Is 2026 the year New Zealand councils crack down on Airbnb operators?
They’re supposed to pay higher rates and abide by various rules and regulations, but many Airbnb operators don’t…
Worst seats in the house at Christchurch’s Court Theatre? Apparently, there’s a lot of them
Court Theatre audience members as well as people working on shows say in some seats you can’t see…
Every hydroslide at Christchurch’s record-breaking new aquatic centre, ranked
Alex Casey spends a morning testing the many hydroslides at Parakiore, New Zealand’s new largest recreation and aquatic…
‘Where will we go?’: A beloved Christchurch community hub faces an uncertain future
For over a decade, The Hub has provided an inclusive space for thousands of people in Ōtautahi. But…
The tricky trade-offs in making room for rivers in the city
Urban streams are often channelled into culverts and forgotten about. In Christchurch, Shanti Mathias visits two projects that…
The secrets of one of New Zealand’s most enduring political tickets
In the shifting sands of local politics, the longevity of The People’s Choice in Christchurch is an outlier. …