24-459: Tim Barnett may refer to: Tim Barnett (politician) (born 1958), former New Zealand Labour Party politician and MP for Christchurch Central Tim Barnett (American football) (born 1968), American Football player who played for the Kansas City Chiefs "Tim Barnett", alias used by Bradford Thomas Wagner [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
48-576: A lot ending up totally demolished. In July 2011, the demolition of the former library, which houses the community centre, was ordered by the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority . By 2014 the extent of the damage to drainage systems and lowered ground levels had become apparent, with the regular flooding of a series of streets known as the Flockton Basin. The suburb of St Albans is bordered by: These correspond roughly to
72-473: A new nationwide organisation dedicated to serving and strengthening New Zealand's network of financial capability and budget advice agencies. Those local services support people facing urgent and deep financial problems to manage their debts and successfully find ways forward. FinCap has a network of 200 agencies throughout NZ and works with government and NGOs on a range of issues that aims to change of landscape of harm that debt and other associated factors has on
96-488: Is a sign off of Bealey Avenue which points to St Albans down Barbadoes Street which is actually in the middle of the suburb of Edgeware instead of St Albans. In 2013, geography students at the University of Canterbury conducted a survey asking St Albans residence where they thought the boundaries lay. The findings differed from Christchurch City Council boundaries and New Zealand Post boundaries, in that residents perceived
120-606: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Tim Barnett (politician) Timothy Andrew Barnett (born 4 August 1958) is a New Zealand politician who was the member of the New Zealand House of Representatives for Christchurch Central from 1996 to 2008, representing the Labour Party . He is a British immigrant to New Zealand and New Zealand's second openly gay politician. Barnett moved to South Africa in 2009 to work in
144-489: Is one of the most diverse residential neighbourhoods in Christchurch, with a wide range of densities, architectural styles and housing ages throughout the suburb. It includes run-down high-density council-owned flats, modern luxurious high-density flats and apartments, old mid-density workers cottages, and large low-density estates of various ages. The Māori were the first settlers in the area occupying modern-day Christchurch,
168-499: Is the second largest suburb in the city by population (behind Halswell), with a population of 13,137 at the 2018 Census. The suburb falls within the Christchurch Central electorate and is represented by Duncan Webb , who has been the member of parliament since the 2017 general election . Its population largely consists of European New Zealanders . St Albans contains two primary schools and three recreational parks. The suburb
192-644: The 2005 general election , Barnett was re-elected with 52.35% of the vote and a majority of 6,694. He retired at the 2008 general election . Barnett was appointed as the global programmes manager for the World AIDS Campaign in February 2009 and was based in Cape Town , South Africa. In July 2012, Barnett returned to New Zealand and was appointed as general secretary of the Labour Party. In October 2015, Barnett
216-546: The 2013 census , and an increase of 150 people (1.2%) since the 2006 census . There were 5,448 households, comprising 6,498 males and 6,633 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.98 males per female, with 2,043 people (15.6%) aged under 15 years, 3,231 (24.6%) aged 15 to 29, 6,087 (46.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,773 (13.5%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 82.9% European/ Pākehā , 7.0% Māori , 2.0% Pasifika , 12.8% Asian , and 2.9% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas
240-547: The Civil Union Bill , which became law in 2004 and made New Zealand the first country outside Europe to legislate for equal relationship status for lesbian and gay couples. He was appointed Senior Government Whip after the 2005 election . He was known to be very active in his local electorate chairing a Youth Advisory Committee as well as being a regular contributor to the St Albans Neighbourhood News . At
264-595: The Labour Party , ( Rainbow Labour ) which he helped to found in 1997, and is a supporter of UniQ , the Queer Students Association at New Zealand universities. He was the Parliamentary promoter of the Prostitution Law Reform Bill , a Bill in his name, which became law in 2003 and thus made New Zealand the first country in the world to decriminalise prostitution , and an outspoken supporter of
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#1732920494023288-448: The NZ localities area maintained by Fire and Emergency NZ. The borders of St Albans are often disputed, particularly by real estate agents who often list higher-priced properties that lie within western St Albans as belonging to Merivale instead. The original borough of St Albans stretched to include most of modern-day Edgeware, Mairehau and Merivale as well as the current St Albans suburb. There
