Christchurch will now hold a RWC 2011 festival. It will be a place for people to come together to watch the matches and enjoy other entertainment.
It won’t just be about Rugby, it will have hospitality and entertainment options that residents can enjoy. This will be a great alternative for people who are currently missing out because access to our CBD is limited.
Christchurch people have been through a lot in the past few months and they deserve to have an uplifting event like this to look forward to.
Planning is still in the very early stages and details will be able to be revealed as they are confirmed. This will be an exciting event for our city and one that residents will really enjoy later this year, despite the fact that we will no longer host any matches.
IRB officials announced the decision on the future of RWC 2011 matches in the city. Christchurch’s two quarter-finals would be shifted to Auckland while final decisions were still being made on the locations of the five pool matches.
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There's no simpler way to put it: New Zealand's South Island is well and truly open for business ... Click below for the full article...
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Our guides here at Christchurch Bike Tours are all safe and well. Our deepest sympathies go to the families and friends of those that have not survivied this terrible disaster and those with people still missing. We are thinking of you day and night and pray that there will still be some mircale rescues.
We dearly love Christchurch and hope that we can work to rebuild the city together in the future.
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There has been romance in the air on the Christchurch Bike Tours this past week.
It started with a proposal! Yes, how exciting! After the group stopped at Mona Vale estate (during the two-hour guided city bike tour) a lovely Canadian couple wandered off to check out the beautiful views along the river near the homestead. Now Jack must have spotted the perfect spot to get down on one knee while he was biking past as the lovely Sarah came back to our group with a diamond ring on her finger!
This week the tour also had several honeymooners onboard, New Zealand is a hot destination for honeymooners and Christchurch is a very romantic city with it's old English charm, the river, beautiful gardens and lanes. What more could a couple in love ask for...
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The Festival of Flowers runs from 11th February-6th March 2011, with the theme this year being 'burst! of water'.
The world class 23m plus Floral Carpet in ChristChurch Cathedral - 'Where Streams of Living Water Flow' - will realise the water theme aesthetically. Simple and beautiful education will be presented through exciting installations, exhibits, panel discussions, key-note speakers and a treat for the whole family – a summer’s movie night in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens.
The 2011 Festival of Flowers will include:
Water-themed Floral Carpet
Key-note Speakers &
Panel Discussion
Water themed Exhibition
Water sculpture/s
Topiary animals featuring a watery wonderland
Water themed floral displays
Outdoor movie night in the Christchurch Botanic gardens
Water is Precious, Children are Precious garden
A prelude to World Water Day on 22 March
For more information, visit http://www.festivalofflowers.co.nz/festival-of-flowers
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