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Arts Centre Restoration Awarded Again

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The United Nations Education and Culture Organisation (UNESCO) has once again recognised the quality of post-quake restoration and conservation at Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre.

Te Waka Whaka Hou The Canoe of the Rebuild

Artworks

Title of artwork: Te Waka Whaka Hou The Canoe of the Rebuild 

Guided Walking Tours

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We give you the inside story on Ōtautahi Christchurch’s history and culture, major recent events and the post-earthquake city rebuild, an insight into The Arts Centre, New Zealand’s largest collection of heritage buildings, and the cultural precinct of Christchurch.

Cubbin Theatre: Up and Away

Wednesday 25 - Sunday 29 March & Wednesday 4 - Sunday 8 November 2026

Cubbin Theatre Company present Up and Away, a playful and gentle theatrical performance created exclusively for babies that are not yet walking and their grownups.

Airbnb in the Creative Residence

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Located in the heart of Ōtautahi Christchurch within the cultural precinct, just a one minute walk to the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch Botanic Gardens, Christchurch Art Gallery, and tramways, you will be wowed by this stunning space. You will love the views of Arts Centre's historic buildings. With a 1920's art deco style art-house cinema and bar right outside your door you'll never want to leave.

Cubbin Theatre: Bundle Baby

Wednesday 18 - Sunday 22 February & Wednesday 2 September - Sunday 6 September 2026

A playful show made for babies and toddlers aged 1 to 2 years and their grownups, exploring the magic of the laundry basket. 

Cubbin Theatre: Me and My Nana

Wednesday 27 - Sunday 31 May 2026

We’re visiting Nana today!

Cubbin Theatre: Sportsball

Wednesday 7 - Sunday 11 October

Sportsball is the story of Tai, a young child with an active inner world and an active outer world. Tai loves playing and watching sports with his dad and he loves his big red ball. He can do lots of amazing tricks with his ball but when a game at a birthday party doesn’t go his way, Tai has to work through his feelings and find a way to move through a difficult situation with the help of his dad, his friends and his imagination.

Cubbin Theatre

Creative Residences

Cubbin Theatre’s distinctive approach prioritises the needs of their very young audience. Their critically acclaimed show, Up and Away, for infants who cannot yet walk was developed in collaboration with a Speech Language Therapist and is performed to very small numbers inside a gently lit teepee, where the audience can crawl around safely. In March 2025, Cubbin Theatre performed this show by invitation at the prestigious ASSITEJ International festival in Marseille, France.

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Creative Residences