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The Ellerslie International Flower Show is the largest floral exhibition in the southern hemisphere. In 2009, it underwent a huge rebranding and uprooted from former venue Auckland Botanic Gardens in Manukau to set up camp in Christchurch's Hagley Park.
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Christchurch lives up to its nickname "the Garden City" with Burst! Festival of Flowers. The city's hallmark event celebrates gardens, plants and all things floral with displays, music, food, storytelling, garden tours, photography and the New Zealand tree-climbing competition.
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Top New Zealand musicians perform at Christchurch's International Jazz & Blues Festival. Catch lively swing bands, soothing singers and jazz guitarists at venues like the cathedral and Arts Centre. Grammy award-winning gospel septet The Blind Boys of Alabama headlined in 2009.
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As part of the countrywide New Zealand Film Festival, Christchurch has, since 1977, cherry-picked from the main programme as seen in Auckland and Wellington earlier in the winter. Catch the screenings at various cinemas in the city.
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The New Zealand PGA Championship is a leading international competition in the Antipodean golfing calendar. It's held over four days at the Clearwater Golf Course in Christchurch, with a total prize pot of US$650,000.
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The pavements of Christchurch spring into life during the Eureka Trust World Buskers Festival. Street artists from across the continents amuse, bewilder and captivate crowds with their juggling skills, stand-up comedy, acrobatics, contortionism and other crazy stunts.
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When opened on 10 May 2003, the Christchurch Art Gallery or <i>Te Puna o Waiwhetu</i> became home to one of New Zealand's most important public art collections of British and European paintings. Its Maori name honours the well on the gallery's site, which flows into the city's Avon River, with <i>Waiwhetu</i> also meaning "water in which stars are reflected." The Gallery's striking modern architecture was designed by the Buchan Group after an international competition.
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Ride high above Christchurch for spectacular views across Lyttleton Harbour, the city itself and then west across to the mighty Southern Alps as you ascend in the Christchurch Gondola. From its base south of the city, the four-person gondolas rise slowly to 450 metres above sea level, to the rim of the extinct volcano. You can also explore the Heritage Time Tunnel, do nature works or just sit in the restaurant and eat while admiring the great views.
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Just 13 years after the official British settlement of Christchurch in 1850 an English oak tree was planted there (9 July 1863) in honour of the Prince Albert Edward's marriage to Danish Princess Alexandra. Thus Christchurch's Botanic Gardens were inaugurated and since 1946 have been in the care of Christchurch City Council. Encompassing an area of 30 hectares (74 acres), mostly bordered by a loop of the Avon River, the once wetland area has been transformed into one of New Zealand's finest collections of exotic and indigenous plants, with towering trees well over a century old and welcoming lawns. An ideal place to recharge the batteries.
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The International Antarctic Centre in Christchurch lets visitors experience the snowy wastes at the bottom of the world although they are still over 1000 miles away in the Antarctic Attraction. They can also ride on a Huggland Antarctic all-terrain amphibian craft.
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