General | CBC Radio
26 March 2022
It’s been three years since Christchurch faced a horrifying attack – and now survivor Temel Ataçocuğu has finally returned to the scene of the crime, Mehek Mazhar reports in a story for CBC Radio.
Ataçocuğu…
New Zealand | TIME
17 August 2021
Northland and Christchurch both feature on Time magazine’s third annual list of the World’s Greatest Places, “and while it may not be possible to safely visit each place just yet, they’re…
General | Sydney Morning Herald (The)
5 September 2020
Reflecting on four days of victim impact statements prior to the life-without-parole sentence of the Christchurch mosque killer, Sydney Morning Herald columnist and senior journalist Jacqueline Maley wrote “The more I listened, the…
New Zealand | Forbes
10 November 2019
American Airlines has announced the first ever direct flight service between the US and Christchurch. Beginning in October of 2020 the carrier will embark on the 13-hour voyage three times a week. The announcement…
Society | New Yorker (The)
29 March 2019
“In October of 2017, when Jacinda Ardern became the Prime Minister of New Zealand—a country with a population of fewer than five million—she assumed leadership of a place not accustomed to making global headlines,” writes…
Society | NZEDGE.com
29 March 2019
Christchurch’s Vocal Collective – on tour to perform at Carnegie Hall as part of a global choir – tonight sang an emotional and inspirational concert at St John’s Church in…
Society | NZEDGE.com
29 March 2019
U.S. and other reporting, analysis and investigations in the 24 from The Washington Post, New York Times, New Yorker, CNN, Guardian, BBC, Al Jazeera, NZ Herald, Intercept, Slate, HuffPo, CBC Canada, Telegraph, Atlantic, Foreign…
General | Business Insider Australia
4 November 2018
Christchurch cafe C1 Espresso “publishes its worst reviews in its menu so customers can read them at the table. The info panel of the cafe’s door proudly states it is home to: all day…
Architecture | Designboom
20 October 2018
New earthquake-resistant library in Christchurch, named Tūranga, was featured in an article in Designboom. The new building by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects “provides a 9,500 sqm public space that…
General | Xinhua
22 August 2018
The announcement that Christchurch can once again be a settlement location for refugees represents an important step for New Zealand’s ambitions to increase the refugee quota and is a milestone for the city’s post-earthquake…
New Zealand | Lonely Planet
8 April 2018
“Travellers seeking a mix of rustic, unspoilt charm and relaxation with a touch of luxury” should consider travelling to Te Wepu Intrepid Pods in New Zealand, writes James Gabriel Martin…
New Zealand | Telegraph (The)
21 January 2018
“In a land of volcanoes, glaciers, fjords and world-leading sauvignon blanc, it’s perhaps understandable that New Zealand’s cities fly under the radar. But the big three – Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch – all have…
New Zealand | Daily Mail
26 November 2017
“No one knew there were fault lines under Christchurch – not until it was too late. Now, six years after the earthquake that left 186 dead and destroyed huge swathes of this most British…
General | GovInsider
12 August 2017
“The devastating 2011 earthquake in Christchurch took hundreds of lives, felled dozens of buildings and wrecked countless homes. In the years since, the city has been slowly getting back on its feet—and coming out…
New Zealand | Travel Pulse
4 August 2017
“New Zealand is a unique destination that’s home to epic alpine scenery, glacial lakes, lush forests, beaches and fiords, not to mention home to the set of Middle Earth,” writes Chelsea Davis for
Music | Chichester Observer
15 March 2017
Christchurch-born violinist Alexandra Lomeiko recently performed the Beethoven Violin Concerto with Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra.
Chichester Observer journalist Phil Hewitt writes: “Lomeiko was born in 1991 into a family of musicians and started playing at the…
New Zealand | Stamford Advocate
12 March 2017
Among travel fare aggregator website Kayak’s Connecticut users, Christchurch has ranked as the No 1 trending destination. Nutmeg State users’ searches done between June 2016 and January 2017 for flights to the city between…
Fashion | Lucire
27 September 2016
New Zealand designer Gillian Saunders has taken out the Brancott Estate Supreme Award at the World of Wearable Art (WOW) Awards’ Show in Wellington with Supernova, as reported in Lucire.
