Things to do  |  3 Oct 2025

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Here's our low-cost guide to the weekend in Christchurch.

Linwood Village Market - CANCELLED DUE TO BAD WEATHER

The Linwood Village Market is starting up for the season this Saturday from 10am – 1pm. Head along to the corner of Worcester Street and Stanmore Road (car park at the Linwood Community Arts Centre).

Take a look through the stalls and enjoy tea and coffee refreshments too. The market will be held the first Saturday of the month from October to May.

Awesome Antarctica holiday programme

The Awesome Antarctica holiday programme is underway at Tūranga this weekend! Come along to Science Alive from 10am – 3pm on Friday, Saturday or Sunday and head inside a new immersive inflatable dome to be transported to the icy continent. Take part in a paper mâché penguin survey from 11am – 12.30pm Friday, and enjoy a yoga adventure from 10.30 – 11.30am Saturday.

View the full Awesome Antarctica programme on the Christchurch City Libraries website.

Monster Madness 

It’s Monster Madness at Shirley Library. Come along to Shirley Library on Friday for Monster Madness Day with a spooky storytime, puppet crafting, and design a personalised tote bag.

Get involved with a Scavenger Hunt and bookmarks crafts from 9.30am – 5pm, come to the storytime from 10-10.30am, craft a monster magnet from 10.30-11.30am, enjoy our monster puppet storytelling from 1-3pm, library bag printing from 1.30 – 3pm, and make a monster flipbook from 4 – 5pm. 

Riverlution Yoga Fundraiser - POSTPONED TO SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER

Join us for a relaxing 45-minute yoga session in Richmond Community Garden, right next to Riverlution Café. This session is on Sunday from 8 – 8.45am and is a fundraiser for Riverlution Eco Park, so while you stretch and unwind, you’ll also be supporting a great cause.

Thanks to the last session, the team were able to purchase sand for their mud kitchen. Each new session will help fund a different community project across the site. Please bring your own yoga mat, if possible, as only a limited number are available.

Banks Peninsula hazardous waste drop off

Banks Peninsula residents can drop off their hazardous waste items for free at the Barrys Bay Transfer Station this Saturday. Drop off for free the following hazardous waste items: Waste oils, such as used car oil and cooking oil; Gas bottles, such as LPG, helium, SodaStream bottles, butane canisters, nitrous oxide canisters and fire extinguishers; Paints and solvents; Household chemicals; Aerosols; Batteries, such as Alkaline, Lithium/Nicad/NiMH, household batteries, car batteries and power tool batteries; Agrichemicals.

Hazardous waste products should be dropped off in their original container. If they are stored in another container, please write the name of the product on the container for easy identification. Barrys Bay Transfer Station is located at 102 Onawe Flat Road and is open from 9.30am – 3.30pm.

Check out what else is on in Christchurch on our website.