Explore Christchurch
April 9, 2019
Inner City Promos
Christchurch, after the earthquakes and subsequent rebuild, is a new city. Down town has been re imagined with a host of new buildings, walkways, laneways and shops to explore. This is one of a series of video's directed at Christchurch locals who are invited to explore their new and dynamic inner city. ( Paid story developed for ChristchurchNZ footage restricted. Please see https://www.christchurchnz.com )
There are important lessons here for those watching New Zealand's own homegrown platforms which are taxpayer supported through NZ on Air. Whether freeview or payview, what are we actually seeing and why? what are we actually paying for and why? Are we simply paying millions to subsidise commercially fragile kiwi media platforms or are we paying to ensure a future for kiwi made factual content? These questions are particularly relevant as the government considers new funding models for both film and television.
The property was purchased by Habitus Group for the development of six new sustainable homes. But before they could start any new builds on the site they had to deal with the old and what job! Check out the Habitus link below.
https://habitusgroup.co.nz/showcase/