News & Events
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News
Regreening Barnett Park 3rd May
First planting session of the season in Barnett Park will be on Saturday 3rd May from 1pm to 3pm.
Please meet at the gate from Bay View Road - wear gloves, a sun hat, and bring a planting tool if you have one (grubber or spade). We do have tools to share, if you don’t! We will be working on the land behind the dog park. There will be plants that need planting close to track and others up the bank. Keen growers have provided hundreds of young plants grown from locally sourced seeds, so all it needs is for you to come and help and we will have new bush and forest.
Have you played at Mt Pleasant Tennis?
Mt Pleasant Tennis Club is inviting members past and present to join its centennial celebrations on Saturday, April 26. The four-court club is holding an afternoon tea and dinner to mark the 100th milestone. Current president Richard Jones says the club is in excellent heart. "We've gone from strength to strength in the past decade and we're delighted with the number of new members joining the club. The juniors programme is also flourishing which bodes well for the club's future." To register for the centennial celebrations, please visit their site here.
Mother of All Clean Ups, 10th May
Once more it is time to show some love to the rivers and Estuary. The annual “Mother of all River and Estuary Clean Ups” event this year will be held on Saturday May 10th starting at 10am. Hosted on Mothers’ Day weekend to commemorate Mother Earth by cleaning up her rivers and estuaries. Everyone welcome - can you help in our patch? Beachville Road estuary edge mudflats, shore, pathway and plantings - rubbish collection will be organised by Chris Doudney of the RRA.
Meet at 10am at the Redcliffs jetty on the corner of Celia Street and Beachville Road. Gloves and rubbish bags provided.
Learn to speak Italiano with Beniamino
Last chance to enrol. Italian Language Courses at the Redcliffs Library. Enrolment is now open for the next Italian Language Course A1 (absolute beginners) which starts Tuesday 29 April 2025.
The link to the course information and registration form is on the Connectitalia website here.
Enjoyment guaranteed! Beniamino.
Anzac Day in Sumner
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.
Coastal Adaptation Plan - our turn will come
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.
Regular events
Farmers Market
Every Saturday 9.30am - 12.30pm at Mount Pleasant Community Centre, McCormacks Bay.
Your local market needs your support. New cheese stall. Delicious fresh food, coffee, plants, stalls, live music, knife sharpener once a month, Predator Free Port Hills on second Saturday, Art and Craft Market monthly. 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.
Predator Free Redcliffs 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.
Redcliffs Community Shed
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
Sumner/Redcliffs RSA
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.
Redcliffs Residents Association
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.
Waihoro Spreydon Cashmere Heathcote Community Board meetings
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.
Planting days
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.
Barnett Park Regeneration Project
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.
Drayton Reserve
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.
Information Centre and Sumner Museum
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.
Eastenders
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.
Oral History Project
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.
City to Sumner Community Watch Patrol needs volunteers
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
Rockers of Ages Choir
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.
Coffee and Conversation and Happy Hour, Fridays in Redcliffs
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.
Ongoing issues
Main Road Master Plan
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.
Christchurch Coastal Pathway development
Website: www.christchurchcoastalpathway.org.nz
Local planning issues
Lots going on - Main Road Master Plan, Estuary Edge Master Plan, coastal hazards. Interested to be involved? Contact the RRA committee at Contact us.
