Helpful guide for city’s new residents
Arriving in Christchurch to start a new life can be a daunting prospect, but thanks to a partnership between the city’s migrant groups and Christchurch City Council, a helpful new guide to the city is now available.
New to Christchurch? is a free 20-page brochure offering advice and tips to make settling into life in the Garden City easier. It was developed from suggestions by people who have recently settled in Christchurch. They felt that more information could be provided to help make the move to a new city and country less stressful.
The guide covers all the main needs of new arrivals to the city, from transport to tax, housing to health, and shopping to schooling. As well as being available as a booklet, the guide is also featured online on the Council’s website www.ccc.govt.nz migrants After the initial publication in English, plans are in place to offer the guide in other languages, starting with Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Arabic.
Christchurch Mayor Garry Moore says it’s fitting that the city does all it can to help new migrants feel at home.
“The North and South islands of New Zealand were the last two large islands in the world to be occupied by people, so everyone in Aotearoa is descended from a migrant or is a migrant themselves,” he says.
Copies of the guide are available from Council’s Civic Offices, Service Centres, Christchurch City Libraries, the Refugee and Migrant Centre, Citizens Advice Bureaux and from organisations that support migrants.
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