What's on this weekend

From the Christchurch Heritage Festival to the Banks Peninsula Hazardous Waste Day - check out what's on in Ōtautahi this weekend.

Heritage Festival 2024

The Christchurch Heritage Festival 2024 is kicking off this Saturday, running to 28 October. Discover and explore the heritage of our communities with over two weeks of walks, talks, open days, exhibitions and more.

This weekend, come along to the Ōtākaro Orchard Food Forest Community Garden Open Day, visit an exhibition to celebrate the history of trams, remember the Christchurch Commonwealth Games and more.

Banks Peninsula Hazardous Waste Day

This Saturday is Banks Peninsula Hazardous Waste Day. Come along to the Barrys Bay Transfer station from 10am – 4pm and drop off for free the following hazardous waste items: waste oils, gas bottles and fire extinguishers, paints and solvents, household chemicals, aerosols, batteries, and argrichemicals.

Quilt Show in Christchurch

Canterbury Patchwork and Quilters Guild are running their biannual Quilt Show at Papanui High School until Sunday 13 October. The Quilts in Bloom show will be an exhibition of members’ work and is open from 10am – 4pm daily.

Entry is $5, under 12 years free.

Days of Ice

It’s the last weekend of Tūranga’s Days of Ice series! This Saturday, head along to the expo-style event Explore Antarctica, learn how to find penguin colonies on Google Earth, explore Pōhatu - Flea Bay and learn how to protect Kororā (little penguin), and take a guided walk through our city to learn about our rich Antarctic heritage.

On Sunday, watch The Great White Whale documentary, attend a traditional Antarctic wreath-laying ceremony, and bid farewell to those travelling south during the 2024 season.

64 Ways of Being

Join one of the two 64 Ways of Being guided walks this weekend from 10am to Midday Sunday. The walk will be led by Pae Tākaro Place of Play Coordinator Kate Finnerty, starting at Tūranga Central Library and finishing in the Greenway.

64 Ways of Being is an urban art experience that uses location-specific participatory artworks, game design and stories to bring the streets, parks and the Ōtākaro Avon River to life via mixed reality. Players will explore the streets and along the river banks, while being prompted to reimagine the world through urban play.

Spring market

Head down to the Climate Action Campus at the former Avonside Girls' High School site tomorrow (Saturday 12 October) from 10am-2pm for their spring market. There will be more than 60 stalls, including heirloom seedlings, plants, crafts, student enterprise, local business and sustainable products, as well as food trucks, live music, and activities for kids.