Star light star bright: Oxford Observatory
On Friday, 7 September, when North Canterbury skies will be their darkest under a new moon, the Oxford Observatory at Oxford Area School will host a public open night to view our closest celestial neighbours. Between 7pm and 10pm, anyone can view four planets up close. On 31 July, Mars […]
To market to market: Markets around you
When the weekend hits and the sun is shining, there’s nothing more fun than taking a stroll and browsing the stalls at your nearest market. Luckily for you, North Canterbury is the home to a wide range of tasty and tempting options, from farmers’ markets to local arts and crafts […]
Be part of the magic: Cup Week at Addington
There’s nothing quite like Cup Week at Addington and the Christchurch Casino New Zealand Trotting Cup Day on Tuesday 13 November is not to be missed. This year four lucky winners will ‘Arrive in style with Christchurch Helicopters’. Simply purchase your General Admission or Lindauer Lawn ticket before 30 September and you […]
Celebrating women’s suffrage: 125th anniversary of women’s suffrage in New Zealand
Christchurch will host a special event next month to mark the beginning of the celebrations of the 125th anniversary of women’s suffrage in New Zealand. This will be an opportunity for local people to celebrate Christchurch as the birthplace of the women’s suffrage movement. Mayor Lianne Dalziel says we’re incredibly […]
Dr Libby’s Nutritional Beauty: Q&A with Dr Libby Weaver
We all know nutrition plays a key role in how we feel, but Dr Libby Weaver explains, it’s also integral to how we look. Dr Libby shares her advice on beauty from the inside out. A beautician recently told me that what you put inside your body is so much more important […]
No limits for youth: April McLennan
When she finished highschool in 2015, April McLennan was overwhelmed with the sheer number of choices facing her, in order to fill the 80,000 hours that research tells us we work in our lifetimes. It was a concern which was front of mind when she attended Festival for the Future. At the […]
Gardens for Good: Garden Tour
Search out your sunscreen, sunhats and panamas, for spring has sprung and there’s no finer pleasure than to gaze upon the fragile perfection of a beauteous bloom, or to delight in the sweetest, headiest fragrances that perfume the air. Sunday 2 October, 2018 brings us Garden Tour – a fundraiser for […]
An Empowering Escape: Lilia Tarawa
Lilia Tarawa’s childhood was both heaven – and hell. The large, isolated community of Gloriavale where she was raised, 70km inland from Greymouth on the West Coast, near the Haupiri River, was both idyllic – and cruel. The granddaughter of Hopeful Christian, founder of one of the country’s most notorious religious cults, […]
Colour to the Red Zone: The Colour Zone Run
Colour and life are being injected into the city’s infamous ‘red zone’ for the first time since February 2011. The Colour Zone Run will bring much more than red to the residential red zone, in fact, all the colours of the rainbow will be on display on Sunday 25 November. The […]
Cream of winter’s Crop: Audi quattro Winter Games New Zealand
One of the world’s top five international winter sports events takes centre stage in the Southern Lakes later this month. Wanaka, Queenstown and Naseby play host to Audi quattro Winter Games New Zealand, which showcases the most talented elite athletes in skiing, snowboarding, ice hockey and curling. Beginning on Friday 24 August […]
