1. New Building | Background (Prior to 13th June 2024)
2. Working Party | Members, Role & 2023 Consultation Feedback
3. New Building | Timeline (From the 13th June 2024)
1. New Building | Background (Prior to 13th June 2024)
– The Shirley Community Centre building (1,500m2) was a Category 2 historic place (#7117) & demolished in 2012, due to earthquake damage.
“Facilities Rebuild Tranche 1, 21. Shirley Community Centre.
Replace. Section 38 (claim insured value).”
https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/The-Rebuild/Community-facilities/CommunityFacilitiesTranche1.pdf
– From 2013-2016 the ‘Crossway Church’ proposal was considered for the 10 Shirley Road site:
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/crossway-church-proposal/
– Community Facilities Rebuild Programme (2017)
“Facilities Rebuild Work Left to Complete v Contingency, Page 14
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2017/09/COU_20170906_AGN_4993_AT.PDF
• The current budget would only build back a facility of 447m2.
• The size of the demolished building was 1,500m2.
• Contingency needs to be made for community expectations.
• The current budget would only build back a facility of 447m2.
• Have therefore put in a contingency to allow for a total facility cost of $5M.
• If we were to build back to the same meterage, we would need $8,250,000.”
– The 10 Shirley Road site is the Shirley ‘Community’ Reserve:
• The ‘Classification of Reserve’ was dated 7th July 1980 & published in The New Zealand Gazette: Thursday, 18th September 1980:
“declares the reserve described in the Schedule hereto, to be classified as a reserve for local purpose (site for a community centre).”
• The ‘Reservation of Land’ was dated 8th September 1980 & published in The New Zealand Gazette: Thursday, 18th September 1980:
“sets apart the land, described in the Schedule thereto, as a reserve for local purpose (site for a community centre).”
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/shirley-community-reserve/
– Legal Implications for the Shirley ‘Community’ Reserve state:
“9.9. The land at 10 Shirley Rd is classified as reserve, vested in the Council by the Crown to be held “in trust for local purpose (site for a community centre)”.
That means the land could not be used for any other purpose than a community centre unless and until the reserve classification is changed.
This involves a process set out in the Reserves Act 1977, providing for notification and objections by the public.
It also appears the land could not simply sit “vacant” with the reserve status unchanged, as that would also be inconsistent with the reserve purpose.”
19 August 2015 | Shirley/Papanui Community Board Meeting
Item 9. Shirley Community Facility Rebuild, Page 27
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2015/08/SPCB_19082015_AGN.PDF
– The Shirley ‘Community’ Reserve is surrounded by the Dudley Character Area.
The role of the ‘Dudley Design Guide’ is “to provide an overview of the special qualities of Dudley and a series of corresponding design principles, which give direction to the development or alteration to houses and sections”:
https://riseuprichmond.nz/dudley-character-area/
– The Shirley Playcentre is located within the Shirley ‘Community’ Reserve, at 61 Chancellor Street:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/otU2WxwTvesc92LP9
– ‘Community Hub Support’ Blog Post (12 August 2023)
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/community-hub-support/
– ‘Why Are We Still Waiting?’ Blog Post (21 April 2024)
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/why-are-we-still-waiting/
– ‘Shirley Community Reserve Proposed Facility’ Blog Post (8 June 2024)
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/shirley-community-reserve-proposed-facility/
– ‘Shirley ‘What?’ Blog Post (12 June 2024)
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/shirley-what/
– For further background information on the decision-making timeline prior to the 13th June 2024 Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board meeting:
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/shirley-community-centre-decision-making/
2. Working Party | Members, Role & 2023 Consultation Feedback
Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board Members:
“Emma Norrish [Chair, Papanui], Jake McLellan [Councillor, Central] and Emma Twaddell [Innes] will join the Working Party for the project.”
14 November 2024 | Waipapa P-I-C Community Board Area Report
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2024/11/PCBCC_20241114_AGN_9132_AT.PDF
‘Design work begins for Shirley Centre’
“Council staff have started the process to design a mixed-use community building for the Shirley Community Reserve at 10 Shirley Road.
Emma Norrish, Jake McLellan and Emma Twaddell will join the Working Party for the project to represent the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board.
Initial surveying works have already started on the site and Geotech consultants been busy.
The Shirley Community Centre (Christchurch’s first community run centre) ran in the former intermediate school building at 10 Shirley Road until the building suffered a similar fate to the St Albans Community Centre in the earthquakes.
