Our central city is a vibrant collection of diverse shops, hospitality venues, offices, and experiences, most of which you won’t find in malls or suburban shopping centres. There are almost 1000 businesses in the CBD, with new places always opening up!

Cantabrians will get the chance to see through Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre during a Community Day on Sunday 17 July. With Covid-19 gathering restrictions now relaxed, Te Pae Christchurch is in full swing, with a busy calendar of events, including this Community Day.

On the banks of the Avon and gliding along the edge of Victoria Square, Te Pae Christchurch sits proudly as a new beacon of the city. This mammoth project took some of the best and brightest to bring it to completion, and the iconic Canterbury design makes a statement as an entry to central Ōtautahi.

Imagine standing on a small platform three storeys high, in a chamber a little wider than your shoulders, waiting for that platform to drop out from underneath you, as the howls of other people ring in your ears. Sound like your idea of fun?

Imagine the boost to our central city if an additional 200,000 hotel nights were booked in the next three to four years. That is the likely number of hotel bookings that will be stimulated by the 67 events confirmed to-date for Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre – this equates to keeping two 300-room hotels full for almost one year.

As such a unique part of our identity, there was an ardent desire to see our iconic Ōtākaro/Avon River accentuated as a central city feature when decision-makers held the open forum ‘Share an Idea’ following the earthquakes.

Once filled with over 70 homes, Christchurch’s Avon Loop has been a quieter but no less loved part of the central city post-earthquakes. Cyclists, pedestrians, and dog walkers, in particular, have continued to meander along the battered asphalt, enjoying the riverside views.

One-third of the vacant, undeveloped private land in Christchurch’s CBD east of the Ōtākaro/Avon River is set to be transformed by the new ‘North of the Square’ development. The half-billion-dollar …

With striking new structures sprouting up around central Christchurch – such as Tūranga, EntX, Te Pae and the Riverside Market – it’s easy to overlook surface changes that are transforming our city centre.

Cancast has had a place on the face of Canterbury for a number of years, and now from one end of the South Island to another, the team is providing unrivalled precast concrete products.

The opening of Tūranga heralded a new era for our central city public library, offering space for a community arena, and exhibition space as well as the largest library facility in the South Island.

striking, sixteen-metre tall, totem-esque sculpture is planned for Christchurch’s East Frame, adding a touch of Tongan and Aotearoa New Zealand culture to further complement the city’s cultural diversity and understanding.

Whether you consider it a sign of our health-conscious times or a cruel twist of fate, Christchurch’s biggest brewery site is about to be transformed into the Metro Sports Facility.

If you’ve spent any time in central Christchurch recently you’ve probably spotted the giant Meccano set being constructed next to Cathedral Square.