Youth Advisory Group for the Employment Catalyst Fund – From Left Mary Logue – Project Manager Young Leaders Programme Auckland University   Vanessa Goodwin CDC – Alternative Education Co-ordinator, David Finnie, Contracts Manager Naylor Love Construction – Dunedin, Leila Boyle –Councillor Auckland City.

Deputy Mayor Anne Candy (Manukau City Council) with Mayor Garry Moore at the MTFJ Annual Meeting, March 2005

Mayor Garry Moore addressing a meeting called to discuss height provisions in the City Plan and the proposed development at Ferrymead.

Serena Roberts is the South Island's top Painting & Decorating Apprentice. She is pictured with Mayor Garry Moore and Simon Morton, her employer, at the award presentation on Wednesday 23rd February 2005. For further information about apprenticeships and industry training click here.

On Tuesday 10 August, Mayor Garry Moore met with Paul Greenaway and Luke Brevin who are in Christchurch playing rugby for the Shirley Rugby Football Club. The lads are here on a two month visit from Belfast and came in to present Garry with some gifts from their own clubs Carrickfergus RFC and Instonians RFC in Northern Ireland.

Mayor Garry Moore visits Mrs Merryl (Betty) Smith on Monday to inspect the energy saving measures installed as part of Meridian's Energy Saver Vans programme. The free installations were done in partnership with Community Energy Action and EnergySmart. Here, they inspect a hot water cylinder cover.

Mayoral  delegation visit the Chinese Antarctic Centre of Surveying and Mapping (CASM), Wuhan University. 

Mayor and Mayoress signing the visitors book at the University of Wuhan, with Professor E. Dongchen.

28 May 2004
On Friday 28 May the Mayor hosted a delegation from Wuhan, China, led by Liu Shan Bi, Chairman of the Wuhan Municipal Committee of the CPPCC (pictured with the Mayor).

Mayor Garry Moore and Professor Wataru Hamasaka's at the unveiling of the Canoe in the Canoe, a gift from Kurashiki, Japan, commemorating the 30th anniversairy of the sister city link between the two cities.

Professor Hamasaka placing small canoe in the larger canoe.

Unveiling the Canoe in the Canoe, a gift from Kurashiki, Japan.

23rd March
Students from the Christchurch Polytechnic New Zealand Broadcasting School joined Mayor Garry Moore for afternoon tea and a chat in the Mayoral Lounge on Tuesday. Accompanying the students was broadcasting school director Yvonne Densem.

10th February
Mayor Garry Moore & Vivienne Mountford, at the investiture of Vivienne Mountfort as a Member of the New land Order of Merit, by Dame Silvia Cartwright, Governor General of New Zealand, which took place in the Mayor's lounge on 10th February.

9th February 2004
Taking part in a lively debate at the Radio NZ National Programme FM launch held recently at the Civic Offices are (from left) Peter Townsend, Peri Drysdale, Garry Moore, Barry Corbett and David McPhail. The debate covered local issues and goes to air on the "Outspoken" programme, which is being broadcast this Tuesday night at 8.06pm.

9th February 2004
Mayor Garry Moore congratulates the the New Zealand’s Black Sox , following their victorious win at the ISF men’s world softball championships on Sunday. The Mayor hosted a civic reception in Cathedral Square for the champions.

6 May 2003
Staff and contractors at the new Christchurch Art Gallery have been working long hours in preparation for Te Puna o Waiwhetu's grand opening on Saturday morning (10 May). The Mayor and his staff put on a morning tea to thank workers for their efforts.

23 April 2003
The Mayor spoke at a ceremony in the lead up to Anzac Day. It was to dedicate a new plaque on the cenotaph that honours the Merchant Navy equally with the Navy, Army and Air Force. Christchurch City Council works with the Canterbury branch of the Malayan Veterans’ Association and the Christchurch branch of the RSA to organise the Anzac Day Dawn Service. Mr Moore’s Anzac Day started at 6.30am with the dawn service in Cathedral Square. He then went up to Victoria Park for an event with the 19th Battalion, came back to the Square for the 10am Citizens’ Service in the Cathedral and later went to Riccarton to visit the old servicemen and women living at the Rannerdale Home.

8 April 2003
Hangzhou Mayor Mao brought a delegation to Christchurch and met Mayor Garry Moore on 8 April. He presented Mr Moore with a printed silk scroll. Hangzhou, a city south of Shanghai in China, was once the national capital and is famous as the place where printing and paper-making were invented.

17 December 2002
The Mayor hosted an afternoon tea to thank Graeme and Adrienne Stanley for all their hard work with the Christchurch Guided Walk programme. Mr Moore presented the Stanleys with Live Tall tee-shirts.

5 December 2002
The Mayor presented 23 Youth Volunteer Awards on 5 December to young people aged from 12 to 25 years who have made an extraordinary contribution to their community. More...

4 December 2002
Deputy Mayor Lesley Keast (centre) is happy to accept about 100 handmade wooden toys for distribution by the Mayor's Welfare Fund. More...

