Our Mission

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The Belfast Area Residents Association is committed to a growing community that is Safe, Well-Maintained, Appealing, Caring and Respectful of each other.

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Our Objectives

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• To promote Belfast as a safe, exciting, caring, appealing and sustainable place and community.

• To protect and promote the best interests of the residents and Belfast as a desirable neighbourhood and place to live.

• Strive to raise the quality of life by solving community problems and also by being proactive in order to prevent unwanted activities before they become evident.

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• To provide advice and representation in local government and resource management matters related to the Belfast area in the public interest.

• To undertake litigation in furtherance of the objectives of the Society.

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• Do anything necessary or helpful to the above purposes.

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Our Initiatives 2024 / 2025

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1. Safety Camera initiative for the conviction and management of any antisocial activities on our streets.  The purpose is to:

• reduce criminal activity in Belfast with the effective utilization of technology to protect our streets in co-operation with the NZ Police and Christchurch North Community Patrol;

• ensure the safety of the Belfast residents who use our public spaces;

• reduce disruption during the night waking our working families, children and elderly from their sleep having a detrimental affect on our residents mental health and increasing stress;

• reduce damage on our roads including the rubber residue burnt into the asphalt creating a slick road hazard for unsuspecting drivers and cyclists;

• also by reducing unnecessary tyre marks on the road, should an accident occur it is easier for a forensic's team to assess and review an accident site;

• minimise disruption to our local wildlife and environment pollution with tyre debris and other decomposing material due to fly tipping;

• minimise the adverse affect on property values where the scars left from antisocial behaviour is evident;

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  2.  Belfast Area Residents Association Facebook Page – providing a platform to pass on information about initiatives, successes and Council works in Belfast and gather the communities responses.

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  3.  Address cycleways in Belfast and identify high risk areas for CCC

  4.  Signs – Welcome to Belfast reinforcing the pride the residents have in our district and the community within it.

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  5.  Review and revision of the Belfast Area Plan adopted by the CCC in June 2010 to support the districts growth from 7,000 residents to 15,000 residents by 2041.

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  6.  Mural’s / Fence Painting initiative.

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  7.  Beautification of Belfast – Getting the Donegal Street curb and channel renewal works back on the CCC schedule.

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