A Civic Memorial Service was held on the Archery Lawn of Christchurch's Botanic Gardens at midday on February 22, to mark the fifth anniversary of the 2011 earthquake of 6.3 magnitude, which claimed 185 lives and was considered to be the country's worst natural disaster in more than 80 years.
Read MoreGoing by the City Council's initial estimates, a record number – somewhere in the tune of 40,000 – people attended Christchurch's 10th lantern festival held over the last weekend of February in the North Hagley Park, making it a roaring success.
Read MoreEven though limited availability of venue dictated preceding the celebrations by almost 20 days [Holi falls on March 23 this year], over 2000 people - Indians and non-Indians alike – ensured that the Garden City was second to none in colouring itself in the Holi [the Indian festival of colours] spirits on March 5 at The Commons in Christchurch's CBD.
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Welcoming the Year of the Monkey in Christchurch; New Zealand's favourite - Cow, made an appearance too!
Correction: The caption for the picture should read - (Upper left) Lhotshampa – a team of Bhutanese expats who have made Christchurch their new home in action against the Fiji team in blue; (Lower left) Nepalese in red fighting hard against the professional Koreans; (Right) Javidans, which means “forever” in Afghani, in navy blue jersey against Cavaliers, a team of mixed nationalities.
Sometimes living in #Christchurch is so rewarding. It was a boring day and you were just driving around. And then suddenly you come across this!
There are issues with #NewZealand definitely. But proximity to #nature is certainly a plus.