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Hotel review: Rydges Latimer Christchurch 13 May, 2021 12:04 AM 3 minutes to read Bloody Mary's brasserie and grill at Rydges Latimer Christchurch is a dining destination Photo / Supplied Bloody Mary's brasserie and grill at Rydges Latimer Christchurch is a dining destination Photo / Supplied NZ Herald Joanna Wane dines in at Rydges Latimer in Christchurch Location: Overlooking Latimer Square, a tree-lined urban park in the central city that was once used for horse racing. Many of the surrounding buildings were badly damaged during the Canterbury earthquakes and a sculpture by Neil Dawson, ...

Completed east frame homes just east of Huanui Ln and Rauora Park. Fletcher had lodged its resource consent application for the block with the city council and the cleared land had been fenced off. The plan was for 26 apartments including penthouses, and 37 townhouses with between one and three bedrooms each. The development would have parking for 44 cars and 50 bikes. The retail spaces, for shops or hospitality outlets, would cover a total of 216 square metres facing Manchester St. Supplied An artist’s impression of east frame homes planned by Fletcher Living for the corner of Mancheste...

JOHN BISSET/STUFF Sue Boyce was unable to afford home ownership after her divorce, but is now happy living in a tiny house she and her son built. He described Christchurch’s new housing as “small, small, and getting smaller” as homebuyers and investors made decisions “driven by affordability”. Another factor was smaller household sizes, he said. The downsizing trend was also evident in subdivisions where smaller free-standing homes were going in. Statistics NZ data showed the average size of new homes approved in Christchurch last year was just 127 square metres, down from more t...

unknown/Stuff Williams Corporation townhouses on Kilmore St in central Christchurch. Private developer Fletcher Living, charged with completing the development by Crown company Ōtākaro, has built 172 homes between Worcester and Lichfield streets, selling the last of them in recent weeks. A further 68 east frame homes are now under construction opposite Latimer Square, with 22 due for completion in spring and the remainder next year. Prices range from $675,000 to $1 million. After slowing development to match a sluggish market in previous years, Fletcher is now under pressure to ramp up c...

Christchurch 2011 earthquake: What Sir John Key saw behind his darkest hour speech; PM speaks to Newstalk ZB's Chris Lynch 21 Feb, 2021 06:20 PM 4 minutes to read A police dog and handler searching for victims of the 2011 earthquake in central Christchurch. Photo / Mark Mitchell A police dog and handler searching for victims of the 2011 earthquake in central Christchurch. Photo / Mark Mitchell NZ Herald Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is in Christchurch to mark the ten year anniversary of the deadly earthquake. Ardern told Newstalk ZB's Chris Lynch she particularly remembers the images of the e...