Tag Archives: Lyttelton

Mapu Lights the Way for Dining in Lyttelton

Mapu Lights the Way for Dining in Lyttelton

“Literally a little town a mountain away from Christchurch, Lyttelton is a curious place where chain stores do not thrive, independence is cherished and residents are likely to have facial piercings,” Jamie Lafferty writes…

Marlon Williams Leads Fertile Lyttelton Music Scene

Marlon Williams Leads Fertile Lyttelton Music Scene

There is nothing like some personal trauma to fuel the muse of a songwriter. Acclaimed New Zealand troubadour Marlon Williams, 27, can attest to that, and the results are etched deeply into the grooves…

Lyttelton Is Banking on Time

Lyttelton Is Banking on Time

When the port town on Lyttelton was devastated by the 2011 earthquake, a time bank – the first of its kind in New Zealand – helped the community harness the resources to rebuild. Time banking…

Marlon Williams – Strange Things

Marlon Williams – Strange Things

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…

Drone’s View of Evans Pass in Christchurch

Drone’s View of Evans Pass in Christchurch

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…

Wild Cards Still Making Music on the Outer Limits

Wild Cards Still Making Music on the Outer Limits

New Zealand underground rock trio The Dead C have been making music at the outer limits for 25 years, using geographic isolation to develop one of the most original strains of underground rock of…

Empowering the People

Empowering the People

Lyttelton’s Harbour Co-op, which features in the March issue of Monocle, is a company wholly owned by its customers. “While New Zealand has a strong history of co-operatives, a consumer-owned food-retail…