Celebrate a city

What’s new in Christchurch? Nearly everything. A decade after a series of earthquakes devastated the city, it’s now re-emerging from the rubble, and new hotels and restaurant openings are a regular occurrence. A walk along the new Ōtākaro Avon River promenade (above) reveals this transformation. Home to the (new) Riverside Market, it’s a short distance from the (also new) award-winning Tūranga library and the $475 million Te Pae Convention Centre, which opened in December 2021. Although vacant lots remain, they’re filled with interactive installations, such as coin-operated dance floors, giant swings and hammock forests. Christchurch could have clung onto its old identity as the “Garden City”, but instead it’s reinvented itself as a city for the people of its future. Visit christchurchnz.com to learn more.…

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The Australian Women's Weekly (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2022

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