312-596: The St Albans Creek. He had called his farm St Albans in memory of his cousin Harriet Mellon , an actress, who had become the Duchess of St Albans. The suburb escaped severe damage in the 2010 Canterbury earthquake . Many chimneys came down but only a few complete houses were affected. In the 22 February 2011 earthquake , however, the suburb was hit hard. Many houses, supermarkets, and shops were significantly damaged with
336-404: The area was predominantly wetlands with patches of grasslands , the nearest permanent settlement was Puāri near Victoria Square , an important food-gathering place for local Māori. Later, a working-class settlement, St Albans was a separate borough from 1881 until 1903 when it became part of Christchurch City. St Albans was named after George Dickinson 's farm, which lay to the south of
360-404: The boundary to be Innes Road to the north, Hills Road to the east, Bealey Avenue to the south and Papanui Road to the west. St Albans covers 3.97 km (1.53 sq mi). It had an estimated population of 14,570 as of June 2024, with a population density of 3,670 people per km . St Albans had a population of 13,137 at the 2018 New Zealand census , an increase of 369 people (2.9%) since
384-633: The field of HIV/AIDS . He returned to New Zealand in 2012 when he was appointed by the Labour Party as their general secretary. Born in Rugby , Warwickshire , England, on 4 August 1958, he moved to New Zealand in 1991 with his former partner, Jonathan Kirkpatrick . Educated at the London School of Economics , graduating with a B.Sc. (Honours) in Economics (Government) in 1981. In the United Kingdom he had been
408-519: The home of the Crusaders professional rugby union team. The suburb contains two primary schools, St Albans Primary School and St Albans Catholic School, which both provide education for years 1 to 6. As of August 2024, they have rolls of 568 and 109 students, respectively. St Albans School opened in 1873 and St Albans Catholic School opened in 1955. St Albans is known for its sense of cohesiveness and community spirit. This has manifested itself in
432-591: The inaugural executive director of the Stonewall Lobby Group , which was the first professional lobby group set up in that country to work for equal rights for lesbian and gay people. He was elected to Parliament as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Christchurch Central in 1996 . He has been active in many community-based organisations in New Zealand, including the lesbian, gay and transgender ( LGBT ) section of
456-407: The local monthly paper, the St Albans Neighbourhood News , which was first published by a group of local residents in 1993 and is still going to this day under the name of St Albans News . Distributed to 5,000 homes and businesses, the paper has recently been expanded to fill 16 pages. Over the years it has been central in numerous community-related issues including local planning, Packe Street Park,
480-404: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tim_Barnett&oldid=925010301 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
504-553: The well being of all New Zealanders. To date, Barnett also supports and assist with iwi governance strategic planning as an advisor and a mentor to Members of the New Zealand Parliament. St Albans, New Zealand#The St Albans Neighbourhood News St Albans is a large, inner-northern suburb of Christchurch , New Zealand, located directly north of the Christchurch Central Business District. It
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#1732920494023528-566: Was 28.0, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 50.6% had no religion, 36.7% were Christian , 0.2% had Māori religious beliefs , 2.2% were Hindu , 0.8% were Muslim , 1.2% were Buddhist and 3.6% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 3,894 (35.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 1,098 (9.9%) people had no formal qualifications. 2,622 people (23.6%) earned over $ 70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15
552-717: Was appointed to the iwi tribal authority of the Ngāi Tūhoe as the Group Manager for Iwi (Tribe) based at the Southern Hemisphere's largest living building, Te Uru Taumatua, in Taneatua. In that role Barnett held the portfolio's Health, Housing, Education and Social Well-Being. Barnett resided in the rural township of Ruatoki during that period. In June 2017, Barnett become the CEO of FinCap (The National Building Financial Capability Trust),
576-425: Was that 6,387 (57.6%) people were employed full-time, 1,638 (14.8%) were part-time, and 324 (2.9%) were unemployed. The hub of St Albans is Edgeware Village on Edgeware Road which contains a small number of well-supported shops. The three main parks in the suburb are St Albans Park, Abberley Park, and Malvern Park. Sports facilities include Canterbury United Football Club 's stadium, English Park , and Rugby Park,
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