Summer Hotspots

It’s official; summer has hit! We’ve checked out the coolest little spots to make the most of the summer sun. 1. Ben & Jerry’s The brand spanking new scoop shop at Riverside Market offers plenty of euphoric flavours, from sunrise to sunset, that date back to their original 1978 classics. There are even decadent dairy-free […]

Back to the Streets

  It’s the hottest historic festival in the country and it’s about to get even hotter, with Nostalgia Festival’s line-up preparing to turn up the heat in February.     Cassels & Sons Nostalgia will showcase an eclectic mix of artists across three stages, featuring acts from around New Zealand and beyond. Leading the largest […]

Summer’s getting hot!

It’s summertime and the living is easy, so we’ve put together the perfect itinerary for what to do in the Garden City.     NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY TUESDAY 31 DECEMBER Let’s all celebrate and see in the New Year at Christchurch’s biggest NYE party, with The Edge’s New Year’s Eve Party on Tuesday 31 […]

Orange chairs & big hearts

There was a time when we were able to tell ourselves that homelessness happened everywhere else in the world but here. But that was yesterday.     Today, in 2019, there are 41,000 people experiencing homelessness in New Zealand. It’s a staggering statistic, but that tally is being challenged and dealt to on a daily […]

Hot Business Property

Christchurch is embracing the burgeoning international trend of co-working, with savvy businesses snapping up shared spaces throughout the city.     Businesses both big and small are taking up the clever co-working concept, which can prove to be a more simple, cost-effective and flexible way of operating.   1. Evil Genius Bar & Lair Unit […]

Paragon Computers

Handing over the reins: Paragon Computers

“It was hard to let go of a business that I set up and nurtured over twenty-five years.”     Graeme Walcott speaks from the heart. He founded Paragon Computers in the mid-1990s and built it up from a one-man enterprise to become a trusted IT support company specialising in looking after the IT requirements […]

School of Physiotherapy Clinics

Physio in City’s heart: School of Physiotherapy Clinics

The Garden City is scientifically expanding. The School of Physiotherapy Clinics Christchurch celebrated the opening of its brand new premises at 32 Oxford Terrace. In attendance were leading Otago professors, top performing students and passionate practitioners from the community who all gathered to celebrate the grand opening of Otago University’s latest expansion.     The […]

A prime event

A prime event

The Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce held an exclusive luncheon with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern earlier this month.     This was the third luncheon of its kind for The Chamber, with previous events fronted by Winston Peters and John Key. It was fitting the event was held the day before International Women’s Day. Jacinda […]

Bringing Rock to Towns

Bringing Rock to Towns

Imagine a world where everyone wears the same clothes, watches the same movies and thinks the same thoughts, where individuality is extinct and live music is banned under the control of an all-powerful global company and its tyrannical boss.     In this futuristic comedy by Ben Elton, more than 24 of Queen’s biggest hits […]

Magic on Merrin

Magic on Merrin

For the last 15 years, Grant Price, Ruben Bunting and their small handpicked team of professional builders have been at the forefront of giving people the best quality home builds at the right price.     With the Howard Barrington Group, there is no middleman or committee you have deal with. Grant and Ruben have […]