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The Sacred Heart Basilica in Timaru is a finalist in the Seismic category of this year’s heritage awards
The Covid-delayed 2020 Canterbury Heritage Awards will take place on June 11. In this second focus on the finalists, Fiona Wykes
, of Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, and historian Anna Crighton highlight five more contenders. Following the widespread damage caused by the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes, the Christchurch Heritage Awards Charitable Trust broadened the awards to encompass all of Canterbury. This geographical spread meant that for the 2021 awards, such entries as the Sacred Heart Basilica in Timaru, together with the Balmoral Forest Fire Lookout in Hurunui, and the Rakaia Gorge No 1 Bridge in Selwyn were eligible.
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Original Christchurch Town Hall architect Sir Miles Warren tours the restored Christchurch Town Hall ahead of its reopening. (Video first published February 2019) There will also be guided tours, children’s workshops, expert tours, guided walks, and exhibitions. The festival is being run by Te Pūtahi – the Centre for Architecture and City Making, a non-profit independent group formed after the earthquakes. Director Jessica Halliday said the festival weekend would be a celebration of the city’s architecture and organisers hoped the event would have “something for everyone”.
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College House hall of residence in Ilam.
GO NZ: The best luxury and new hotels for a city break
29 Jan, 2021 04:18 PM
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NZ Herald
Ewan McDonald
Let me be surrounded by luxury - I can do without the necessities, declared Oscar Wilde. He was never one to pass up an opportunity for self-indulgence and Kiwis, too, can catch a lucky weekend – or longer - break in 2021.
There are quite a few more rooms at our high-end inns, lodges and boutique hotels at the moment and managements have, as they say, adjusted their expectations to match domestic rather than international credit cards.
For those times when you feel you – or someone close to you – deserves a real treat, here s a guide to some of our cities most luxurious accommodation and a host of establishments that have recently opened their doors.