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The Canterbury District Health Board, like most other district health boards, came into effect on 1 January 2001. [8]In 2001, after multiple union contracts fell through, more than 1100 staff members of The Princess Margaret Hospital went on strike to protest the uncertainty regarding their jobs at the hospital, and the full strike involved roughly 3000 people from hospitals throughout the region.
Christchurch (/ ˈ k r aɪ s (t) tʃ ɜːr tʃ /) is a town and civil parish on the south coast [3] of Dorset, England.The parish had a population of 31,372 in 2021. [1] It adjoins Bournemouth to the west, with the New Forest to the east.
Christ Church college had similarities with the planned new city, including its own cathedral, the smallest in England. [9] Other possibilities are that it was named for Christchurch, Dorset, or for Canterbury Cathedral. Many of the early colonists did not like the name, preferring instead the name Lyttelton, but the Colonists' Council resolved ...
Previously known as CPIT or Christchurch Polytech, Ara was created in 2016 when CPIT and Aoraki Polytechnic merged. Ara is the Māori word for path or journey [3] representing the learning process, the many pathways to success, as well as the routes and rivers that criss-cross the Canterbury Plains.
The city of Christchurch as a whole consists of five of these electorates, while the electorate of Waimakariri contains a mix of Christchurch and exurban Canterbury. The Banks Peninsula , Ilam , and Waimakariri electorates are currently held by members of the governing National Party (as part of the coalition-led Sixth National Government of ...
2019 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election: Burton and Grange (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent: David Flagg* 1,196 : 51.2 : Independent: Simon McCormack : 1,053 : 45.1 : Labour: Claire Wade 525 22.5 Labour: Andrew Dunne 420 18.0 Conservative: Wendy Grace 363 15.5 Conservative: Brian Case 358 15.3 Green: Benjamin ...
Purewell is part of the Anglican parish of Christchurch Priory. To provide a place of worship closer to the local residents, St John's Mission Church was built in 1880 at the expense of Miss Mary Long, [2] on the site of former workhouses, and opened by the Bishop of Winchester in February 1881. [3] In 2020, Purewell lost its Post Office. [4]
Christchurch Hospital is the major trauma centre for northern and central Canterbury, and the tertiary major trauma centre for the wider Canterbury and West Coast regions. [2] It has the busiest ED in the South Island and sees more major trauma than any other hospital in New Zealand, and all but a handful of hospitals in Australia.