Sunday Ladies’ Swimming ended on 14 April
The CRS Sunday Ladies’ Swimming sessions at Pioneer Pool will end on Sunday 14 April. We want to thank the women and children who have supported the CRS Ladies’ Swimming…
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…
International Women’s Day
“Happy International Women’s Day from Christchurch Resettlement Services Board”
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…
CLING’s Best Practice Guidelines for communicating with CALD communities
CLING (Community Languages Information Network Group) has released Best Practice Guidelines for communicating with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities. These Guidelines are an update of CLING’s nationally and internationally recognised…
Christchurch Mosque Victims Group declared New Zealand Community of the Year
CRS extends its congratulations to the Christchurch Mosque Victims Group, which was recently declared New Zealand Community of the Year. This award recognises a “rōpū – group of people that…
CLING’s observations and recommendations from New Zealand’s COVID-19 response
CLING as a network collated COVID-19 materials for CALD communities every week throughout the March-May lockdown (throughout Alert Levels 4, 3 and 2) and disseminated these materials through its Facebook…
Series of videos showcases international students in Ōtautahi Christchurch
‘STeudaemonia: International students living well’ is a radio show/podcast series which airs on Canterbury’s Community Access radio station, Plains FM, funded by the Ministry of Education’s International Student Wellbeing Strategy.…
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…
Podcast on “Refugee resettlement in New Zealand”
CRS Board member Sally Carlton hosts a human rights radio show/podcast called ‘Speak Up-Kōrerotia,’ which airs on Plains FM. To mark World Refugee Day, the June 2019 show focussed on…
“You don’t know my name, and I don’t know yours…”
CRS was touched to recently receive dozens of condolence cards from teachers and their families in Auckland, to be distributed to the Muslim community in Christchurch in the wake of…
CLING (Community Languages Information Network Group)
CLING (Community Languages Information Network Group) is one of a number of sector groups to which CRS belongs. CLING was established after the February 2011 earthquake in recognition of the…
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…
The CRS AGM 2018
On September 26th, CRS held its 2018 Annual General Meeting at the Christchurch Netball Centre. As with many organisations an AGM is a great time to look back at our…