People

Meet some of Christchurch’s most preeminent and personable personalities.
 

The Firing Line

People - Food & Drink

Cityscape catches up with local legend Alan Stroud (a.k.a Stroudy) of Shirley Irish pub fave O’Shea’s Public House. What were you doing before ...

 

The Wild Life

People

Cityscape catches up with animal lover and volunteer Holly Hastie, who spends her volunteering time tracking and recording South African animals ...

 

What the Fork

People - Arts & Culture

Cityscape catches up with Aussie stand-up royalty and semi-professional Paul Kelly look-a-like Carl Barron, who’s bringing his hilarious, laugh ...

 

Stealth Mode

People - Food & Drink

Cityscape sits down with Stealth Hospitality kingpin and leading city hospo creator Tony Astle on conceptualising game-changing venues, how he ...

 

Stage Fight

People - Arts & Culture

Cityscape caught up with Irish soprano and lead in New Zealand Opera’s Tosca, Orla Boylan, on the surprisingly athletic world of opera, killing ...

 

A Cut Above

Food & Drink - People

Famed for his delectable Manuka-smoked free-range hams, esteemed butcher Kurt Robinson of Christchurch’s fave boutique butchery Cashmere Cuisine ...

 

Nutting It Out

Food & Drink - People

Cityscape caught up with local artisan Ann Joseph from White Heart Specialty Hazelnut Products on growing a health-food empire based on ...

 

Taking Off

People - Fashion & Wellbeing

Cityscape catches up with Off & On’s founder and owner Nicky Shore, who revolutionised the beauty industry with her national chain of premium ...

 

Death Becomes Him

What's On - Arts & Culture - People

Cityscape catches up once again with international opera star and former Christchurch lad (and accountant!) Teddy Tahu Rhodes – who’s playing the ...

 

For The Birds

People

Cityscape suffers some serious job envy catching up with New Zealand Conservation Trust’s Bethany Brett, Head Kiwi Husbandry Officer at ...

 

(The) Strip Tease

Food & Drink - People - Explore

There’s no doubting that the Christchurch earthquakes dealt the city’s nightlife a serious blow, with one of the biggest casualties the iconic ...

 

Soul-Trained

People - What's On

Cityscape has a quick catch-up with killer Kiwi songstress Aaradhna, who’s hitting Electric Avenue in the middle of a busy summer that’s had her ...

 

Pencil It In

What's On - People

Cityscape caught up with tasselled temptresses Tawdry Trainwreck and Rosie Reckless, the gals responsible for bringing the burlesque, booze and ...

 

Something in the Water

Arts & Culture - People

Cityscape hits the high seas with New Zealand’s first and only female marine pilot and Lyttelton identity Joanne Laing to talk charting your own ...

 

Loyal Subject

Arts & Culture - What's On - People

Cityscape chats with the national treasure/epic legend that is Dave Dobbyn, who last year celebrated 40 years of making killer music, and ...

 

Beer Pioneer

Food & Drink - People

Cityscape caught up with the ‘Mother of New Zealand Brewing’ Tracy Banner, owner and head brewer at Sprig & Fern Brewery, on her 35 years in ...

 

Good Spirits

Food & Drink - People

Cityscape catches up with Ghost Brewing’s Muz Moeller, the man behind the local badge haunting some of the city’s top brews, and mastermind for ...

 

One of the Boys

Food & Drink - People

Cityscape caught up with Ralph Bungard, head boy at Three Boys Brewery, to talk all things suds and how he uses his science background to brew a ...

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