Some residents there have been pushing for a replacement but have faced opposition from other groups in Shirley and Richmond also serving the community.
The St Albans Residents Association is helping support the Shirley Centre plan.”
March/April 2025 | St Albans News, Page 8
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yFY1xiHqwLrJAXlWzyhAOEU-ThiFahu7/
LGOIMA [1323259] Request Date: 7th March 2025
Re: Shirley Community Centre
Shirley Community Reserve, 10 Shirley Road
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/lgoima-request-ticket-1323259/
Q. Who are the other people/organisations/businesses involved in the Working Party?
• CCC Facilities Manager
• CCC Project Manager
• CCC Parks Manager – Planner
• CCC Community Development Advisor
• Shirley Community Trust
• Shirley Village Project
• St Albans Residents Association
• Eastern Community Sport and Recreation Inc
• We are Richmond.*
*
– 1. Shirley Playcentre is located on the the Shirley ‘Community’ Reserve, yet no representative from this organisation has been included in the Working Party?
– 2. Shirley Recreational Walkers have been run from this site for over 20 years, yet no representative from this organisation has been included in the Working Party?
– 3. Residents have been the most vocal, advocating for a new building at 10 Shirley Road, yet none have been included in the Working Party?
• https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/where-is-our-community-centre-petition/
• https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/shirley-road-central-group/
• https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/joanna-gould-submissions/
Q. What are their roles in the Working Party, design & build process of the new building?
– Discuss and provide feedback on the development concept and any other relevant documentation relating to the project.
– Raise the profile of the project and provide a channel of communication so that the wider community feels confident, informed, and engaged about the project and the progress being made.
– Work as a team to achieve the overall goal of the project.
– Provide recommendations, and suggestions to the Project Team to ensure that the design meets the needs of the community.
– Act as a conduit between Council and the Community to inform the development of the facility and park space.
2023 Consultation Feedback from the Working Party members:
https://letstalk.ccc.govt.nz/download_file/view/3925/475
– Shirley Community Trust
• (Page 1, #3701, Shirley Community Trust, Ann Powley)
‘A Recreational and play space’ option.
“We don’t need another community hub – we already have a few of those in Shirley…
Also – there are more anxious people in our community than we fully realise.
Many will not come to community hubs, or any facility that has too many people in a confined space, is too loud and bustling, or makes demands of them socially that they are not comfortable with.
Outside spaces such as this could be offer gentler opportunity for interaction to the degree people are comfortable with, in a way they are more comfortable with.”
• (Page 14, #3583, Jane Mitchell, Personal feedback)
‘A Recreational and play space’ option.
“Love the open space with the opportunity for people to connect/play with events etc. the pump track has been a great addition and great to see the number of kids using this.”
– Shirley Village Project
• (Page 12, #948, Rebecca Roper-Gee, Personal feedback)
‘Recreation and play space’ option.
“The existing playground, half court, table tennis table, pump track all get use.
The green space is used but the uneven surface limits uses – e.g. not the safest for running around on. A toilet would be fantastic and increase usability, and potentially picnic area and BBQs.
I don’t believe we need another building. Delta, Avebury House, Masons Lodge, schools, Shirley Library, the Palms, Shirley Community Trust all have spaces that can be used for meetings etc.
I think it is better to support these hubs where there is already energy rather than pour energy into a new building – it’s the volunteers and collaborations that bring value for community, not the structures.”
– St Albans Residents Association
• (Page 1, #6812, St Albans Residents Association, Jason Harvey)
‘Community Hub’ option.
“A purpose built building for the Shirley Community that is fully accessible and and will accommodate the activities that contribute to the wellbeing of the residents now and in the future is needed at this site.
Shirley is a deprived area of the city and this is an opportunity for the CCC to address this inequality and provide a space which will be around for the next 100 years for the community to use and develop.
With the educational and commercial facilities around the site the centre will add to and benefit the community hub which together with the public transport route enable the community a more sustainable future.”
– We are Richmond
• (Page 4-5, #2324, David Duffy, Former Chair of We are Richmond, Personal feedback)
‘Community Hub’ option.
“A true community hub should aim to meet the needs of all members of the community and recognise the value of maintaining an environment which meets a balance of physical, social and ecological needs in a sustainable form.
It would provide space for a 2/3 room building or buildings allowing for small group community meetings or activity venues.
