Current Situation
Auckland is at Alert Level 3. The rest of NZ including Christchurch and Canterbury is at Alert Level 2.
New Zealand Government information is available here.
For the latest health information and situation or advice updates, including number of confirmed cases, the Ministry of Health advice is here.
Christchurch City Council’s information and advice about COVID-19 is available here.
ChristchurchNZ Information for Businesses
Up to date information on Government support for businesses can be found here.
ChristchurchNZ resources, guidelines and information about support, including the Regional Business Partner Network, Business Mentors and Central Government support, can be found here.
For more information, advice and support, you can also contact enquiry@christchurchnz.com
Information for Visitors and Travellers
Read the latest information here.
For COVID-19 related enquiries
ChristchurchNZ Contacts
International Education enquiries regarding COVID-19
Stefi Porter - ChristchurchNZ International Education Partnerships Coordinator
Screen enquiries regarding COVID-19
Bree Loverich - Screen CanterburyNZ Manager
COVID-19 Articles
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Mobile Data Reveals Canterbury Residents Following Alert Level Rules
See what Google's mobility data tells us about where we've spent our time in lockdown. -
Economic Explainer: What Did We Learn From Lockdown 2020?
Jorge Chang Urrea, ChristchurchNZ’s Senior Economist explains what we learnt from the first lockdown. -
Start-Up Programme A Success For Covid-Impacted Jobseekers
25 jobseekers just graduated from the startup-support programme Start Me Up after completing a highly-focused business accelerator. -
Start-up Support for COVID-19 Impacted Jobseekers
People who lost their job because of COVID-19 will be given a chance to kick-start their new business idea as part of an innovative new Chri… -
Marian Johnson and Steven Anderson FoodStarter Challenge - Applications Open!
New World and Ministry of Awesome have started the search for New Zealand’s food and beverage product superstars, -
More than 3500 Canterbury businesses accessed Covid related support
Over $3.5 million of advisory funding has been allocated across Canterbury and these funds have been used by businesses to help them navigat… -
New tool provides Canterbury decision-makers with latest data
Canterbury’s economic activity for July 2020 returned to a similar level as the same month last year, according to the first edition of the … -
Launch of Christchurch-wide approach to innovation
A city-wide approach to growing more high value businesses and jobs for Ōtautahi Christchurch has been launched. -
Christchurch retail spending returns to pre-COVID levels
Retail spending in Christchurch increased by 4 per cent during June 2020 compared to the same period last year, bringing it back in line wit… -
More Funding to Help Local Businesses
A further $40m in additional national advisory funding has been announced to help small to medium businesses navigate the COVID-19 environme…