“I had been…
New Zealand | Paste Magazine
10 September 2016
“From freshly caught seafood to lamb, meat, everything, the delicious yet frequently underrated cuisine New Zealand offers should top your foodie-travel bucket list,” writes A. Van Houten for Paste Magazine in an…
New Zealand | Guardian (The)
30 July 2016
“With natural splendours that include stunning marine wildlife and geothermal springs, to culinary adventures taking in cutting-edge restaurants and tours of award-winning vineyards, New Zealand is a country that knows how to amaze the…
New Zealand | Malay Mail (The)
24 July 2016
“New Zealand is perfect for long, meandering road trips, especially in its scenic South Island. If driving on windswept coastal roads is your idea of a good time, then there’s no better region to…
Sport General | BBC | Wimbledon
13 July 2016
Long before the PR driven age of image rights and social media, before Borg, Laver and even Perry, Wimbledon had its own matinee idol – New Zealand-born Anthony Wilding. Yet despite him being a…
Business | Mainmark.com
11 July 2016
Mainmark’s Christchurch team has won the International Project of the Year Award at the 2016 Ground Engineering Awards for their post-earthquake resurrection of the Christchurch Art Gallery in New Zealand.
During the earthquakes in 2010 and 2011,…
New Zealand | Herald Sun
2 July 2016
“A trip to New Zealand might just be the experience of a lifetime.” Queenstown and Christchurch are widely known for their extreme sports and cultural attractions, but New Zealand’s North Island also “has a…
New Zealand | Harper's Bazaar
25 June 2016
Christchurch-born London-based jewellery designer Jessica McCormack talks with Harper’s Bazaar UK for the magazine’s monthly “Travel Notebook” column about what she packs and her favourite places to stay when she heads homeward to Waiheke…
New Zealand | Daily Telegraph (The)
12 June 2016
A new bike tour on New Zealand’s South Island “is taking intrepid cyclists to mountainous hideaways so remote that their luggage has to be flown in by helicopter,” as reported in an…
New Zealand | Telegraph (The)
29 May 2016
“New Zealand provides spectacular escapes whatever the time of year, but spring and autumn often deliver unique opportunities for travellers,” writes Paul Bloomfield in an article for The Telegraph. New Zealand “as…
New Zealand | Travel Pulse
7 May 2016
There’s a lot to see in New Zealand. Shannon Ullman shared the highlights of her three month road trip itinerary with Travel Pulse.
Auckland is a great place to start a road trip….
Motorsports | ESPN
18 April 2016
Christchurch-born Scott McLaughlin, 22, has claimed a commanding V8 Supercars win in Race 1 of the WD-40 Phillip Island SuperSprint in Australia after winning his first pole of the season.
McLaughlin, who is the youngest…
Travel | YouTube
11 March 2016
Take a look at 100% Pure NZ’s video on New Zealand’s top Freeride mountain biker Conor MacFarlane as he pulls a ‘wheelie’ through Queenstown’s stunning mountain vistas, Christchurch’s urban…
X Files | YouTube
29 February 2016
Watch this spectacular footage of a Kiwirail train plowing through deep snow on a route going to Christchurch from Arthurs Pass.
General | Financial Times (The)
24 February 2016
The story of Christchurch’s resurrection is nearly as inspirational as the one that lends the city its name. In the aftermath of a terrible succession of earthquakes between 2010-11, which led to the demolition…
Golf | Golf Channel
18 February 2016
Lydia Ko has won the ISPS Handa New Zealand Women’s Open for the third time “on a remarkable day that began with a 5.7 magnitude earthquake rattling Christchurch” and “prevailed playing through what the Ladies…
X Files | YouTube
15 December 2015
Have a look at Christchurch’s Christmas Light show by Carl & Maureen from RockinLights Ltd. They have put on another great show with some new characters, displays and music to make this even better…
New Zealand | Economic Times (The)
11 December 2015
Disembarking in Christchurch after a TranzAlpine rail journey through “knockout” landscapes, Economic Times reporter Charukesi Ramaduri says that though there are signs of the devastating earthquake of 2011 everywhere, it is equally clear Christchurch…
X Files | Weekly Review | YouTube
24 November 2015
New Zealad National Film Unit presents ‘NZ Celebrates VE Day’, from Weekly Review 195 (1945). Shows people gathered at the front of the government building in Wellington and a…
Music | YouTube
3 November 2015
Listen to Marlon Williams’s single Strange Things, written by Marlon Williams & recorded by Ben Edwards at The Sitting Room in Lyttelton. The video was filmed in Christchurch, New…
General | Property Wire
25 May 2015
The latest official figures show that the house building rate in New Zealand has increased to the strongest in the last nine years with around 25,000 new building consents a year.