It would incorporate in its overall ground plan a landscaping plan which leads to an integrated mix: of buildings; passive (outdoor chess) and more vigorous activity spaces (eg. half-court basketball, pump track); areas of planting supplementing the current Christchurch-wide food forest initiatives; amenities such as indoor/outdoor kitchen/barbecue facilities; toilets within and independent of buildings; outdoor power outlets.
It should NOT be dominated by any one type of facility and should take into account the range of age groups living in the area it would serve.
Current road rebuilding and newly introduced speed restrictions in the surrounding streets will enhance the safety for users of the facility.
It should be noted that the petition presented a few years ago by a local group claimed to have 680 signatures.
However, 35% of these came from people who did not list themselves as residents of the area which is the subject of this submission and therefore the validity of the petition is questionable.”
• (Page 14, #4375, Murray James, Current Chair of We are Richmond, Personal feedback)
‘Recreation and play space’ option.
“Richmond is well serviced by community spaces and resources, Avebury House, Richmond Community Garden, Avon Hub, Delta, Richmond Club.
It does not need another capital asset that then requires funding to be spread away from these established organisations / places to support and maintain it.
The Shirley community has made great strides developing their own community activity around McFarlane Park.
The activators in this space should be consulted directly as to their view again – I find it unlikely that they would want greater competition for the very hard fought community funding options that exist.
In terms of a capital spend – and if CCC were able to collaborate with MOE and the community – there is a big opportunity to enhance the Shirley Intermediate swimming pool – taking it from an asset that the school cannot afford to maintain and making it a community assets that is supported and maintained by all for all.
This along with other development opportunities for the space linking it up with the Avon Hub facilities and extracting improved amenity value from the Pareawa storm water detention basis has the potential for a considerably better return for the councils capital spend.
A recreation and play space is good – community gardens only work if there is a committed clutch of volunteers so leave the funding for that where it is working at RCG [Richmond Community Garden] basketball court BBQ etc – all good for little cost.
Developing a building on site largely driven by a noisy few who are stuck on nostalgia does not make commercial sense and would be a poor use of ratepayer capital.”
– Shirley Playcentre [located on the Shirley Community Reserve, but not included in the Working Party]
• (Page 3, #1661, Amy Passant, Personal feedback)
‘Community Hub’ option.
This side of Shirley Rd is desperate for a community hub. We have been waiting years for our community centre to be rebuilt.
I have been involved with the Playcentre in the reserve for almost 10 years now and we have been consulted so many times, and every time our families have expressed their need for a community centre to help bring our wider community together. Somewhere with spaces for community groups to meet, a cafe, community classes etc.
The table tennis table and benches were a huge waste of money and we never see them used.
The basketball court is too close to the road and rarely used.
The pump track is loved by all the school kids and our Playcentre tamariki and the playground is used mostly in the 15mins before and after school pickup, but the rest of the reserve is rarely used.
We do however say thank you for installing new fencing as it is much safer for families with young children to use the playground and pump track now that it more securely fenced.
The stream remediation work was fantastic but isn’t maintained often enough.”
– Shirley Recreational Walkers [run from this site for over 20 years, but not included in the Working Party]
• (Page 9, #5452, Sue Lang, Personal Feedback)
‘Community Hub’ option.
“I would like to see a Community Centre reinstated on this site as promised. It could sit well alongside a recreation and play space as as there was plenty of room for both building and play areas when I attended school there in the 1960’s.
10 Shirley Road is on an excellent bus route served by several buses including The Orbiter.
It was used by many groups and organisations both day and night.
New houses are being built in the area with a growing population with many people not having cars.
Although I do not live in the area, I grew up in Shirley and have run my walking groups (Shirley Recreational Walkers) from this site for over twenty years and feel strongly on this matter.
What has happened to the insurance payout for the former building? I was most concerned when I saw new fencing going up and hope that the money hasn’t gone towards this.
I see brand new or rebuilt communities facilities being built in other areas like St Albans but not back in Shirley. Why not?
When you say that here was a split decision from your last consultation, I wonder whether people have given up after all this time and had moved on. As you can see, I have not, as seeing the empty site where the building used to be is a constant reminder when we meet there twice a week what we have lost.”
