O que acontece em Christchurch, Nova Zelândia, ao longo do ano

Lotação máxima — Bread & Circus buskers festival, New Zealand summer holidays

• Festival

  Bread & Circus buskers festival

  20 Jan – 3 Fev · normalmenteFestival de artesLotado

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: New Zealand summer holidays (19 Dez – 1 Fev (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Bread & Circus buskers festival, New Zealand summer holidays

Nada novo começa em fevereiro.

Ainda em andamento: Bread & Circus buskers festival (20 Jan – 3 Fev (normalmente)), New Zealand summer holidays (19 Dez – 1 Fev (normalmente))

Meia-estação — um mês comum

• Feriado

  Easter long weekend

  3–6 AbrPáscoa e Semana SantaLotadoReserve cedoFechamentos

  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. Fonte ↗

Lotação máxima — Easter long weekend, Anzac Day

• Natureza

  Autumn colour in the parks

  10 Abr – 20 Mai · normalmente

  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.

• Feriado

  Anzac Day

  25–27 AbrFeriado nacionalFechamentos

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Easter long weekend (3–6 Abr)

Meia-estação — um mês comum

Nada novo começa em maio.

Ainda em andamento: Autumn colour in the parks (10 Abr – 20 Mai (normalmente))

Movimentado — Canterbury ski season, férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Temporada

  Canterbury ski season

  5 Jun – 10 Out · normalmenteLotado

  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.

Lotação máxima — Canterbury ski season, Term 2 (July) break em Nova Zelândia

Nada novo começa em julho.

Ainda em andamento: Canterbury ski season (5 Jun – 10 Out (normalmente))

Movimentado — Canterbury ski season, férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em agosto.

Ainda em andamento: Canterbury ski season (5 Jun – 10 Out (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Canterbury ski season, Term 3 (Sept/Oct) break em Nova Zelândia

• Temporada

  The nor'west arch

  1 Set – 31 Dez · normalmenteTemporada de ventoRisco

  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.

Ainda em andamento: Canterbury ski season (5 Jun – 10 Out (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Canterbury ski season, Term 3 (Sept/Oct) break em Nova Zelândia

Nada novo começa em outubro.

Ainda em andamento: Canterbury ski season (5 Jun – 10 Out (normalmente)), The nor'west arch (1 Set – 31 Dez (normalmente))

Movimentado — NZ Cup and Show Week

• Festival

  NZ Cup and Show Week

  6–16 Nov · normalmenteEvento esportivoLotadoReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: The nor'west arch (1 Set – 31 Dez (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — New Zealand summer holidays, Christmas Day closures

• Feriado

  New Zealand summer holidays

  19 Dez – 1 Fev · normalmenteFérias escolaresLotado

  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. Fonte ↗

• Feriado

  Christmas Day closures

  25–26 DezNatal e Ano-NovoFechamentos

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: The nor'west arch (1 Set – 31 Dez (normalmente))