Auckland and Christchurch are…
Sport | FIFA | FIFA.com
10 May 2015
“A plan to utilise the FIFA U-20 World Cup as a platform to boost grassroots football in New Zealand is taking shape”, according to Fifa.com.
Following Auckland and Christchurch courses, football festivals to…
War & Peace | The Creative Review
27 April 2015
Tableau vivant installation The Unforgotten Soldiers has toured New Zealand as a tribute to the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) soldiers, who fought 100 years ago in the Gallipoli campaign during World…
Travel
13 April 2015
Take a look at an amazing quality video of a 4K UHD drone flying over Sumner Road (Evans Pass) in Christchurch. The road has been closed since the 2011…
Cricket | Guardian (The)
27 February 2015
Cricket’s World Cup and the return of top-level sport to Christchurch’s Hagley Park has been integral to the city’s regeneration since the devastating earthquake of 2011, says the Guardian’s Mike Selvey.
“To a visiting eye,…
Film
12 February 2015
Directed by Michele Joy Lloyd Sunday stars Dustin Clare (Spartacus, Underbelly) and Camille Keenan in this intimate love story set with Christchurch a year after the devastating earthquake. Charlie (Clare)…
Film & TV | EchoNetDaily
12 February 2015
The feature-length Sunday, which has its Australian premiere at the 9th Byron Bay Film Festival, is set in Christchurch a year after the 2011 earthquake, where scenes of damage, poignancy and hope provide a…
Watersports | Business Standard (The)
18 January 2015
Christchurch Paralympic swimmer, and gold medallist Sophie Pascoe may only be 22, but she is already a veteran on the sport’s elite stage and aims to retain the titles she won in London in…
Cricket | Guardian (The)
5 January 2015
“It was heartening” to see Test cricket return to Christchurch in December, the Guardian’s Mike Selvey writes. “It was fitting, too, that the Black Caps should mark it with a resounding win over Sri…
Cricket | ESPNcricinfo
30 December 2014
Having just won the first test against Sri Lanka, New Zealand’s Black Caps have made 2014 their best Test year ever.
The Black Caps beat Sri Lanka by an impressive 8 wickets with a day…
Cricket | News.com.au
29 December 2014
In the Boxing Day Test against Sri Lanka in Christchurch, Black Caps skipper Brendon McCullum, 33, was just five runs short of demolishing what could possibly have been the fastest ever double century in…
Opera | Isthmus
24 December 2014
Acclaimed Christchurch-born soprano Hayley Westenra, 27, who has mesmerised audiences across continents, appeared with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra (WCO) at the Orpheum Theater on 18 and 19 December singing Christmas favourites.
Westenra’s music director, Tim…
Travel
23 September 2014
In this episode, the couple explore the beautiful geological formations of the Ngarua Caves, Labyrinth Rocks and Castle Hill. The Ngarua Caves and Labyrinth Rocks are near Takaka and…
General | Guardian (The)
19 September 2014
Christchurch’s Transitional Cathedral, known as the ‘cardboard cathedral’, has ‘risen from the ruins’ to become the most recognised building in Christchurch, while ChristChurch Cathedral remains gripped in a battle between modernity and heritage.
The ChristChurch…
Adrenalin | Daily Mail
15 August 2014
On a South Island tour of New Zealand in the footsteps of royal couple William and Kate, the Daily Mail’s Katie Nicholl begins in the “quintessentially English city” Christchurch before making her way further…
Travel
4 August 2014
Watch this short documentary about South Island in New Zealand written, filmed and edited by Davide Baj & Alastair Robinson. The video features places in New Zealand such as…
Sport General | North Devon Journal
7 July 2014
Rising Christchurch track star Angie Smit, 22, has found a second home in Braunton, North Devon where she is training for this month’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
In just under four weeks Smit will…
Science/Tech | International Business Times
25 April 2014
A New Zealand-based company is now close to making the jetpack only seen in science fiction movies a reality as the Civil Aviation Authority in the country has approved test…
Architecture | Financial Times | New York Times (The)
8 April 2014
The designer of Christchurch’s Cardboard Cathedral, Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, has been named the winner of this year’s Pritzker Architecture Prize, largely because of his work designing shelters after natural disasters in…