See & Do

You’ll never get bored of the activities and sights on offer in Christchurch. Here are Cityscape’s favourites.

A Cage for Voices, 2017 & The Red Zone, 2018 - Tom Dale

SCAPE Public Art

UK-based artist Tom Dale contributes two video works to the SCAPE Season 2018.

Passing Time, 2010/11 – Anton Parsons

SCAPE Public Art

An iconic city timeline, Auckland-based artist Anton Parsons’ Passing Time features twisting boxes depicting each year between 1906 (the foundation ye...

Whero O Te Rangi Bailey – Kevin Ledo

Street Prints Otautahi

Canadian artist Kevin Ledo’s impressive murals of portraits continue, with his piece on Māori elder Whero O Te Rangi Bailey gracing the wall of the Cr...

Christchurch Sea Kayaking

Kayak tours

Enjoy the tranquility of sea kayaking and explore the best of Christchurch City from the gentle waters of te awa Ōtākaro Avon River.

Changing Pathways, 2018 - Katie Temple Re:ACTIVATE

SCAPE Public Art

The braided river can change everyday depending on our environment. The artist noticed this every time she visited her grandparents at Lake Coleridge.

Our Stories Make Us, 2018 - Ollie Moginie Re:ACTIVATE

SCAPE Public Art

The local environment, particularly our braided rivers, is very important to this artist who created this work to represent its fragility and unique s...

Kaitiaki - Fin DAC

Street Prints Otautahi

Irish artist Fin DAC’s mural Kaitiaki (the Māori word for ‘guardian) outside the YMCA combines elements of Māori culture and mythology to offer protec...

Verdant Geometry, 2018 - Erica van Zon

SCAPE Public Art

Erica van Zon has made a suite of new sculptures in metal, glass and mirror-perspex.

Tunnel, 2018 & Orion, 2018 - Hannah Beehre

SCAPE Public Art

Hannah Beehre’s new sculptural installation within Canterbury Museum creates a walk-through rendering of a nebula

Call me Snake, 2015 – Judy Millar

SCAPE Public Art

One of New Zealand’s foremost painters, Judy Millar’s work has garnered critical acclaim both locally and internationally – including representing New...

Kakahu, 2018 - Kayla Folwell & Manaia Mahuika-Davies Re:ACTIVATE

SCAPE Public Art

The korowai (cloak) is made from individually designed feathers, from over 60 Ōtautahi students.

Kiwi Jungle – Flox

Big Walls

Auckland artist Flox is known for creating elegant and delicate representations of Kiwi flora and fauna, as captured here in Kiwi Jungle.

Solidarity Grid, 2013/15 – Mischa Kuball

SCAPE Public Art

Based on the act of giving and the positive symbolism of light, Mischa Kuball’s Solidarity Grid was commissioned by the Christchurch City Council and ...

Tree Houses for Swamp Dwellers, 2013 – Julia Morison

SCAPE Public Art

Consisting of 10 modular objects that read and function both as trees and as houses, Julia Morison’s Tree Houses for Swamp Dwellers can be engaged wit...

Mauri Moana, 2018 - Piri Cowie

SCAPE Public Art

Local Māori artist Piri Cowie is undertaking an ambitious, interwoven project with multiple strands

Diminish and Ascend, 2014 – David McCracken

SCAPE Public Art

The vertiginous Diminish and Ascend has previously drawn great attention at Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney, and Sculpture on the Gulf on Waiheke Island.

North Canterbury Wine Region

Wineries

Some of New Zealand’s best wines and up-and-coming wineries are produced by locals right on Christchurch’s doorstep, and we’re hugely into the idea of...

Flour Power, 2008 – Regan Gentry

SCAPE Public Art

Regan Gentry’s Flour Power was the first new public sculpture commissioned by the Christchurch City Council’s Public Art Advisory Group. Funding for t...

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