På gång i Christchurch, New Zealand under året

Mest folk — Bread & Circus buskers festival, New Zealand summer holidays

• Festival

  Bread & Circus buskers festival

  20 jan – 3 feb · vanligtvisKulturfestivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: New Zealand summer holidays (19 dec – 1 feb (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Bread & Circus buskers festival, New Zealand summer holidays

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Bread & Circus buskers festival (20 jan – 3 feb (vanligtvis)), New Zealand summer holidays (19 dec – 1 feb (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

• Helg

  Easter long weekend

  3–6 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtBoka tidigtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Easter long weekend, Anzac Day

• Natur

  Autumn colour in the parks

  10 apr – 20 maj · vanligtvis

  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.

• Helg

  Anzac Day

  25–27 aprNationell helgdagStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Easter long weekend (3–6 apr)

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Autumn colour in the parks (10 apr – 20 maj (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Canterbury ski season, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Canterbury ski season

  5 jun – 10 okt · vanligtvisTrångt

  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.

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

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Canterbury ski season (5 jun – 10 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Canterbury ski season, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Canterbury ski season (5 jun – 10 okt (vanligtvis))

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

• Säsong

  The nor'west arch

  1 sep – 31 dec · vanligtvisVindsäsongRisk

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Canterbury ski season (5 jun – 10 okt (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Canterbury ski season (5 jun – 10 okt (vanligtvis)), The nor'west arch (1 sep – 31 dec (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — NZ Cup and Show Week

• Festival

  NZ Cup and Show Week

  6–16 nov · vanligtvisSportevenemangTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: The nor'west arch (1 sep – 31 dec (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — New Zealand summer holidays, Christmas Day closures

• Helg

  New Zealand summer holidays

  19 dec – 1 feb · vanligtvisSkollovTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Christmas Day closures

  25–26 decJul & nyårStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: The nor'west arch (1 sep – 31 dec (vanligtvis))