3. New Building | Timeline (From the 13th June 2024)
Waipapa P-I-C Community Board | Shirley Community Reserve Info
https://letstalk.ccc.govt.nz/waipapa-papanui-innes-central-community-board/shirley-community-reserve
1. Explore partnership opportunities to support the community to fulfill its vision
Measures of success:
The reserve will be a destination of choice for the community, a safe space, a place that enhances well-being, and provides a place for social connection.
Progress to date / actions taken:
– To be explored now the community’s vision for the future of Shirley Community Reserve is clarified through the community engagement process.
– The Board resolved on 13 June 2024 to request that staff identify an appropriate community partner/operator to progress the development of the community facility at Shirley Community Reserve and report this back to the Board.
– A working group with key stakeholders has commenced meeting to support the project developing a community facility at Shirley Community Reserve.
2. Encourage the community to be active and participate in any decision-making that may influence the outcomes of Shirley Community Reserve
Progress to date / actions taken:
– Deputations on the proposed community facility for Shirley Community Reserve were welcomed to the Board meeting on 13 June 2024, where the Board resolved to request that staff initiate the process to design an ‘on budget community building’ on Shirley Community Reserve that will enable a mixed use of the Reserve and support recreation, play and social connections.
– An article on the Board’s webpage regarding the agreed vision for Shirley Community Reserve reports the further detail:
“…the Board had resolved to accept the recommendation to initiate a process to design an on-budget community building on the reserve that will enable a mixed use of the reserve and support recreation, play and social connections…
The budget is staggered over the next three financial years, and the Board also requested that an appropriate community partner/operator be identified for the community facility.
This is in accordance with the Council’s Community Facilities Network Plan, which includes the requirement for a new Council opportunity that there be:
“a willing and able community partner that should be in a position to lead and drive the project end to end unless there is a clear reason why Council must lead.”
Responding to one of the suggestions made through the community feedback, the Board noted its support for a request to include an accessible playground and accessible change facility in the plans for the reserve.
The development of outdoor recreation and play elements will receive further consideration in the future as opportunities arise to integrate the plans for a community building with the balance of the reserve being available to be enjoyed as park.
The Board had already separately set aside money from its Better Off Fund for CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design) planning to facilitate that the reserve should be a safe and inviting community space for years to come.”
https://letstalk.ccc.govt.nz/waipapa-papanui-innes-central-community-board/agreed-vision-shirley-community-reserve
3. Advocate for funding to be brought forward in the LTP if appropriate
Progress to date / actions taken:
– The Board’s LTP 2024-34 submission noted that: Shirley Community Reserve (projects 20053 and 74005) is a specific dedicated priority in the Community Board Plan.
The community has been consulted several times over the last three terms regarding their vision for the future of the reserve, where a well used Community Centre stood before the Canterbury earthquakes.
The Board supports funding being brought forward to be in line with a forthcoming Board decision.
This will provide certainty to the community that this key space will be duly invested in and developed so it can be successfully activated.
There is understood to be additional funding for the Parks-funded component of Shirley Community Reserve, available in the parent programme (61782), subject to the nature of the decision on its future of the reserve, theoretically suggesting the possibility of commencing with Parks-funded components ahead of where the Facility funding (20053) is currently sitting.
Again, the Board would like to see the Parks funding drawn down from the parent programme into a separate line item, so that it may be visible and subject to a current decision-making process.
– The Board succeeded in having the funding for a community facility on Shirley Community Reserve brought forward in the LTP 2024-34.
As part of the LTP the Council agreed to bring forward the funding as follows:
• MR6a(i): $75,000 in FY24/25 (Year 1 of the Long Term Plan);
• MR6a(ii): $800,000 in FY25/26 (Year 2 of the Long Term Plan); and
• MR6a(iii): $2.83 million in FY26/27 (Year 3 of the Long Term Plan).
– The Council’s letter of response to the Board after the adoption of its LTP noted its commitment to $50,000 for a landscape development plan for Shirley Community Reserve.
– In its submission on the Council’s 2025/26 Annual Plan, the Board reaffirmed that Shirley Community Reserve (formerly the Shirley Community Centre site) remains a top priority, noting that the community has been consulted several times over the last three terms (nine years) around the use of the sited.
It emphasised the need to give certainty to the community that this key space will be developed so it can be successfully activated, as soon as possible.
15 August 2024 | Waipapa P-I-C Community Board Area Report
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2024/08/PCBCC_20240815_AGN_9129_AT.PDF
“The Community Board has resolved for staff to initiate the process to design an on-budget community building on the Reserve that will enable mixed use.
