This is Christchurch’s and – nearly logical – the South Island’s biggest shopping mall. You have a choice of 150 shops, and especially if you are looking for shoes this is the place to go. Sometimes I... more
UPDATE - unfortunately this has been closed since the February 2011 earthquakes.
Located in the back of the Art Center building, the Fudge Cottage is a small yet fully stocked sweets outlet.... more
The Malls around Christchurch are some of the best places to go looking for most of the items you need. You can get around them quite easily via the Orbiter Bus which has its route going past... more
Standing at corner of Lichfield St and Colombo St, you have a selection of stores at your fingertips practically in all directions:
Bivouac/Outdoors, Kathmandu, The Great Outdoors, High Country, Snow... more
Ballantynes is a fairly big department store on Cashel St. in the city centre. The nice things is that they offer no GST (sales tax) on all your purchases, if you're overseas and flying out of... more
Don't go home without a souvenir from Canterbury of NZ. Canterbury is the area of New Zealand surrounding Christchurch. The store has all kinds of nice clothing, but the best selection of official All... more
Update February 2012Since the earthquakes I had gone to Merivale Mall as often as never before. So it came as a real shock when it was closed this month due to... more
February 2012 - New site, old delightsThe loss of Copenhagen Bakery in Armagh Street was a bad consequence of the February 2011 earthquake. The bakery and café... more
Earthquake update 2011/2012Despite having lost his unique shop Colin Johnson and his delicacies have not been lost to Christchurch. He opened shop at the... more
Like Baker's Delight, Brumbys is a bakery franchise with a great range of breads and other baking products.It originates in Australia and is now quickly... more
If you miss healthy bread with grains or lust for a delicious apple walnut scroll, an Italian inspired Pane di Casa loaf or white bread sticks, savoury or sweet... more
Bearing Gifts is located at Colombo Street in the city centre.You could buy some bears and other soft toy back home as a souvenir.You could also purchase bear... more
The Cathedral Square Market, situated next to Starbucks and near the i-Site centre, is open from 9am to 4pm Wednesday through Saturday. These dates (and hours)... more
Obviously, as a rugby fan, I was as close as possible to Mecca when it comes to my sport. Canterbury, New Zealand would be done a disservice if you said they... more
During our trip to the main Cathedral Square, we noticed alot of unique shopping items. It appeared some people were here from as far as Mongolia, selling their... more
New Regent Street was the type of small street that was the forerunner to the big Mall type complexs seen elsewhere. A number of different shops lining either... more
Eating cookies can be addictive. Take this as a warning before you read my tip about a visit to the Cookie Time factory shop. Yes, the Cookie Time cookies are... more
The typical Kiwi guy in a checkered shirt does not just wear any kind of shirt. He wears a Swanndri. This brand is as Kiwi as the Kiwi bird and gumboots.... more
What I like about Borders is that it is so big that you have space even to sit and browse through a book you are interested in, and do not have to step back and... more
DressSmart is an outlet shopping centre right across Hornby Mall. They advertise with savings of 30 to 70% off normal retail prices, and often you can make... more
Although Fazazz is a great shop if you want to purchase a Ferrari or just admire stunningly beautiful vintage cars I have relocated this tip from the shopping... more
Fabric Vision and also other fabrics shops (Spotlight, sewing machines shops etc.) have a great selection of Kiwiana prints which make great cushion covers,... more
If you want to buy nice souvenirs and not just kitsch, woollen jerseys or merino-possum knitwear, sheepskin and leather products, paua, jade, silver and gold... more
Once friends of us from overseas arrived without most of their luggage. Lucky them that we could help out with most things as they did not get a lot of money... more
Cashel Street is one of Christchurchs main shopping areas being a vehicle free zone (except delivery ones). Cashel St has everything from Ballantynes department... more
Christchurch was on the road to recovery from the 7.1 earthquake that had rattled the city on 4 September 2010 when a far more ferocious 6.3 quake reduced it to rubble on 22 February 2011, killing 182...
For the latest view on Christchurch have a look at a drive through the Red Zone This is an interesting tour of the city with one of the local engineers providing a running commentary of the...
The Port Hills have a rich and varied Maori and European history. The 'recent' biological history stretches back to the last ice age approximately
14000 years ago. The landscape qualities of the Port...
These terracotta maidens are to be found looking down on Christchurch from the walls of a fine red-brick Victorian building by the bridge crossing the Avon River right in the heart of the...
I left summer in Norway for winter in NZ. Pretty stupid, I know, but it was the only time I could get off work for 2 months to do my research on my PhD without upsetting my boss too much.
Judging by...
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