Dr Megan Woods: The Influencers

Almost a decade after the Canterbury earthquakes, we are nearing a major milestone in the regeneration of greater Christchurch, with the Crown and Christchurch City Council making good progress on achieving a global settlement agreement. Christchurch is now well placed to return to local leadership. Providing the Council with the opportunities to […]

Leeann Watson: The Influencers

Now that it’s well and truly the middle of winter, it’s great to see ChristchurchNZ’s new central city winter campaign really taking shape. The message is simple: Baby Come Back. The retro-styled campaign is aimed at encouraging Christchurch residents back into our central city, and to promote foot traffic through the retail, […]

John Bridgman: The Influencers

The construction of Te Pae, our new convention centre, is now 50 percent complete.   It’s an exciting milestone that the sales team was recently able to share with event organisers from all around the globe at IMEX in Frankfurt, the world’s largest convention about where to hold a convention. Letting the […]

Scott Thelning: The Influencers

Everyone matters, every day. This simple, yet powerful and poignant statement is one of the guiding pillars at The Cathedral Grammar School.   It ensures we are a part of the conversations and actions towards improving the truly disheartening mental health and suicide record of our country. As we have evolved as […]

Marian Johnson: The Influencers

The last week of May was TechWeek 2019 and what a juggernaut of a week it was!   From Monday’s ‘Canterbury Tech’ event showcasing our city’s world class heathtech/medtech sector through to the launch event for Te Ōhaka – Centre for Growth and Innovation, TechWeek 2019 really showed how quickly our tech […]

Dr Megan Woods: The Influencers

Recently I had the real pleasure of breaking ground at last on the construction site for the new Metro Sports Facility.   Along with Mayor Lianne Dalziel and Minister for Sport and Recreation Grant Robertson, we turned the sod on the construction of the new indoor 50-metre competition pool and dive well. […]

Leeann Watson

Leeann Watson: The Influencers

As we head into the cooler winter months, we are excited about the tourism campaign inviting New Zealanders to ‘Explore Something New in Christchurch’, launched recently. This comes out of a Memorandum of Understanding city agencies, including The Chamber, signed with Air New Zealand to work with the airline to explore joint […]

Ivan Iafeta: The Influencers

With temperatures plummeting, no one can deny that it is now winter – the time of year that can be the most challenging for businesses in Christchurch’s regenerating central city.   For those of us who work in offices in the area, it can be tempting to stay indoors during the cold […]

Ivan Iafeta: The Influencers

Since submitting the draft Regeneration Plan for the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor for consideration by the Minister for Greater Christchurch Regeneration, Regenerate Christchurch has provided advice to the Crown and Christchurch City Council on leadership and governance of the area.   We have recommended that an independent charitable trust be established to […]

John Bridgman: The Influencers

‘Building places for people’ is Ōtākaro’s mantra and through this mild autumn it’s been satisfying seeing locals and visitors alike enjoying the public spaces we have created.   We have been especially heartened by the public response to the new City Promenade, our conversion of two kilometres of Oxford Terrace from a […]