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Buskers Festival taking over Christchurch streets
The World Buskers Festival is back this month, bringing wild, world-class street performances to Christchurch.
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Buskers Festival taking over Christchurch streets
22 Jan 2026The World Buskers Festival is back this month, bringing wild, world-class street performances to Christchurch.
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20 Jan 2026
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19 Dec 2025
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15 Dec 2025
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11 Dec 2025
The Little Street Art Festival Returns
Aotearoa’s most unique street art festival returns for its third year – with a slew of fun, surprising, revealing and meaningful creations by local urban artists.
New chapter for Libraries summer reading challenge
Christchurch City Libraries’ reading challenge is in bloom for summer 2025.
New sculpture for Art Gallery bunker
A sculpture project is bringing new life to the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū forecourt.
Ngāi Tahu Land deeds come together at Christchurch Art Gallery
For the first time since their signing in the mid-1800s, the 10 Ngāi Tahu land sale purchase deeds will be on display together.
Art & creativity |
5 Dec 2025
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20 Nov 2025
Explore our art landscape with Whenua book
The importance of whenua in Aotearoa New Zealand’s art history, examined through the work of more than 100 of this country’s most celebrated artists, is the subject of a major new book from Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū.
Behind the scenes at the Gallery with new exhibition
A new exhibition at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū will shine a light on the often-hidden world of art archives.
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1 Oct 2025
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15 Sep 2025
Slim regroups for Go Live and special release
Known for their energetic live shows, Slim will perform hits like ‘Rise Up’ and ‘Bullet in My Hand’ at their Go Live set on Saturday 23 August.
Two new immersive exhibition experiences
Two very different exhibitions will open alongside each other at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū this weekend.
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31 Jul 2025