Saturday 7th November, 6pm at the Rolleston Reserve, with the usual fun, and this year’s special guests, the New Zealand Army Band. There will be great entertainment and food stalls and of course, when it’s dark enough, the sensational fireworks display!

NO ALCOHOL OR GLASS will be allowed on the grounds this year, and security guards will be deployed to ensure compliance with this new policy. Oh, and leave your dog at home too.

We’re looking forward to welcoming everyone to another great evening. The small admission charges of a minimum of $5.00 per family or a gold coin donation enable us, the volunteers, to cover the cost of the evening.

Enquiries to Jens Christensen, ph 354 5000

We are often asked for a copy of a street map of the Rolleston township, as it is growing rapidly and purchased maps can very quickly become out of date.

The maps commercially produced by the map book companies are very comprehensive and regularly updated, and we encourage all who require a good quality map of Rolleston to consider popping in to a service station or your local bookstore to pick up a copy.

However, we have had produced a double-sided one page map file which will show you the Rolleston streets and the location of some key points of interest.

Rolleston Street Map [PDF 350kb]

As a result of some interest in the Council’s recent decision to assist Central Plains Water Limited towards completing the resource consent hearings, the following media release has been prepared to clarify the Council’s position.

9 October 2009

Selwyn District Council has agreed to provide financial assistance to Central Plains Water Limited (CPW) to help the company complete the resource consent hearings for the Central Plains Water Scheme.

SDC has agreed to buy the $494,000 CPW owes to the Christchurch City Council (CCC), and it has also agreed to make a secured loan to CPW of $800,000.

The payment of $494,000 to CCC means that the City Council now has no involvement in approving loans raised by CPW, as it will no longer be a creditor of the company.

SDC is already a creditor and the $494,000 will be added to the sum of $1.184 million previously advanced to the joint councils’ Central Plains Water Enhancement Committee prior to 2004. This was transferred as a loan to CPW following the company’s formation.

In an associated move, SDC has also lent CPW $800,000 by way of a secured loan, to help the company meet the costs of completing the resource consent hearings for the proposed water scheme.

“Selwyn District Council has bought Christchurch City Council’s loan in Central Plains Water Limited to provide certainty to future borrowing by Central Plains Water to fund its resource consent application,” said the Mayor of Selwyn District Mr Kelvin Coe.

“The Council has also agreed to lend further bridging finance of $800,000 to Central Plains Water Limited with the loan secured against the company’s water assets.

“These two moves will help ensure the Central Plains Water Limited application is funded through to a consent decision,” said Mr Coe.

Prior to this announcement, Selwyn District Council had invested $1.184 million in the scheme, and the debt purchase and new secured loan bring this to a total of $2.478 million.

“As a Council, we recognise the debate on the merits of the scheme has resulted in differing views among some ratepayers, but on balance we feel that a project with such potential for our District, initiated by SDC and CCC  in 2000, should be given the chance to gain its consents,” said Mr Coe.   

For further information contact:
Mayor Kelvin Coe
Tel 03 347 2800. Cellphone 027 267 7732. 

In light of the interest in Local History across Selwyn, the prevalence of Genealogy as a hobby and the upcoming launch of KeteSelwyn in November (stay tuned for more info..) we have taken a 12 month subscription to Ancestry Library Edition on behalf of all Selwyn residents.

You can use this in the Library/Service Centres or from home with your Library card barcode/PIN (go to LIBRARY website > ONLINE > login > ANCESTRY)

Ancestry is an enormous worldwide resource which contains Birth, Marriage and Death data on millions of people, census data, military records, shipping records and many user-made family trees. We’ll soon be providing some training resources and tools to help get people going but to start with the best thing is to have a play. One note - it contains very little NZ-specific data, it’s mainly US and Europe but of course it continues to grow and you can add your own family data to it to help others! "

The Selwyn District Creative New Zealand Creative Communities Assessment Committee needs two new members – one for the Malvern Ward and the other for the Springs Ward.

To... ? Help allocate arts funding in Selwyn.

The Committee, which operates under the wing of the Selwyn District Council, distributes money that has been given to the Council by Creative NZ for the funding of local arts and cultural projects. It meets four times a year to consider funding applications.

The unpaid positions, starting 1 December 2009, are for a term of three years. Travel expenses are reimbursed. As an ideal candidate you will have been actively involved in the arts in Malvern or Springs Wards and be keen to encourage and promote arts activities within Selwyn District. If you are interested in either of these positions, please apply in writing including details of your involvement in the arts, by 5pm, Friday 9 October 2009.

Hand your application for the Malvern position into the Darfield Library/Service Centre (Attention: Judith Pascoe), or for the Springs position into the Lincoln Service Centre (Attention: Stuart Westoby).

Or, post your application to Creative Communities Assessment Committee Position, Selwyn District Council, PO Box 90 Rolleston, 7643. Attention: Judith Pascoe (Malvern position) or Stuart Westoby (Springs position).

Contact Stuart Westoby at the Lincoln Service Centre 3188 338 or 3472 875, or email: arts@selwyn.govt.nz

Have you thought about using the Centre for your next function? We have a great lounge suitable for weddings, 21sts and club prizegivings, and a smaller room at the back, ideal for kids’ birthday parties.

The stadium is perfect for large functions, shows and larger club events .

Our rates are very reasonable so call the Centre on (03) 347-2882 to view or to book.

The new primary school in Rolleston has a school zone that encompasses the southern end of Rolleston township. The zone border is Edwards and Selwyn Roads in the south, Lincoln Rolleston Road in the east, and Brookside Road in the west. The northern edge of the zone is a little more complicated, cutting through the township residential area via Rolleston Drive, Rembrandt Drive, Michelangelo Drive and Tennyson Street.

The following maps indicate the school zone for the new primary school:

Complete school zone [JPG 691kb]

Northern edge of the school zone [JPG 703kb]

Statistics on Selwyn District are available at the Local Councils website. Information available is taken from the most recent Census.

You can find out about Selwyn's population, age profile, ethnicities, employment statuses, income levels, and various bits of info about households.

None of this data is identifying - it is all accumulated from the Census results by the Department of Internal Affairs.