Funding has been secured in the LTP.”
12 September 2024 | Waipapa P-I-C Community Board Area Report
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2024/09/PCBCC_20240912_AGN_9130_AT.PDF
“The Community Board has resolved for staff to initiate the process to design an on-budget community building on the Reserve that will enable mixed use.
Funding has been secured in the LTP.”
10 October 2024 | Waipapa P-I-C Community Board Area Report
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2024/10/PCBCC_20241010_AGN_9131_AT.PDF
“The Board resolved for staff to initiate the process to design an on-budget community building on the Reserve that will enable mixed use.”
14 November 2024 | Waipapa P-I-C Community Board Area Report
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2024/11/PCBCC_20241114_AGN_9132_AT.PDF
“The Board resolved for staff to initiate the process to design an on-budget community building on the Reserve that will enable mixed use.
• Emma Norrish [Chair, Papanui],
• Jake McLellan [Councillor, Central] and
• Emma Twaddell [Innes] will join the Working Party for the project.”
12 December 2024 | Waipapa P-I-C Community Board Area Report
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2024/12/PCBCC_20241212_AGN_9133_AT.PDF
“The Board resolved for staff to initiate the process to design an on-budget community building on the Reserve that will enable mixed use.
Emma Norrish, Jake McLellan and Emma Twaddell will join the Working Party for the project.”
29 January 2025 | CCC Finance and Performance Committee
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2025/01/FPCO_20250129_AGN_8565_AT.PDF
“Citizens and Communities, Page 171
Project Forecast Negative/Positive Variances FY25 (Top 5)
20053 – Shirley Community Centre
Year Budget: $0.1M, Year Forecast: $0.2M, Variance: ($0.1M)”
13 February 2025 | Waipapa P-I-C Community Board Area Report
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2025/02/PCBCC_20250213_AGN_9134_AT.PDF
“The Board resolved for staff to initiate the process to design an on-budget community building on the Reserve that will enable mixed use.
Emma Norrish, Jake McLellan and Emma Twaddell will join the Working Party for the project to represent the Community Board.
The Project Manager has engaged with Geotech consultants who will start their investigations by the end of January.
Initial surveying works has already started on the site.”
13 March 2025 | Waipapa P-I-C Community Board Area Report
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2025/03/PCBCC_20250313_AGN_9135_AT.PDF
“The Board resolved for staff to initiate the process to design an on-budget community building on the Reserve that will enable mixed use.
Emma Norrish, Jake McLellan and Emma Twaddell will join the Working Party for the project to represent the Community Board with work underway to identify community representatives to also join the group.
It is anticipated that an initial meeting will be held the end of March/April.
The Project Manager has engaged with Geotech consultants who have started their investigations.”
25 March 2025 | ‘We Are Richmond’ Meeting Minutes
https://wearerichmond.co.nz/meeting-minutes/minutes-for-25-march-2025/
“Update from the Chair: 10 Shirley Road Community Centre
Murray [Chair] has been invited to attend a working party for 10 Shirley Road on the 31st of March.
There’s 7 or 8 million set aside to build a new community centre, but Murray is going to suggest relocating the old Carter Family House (not Heritage listed anymore), currently on the corner of Gloucester and Montreal Street.
And repurpose that. With the money left over, lots of good things can happen in Richmond and Shirley.
We unanimously agreed this is a brilliant idea!”
10 April 2025 | Waipapa P-I-C Community Board Area Report
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2025/04/PCBCC_20250410_AGN_9136_AT.PDF
“The Board resolved for staff to initiate the process to design an on-budget community building on the Reserve that will enable mixed use.
Emma Norrish, Jake McLellan and Emma Twaddell have joined the Working Party for the project to represent the Community Board, which has held its first meeting.
Staff notably outlined how the development of the park space can complement the community building and contribute to mixed use agreed for the Reserve.”
12 April 2025 | Email Update to Waipapa P-I-C Community Board
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/email-to-the-waipapa-p-i-c-community-board-12th-april-2025/
During my verbal submission for the Christchurch City Council Draft Annual Plan 2025-2026, I received the following question from Deputy Mayor/Innes Ward Councillor Pauline Cotter:
“You probably need to, because the community board has now embarked on the process, set up a working group and everything, to follow that decision they made to do 50% green space 50% centre, which means the centre will be smaller than the old one, you probably need to take that back through to the community board if you’re disputing the data.”
