car pooling where possible.
Phone: (03) 384 3086.
Sumner Bays Union Trust is in the early stages of developing an oral history project for Sumner and Redcliffs. We have a generation of people who were both adults during World War 2 and during the earthquakes. As these people are in their 80s and 90s, time is of the essence, so we’re going to work on recording as many of these stories as we can while these wonderful people are still with us. If you know of a suitable candidate for this project, please let Eddie Hayes know. We will ensure that appropriate steps are taken so that the process is as clear and ethical as possible, including obtaining written consent from participants. Contact admin@sumnerbays.org.nz.
The City to Sumner Community Watch Patrol is a community group for this area which operates both day and night endeavoring to keep crime and graffiti down. The patrol provides, cars, fuel and instruction. It is under the supervision of the NZ Police and Community Patrols of NZ (CPNZ). We would like more members to help with the patrols on a rostered four hour patrol each month time to be indicated/requested by you, this may be either day or night at your preference. The areas covered by the patrols are Linwood, Woolston, Heathcote, Sumner, Lyttelton, and the Eastern Port Hills. Are you interested? Please contact: Colin Morris. Tel: 0225027077
For Elders and Aspiring Elders (any age welcome) Sing songs from around the world as well as fun and funky songs from the last five decades in harmony, it really doesn't matter what your voice is like or whether you think you can sing or not. Every practise includes time for a cup of tea and a chance to get to know each other. Music is provided, but you don't need to be able to read music. There are NO AUDITIONS. Donation (suggested range $2-$10 per week).
Wednesdays, 10am-12pm, Sumner Bridge Club, 57 Dryden Street, Sumner
Email: admin@themuse.org.nz or phone 0800 THE MUSE (0800 843 687) for more information.
Sumner Bays Union Trust hold these nice events, aimed mainly at seniors, in the Uniting Church Hall, Augusta Street. Coffee and Conversation is at 10.30 a.m. on Fridays, with guest speakers, games and other activities, but once a month on the first Friday of the month (except it will be the second Friday in November) it will be replaced by Happy Hour from 4pm - 6pm instead.
The Council have proposed landscaping and other improvements for the Main Road through Redcliffs, similar to the work planned for Sumner and Woolston. However this is on hold at the moment due to funding constraints. Anyone with suggestions or complaints about local matters please contact the Redcliffs Residents Association.
Website: www.christchurchcoastalpathway.org.nz
Lots going on - Main Road Master Plan, Estuary Edge Master Plan, coastal hazards. Interested to be involved? Contact the RRA committee at Contact us.
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The President and Members of the Sumner-Redcliffs RSA will be holding their Anzac Day Service at 11am on Friday 25th April at the Memorial Gates on Wakefield Street.
There will be a march to the Gates from the corner of Wakefield St and Arnold St assembling at 10.30 am and setting off at 10.50am. The service will start at 11am.
Read more news items on our news and events page.
Minutes from the most recent committee meeting of the Redcliffs Residents Association can be read here:
Minutes from 10 February 2025 (pdf, 36 KB)
A complete list of meeting minutes is available on our meeting minutes page.