{"id":545944,"date":"2026-07-27T08:57:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T08:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/545944\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T08:57:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T08:57:17","slug":"christchurch-conventions-deliver-nz74-million-economic-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/545944\/","title":{"rendered":"Christchurch conventions deliver NZ$74 million economic boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Te-Pae-Christchurch-Convention-Centre-Conventions-generated-74M-for-local-economy-July26_640.jpg\" data-caption=\"Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Te-Pae-Christchurch-Convention-Centre-Conventions-generated-74M-for-local-economy-July26_640.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre - Conventions generated $74M for local economy (July26)_640\"\/><\/a>Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre<\/p>\n<p data-prosemirror-content-type=\"node\" data-prosemirror-node-name=\"paragraph\" data-prosemirror-node-block=\"true\">Conventions held at Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre generated almost NZ$74 million (US$44.4 million) for the economy in the year to June 2026, including more than NZ$60 million directly for Canterbury.<\/p>\n<p data-prosemirror-content-type=\"node\" data-prosemirror-node-name=\"paragraph\" data-prosemirror-node-block=\"true\">The venue hosted 56 conventions during the period, including several international events, supporting 827 jobs across Canterbury, according to an economic impact assessment by Infometrics.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-70776\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1785142637_64_Te-Pae-Christchurch-Convention-Centre-Conventions-generated-74M-for-local-economy-July26_640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\"  \/>Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre<\/p>\n<p data-prosemirror-content-type=\"node\" data-prosemirror-node-name=\"paragraph\" data-prosemirror-node-block=\"true\">A further 133 exhibitions, banquets, live events and meetings were held at the centre over the 12 months, bringing total attendance to more than 125,000.<\/p>\n<p data-prosemirror-content-type=\"node\" data-prosemirror-node-name=\"paragraph\" data-prosemirror-node-block=\"true\">Major events included Adaptation Futures 2025, International Society of Arboriculture Conference, and 10th IWA-ASPIRE + Water New Zealand Conference and Expo. The Art of Banksy exhibition also attracted more than 38,000 visitors during the summer period.<\/p>\n<p data-prosemirror-content-type=\"node\" data-prosemirror-node-name=\"paragraph\" data-prosemirror-node-block=\"true\">Since opening in May 2022, Te Pae Christchurch has hosted more than 865 events attended by over 422,000 visitors. The purpose-built venue can accommodate up to 2,000 delegates and includes a 1,364-seat auditorium, 2,800m2 of exhibition space and 24 meeting rooms.<\/p>\n<p data-prosemirror-content-type=\"node\" data-prosemirror-node-name=\"paragraph\" data-prosemirror-node-block=\"true\">The centre has also reported a 20 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions since 2022 and was recently recertified Net Carbon Zero and Enviromark Gold by Toit\u016b Envirocare.<\/p>\n<p data-prosemirror-content-type=\"node\" data-prosemirror-node-name=\"paragraph\" data-prosemirror-node-block=\"true\">Te Pae Christchurch has a pipeline of conventions and events confirmed for 2026 and beyond.<\/p>\n<p data-prosemirror-content-type=\"node\" data-prosemirror-node-name=\"paragraph\" data-prosemirror-node-block=\"true\">John O\u2019Hagan, chief executive, Crown Infrastructure Delivery, said: \u201cThe Crown backed Te Pae to help drive the regeneration of central Christchurch by attracting more visitors, investment and activity. These results show it is delivering on that vision in a very tangible way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-prosemirror-content-type=\"node\" data-prosemirror-node-name=\"paragraph\" data-prosemirror-node-block=\"true\">Ross Steele, general manager, Te Pae Christchurch, added: \u201cWe\u2019re very proud of Te Pae Christchurch\u2019s reputation as one of Australasia\u2019s leading convention centres, helping position Christchurch and Canterbury as a premier business events destination.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre Conventions held at Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre generated almost NZ$74 million (US$44.4&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-545944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}