To find activities you like, search the Active Canterbury directory or you will also find recreational, social and cultural groups at CINCH, the community information database. Search under the sport or activity i.e. dance or football.
Some large cultural festivals take place regularly in Christchurch. These include the Chinese Lantern Festival, Culture Galore, the Korean Culture Festival, the Latin Dance Festival and The Body Festival of Dance and Physical Theatre.
During the warm summer months, Christchurch has many wonderful free activities.
The SummerTimes website gives details of what is on.
Fishing: There are rules for different fishing places. See www.ccc.govt.nz and search under the key word: fishing.
Shellfish: It is not safe to take and eat shellfish from the Estuary, Sumner or Scarborough beaches.
The website www.ccc.govt.nz/recreation tells you about leisure and sports centres and swimming pools in Christchurch.
The Christchurch Art Gallery, the Arts Centre, and the Christchurch Botanic gardens are wonderful places to keep visiting.