28 November 2002
The Mayor attending a special dinner to honour the visit of the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, His Holiness Pope Shenouda The 3rd, Pope of Alexandria of the Apostolic see of St Mark.

23 October 2002
Mr Moore hosted an afternoon tea for about 70 school children who have done well in the annual Young Enterprise Scheme. Read his speech.

Mayor Garry Moore joins the children of Somerfield Primary School who linked up with Japan’s Nakashima Elementary School, at the South Learning Centre in Beckenham, for the first live international video conference between Christchurch and one of its sister cities. The theme of the video conference was "Let's make friends" - Tuesday 15th February.

Mayor Garry Moore & Roy Sinclair, Chair of the Christchurch Peace Bell Association, at the unveiling of th Christchurch Peace Bell, 10th February 2005. See http://www.ccc.govt.nz/Christchurch/PeaceCity/ for more information on Christchurch's Peace City status.

Mayor Garry Moore and the Christchurch City Councillors have added gifts to the annual staff Bears for Stairs event.

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Mayor Garry Moore and Ronnie Moore at the celebrations to mark the 50th Anniversary of Ronnie's 1954 World Championship Speedway win.

Mayoress Pam Sharpe attending the Citizenship Ceremony

Last Friday Mayor Garry Moore was reunited with his mayoral chair which, had taken leave to be repaired. Inside the seat is the date 22/8/1887 plus ChCh and 3 signatures pencilled on the frame. From this, the repairer advises the chair, and possibly all the other matching furniture, was completed on that date.

Mayoral delegation with Professor E. Dongchen, Director of Chinese Antarctic Centre of Surveying and Mapping, Wuhan University (centre).

27th May 2004
On 27th May 2004 the Mayor met with a group of young journalists from China. NZ Trade and Enterprise brought the Journalists to NZ to gain an accurate understanding of NZ's ability to deliver education to international students. The Mayor discussed Christchurch's commitment to supporting international students and developing long term strategic partnerships with China.

21st May
On Friday 21st May the Mayor presented Police Constable Craig Pryor with a Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal for an act of bravery.

13 February 2004
The Mayor presented Swiss tourists Nadine Rist and Eskil Laubli with some gifts from Christchurch City on Friday 13 February.

31 July 2003
David Close study award winners for 2003
The Mayor and former City Councillor David Close (right) congratulate (from left) Joanne McNish, Hannah Leckie and Richard Chappell – the winners of this year’s year’s Christchurch City David Close study awards.

The awards are worth $6000 a year for up to four years study in a subject which is relevant to a career in local government and, wherever possible, the Council offer the students holiday work and a job at the Council when their studies are finished.
Ms Leckie is at Lincoln University, studying environmental sciences, Ms McNish is studying social work at the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology and Mr Chappell is doing politics and philososphy at the University of Canterbury.

Mr Close was a City Councillor for 23 years and the Council set up the awards to recognise his example of public service and encourage young people to emulate him. The awards are open to any young resident who has gained entry to Canterbury or Lincoln universities or the CPIT.

• For more information about the awards contact the Scholarships Officer at any of the institutions involved.
  

30 April 2003
Everyone should have a hobby. For the Christchurch Mayor, it's putting new life into old cars. His latest product is based on a Chrysler chassis of about 1928. "I'm no purist with these things and me and my mates tend to marry bits and pieces with the idea of creating something that's able to be used every day, rather than being an exact replica," Mr Moore says. "Any car I own is made to be used regularly." In that spirit, the body is a copy of an English open-top touring style from a slightly earlier Vauxhall, and the radiator "kind of suits that style. Finding bits is part of the fun and working with other people to get it together." Mr Moore says he's aiming at the end of June or early July for the new machine's first public outing.

9 April 2003
Someone sent Garry Moore a necktie in early April. There was no note and no name with the gift but Mr Moore suspects it was in reaction to his appearing in an open shirt at Dame Malvina Major’s 60th birthday celebrations. “My wife Pam’s always on at me to wear ties, but the truth is I hate them,” he says. “I guess it’s a real generational thing."

7 April 2003
The Mayor meets Professor Roy Sharp, the University of Canterbury's new Chancellor.

26 January 2003
Mayor Garry Moore launching the Share the Road campaign which is aimed at making Christchurch a safer place for cyclists.

9 December 2002
Garry Moore with new Race Relations Conciliator Joris de Bres.

December 2002
Garry Moore presents one of the 8 inaugural Peace Awards to veteran peace campaigner Larry Ross QSM in recognition of his successful campaign in the early 1980's to have New Zealand Local Authorities declare their areas Nuclear Weapons Free Zones

December 2002
Garry Moore at Christchurch East School to take back the original artwork to Shaunice Ross, who did the picture that he's used on his Mayoral Xmas card this year.

2 December 2002
The Mayor hosted an afternoon tea to say 'Thank You' to the many people who worked on the Firefighters' Reserve.