They have released new images which they stress are concepts only. Described as “a multi-sensory world-class visitor destination” combining education with entertainment, the project would be established in the Avonside loop between Retreat Rd and Avonside Dr where homes were cleared after the earthquakes. At about 40 hectares, the site is almost twice the size of the city’s Botanic Gardens. Surrounded on three sides by the river with its walking and cycle path, the project will have its display areas presented as nine realms: sky, wind, forest and birds, Mother Earth, quakes and volcanoes, cultivated foods, uncultivated foods, ocean, and fresh water.