Richmond Residents & Business Association
The Richmond Residents and Business Association grew out of the need for locals to have more say in what was happening to our suburb.
The community has had to endure many disruptive events after the Red Zone changes: EQC issues; as is where is houses; poorly executed roading projects impacting our central business area; prolonged Dudley Creek remediation taking 18 months longer than expected; the MOE decisions to close schools; and the installation of inappropriate Housing New Zealand developments.
The collective impact of these events eventually prompted the community to stand up and state that they had had enough.
Our purpose is to:
- To establish a progressive and collaborative relationship with National and Local Government bodies and their subsidiaries.
- To actively promote projects which enhance the quality of the residents’ and business communities’ lives in the Richmond area.
- To provide a forum for the consideration and development and advancement of ideas which meet 1 and 2 above.
We meet at 7pm on the 4th Tuesday of every month at either Avebury House (9 Eveleyn Couzins Ave), the Richmond Club (75 London Street), or Riverlution Eco Hub (46A Vogel Street). See more details below on the location of our next meeting.
We welcome and encourage any residents, landowners and business owners with interests in Richmond to come along.
Meet our Committee Members
Craig Given
Member
Craig has lived in the Richmond area for nearly 20 years and became involved with the RRBA during the residents meetings over roading issues in 2018.
He enjoys being active in the community, whether it be pulling weeds, understanding roading & access issues or working with others to help promote our awesome little patch of paradise.
David Duffy
Chairperson
David has lived in Richmond for over 50 years and is passionate about getting the current roading issues completed and the cones out of our suburb.
David has extensive experience in strategic planning which is a great asset to our team.
Murray James
Treasurer
Murray has a long established business history, owning a number of businesses in and around the construction industry.
He has a long family association with the Richmond area and loves living in the suburb. His accounting background brings a much-needed resource to our association.
Hayley Guglietta
Member
Hayley is a 20 year plus Richmond Local and runs her business from Richmond, Hayley is on the board of two local organisations Avebury House and The Richmond Community Garden.
She sees Richmond as a great place to live as it is close to the city, within walking distance of the river and can only see more people wanting to live here once the proposed green zone regeneration takes place.
Chris Carter
Member
Chris has lived in Christchurch for 63 years and has been a business owner (Alpha Preschool) in Richmond for 25 years. He has lived in Shirley since 2011. He was an Ara tutor in Automotive Engineering from 2002 – 2014,
Liesbeth Van bruchem
Member
Liesbeth emigrated from The Netherlands at the end of 1998 and has lived in Richmond ever since.
Even during the 3 year period she had to live in Woolston, after having relocated and renovated their earthquake-damaged bungalow and before their new house was built, Liesbeth was in Richmond every day and she is passionate about making her neighbourhood clean, green and friendly.
Rachel Crawford
Capacity Builder/ Secretary
For nearly a decade Rachel has been interested in creating relationships in Richmond, by attending classes and events at Avebury House, attending RRBA meetings as a resident, and cheering on the Richmond Community Garden, and anything and everything Richmond.
She feels honoured to make connections in the community through her Capacity Builder role in the last year and a half, and also as secretary.
If you see her in the community, come and say hi, and let her know how you can make Richmond a better place to live too.
2024 Meeting Schedule
Meetings
Working Group Meetings will be the 4th Tuesday of each month at 7pm at various Richmond locations. Please check our facebook page for the most up-do-date information.
Our current working groups are:
- Roading
- Communications
- Richmond Clean Ups
- Richmond Village
- Arts
- Parks
We welcome everyone to come and join our meetings and/or a working group if you prefer action rather than formal committee structure.
Email secretary@wearerichmond.co.nz with any enquiries
Minutes April 2020
Minutes for the meeting held through a Zoom link Tuesday 28 April, 2020 Present: Committee: V.Ware (Chairperson), D.Duffy (secretary), M.James (treasurer), A.Crook, C.Given, H.Guglietta, A.Hart, J.McBride, G.Partridge. City Council: R.Faimolo (Central Ward),...
Minutes March 2020
Hello Everyone, Please find attached a copy of the minutes from last Months meeting. Regards, DavidRICHMOND RESIDENTS’ & BUSINESS ASSOCIATION Minutes of the meeting held online 7.00 p.m. - Tuesday 24 March, 2020 Meeting Minutes Present:...
Minutes February 2020
Hello Everyone, Please find attached a copy of the minutes from last Months meeting. Regards, David RICHMOND RESIDENTS’ & BUSINESS ASSOCIATION Minutes of the meeting held at Avebury House 7.00 p.m. - Tuesday 25 February, 2020 Meeting Minutes...
Minutes January 2020
Hello Everyone, Please find attached a copy of the minutes from last Months meeting. Regards, DavidRICHMOND RESIDENTS’ & BUSINESS ASSOCIATION Minutes of the meeting held at Avebury House 7.00 p.m. - Tuesday 21 January, 2020 Meeting Minutes...
Minutes November 2019
Hello Everyone, Please find attached a copy of the minutes from last Tuesday's meeting. Regards,David RICHMOND RESIDENTS & BUSINESS ASSOCIATION Minutes from the meeting held at Avebury House Tuesday 26 November, 2019 The meeting opened with a presentation from our...
Minutes October 2019
Minutes from the meeting held at Avebury House Tuesday 22 October, 2019 Present: Committee: V.Vare - chairperson, D.Duffy – secretary, M.James – treasurer. C.Given, A. Hart, A.Crook. City Council Representatives: P.Cotter, J.McLellan, M.Lomax. Apologies:...
