Hva som skjer i Christchurch, New Zealand gjennom året

Toppsesong — Bread & Circus buskers festival, New Zealand summer holidays

• Festival

  Bread & Circus buskers festival

  20. jan – 3. feb · vanligvisKunstfestivalMye folk

  Ten days of street performance in the squares and along the river at the end of January, free in the daytime and ticketed at night; the city centre finally feels full. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: New Zealand summer holidays (19. des – 1. feb (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Bread & Circus buskers festival, New Zealand summer holidays

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Bread & Circus buskers festival (20. jan – 3. feb (vanligvis)), New Zealand summer holidays (19. des – 1. feb (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

• Helligdag

  Easter long weekend

  3.–6. aprPåske og stillehelgMye folkBestill tidligStengninger

  Good Friday and Easter Monday are public holidays, and on Good Friday and Easter Sunday most shops must stay shut unless local rules or a tourist-area exemption let them open. New Zealanders make it a long weekend away, so motels, holiday parks and campsites fill. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Easter long weekend, Anzac Day

• Natur

  Autumn colour in the parks

  10. apr – 20. mai · vanligvis

  The English trees in Hagley Park and along the Avon turn through late April, which is what the garden city was planted for. A nor'west gale strips them in an afternoon.

• Helligdag

  Anzac Day

  25.–27. aprNasjonaldagStengninger

  25 April remembers those who served in war. Dawn services are held at memorials in towns across the country, and by law most shops stay closed until 1 pm. When it falls on a weekend the public holiday moves to the Monday. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Easter long weekend (3.–6. apr)

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i mai.

Fortsatt på gang: Autumn colour in the parks (10. apr – 20. mai (vanligvis))

Travelt — Canterbury ski season, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Sesong

  Canterbury ski season

  5. jun – 10. okt · vanligvisMye folk

  Mt Hutt is an hour and a half away and usually opens first in the country and closes last; the club fields behind it run on gravel roads and rope tows, and the city drives up for the day.

Toppsesong — Canterbury ski season, Term 2 (July) break i New Zealand

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Canterbury ski season (5. jun – 10. okt (vanligvis))

Travelt — Canterbury ski season, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Canterbury ski season (5. jun – 10. okt (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Canterbury ski season, Term 3 (Sept/Oct) break i New Zealand

• Sesong

  The nor'west arch

  1. sep – 31. des · vanligvisVindsesongRisiko

  A foehn wind off the Alps arrives with a bar of cloud over the ranges and a hot dry gale in the city, most often in spring. It drops the humidity, lifts the dust off the plains, and everyone blames their headache on it.

Fortsatt på gang: Canterbury ski season (5. jun – 10. okt (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Canterbury ski season, Term 3 (Sept/Oct) break i New Zealand

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Canterbury ski season (5. jun – 10. okt (vanligvis)), The nor'west arch (1. sep – 31. des (vanligvis))

Travelt — NZ Cup and Show Week

• Festival

  NZ Cup and Show Week

  6.–16. nov · vanligvisSportsarrangementMye folkBestill tidlig

  Race days at Addington and Riccarton, the A&P Show at the showgrounds and a regional public holiday on the Friday. The city dresses up, and the hotels sell out before the fashion does. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: The nor'west arch (1. sep – 31. des (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — New Zealand summer holidays, Christmas Day closures

• Helligdag

  New Zealand summer holidays

  19. des – 1. feb · vanligvisSkoleferieMye folk

  The country shuts for a fortnight from Christmas: the city itself goes quiet and half its cafes close, while Akaroa and the Banks Peninsula bays are the busiest they get all year. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Christmas Day closures

  25.–26. desJul og nyttårStengninger

  Christmas Day is one of the few days most shops must close by law, and many cafes, restaurants and tours shut too. Boxing Day is a public holiday as well, when shops reopen for the sales and the roads fill with families heading off on summer holiday. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: The nor'west arch (1. sep – 31. des (vanligvis))