Penguins making memories: Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony
If you’ve ever wanted to captivate your child’s imagination and inspire them to pursue wildlife conservation, make the Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony your next family adventure. You and your family can observe blue penguins in a specially designed viewing room which house ten nesting boxes. In between penguin viewings, you’ll […]
Facelift for Historic Pump House
The Pump House on Tuam Street is one of “those” places. If you revel in entire buildings of curios, collectables, movie props and salvage items such as timber, iron gates, windows, doors, kitchens, church pews, baths and toilets, you will already be a Pump House fan! “These are architectural antiques,” […]
An inspiring line-up
Melinda Gates once said, “If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction.” Providing the platform for inspiration and motivation is at the very heart of Chris Korako and Margie Foster’s Inspired Events, which will […]
The Winter Wrap Up: Working Style
Four distinct and beautiful seasons (sometimes all in one day) are as synonymous with Christchurch as a view of the rugged snow-capped mountains across the plains. You don’t need a trip down memory lane to geography class to know us Cantabrians experience both a high annual and diurnal temperature range. […]
Christchurch’s health university: University of Otago, Christchurch
Hidden in plain sight, the University of Otago, Christchurch has been punching above its weight in world-class medical training and health research for a surprising 45 years. Based in an 8-storey main building on the Christchurch Hospital site, the campus hosts 1000 students either in years 3 to 5 of […]
To Market To Market
North Canterbury has plenty of markets and fetes to keep the weekends – and pantries – full. Check out our itinerary. Rangiora Church Street Market Saturday 1 June 8am-1pm St John’s Anglican Church, 355 High Street, Rangiora The market is open on the first Saturday of each month. Café, indoor […]
The reinvention of veganism: Green Dinner Table
With veganism on the rise globally, Green Dinner Table is dedicated to making sure a plant-based diet is easily accessible to Cantabrians; healthy, quick to prepare and, above all, delicious. Christchurch friends Tom Riley and Cole Stacey set up the business in 2016 and are excited to soon launch the […]
Monday Room Magic
It’s been a very merry month of May at The Monday Room, for they are in a triumphant frame of mind and are intent on celebration right through to June! With buildings coming down and new buildings rising around them post quakes, this valiant dining establishment has staunchly remained open […]
Celebrating the individual woman: Made in the Shade
With new arrivals from quality New Zealand and European labels now instore, Made in the Shade has curated a winter collection that’s not only beautiful on the eye, but more importantly, celebrates the individual woman. “There’s something here for everyone, from bold and bright to understated elegance through to the romantic […]
Winter Escape
Winter is the time of year to trigger the innate flight or fight response in us; flee for the tropics or tough it out in our little corner of the South Pacific. And, although the islands in the sun may offer the seductive swaying of palm trees and umbrella-clad cocktails, there are […]
