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A series of large illuminated cubes will tell ancestral stories about the constellations at a new festival of light launching in Christchurch this month.

Live entertainment and food trucks will be in place in New Brighton Mall from 6pm. The fireworks, which will cost $30,000 plus GST, will also mark the end of the inaugural Tīrama Mai lighting event, which will feature a series of lighting installations, projections and illuminated artworks created by some of Canterbury’s best lighting artists. The Tīrama Mai lighting trails will be open between 6pm and 11pm from June 25 to July 10. Stacy Squires/Stuff The Christchurch Is Lit light festi...

The light festival replaced the popular Botanic DLights event, which attracted 136,000 people when it was last held in 2018. Cokojic said Tīrama Mai – meaning to illuminate or bring light - would be the city’s first lighting event held specifically to coincide with Matariki. “We want it to grow to become a highly collaborative festival, with mana whenua guiding cultural elements and design.” The lighting trails would be open daily between 6pm and 11pm from June 25 to July 10. Inst...

GO NZ: An experts guide to Christchurchs best buildings 28 Jan, 2021 03:30 AM 4 minutes to read Turanga, Christchurchs central library, is an anchor project in Cathedral Square. Photo / ChristchurchNZ NZ Herald Architectural writer and editor John Walsh gives his guide to the best buildings to look out for on a walk around Christchurch All cities are to some extent intentional but Christchurch, far more than most cities, didnt just happen. It was conceived in England, in the middle of the 19th...

STACY SQUIRES/STUFF Busker Bexly Hoops finds a way to fit into a small box as part of the 2021 Bread & Circus festival in Christchurch. Christchurch performer Nathan Bonner, also known as Mulletman, has launched a new buskers festival that will run at the same time as its larger Bread & Circus rival. Bonner’s festival, which is called Salty Buskers Club, will feature six buskers performing in Akaroa on Thursday, Birdlings Flat on Friday, and New Brighton on Saturday and Sunday. The Akaroa ev...

Festival organisers estimate about 2000 people saw the New Regent St Spectacular over three shows on Saturday. The opening weekend of the Bread & Circus-Backyard Buskers Festival featured soldout shows and drew thousands to the streets of Christchurch despite New Zealand’s closed borders hitting tourist numbers. Festival director Scott Maidment said the opening weekend of the festival, which this year features exclusively Kiwi talent due to Covid-19 border restrictions, was a success. The F...

Press Release – University of Canterbury Thousands of University of Canterbury (UC) students will fill central Christchurch for graduation processions, ceremonies and celebrations next week. The upcoming graduations will be the largest in the universitys 147-year history, with six end-of-year … Thousands of University of Canterbury (UC) students will fill central Christchurch for graduation processions, ceremonies and celebrations next week. The upcoming graduations will be the largest in ...