The beauty of wood: Megrame Oceania
From its warm, glowing good looks, to its sustainability benefits, wood is a preferential choice in windows and doors throughout the world. Today, timber and timber/aluminium-clad windows and doors can be highly engineered, precision components, built to the most demanding thermal and security specifications, with low maintenance intervals and a long service life. […]
Get out and enjoy: Christchurch City Mayor, Phil Mauger
I hope you have had a chance to relax and unwind over the summer break. The weather finally came good, and Chrissy and I enjoyed plenty of time on the water with the kids and grandkids, fishing and swimming, as well as spending some quality fun time over the hill in Akaroa. It […]
Dreaming of a new home: Lin Ma, Harcourts
Holidays spent relaxing in a different location, or the same setting wishing for something new, often inspire thoughts of selling and buying. Your biggest asset, it’s naturally scary to put a home on the market and be in the best position to do so. Each element of the selling or buying process can […]
Your lifestyle, your unique home: Stonewood Homes
The truth is that building a home can be stressful, challenging, and extremely rewarding simultaneously. The difference is when a highly skilled, family-based building team, with top-of-the-line design software, endeavour to make your dream home, and then deliver on their promise. You want a reliable company with a consistently good reputation, who will […]
All ours now
The award-winning Te Papa Ōtākaro/Avon River Precinct is now under the exclusive stewardship of Christchurch City Council, with the transfer of its final feature – the North Frame pedestrian bridge – from the Crown to the city’s ownership. Stretching alongside the Avon River from Christchurch Hospital to Fitzgerald Avenue, the Avon River Precinct […]
Masterful home maintenance solutions: Clyne & Bennie
As a home or business owner, you may have experienced a building maintenance issue or emergency at some point that gave you a considerable amount of stress. Not knowing where to turn to or what is necessary can be overwhelming and frustrating whilst the maintenance predicament escalates by the minute. Whether it’s electrical, […]
Economic ambition: ChristchurchNZ CEO, Alison Adams
If you’ve been in the central city this past week, you will probably have been lucky enough to experience the vibrance of the World Buskers Festival. It’s one of the highly anticipated events on Ōtautahi’s summer calendar, and, since 19 January, the city has been buzzing with its gasps and laughs. Something we […]
Business events: Te Pae General Manager, Ross Steele
Since opening in May 2022, Te Pae Christchurch has hosted almost 450 events, driving significant economic benefits to the city and wider region. With direct international flights almost back to pre-Covid levels, we’re attracting visitors from all around the world to our city for business events. In November, Te Pae Christchurch held the […]
Striking central city build
Cutting-edge construction and eco-friendly techniques are contributing to a spectacular new inner city build on Tuam Street. Construction is already well underway on the new Lexus dealership building, designed by Warren and Mahoney. The standalone retail outlet, due to open in the first quarter of 2024, will operate across two levels with 572sqm […]
Another award for Ravenscar
Christchurch’s Ravenscar House Museum beat a $138 million concert venue in San Diego, a $450 million state-of-the-art convention centre, and a new art museum in Milan, to win a prestigious global award for best new cultural building. The museum, designed by Patterson Associates Architects for Susan and Jim Wakefield’s Ravenscar Trust, won the […]
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