Christchurch’s new home of entertainment is taking shape with the opening of EntX – the long-awaited central city entertainment destination.

Christchurch-born, raised in Fairlie and Timaru, and now in London where he worked on the most important wedding cake of the year, Izaak Adams (Ngāi Tahu) is clearly going places.

Stephanie Rumble is the sort of person everyone needs in their life.

Nineteen-year-old dance protégé Summer Penney will never forget the feeling of being on stage at the Arts Centre Melbourne last December for the Australian Conservatoire of Ballet’s production of Swan Lake.

Taking care of Canterbury’s oldest golf course – Hagley Golf Club in North Hagley Park – is a big responsibility for one of the country’s youngest greenkeepers, but 23-year-old Troy Hale is already a seasoned hand when it comes to maintaining fairways and greens.

Dressed as an Edwardian gentleman, complete with straw boater, 39-year-old Ben Lander is preparing for another busy day of punting on the Avon.

It feels good to step from an overcast Christchurch morning into a vibrant tropical environment bursting with banana trees, palms and vigorous jungle vines.

As a composer, Matthew Everingham’s work has been heard in concert, on film, and in mainstream theatres, fringe venues and an historic abbey.

A love of creativity has long shaped the personal and professional life of Christchurch architectural interior designer Angelique Armstrong.

Every day, hundreds of people around the world, including many celebrities, wear a permanent piece of artwork made by Christchurch man, Richard Greenlees.

St Margaret’s College’s new Executive Principal, Diana Patchett, has an abiding passion for helping to empower young people. She exudes warmth and humility, and has a refreshingly buoyant spirit.

In the hands of leading Christchurch tattoo artist Scotty C, skin becomes a canvas upon which life stories are drawn out in exquisite detail.

Cutting and styling wasn’t the career Tuscany, daughter of Christchurch hairdressing royalty, Mike and Glynis Hamel, was planning for herself, nor something she’d ever considered .

With Christchurch facing a critical shortage of beds in the years after the earthquakes, business-minded locals jumped on board the global answer to travellers’ accommodation woes – Airbnb.