Children’s Voice 

Children’s voices are a strong AvON objective; we have ensured that children and youth have been involved in workshops, feedback sessions and consultations.  We run a hands-on kaitiaki program with three schools: Banks Ave, Whītau and CHCH East where they kaitiaki Red Zone Spaces to develop their own playground designs and we regularly arrange planting and mulching bees with schools in and around the OARC.

Projects

ADVENTURE AVE

  • Into year 4 the children from Banks Ave school have installed a bike track, huts, bee hives and various plantings around their site.

RED ZONE FUN ZONE

  • Whītau School have a site near Avon Park where they have planned a bike track, built picnic tables and planted fruit trees.

RED ZONE RANGERS

  • Christchurch East school are working with the Avonside Planning Association to work on their long-term peace park plan whilst installing some transitional features such as bench seats, soccer nets and hammocks.