Santa will be in town in one month! There’s heaps to do around town to fill the time between now and the Christmas holiday. Here are our top picks. Christmas Family Festival Mark your calendars, the festive season is just around the corner. To get everyone in the spirit, we’re hosting a Christmas Family Festival…
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Countdown delivers the latest online shopping tech to Christchurch shoppers
As demand for online shopping continues to grow in Christchurch, Countdown is today introducing brand new technology to its Moorhouse store which will increase the availability of online shopping in the city by an additional 4,000 orders per week. Known as Order Storage Retrieval (OSR) units, these state-of-the-art semi-automated micro-fulfilment centres can hold up to…
Countdown on to Women’s Cricket World Cup
The countdown is on in Ōtautahi Christchurch with 100 days until the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 kicks off. Christchurch will host five matches at Hagley Oval as part of the tournament which runs from 4 March to 3 April 2022. This includes at least one White Ferns match, the semi-final on 31 March…
Countdown on to Hellzapoppin'! The Art of Flying Nun
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the founding of Flying Nun Records in Ōtautahi Christchurch, the Hellzapoppin’! The Art of Flying Nun exhibition will bring together original artwork and design, film, record covers, posters and photography from some of New Zealand’s favourite bands. “This exhibition is colourful and a lot of fun – and closer to…
Students embrace politics in countdown to 2020 election
Students embrace politics in countdown to 2020 election Students at the University of Canterbury (UC) have organised a number of events to connect young voters with political candidates in the lead-up to the 2020 elections. Hinerangi Curtis, Phillipstown Community Hub General Manager Viviana Zanetti, Lisa McLaren and Jovis Lavalais worked together to create an event…
Countdown announces new eStore in Wellington
Countdown has announced a new dedicated eStore for Grenada North, Wellington, to help service the significant and growing demand it is seeing for online shopping delivery in the region. Operating 24 hours a day and seven days a week, the 3500sqm eStore will create 50 new jobs and can service more than 7000 online orders…