Tours depart at 2pm each day from outside the Information Centre in Cathedral Square. Meeting time is 1.50pm. It is high recommended to book as spaces fill up fast - chchbiketours@yahoo.co.nz or call 0800 733 257.
Tours include a bike, helmet and local guide. They run for approximately two hours.
For more information visit, www.chchbiketours.co.nz
Happy pedalling!
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Direct flights between Christchurch and Kuala Lumpur on a new Asian airline will begin in March 2011. The deal with new Malaysian airline AirAsia X was yesterday confirmed by Christchurch International Airport after a meeting in Kuala Lumpur.
AirAsia X will start the first low budget service to New Zealand, with four return services a week between Kuala Lumpur and Christchurch.
Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker said the airline would stimulate up to 70,000 more visitors a year. This is fantastic news for the Christchurch and Canterbury region.
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Christchurch Bike Tours have introduced a "Great Christchurch Quiz" - Amazing Race. A great idea for Christmas parties and work functions this summer!
The "Great Christchurch Quiz" is designed to have fun, as well as get to know your colleagues and your city. Your group will be put into teams of 3-5 people to race against each other. You get points for completing various tasks and questions over two hours. All of the questions are related to history and quirky facts about Christchurch city.
There is a fun prize giving at the end of the race. The event can finish with pizza and a beer tasting at a micro-brewery in the central Christchurch CBD.
There is the option to use bikes or run/walk the race.
To book or for more information, email chchbiketours@yahoo.co.nz
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Two movies based on 'The Hobbit' will be filmed in New Zealand as planned, the country's prime minister, John Key has confirmed today.
"Making the two Hobbit movies here will not only safeguard work for thousands of New Zealanders, but it will also follow the success of the Lord Of The Rings trilogy in once again promoting New Zealand on the world stage."
All three films in that blockbuster series were shot in New Zealand, the homeland of their director Peter Jackson.
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The Little River Rail Trail is a cycling track on Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.
More than half of the 45km-long Christchurch to Little River Railtrail from Hornby (Christchurch) to Little River on the Banks Peninsula is now open. The cycleway passes through a spectacular landscape with a thousand years of human history.
The rail trail passes through rural areas and settlements on the Canterbury Plains and skirts past the massive flanks of the ancient volcanoes which make up Banks Peninsula, hugging the shoreline of a vast lagoon, Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere, and its smaller twin, Wairewa/Lake Forsyth. The lakes and associated rivers and wetlands are rich in wildlife and natural vegetation.
The Little River Rail Trail was awarded a Cycle Friendly Award in 2006 for the best cycle facility project in New Zealand by Cycling Advocates' Network.
For more information visit, www.littleriverrailtrail.co.nz
A great activity to combine with the rail trail as a warm up is the Christchurch guided two-hour bike tour. For more information please visit www.chchbiketours.co.nz
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