Sports and recreation

Christchurch offers a range of recreational and sporting experiences at a variety of locations throughout the city to encourage people to participate in, and enjoy physical recreation and sport.

Christchurch is the destination for many sporting events and is fortunate to have a number of international standard facilities such as the Canterbury CBS Arena: sports and entertainment centre, and the AMI Stadium.

There are currently three major recreation and sport centres offering a selection of swimming pools, fitness centres, stadiums and a variety of recreational programmes and activities: Jellie Park, Graham Condon and Pioneer.