Walking

12 August 2025

Ōtautahi Christchurch walking guide

Discover the best walking tours of Ōtautahi Christchurch. Explore the city's vibrant streets, hidden gems, and rich cultural history at your own pace with our walking audio tours.

Mat outside the Band Rotunda

Take a walking tour of Ōtautahi Christchurch

We have a great range of audio walking tours to learn more about Christchurch. Explore our cultural heritage, our history, our architecture and coastline. Enjoy exploring our city at your own pace.

Family walking along the Avon Ōtākaro River in autumn

Audio walking guide

Our Tūrangawaewae cultural guide

Welcome - Nau mai, haere mai!

See and hear how stories of mana whenua have been woven into the rebuild of Ōtautahi Christchurch, from public art and carvings to architecture and public spaces.

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A boardwalk on the Coastal Pathway

Audio Walking Guide

Te Ara Ihutai Christchurch Coastal Pathway

Te Ara Ihutai Christchurch Coastal pathway is a 6.5km shared-use path that connects the communities between Ferrymead Bridge and Sumner along the Estuary.

Listen to the audios as you explore the 7 stops on this vibrant coastal path.

Explore the pathway
Walking into the lobby at the Christchurch Town Hall

Audio Walking Guide

Christchurch architecture guide

Explore Ōtautahi Christchurch through its architecture and hear the stories of some of its special buildings. Meet historians, architects and other people with deep connections to these places.

Discover how partnering with mana whenua has created what some describe as the best new building in our city and much, much more.

Explore our architecture
Council Chambers Exterior

Audio Walking Guide

Christchurch through time

Find out more about Ōtautahi Christchurch through its many special places and people. Hear stories about famous physicist’s Ernest Rutherford, the Bridge of Remembrance and the recent Riverside Market development and nearby mural.

Explore these stories and more.

Christchurch through time

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