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Passport to Ōtautahi/Spring Festival

Passport to Ōtautahi/Spring Festival13 September 2025 from 11am to 3pm at theMulticultural Centre, 455 Hagley Avenue. Proudly co-organised by Christchurch City Council, Welcoming Communities, The Multicultural Centre, Asian Family Services…

Ladies Health Day 2025!

Ladies Health Day 2025! Friday 30 May 2025 Warmly invites Ladies 16 years + over from Refugee and Migrant backgrounds Christchurch Multicultural Recreation and Community Centre 9.30 am – 1.0…

Ladies’ Exercise Notice

Ladies’ Exercise finished for the year and will resume the first week of February 2025.

Refugee Health Service

The Refugee Health Service is here to make sure you have access to the healthcare you need.   If you are a former refugee living in the Christchurch or Ashburton…

Ladies Health Day 2023!

Ladies Health Day 2023! Friday 10 November 2023 Aranui Wainoni Community Centre- 31 Hampshire St, Aranui 9.00 – 12.30pm Children are welcome We need to know who is coming with…

2023 CRS AGM Announcement

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF CHRISTCHURCH RESETTLEMENT SERVICES We cordially invite you to attend the Annual General Meeting of Christchurch Resettlement Services, to be held at 1.00pm on Wednesday 27th September…

MANY VOICES 2023

On Saturday 26 September 2023 we attended ‘MANY VOICES 2023’ CHRISTCHURCH MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL Celebrating Diversity – We are One, organised by Christchurch Multicultural Council at La Vida Centre.

CRS AGM 2022

CRS hosted 30’ anneversay in Sepember 2022 at the Christchurch Netball Centre. The event was well attended by representatives of other non-governmental organisations, government departments and funding agencies, as well…

CRS Under 5 Parenting Expo 2023

Friday 12 May 2023 – 10.00 am – 1pm.Aranui Wainoni Community Centre,31 Hampshire Street, Aranui FREE for parents of children under 5 years oldfrom a Refugee or Migrant background.The event…

Settled communities, unsettling news

Speak Up-Kōrerotia is a human rights radio show/podcast which is hosted by CRS Board Member Sally Carlton and recorded at Plains FM in Christchurch. The latest show is on the…

CRS AGM 2020

CRS hosted its 2020 Annual General Meeting at the Christchurch Netball Centre on Wednesday 30 September. The event was well attended by representatives of other non-governmental organisations, government departments and…

CRS staff trip to Weka Pass

In March, CRS Board and staff members, along with colleagues from the Red Cross Refugee Resettlement Programme, travelled to North Canterbury to have a ride on the Weka Pass Railway.…

Podcast on “Wearing the hijab”

CRS Board member Sally Carlton hosts a human rights radio show/podcast called Speak Up-Kōrerotia, which airs on Plains FM 96.9. One recent show looked at “Wearing the hijab” with Christchurch…

Craft Without Borders

Craft Without Borders aims to connect refugee- and migrant-background people with the wider Ōtautahi community through creating and sharing traditions. CRS values this initiative, and many of its staff voluntarily…

World Refugee Day 2019

To mark World Refugee Day 2019, CRS and other partners in the refugee resettlement sector arranged a celebratory event. The event showcased the talents and journeys of Christchurch’s former refugee…

INFoRM and the Our Future Together newsletter

In the 1990s, agencies working with migrants and refugees in Christchurch established a collaborative, face-to-face forum through which cross-sectoral issues could be raised and addressed, sector updates shared, and relationships…