{"id":572235,"date":"2026-08-18T01:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T01:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/572235\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T01:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T01:14:07","slug":"legendary-english-actor-made-honorary-christchurch-citizen-after-raising-350k-nz-herald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/572235\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary English actor made honorary Christchurch citizen after raising $350k &#8211; NZ Herald"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-AFBVV95cUxQUjBMdGRTTHk0Nnl0eFBnVFNZSzZKU1BLWE00ZTdYNzRCM0RIMV9CTS1CNG9VQUJXWkZjLWF0QU5jS3RHWnpvd3pvdUJ6TEMxc0d1dGl3d045NS00dWg1cDBqNVBGYnZpMldvb25fUE5UUVhBTy1pUWFEczUtR1NFU3NucGI0YVozOHp4LUZ1QnpTNUx4X3gxMnF6RXExRGxsODlxSm14emdNNFluOFU0QVRWWUx1ZU1kWW53RURFT3ozNldrUlhldkVrLVdubkVpcXhNTkc1RDFyUXdNMDNIaHlqLVdsT3g2XzRMQ2lYaWdRWFhkWklsaQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Legendary English actor made honorary Christchurch citizen after raising $350k<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxNd1ZpRXhRTWpJU0UwSGV0Zkt5cnJ6aHQ3NVZ4VXQyV2h1OXA0ZHAwZkw1UVRLbklDcy1odWI5MDZXcDJOSDA1ZTAxWE9SdDN4QkZrZFA1cDBQeXBGZzlDOVdvdjk4bmU4cUozeHBhT2FQcnl5c28zNm5BN2JaMFRYV0h1eWk2YmNCd1pzeDZiUGZtY2p0NFE0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gandalf works his magic at a Christchurch restaurant<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Press<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1wFBVV95cUxNRzlmUXJtQ3BQM2k4ay1xeENQTHRfYjFqT3FWeFZLRW5ZMlAzQ2w2WVZKY0pXZGw0cEhsaTlBMURVcFN6U3V3bUg0eVlyT0hmTmR0TS1YTkFGWHZZSTk4Qnk3TjRZWW9mYkUzVm9lRElxSm1oZVh4WTNsUGNQQmFKU2FDMTFQbVU4RVdFa3ItNkRoWnMxRklJWm9IRmVlUmdmMzZZUE1iM1NmeDRxY3dBanRfa2U5dGZyZ0p5em9DOV9SZnJxb0hrRUFUeGJsVU1SRGhpT1l4OA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018One of the great theatres of the world\u2019: Sir Ian McKellen back on stage in Christchurch<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ODT<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxNQTNOd01QQnF5SnNwRk5hZGhPZTVvMGpHX3FfenNYc0w5OEVhTEx6SVhnd0ZGam5uSkljMWFDZ29HcjlvYnRRVkI5TXJLbEUxSTZpbFJ2RTgtd1pKZFlSaGUyRXVYdHI4dDZIRWFLc3NfQ1BZUTRnRkVRWkw0Ull2a2pzckE5elpPSERIQ3RrYWw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lord of the Rings star dines at Christchurch restaurant<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitwFBVV95cUxQTXJzNkhvaHJyczJWcm00RDdpSDBnbk1kWTRqWW1Hd0k1cWlqa19HZ25mTmpjd3lYeW56NV9sNGhJY0ZwOFpSMFI2U1lhUi1rRUIxNkpkSm5wNVNDU2FPYXUydTY4cTltaW9FME1mZkZMWXFSV0h3UklBRzI3Sng0OGkxM2lzeWtzSU1MV2tHbnJIdk9kcTE2RkdBd1pWOUpOUjZrRG54VjNWRjRJOEIxVGJOYlYyUWM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018He tried to pay the bill\u2019: Film star surprises staff at Christchurch restaurant<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ODT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Legendary English actor made honorary Christchurch citizen after raising $350k&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ HeraldGandalf works his magic at a Christchurch restaurant&nbsp;&nbsp;The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-572235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572235","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=572235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}