Good food, good company and a visit from Santa and his elf provided a great evening out at the 2017 Riccarton Neighbourhood Support Group dinner, held at Riccarton Baptist Church on 6th December. As evidence, see the pics below.

Riccarton Neighbourhood Support Group would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas.

Thousands of Christchurch families braved the 28 degree heat to watch this year's Santa Parade as it headed down Riccarton Road yesterday. Here are a couple of videos posted at YouTube by enthusiastic onlookers.

Christchurch's Riccarton Road is a mess, and has been for the past 14 months. Now businesses say they are being told it's being expected to take at least another six months, and it's strangling their businesses, reports The Press (P1, 4/12/2017)

Riccarton Road is to get a reprieve from work from now till after Christmas.

A nationwide test of the Emergency Mobile Alert system is happening on Sunday 26 November.

If your life, health or property is in serious danger, an Emergency Mobile Alert could be sent to your mobile phone.

Check whether your phone is on the list and find out more at www.civildefence.govt.nz

The popular Jellie Park and Pioneer Recreation and Sport Centres are set for an upgrade and repairs project starting in December.

By Elesha Edmonds
Neighbourly Community Engagement Manager

Neighbourly -- a kiwi-made social media website -- has had a lot to celebrate. Soon after celebrating its 3rd birthday the Neighbourly team was brimming with excitement as the site reached 500,000 members across New Zealand.

These days you’d be hard pressed to find someone who hasn’t used the site to sell a sofa, find their lost pet or get a great gardener. But there’s much more to Neighbourly than what you might have heard your neighbour raving about.