‘It’s mesmeric’: The Christchurch supermarket thousands of seagulls call home
Woolworths has Ooshies. New World has knives. Pak’nSave has seagulls. It was some time in autumn, 2013, when…
The movie theatres of Christchurch, ranked and reviewed
From the cavernous multiplexes to the charming boutique offerings, Christchurch is a cinema-lover’s paradise. But which reigns supreme?…
The movie theatres of Christchurch, ranked and reviewed
From the cavernous multiplexes to the charming boutique offerings, Christchurch is a cinema-lover’s paradise. But which reigns supreme?…
Big inclines, little screens: Christchurch’s new One New Zealand Stadium, reviewed
Alex Casey joins 8,000 other Cantabrians for a good old snoop around Christchurch’s long-awaited One New Zealand Stadium. …
Meet the man behind New Zealand’s largest hairdressing collection
Alex Casey spends an entertaining and enlightening morning with Michael Turner, owner of the largest collection of hairdressing…
I can’t stop thinking about the Christchurch kimono frenzy
10,000 kimonos… 10,000 unanswered questions. Summer read – originally published August 5 2025. On Saturday morning at 9.57am,…
The real story behind Christchurch’s ‘brutalist’ Timezone
It’s become of one of Christchurch’s most famous landmarks online, but why? Alex Casey steps through the portal…
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…