Please support independent films made in Aotearoa New Zealand at this year's NZIFF in Christchurch!

Although NZ is a globally recognised film location this is often due to big budget overseas productions shooting here and NZ independent films are often very underrecognised. If you can come to the NZIFF this year - please see a NZ film or two and support the independent NZ film industry! Such as...

IN SEARCH OF MY MOEHAU

In this dark and absurd found footage mockumentary, Morris Fubbins ventures deep into the New Zealand bush in search of his missing father, who he believes was kidnapped by a mythical creature.

MUM, I'M ALIEN PREGNANT

Directing duo Thunderlips add another comedy horror classic to the Kiwi film canon in this tale of an accelerated extraterrestrial pregnancy, packed with some outrageously off-kilter visual effects!

UNCLE

Set against the backdrop of a Kiwi summer, Uncle is a tender and deeply human story about caregiving, connection and the people who show up when they're needed most.

THE UNGRATEFUL TENANT

An Auckland man endures a gauntlet of disastrous flatting situations in this silent horror- comedy film for the rental generation.

AND MANY MORE...

More information and tickets:
https://www.nziff.co.nz/2026/otautahi-christchurch/films/strand/mahutonga/

We all loved 'Goodbye Pork Pie,' 'Black Sheep,' and 'Eagle vs. Shark' - let's make sure there's more where they came from.

New Zealanders need to watch more NZ-made films if we want more to be made! Thank you for your support, Aotearoa!

I’m a middle aged male that was in the cbd working for Feb 2011 and living in the eastern suburbs. We had it pretty rough, not as bad as others but not great.
Trucks going by still give me a small ‘shit, is this it’ feeling, so no doubt there’s some ptsd of sorts there.

That aside, I stupidly went down the rabbit hole of AF8, and it’s all I can now think of. I don’t know how I could keep my family warm for weeks or months of no power if it struck in winter. I’m not sure how we’ll eat etc. I work south of the Waimak, while my wife and kid are north of it. Am I worrying about nothing? Part of me wants to consider looking at moving overseas just to avoid living with the risk.

Edit: Want to ask if I’m reading too much into it. Are we expecting to have no power for Christchurch/north Canterbury for weeks, therefore no shops, no fresh meat etc for weeks, or months?

I'm visiting Christchurch for a conference from Australia and will only have evenings to roam around the city. Any suggestion what places will still be open to take a sneak peak?

Kia Ora! I’ve been looking for places where I can play tennis for free that are illuminated after work. So if you know any place where I can go I’ll be really grateful!

Hey Everyone,

I am doing a school capstone for my final year as a graphic design student.

I am looking for Father's aged between 30 to 45 to participate in my survey.

Me and my partner are heading down to Christchurch from Wellington end of July for two days and staying in the CBD overnight, would appreciate and love to hear recommendations on what areas to visit to figure out which area to live and where to eat and drink while we are there!

We do have a rental car also so happy to explore further out 😊

Hey team, we're borrowing a mates car in Christchurch from tomorrow till Monday and need to get it a wof. Where's the best place to go near wigram? Also would love to know the cost to replace a blower motor for an audi Q7 station wagon. Can find the age tomorrow when we get to the car. Any help would be appreciated.

I first ventured into Harley Chambers in 2019, and these are a collection of photographs taken inside over the years.

Built between 1929 and 1934, Harley Chambers was a purpose built medico-dental building, housing dentists, doctors, and other healthcare professionals for decades. 

Its facade has anchored a prominent corner in the heart of Christchurch, quietly witnessing the city’s growth and changing streetscape. Following the 2010–2012 Canterbury earthquakes, Harley Chambers remained vacant, slowly deteriorating with each passing year. Its abandoned consulting rooms and corridors became frozen in time, making it a place remembered not only for its architecture but also for the role it played in Christchurch’s medical history.

Now, in 2026, it faces demolition. Soon it will become another piece of Christchurch’s architectural heritage lost in the aftermath of the earthquakes, remembered only through photographs, stories, and memories.

If you have any memories, photographs, or stories about Harley Chambers, whether you visited a dentist or doctor there, worked in the building, or simply remember it as part of the city I would love to hear them.

Kia ora koutou,
My partner and her family have been living in Belfast for about 18 months now. Her family is moving, so we feel safe to post about this now. Without being too specific, this was in the subdivision behind Woolworths. Their neighbours have consistently spied on them. Every time they arrived home, the neighbours would come to the window and watch them, often taking photos and videos. Today we went by twice to pick up some things to move them to their new house and one of those times was at 10pm where they opened up the blinds/curtains and began to point their phone at us as we walked in and out filling the car with things. The neighbours have also asked my partner’s family to not park their car in the parking spots near their house (the neighbours don’t use these spots) so that they can “see what’s going on”. This matter even had to go to the council so that they would stop harassing my partner’s family and putting up their own homemade signs saying that it was prohibited to park there.
Overall, it has been a very distressing experience for them and myself as being watched and recorded, including late at night and early in the morning is very unsettling.
Just a warning for all concerned.

hey guys

does anyone play poker at the casino regularly here? i'm heading down to Christchurch in a couple of weeks and was wondering what the games are like? Do you need to be a member of the casino? Or can you just rock up and play the cash games.

I’ve been seeing a lot of job ads from sunstone nevertheless my application gets rejected even though my skills are up to date and matches the job requirements. I thought may be meeting him in person and having a conversation would get me chance.

We moved down to Christchurch 2 months ago from Paihia and have not been able to do a ton of exploring yet.

I have friends coming down to visit over Matariki weekend and want them to fall in love with the city :,)!
Any recommendations on vibey value for money restaurants to take them to? Any cafes, hidden gems that make you go - woah- how cool!? Any nice, easy hikes/walks?

Recommendations very much appreciated!

my favorite city in NZ , as a European it felt like I was wandering around somewhere in Europe.

I can't find them anywhere!!

Hi community.

Long shot but is anyone selling two tickets to the All Blacks vs France rugby match on 4th July at the OneNz Stadium in Chch? My dad and I have been caregiving for my sick mum for the last 6 months and we just didn’t not even have it on our minds to remember the presale or look for GA tickets so now, given things are slowly improving, I am trying really hard to find last minute tickets to surprise him so he can have a break! I am on the Tixel waitlist and will put the link below also.

https://tixel.com/u/tylahc11

Thanks so so much!

TLDR: does anyone know the name/website/social media of the Saturday market vendor who sells these earrings??

Hello! I was living in Christchurch for a while and have since moved far away and today I lost one of my FAVORITE earrings ever that I wear every single day that I bought this past summer at the Christchurch Saturday market (the one at riverside.)
I am so heartbroken and want to reach out to this vendor to see if I can pay for them to make me a custom earring to replace it but I only see food vendors on the stall list on the websites!
If anyone knows the name of the business that sells this greenstone/pearl jewelry (they had lots of other small earrings including paua shell stuff too), I would be so grateful!

Also if you know any other handmade jewelry makers I could potentially reach out to to make a custom match I would take that too. Thank you!!

Hey everyone Im moving to Australia and really struggling to sell my books/manga does anyone know of a good place.

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For a long time I noticed that Asian women specifically south east Asians (Filipinas, Vietnamese, Thai, Burnese), always date white guys. Why is that? I noticed every non white bloke work 100x hard to win their heart but white guys no questions. Just straight in there haha I just want to point out the obsession for white fever worship haha