Author: Rangiora.co.nz

No straws please!

No straws please! Plastic straw free Rangiora campaign is gaining even more traction. Budding film makers and North Loburn school students Ranger Leary, Campbell Richardson, Tom hassall and Izzy Ashurst won The Outlook for Someday 2017 Film Awards! They won the Sustainable Future Award for their film about Plastic Straw Free Rangiora. Make sure you check out their film here: http://www.theoutlookforsomeday.net/films/2017/063/ Part of the campaign’s focus is to consider the use of single-use plastics, and plastic straws are a great place to start. Fools of Desire cafe owner Elisa Leach is on a roll in promoting the initiative. “We’ve...

Hurunui Race and Gala Day

Address: Hurunui Racecourse, Medbury Road, Hurunui (A roughly 50 minute drive from Rangiora) Date: 10 February 2018 Price: $10 (NZD) The biennial Hurunui Race and Gala day will be held this year on Saturday 10 February at the historic Hurunui Race Course on Medbury Road, North Canterbury. Proceeds from the day go towards helping local cancer support groups. Just ten minutes north or Waikari, the race day will also feature Kidz Kartz as well as pacing and trotting equalisator events. A non-win pace, open pace and an open trot at this stage are planned, but nominations will dictate...

Christmas at Waimakariri Libraries

Christmas Giving Tree The Waimakariri Library staff wish you a Merry Christmas! You’re warmly invited to place a present under the Christmas trees at any Waimakariri Library, to bring some joy to those in need this Christmas, and please specify if the gift is for a child or an adult. Presents will be distributed prior to Christmas by Kaiapoi Community Support, Hope Community Trust Rangiora, and Oxford Community Trust. Christmas Family Night at the Libraries Celebrate the season with your local libraries! Join the Waimakariri Library a night of your favourite Christmas stories and songs, and craft your own Christmas...

Rangiora Santa Parade & Xmas in the Park 2017

The Rangiora Toyota Santa Parade is one of the biggest parades in the South Island outside of Christchurch. Each year Rangiora residents are fortunate to see more floats enter this fantastic holiday celebration and community-centered event. Come into town for an awesome day of fun and entertainment. Enjoy the magic of Christmas. Christmas Party in the Park is in Rangiora’s Victoria Park from 12noon to 6pm. The Rangiora Toyota Santa Parade starts at 2pm. See the parade route below! Prizes for Best Float: Rangiora New World Gift Vouchers First Prize $200 PLUS take home the Our Town Rangiora Shield! Second Prize $100...

Rangiora teachers leading the way

Rangiora and other North Canterbury teacher’s recently came together to form a community of learning. According to Stuff: Fernside School principal David Taylor, the lead principal in the Puketeraki Kahui Ako, said the day was a huge success and it was the first time on record that staff from the primary and secondary sectors have come together in Rangiora to learn from, and with, each other. He said the main focus for the day was to get the big messages about the Community of Learning to all teachers. “Communicating, collaborating and connecting; our mission statement is ‘our learners, our community, our future’,” he said....