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/WaipapaPICcbUpdateApril2025JoannaGould.pdf
I received no reply from the Board or Councillor Pauline Cotter.
My email was not included as ‘Correspondence’ in the Board’s meeting agenda.
29 April 2025 | ‘We Are Richmond’ Meeting Minutes
https://wearerichmond.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Minutes-29-April-25.pdf
“Update from the Chair:
Murray attended the working group meeting for 10 Shirley Road on the 31st of March and emailed us on the 2nd of April with an overview of things that need to be discussed.
There is no mention, however, of relocating the Carter Family cottage.”
15 May 2025 | Waipapa P-I-C Community Board Area Report
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2025/05/PCBCC_20250515_AGN_9137_AT.PDF
“The Board resolved for staff to initiate the process to design an on-budget community building on the Reserve that will enable mixed use.
Following its first meeting, the Working Party has asked for further design work that is being prepared for consideration.”
28 May 2025 | CCC Finance and Performance Committee
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2025/05/FPCO_20250528_AGN_8599_AT.PDF
“Citizens and Communities, Page 69
Project Forecast Negative/Positive Variances FY25 (Top 5)
20053 – Shirley Community Facility
Year Budget: $0.1M, Year Forecast: $0.1M, Variance: ($0.1M)”
12 June 2025 | Waipapa P-I-C Community Board Area Report
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2025/06/PCBCC_20250612_AGN_9138_AT.PDF
“The Board resolved for staff to initiate the process to design an on-budget community building on the Reserve that will enable mixed use.
The Working Party has met for a second time to progress the project.”
16 June 2025 | Response from Christchurch City Council
https://www.10shirleyroad.org.nz/formal-complaint-to-the-christchurch-city-council-21st-may-2025/
“The options presented in the report by staff and considered by the Waipapa Community Board were based on many discussions with the community board, various feasibility studies over many years, and existing Council strategies.
In addition,
– the options presented aligned with what was budgeted for in the LTP;
– the Board’s stated desire to see construction of a facility progressed (as evidenced by the Board’s priorities, submission to the LTP and the proposed amendment by Councillor Cotter);
– and took into consideration that fact that no request has been made by the Board or by a Councillor to increase the LTP budgeted fund for a future facility.
Because of this, what you propose [‘Shirley Centre’: incorporating Shirley Library] was not considered a viable option.
The Board decided to investigate an on-budget community building.”
24 June 2025 | ‘We Are Richmond’ Meeting Minutes
https://wearerichmond.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Minutes-24-June-25.pdf
“Update from the Chair:
The council budgeted project (@ more than 3 million) at 10 Shirley Road is still ongoing.
The council wanted to push their vision for a contemporary building [Dudley Character Area?], while the community wants something with more character.
It is back to the drawing board now.
WAR will go into talks to anchor the project.
David mentioned we shouldn’t forget the kids and make the space suitable for them.”
10 July 2025 | Waipapa P-I-C Community Board Area Report
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2025/07/PCBCC_20250710_AGN_9139_AT.PDF
“The Board resolved for staff to initiate the process to design an on-budget community building on the Reserve that will enable mixed use.
The Working Group held its second meeting on 28 May.
It was a productive gathering, with meaningful conversations and collaborative decision-making among all members.
The group continues to take a collective approach, ensuring that various perspectives are heard and valued.
Several important questions were raised during the meeting, and these have been passed on to the appropriate individuals or organisations for response and follow-up.
This ongoing engagement highlights the community’s commitment to shaping the future of the Shirley Community Reserve together.”
22 July 2025 | ‘We Are Richmond’ Meeting Minutes
https://wearerichmond.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Minutes-AGM-22-July-25.pdf
“Update from the Chair:
And the 10 Shirley Road project will go back to the community board in September.
It has an endorsement from us and will be a great asset for Richmond and Shirley.
If the budget is not completely spent, it will be available for use (hopefully) in Richmond.”
14 August 2025 | Waipapa P-I-C Community Board Area Report
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2025/08/PCBCC_20250814_AGN_9140_AT.PDF
“The Board resolved for staff to initiate the process to design an on-budget community building on the Reserve that will enable mixed use.
The Working Group held its final [3rd?] meeting on 11 July.
It is anticipated that a report will come to the Community Board’s September meeting to approve the final design for the community building, aligning with the vision for the Reserve resolved last year.”