There's a woman in the carpark on Stanmore near the fish n chip shop approaching people and telling them she hasn't had a meal in three days, then requesting bus fare if you agree to get her food but not give cash. I'm not necessarily saying she isn't legit but she's kind of ambushing people, approaching parked cars and flaggjng pedestrians down

Hey Guys

I am a recovering addict looking for a training partner to start preparing for and enter the christchurch marathon next April together. Ideally somebody from the police/fire or defence force if possible as I look up to those in service and admire their work ethic.

I have a few months now of running experience and am approaching 1 year of complete sobriety.

Please message me if you know of somebody suitable or are interested yourself.

Cheers 😎

Hi all, I just have a silly(?) question that's been on my mind and wanted to ask if anyone knows anything related to these kind of situation.

Yesterday I was approached by 2 strangers claiming they are lost, then asked me to 'help' them out by using/borrowing my phone to call for 'someone.' This has been the 2nd time this had happened to me in the past 3 years of living in Christchurch. Both incident happened at late evening (7-9pm), so understandably it's a thief hour lol.

My questions are:

1. Is this a common tactics? I lived in NZ for over a decade and never experienced this outside of CHCH.

2. What are the objective? To stop me and threaten for money? To runaway with my phone if I'm gullible enough to give it to them? To keep my phone a hostage and extort money from me?

Thank you in advance for any info!! Stay safe guys!!

Ps. Yes I declined to help them out, first time this happen I offered to call a 111 like they requested (different person, different incident, both within CBD area) but when I refused to hand them my phone, they told me to hung it up. So I'm 100% sure its a scam intent on both incidents at least, I just wanted to know more about it.

Someone spoke up about the going ons of The Christchurch City Mission. I hope this brings change. I was left a mental health dumpster fire by staff ( and I was a volunteer )
What are people’s thoughts? Experiences?
What changes need to be made? What works?
Edit: The people in the department and leadership started talking about my body which is creepy and upsetting.
Edit 2: They do good work and help so many people, but pull it together!!

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Hi all,

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Thanks in advance

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