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Christchurch is a city full of creative, inspirational and innovative people. Read the amazing stories behind their projects, visions for the future, and the how their exciting ideas are shaping the city.

1. 
   • Christchurch & Canterbury Tourism,
   • 5 Year Anniversary,
   • Christchurch Earthquake,
   • Recovery Stories,
   • Creativity,
   • Christchurch City,
   • Christchurch Art,
   • Personalities

   Jenny Harper - Christchurch Art Gallery

   Jenny Harper, of the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna O Waiwhetu, has been the director of a closed gallery for more time than she has been an open one.

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2. 
   • Christchurch & Canterbury Tourism,
   • 5 Year Anniversary,
   • Christchurch Earthquake,
   • Recovery Stories,
   • Christchurch City

   Lianne Dalziel - The Mayor of Christchurch

   Five years on from the devastating February 2011 earthquakes, the city of Christchurch is rebuilding itself as a modern, future city, led by Mayor Lianne Dalziel.

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3. 
   • Hospitality,
   • Recovery Stories,
   • Christchurch Earthquake,
   • 5 Year Anniversary,
   • Food and Wine,
   • Christchurch Nightlife,
   • Personalities

   Giulio Sturla - Roots Restaurant

   Lyttelton has a new star in town, a restaurant that is taking food sustainability to a whole new level: award-winning Roots Restaurant is helping reinvigorate the town’s spirit as it rebuilds from the Canterbury earthquakes.

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4. 
   • Christchurch & Canterbury Tourism,
   • 5 Year Anniversary,
   • Christchurch Earthquake,
   • Recovery Stories,
   • Creativity,
   • Christchurch Nightlife,
   • Personalities,
   • Hospitality

   Sam Crofskey - C1 Espresso

   In New Zealand’s second-largest city, ingenuity and passionate locals are giving Christchurch an intriguing new edge.

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5. 
   • Christchurch & Canterbury Tourism,
   • 5 Year Anniversary,
   • Christchurch Earthquake,
   • Recovery Stories,
   • Christchurch City

   Michael Esposito - Welcome Aboard

   The iconic Christchurch activities of punting down the Avon River, the historical tram through the city and gondola on the port hills, faced an uncertain future following the February earthquakes.

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6. 
   • Hospitality,
   • 5 Year Anniversary,
   • Christchurch Earthquake,
   • Recovery Stories,
   • Creativity,
   • Architecture,
   • Food and Wine,
   • Christchurch City,
   • Christchurch Nightlife,
   • Personalities

   Marcia Butterfield - Neat Places

   Marcia Butterfield thought her hometown was getting a bad rap when her friends complained about the lack of things to do in Christchurch after the earthquakes, so she set about proving otherwise – and she did.

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7. 
   • Attractions,
   • Christchurch & Canterbury Tourism,
   • 5 Year Anniversary,
   • Christchurch Earthquake,
   • Recovery Stories,
   • Creativity,
   • Christchurch City,
   • Personalities

   Coralie Winn - Gap Filler

   Coralie Winn has taken Gap Filler from an earthquake response, to a grassroots movement that gained huge momentum, to changing the way people think about space in a city.

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8. 
   • Christchurch & Canterbury Tourism,
   • 5 Year Anniversary,
   • Christchurch Earthquake,
   • Recovery Stories,
   • Creativity,
   • Architecture,
   • Christchurch City,
   • Christchurch Nightlife

   Neil Cox - General Manager Isaac Theatre Royal

   Standing outside the grand Isaac Theatre Royal, it’s hard to believe it hasn’t stood exactly that way for the past 100 years. And that’s exactly the point.

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