“We both started selling shoes when we left school and moved through the ranks to be able to manage our own stores…both at the young age of 21! We met in Wellington, and after experiencing the corporate world of shoe retailing, we moved to Christchurch in 1996 and bought Andrea Biani.”
Read MoreJacob Yikes designed this mural as a tribute to Ernest Rutherford, the famous face of our NZ$100 note. Known as the father of nuclear physics, Ernest was born in the South Island, winning a scholarship in 1889 to study at Canterbury College.
Read MoreIn my last editorial, I described 2022 as a ‘year of culture’ with the hopes that artists and creatives would take back to the stages, microphones, and soapboxes throughout the city. I certainly didn’t predict that our country would be in the red two days after sending our February issue to print.
Read MoreHave you ever dreamt of exploring Fiordland? Take a Milford road trip through Fiordland National Park, wander along the Piopiotahi Milford Sound foreshore, and admire Rahotu Mitre Peak’s spectacular views.
Read More“The first Avenues after the 2010 earthquake was produced from a beach house in Taylors Mistake. The edition that followed the 2011 quake was pieced together in my lounge on Huntsbury hill. Our team became nimble at producing magazines on the fly, replacing dated material with new and keeping a grip on the changing Christchurch landscape.”
Read More“I recall one of my earlier, more memorable assignments, which involved going to Margaret Mahy’s home in Governors Bay in late 2009. I went there to interview her about her book Kaitangata Twitch which had just been turned into a TV series.”
Read MoreThinking big for the future, even as Omicron cases rise, is Christchurch bar owner Nick Inkster whose passion for the central city and its heritage buildings first earned him a spot on the cover of Avenues in August 2017.
Read MoreThe Canterbury region has a long history of folks taking on the world with great ideas. An aerospace company with an innovative vision for the future is one of the latest to take on this mantle.
Read MoreThis city of ours is a special place. We challenge the status quo and routinely change the world. Ernest Rutherford pioneered nuclear physics just down the road from wherever you’re reading this, Kate Sheppard led an equal rights revolution from Ilam, and Bill Hamilton invented the jet boat on our rivers. We punch above our weight for fresh and innovative thinking.
Read MoreIf you went back in time to watch a classic rugby or cricket match 20, 30 or even 40 years ago – how different would it be from the typical stadium experience these days? If you ask business developer and serial innovator Greg Stubbings, he’d say: not different enough!
Read MoreAn hour south of Hamilton, the mystical world of Waitomo awaits. Millions of years in the making, Waitomo’s awe-inspiring cave network draws people looking for adventure and those looking for a sense of wonder.
Read MoreDid your favourite win, in the 2021 A List Awards!? We have a few new winners, as well as a few who have taken out their categories yet again. Congrats to all our winners!
Read MoreIt’s a region steeped in history, where ancient fossils have been recovered from riverbeds and limestone soil and where an abundance of locally grown produce thrives. It’s a place that offers the chance to get off the grid and the opportunity to live the high life.
Read MoreThe Catlins is a road-trippers dream, with winding roads weaving together a rolling symphony of picture-perfect landscapes, blue sea waters bordered by towering cliffs, and stretches of golden-sand beaches and bays.
Read MoreThe Great Glenorchy Alpine Base Camp (Base Camp) is a brand new offering, and the folks there have prepared a number of all-inclusive, wonderfully bespoke adventure packages for you!
Read MoreRumour has it, during March 2020 lockdown, God was discovered chilling out here in Aotearoa. When asked, “What’re you doing here?” he replied, “Working from home”.
Read MoreAs we hang on to the last bit of heat in our summer, this month’s Clink selection is doing the same with your palate. Also catch the exciting Valentine’s offering on The Christchurch Tramway!
Read MoreThe Teece Museum in the Arts Centre is always worth a visit if you want to see how the ancient Greeks drank wine out of terracotta skyphoi and oinochoe. Their wine was so bad back then that they diluted it with water and used pine resin as a preservative. Not that modern retsina is much better.
Read MoreIn January, Dylan the house bus and Edith the Suzuki made their way up the West Coast of the South Island, carrying Billy the Greyhound and his humans, Ali and Rob. We left Christchurch on 31 December and headed for the New Year hot spot of Oamaru.
Read More“We always joke that we have two seasons back at home, ‘hot’ and ‘hotter’. You deal with ‘hotter’ with a lot of sweat. You open the doors of the car, and you feel a sauna inside. Some people here tell me like ‘oh, it’s 25 degrees, it’s so hot!’, but to me, that’s winter.”
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