Missing our calendar of events? So are we! However, given the current restrictions and the challenges placed on our local event industry we have to go forgo them for now. But they will be back! Keep an eye on our Facebook page for up-to-date local happenings.
A new destination playground is coming to South Canterbury! Play is one of the most important things that we can do. Now that the play equipment at Caroline Bay, Timaru needs replacing, it’s time to break from traditional playgrounds and offer more stimulating and inclusive play for all ages and abilities. The aim is to build a fun, challenging playground where kids can follow their imagination, play as their creativity takes them and not leave anyone out.
The new playground (pictured above) will help foster development, movement and promote social skills, resilience and tolerance. It’s going to be fun, inclusive, meaningful and challenging. Over $1.8 million has already been raised by volunteers, with a goal to raise a total of $2.2 million. Helping everyone play and connect outside for free is more important than ever.
There is a new kind of fizzy on the market and it is one that both parents and kids will be falling in love with!
Made in New Zealand, Noughty sodas are low in fruit sugars and naturally flavoured with no sugar or sweeteners.
The all-natural fizzy is packed with vitamins and minerals – each can contains calcium and 100 per cent of the RDI of iodine, vitamins D, C and B6 for kids aged four to eight years old, helping kids build strong bones and healthy minds.
30 April & 1 May
Open Christchurch, the festival of architectural excellence, returns on 30 April and 1 May. For one weekend only, enjoy special access to over 40 buildings and learn more about these spaces through bookable activities, such as talks, workshops and tours. Access to the buildings is free, apart from a handful with booking fees.
Explore a range of building styles, ages and uses: discover Ōtautahi Christchurch through architecture.
Visit openchch.nz for more information.
A newly discovered extinct duck that lived in ancient Aotearoa New Zealand could be key to dating other finds from an ancient lake bed uncovered in St Bathans, Central Otago. The new species, a small diving duck researchers have named Manuherikia primadividua, lived between 16 and 19 million years ago on a huge paleolake called Lake Manuherikia.
Researchers are excited by the discovery because M. primadividua is the first animal found at St Bathans that could help them narrow down dates for other finds. This discovery underpins the importance of knowing exactly which layer a fossil derives from.
‘You might think, “Oh, it’s just another dead duck,” but it’s an important step in building up a picture of how the animals and plants living on this ancient lake changed over time,’ explains Dr Paul Scofield, Senior Curator of Natural History at Canterbury Museum.
Fossils of animals that lived in the sea are relatively common in New Zealand, but the remains of ancient land-based animals are extremely rare. The ancient lake bed preserved at the St Bathans site is the most significant known deposit of land-based animal fossils in the country.
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