Due to lack of funds the construction of Christchurch Cathedral lasted 40 years and wasn’t completed until 1904. Shopkeepers, street artists and makeshift orators enliven the square in front of this Neo-Gothic Anglican sanctuary with an exotic ceilin..

The Canterbury Museum, a stone’s throw from the Botanic Gardens, looks like a large cabinet of curiosities. Colonial and pre-Colonial past, moa skeletons (a legendary bird, now extinct), decorative arts, exploration of the Antarctic (for which Christ..

Hagley Park (165 ha), a recreation area opened in 1855, is composed of golf courses, woods, lakes and sports fields. The collection of indigenous and exotic plants in the Botanic Gardens , nestled in a bend in the Avon, hasn’t diminished the appeal ..

Canterbury, the country’s largest plain, boasts sheep pastures, superb beaches and the highest mountains in New Zealand. This stunning landscape attracts crowds of sports enthusiasts from Christchurch , its very British capital.