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Liz Lewis
Liz is a freelance travel, health, and lifestyle writer. Having lived various places in the world (Hawaii, Crete, California, Germany, and Saudi Arabia), Liz now resides in New Zealand.
But living in…
Liz is a freelance travel, health, and lifestyle writer. Having lived various places in the world (Hawaii, Crete, California, Germany, and Saudi Arabia), Liz now resides in New Zealand.
But living in such a remote location has not stopped Liz from continuing to roam the world (real and cyperspace) in search of new and exciting adventures to experience and document.
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Air New Zealand is looking for bald heads to use for their new advertising campaign. They are seeking people willing to provide cranial billboards to advertise Air New Zealands new check-in system. Those chosen will have henna tattoos on the back of their heads for a couple of weeks and will be required to stand in lines in one of the country's three main airports.
Could be a way for travelers or locals to make a quick dollar or two. Those chosen will be given NZ$1000.
So if you're in Christchurch tomorrow (Tuesday 16 September), are folically challenged or willing to be, then head over to Victoria Square for the casting call. There will be barbers, free music, drinks, and a BBQ.
The Christchurch Art Gallery is host to a Laurence Aberhart exhibit until 12 October 2008. Laurence Aberhart is one of New Zealand's foremost photographers, creating images steeped in history. Using a 100 year old camera, Aberhart's photographs portray the monuments, facades, and interiors at the heart of New Zealand's landscape.
The Christchurch Writers Festival is being held from 5 to 7 September at the Christchurch Town Hall. Three top writers -legendary war correspondent Robert Fisk (Lebanon/UK), Xinran Xue (China /UK) and Kate Atkinson (UK) - are headlining the festival of over twenty international and forty New Zealand writers that will be participating in seminars, workshops, and panels.
Download the Full Writers Festival Programme here.
The annual Christchurch Primary Schools Cultural Festival is on from 18th August to 22nd August at the Christhchurch Town Hall. Featuring multicultural performances by over 60 primary and intermediate schools, the Cultural Festival hopes to celebrate cultural diversity. There's music, performances, a visual and Wearable Art Exhibition and Pageant.
The Cultural Festival has been running for the past twenty-seven years, with each year getting stronger, livelier and more colorful.
Evening concerts run Monday 18 to Thursday 21 August at 7pm. Daytime matinees are on Wednesday 20, Thursday 21 and Friday 22 August at 12.30pm. Tickets are available at Ticketek.
With the cost of gas sky high, sometimes it's cheaper (and much more environmentally friendly) to stay at home and do your sightseeing on the internet.
You can easily explore Christchurch and it's surrounds by visiting Panoramic Earth Christchurch. Yo can even travel as far afield as Arthur's Pass, which at the moment is closed due to bad weather and snow.
Or you can head over to Lyttleton and check out the marina and the Lyttleton Timeball. From there, it's a short trip to Governor's Bay, Diamond Harbour, and Akaroa.
And there are also great views of all the interesting sites in central Christchurch.
Once upon a time there was a house called the Paua Shell House. Located in Bluff, a small coastal Southland town, it was the creation of Fred and Myrtle Flutey. They had spent years lining the walls of their lounge with the shells of the Paua, a species of abalone found only in the waters around New Zealand.
But Bluff's iconic Paua Shell House is no more. Following the death of first Myrtle in 2000 and then Fred in 2001, their grandson Ross Bowen had bought the house and shell collection from the rest of the family. He then stripped the house of the shell collection (rumoured to be over 1000) and sold the house, angering the local community who thought the collection should be donated to the town of Bluff.
Now the famous paua shell collection has resurfaced in Christchurch, featured at the Canterbury Museum.
Fred & Myrtle's Paua Shell House at Canterbury Museum is open from 9.00am daily, with sessions running throughout the day. This is kiwiana at it's best. You can watch a short film that explains how this unassuming couple created such an amazing and unusual house that known throughout the country. Then step into their famous pauau shell lounge...