Election Forum
DATE: Tuesday September, 24TIME: 7.00 p.m. – 9.30 p.m.VENUE: Delta Centre, Stanmore Road (to be confirmed) FORUM TIME FRAME:7.00 pmAudience seated. Forum panel members greeted and seated7.05 pm Chairperson’s Remarks (house keeping details –...
Minutes August 2019
Hello Everyone, Please find attached a copy of the minutes from last Tuesday's meeting. Regards, David Minutes for the meeting held at Delta, North Avon Road Tuesday 27 August, 7.00 pm Present:Committee: V.Brown (chair), D.Duffy...
Minutes July 2019
Hello Everyone, Please find attached a copy of the minutes from last Tuesday's meeting. Regards, David Minutes for the meeting held at Avebury House Tuesday 23 July, 7.30 pm Present: Hayley Guiglietta Vicki Ware (chairprerson), David...
AGM Minutes June 2019
Hello Everyone,Please find attached a copy of the minutes from our Annual General Meeting held on June 25.A reminder:Know Local Go Local Community eveningTuesday 2 July 7 p.m. to 8 pm.Shirley Intermediate School is inviting the local community,...
Minutes May 2019
Hello Everybody, Please find attached a copy of the Minutes from our last meeting held on Tuesday 28 May. We would like to remind you that our first annual general meeting is to be held on Tuesday, 25 June at Avebury House commencing at 7.30...
Minutes April 2019
Hello Everyone, Please find attached a copy of the minutes from our meeting held last night. One or two points to note: Please report any fly tipping (illegal dumping of rubbish) in the area to the Council as soon as you see it. They...
Minutes March 2019
Hello Everybody, Our meeting last night was held in much more relaxed conditions thankfully. Please find attached the minutes of the meeting and the response regarding our questions about the progress of the road repair programme. Regards,...
Minutes February 2019
Hello Everyone, Last night's meeting was held in rather circumstances created by the violent incident in Evelyn Cousins Place which occurred just as our meeting was about to start. Some people had difficulty getting into the meeting as they...
Minutes January 2019
Hello Everyone, Please find attached a copy of the minutes of the meeting held at Avebury House on Tuesday, January 22. You will note that the committee is acting on a number of fronts and involved in a lot of discussion with Council over the...
Minutes November 2018
Hello Everybody, Please find attached the minutes of our last meeting held Tuesday, 27 November. Regards,David Duffy.Secretary,Richmond Residents and Business Association. Minutes for the meetingheld at Avebury House Tuesday 27 November 2018,...
Minutes October 2018
Hello Everyone, Please find attached the minutes of the Richmond Resident's and Business Association meeting held at Avebury House on Tuesday, October 23. Over the 24 hours following the meeting we have:approached a lawyer for comment and...
Minutes September 2018
Hello Everyone, Please find attached two documents:The minutes of the meeting held at Avebury House on Tuesday, September 25Notice of a Richmond Community meeting with the City Council at Shirley Primary School at 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday, October...
Current Projects
What is the RRBA working on at the moment?
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Roadworks Update for Stapletons Road (Warden St to Shirley Rd) 4
Stapletons Road (Warden St to Shirley Rd). COMPLETED Completed the road dig out on Stapletons Road Asphalted the western side footpath up to Shirley Road Begun road construction LOOK AHEAD Begin the Shirley Road tie in works. Complete subbase construction Complete the...
Roadworks Update for Nicholls Street 4
Traffic: Traffic on both Nicholls Street and Dudley street are set up as one-way, and no entry permitted on North Avon Road and Stapleton Road. Inconvenience: Property access including west side of Nicolls Street and 58,60 Nicholls st may be impacted during this...
Roadworks Update for Stapletons Road (Warden St to Shirley Rd) 3
Stapletons Road (Warden St to Shirley Rd). COMPLETED Begun excavating carriageway to the underside of the road construction and begin filling Constructed the Eastern side footpath up to Shirley Road ready for asphalt LOOK AHEAD Continue the road dig out on...
Roadworks Update for Nicholls Street 3
Traffic: Traffic on both Nicholls Street and Dudley street will be organized as one-way, and entry will not bepermitted on North Avon Road and Stapleton Road.Site truck exits the work a zone on Nicholls st towards Dudley with a traffic Controller (TC) who has a...
Roadworks Update for Stapletons Road (Warden St to Shirley Rd) 2
Stapletons Road (Warden St to Shirley Rd) COMPLETED Drainage completed Western side footpath up to Shirley Road ready for asphalt Excavated Western side of the road to the underside of the road formation and begin road construction LOOK AHEAD Begin excavating...
Roadworks Update for Nicholls Street 2
Roadworks Update for Nicholls Street: Currently, the traffic management setup on Nicholls St allows for one-way traffic only from Dudley St towards North Avon Road. However, some residents on Nicholls St are turning in the wrong direction. To ensure everyone's safety,...
Minutes January 2024
Meeting held at Avebury House Tuesday, 23 January 2024 Present:M. James, B. Allen, C. Carter, R. Taylor, H. Guglietta, L. van Bruchem, R. Crawford Council Representative: S. Holbrough Apologies: M. Adams, P. Cotter, C. Given, J. McLellan, D. Duffy, E. van...
Petrie Park Update December 2023
Petrie Park bowling green remediation is underway and progressing. Hayley Guglietta gives us an update.
Roadworks Update for Nicholls Street 1
Roadworks Update for Nicholls Street: Traffic: Traffic on Nicholls Street will be organized as one-way, and entry will not be permitted on North Avon Road. Inconvenience: Property access for those situated on the west side of Nicholls Street, including Richmond...
Contact
Get in touch with us.
Email us:
secretary@wearerichmond.co.nz
Mail us:
PO Box 26115
North Avon
CHRISTCHURCH 8013