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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 festival was held in 2020, including at New Regent St, pictured. This year, the city will celebrate a new...

The light festival replaced the popular Botanic D'Lights 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. Installations would be set up around The Arts Centre, Christchurch Art Gallery, Worcester Blvd, Victori...

GO NZ: An expert's guide to Christchurch's best buildings 28 Jan, 2021 03:30 AM 4 minutes to read Turanga, Christchurch's 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, didn't just happen. It was conceived in England, in the middle of the 19th century, as an Anglican settlement centred on a cathedral, bordered by a park and laid out as...