Artbox at Ara - Project Hub
Artbox at Ara - Project Hub is a gallery at Opposite Southwark Street East, Madras Street, Central City, Christchurch.
Checked 18 Oct 2026
The ArtBox project is a unique community collaboration, led by Ara in collaboration with creative industry partners… Read full description ↓
The spot itself carries an ECan consent, stormwater industrial
One of 12 galleries in Christchurch Central City, 27% of the city’s count
From its website and public pages
Read from the site itself 17 Oct 2026, Its own website.
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Nearby
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Environment Canterbury’s Canterbury Maps Parks layer, refreshed 2026-10-10. Distances are straight-line from the business pin, not walking routes.
The nearest other galleries
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Also in Christchurch Central City
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What the record holds 5 sourced facts
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | Opposite Southwark Street East, Madras Street, Central City | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Kind | Galleries | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Phone | 03 940 8642 | Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site lists 0800 24 24 76 |
| Website | ara.ac.nz | Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site agrees |
| info@cpit.ac.nz | Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site lists info@ara.ac.nz |
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How the council’s directory described it
Read the full description council directory, about 2024
The ArtBox project is a unique community collaboration, led by Ara in collaboration with creative industry partners, dedicated to providing temporary exhibition and retail spaces for the arts community in Christchurch. Now located on the Ara Campus, Artbox features a variety of spaces and uses for the arts, this includes gallery spaces as well as project spaces for workshops, seminars and meetings.
— Find Christchurch, 2024. The business’s own words from about 2024, repeated as a lead, not checked.
The ground it stands on
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District Plan zone | Transport | District Plan |
| Consent CRC165155 | Stormwater Industrial, to 31 Dec 2027, 18 m from the pin | ECan consents |
‘corgis on High’ — Christchurch City Public Artwork
The First Public Water Supply Well Was Drilled Near ThisThe reports nearby
3,964 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 3,328 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
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A gallery in Christchurch Central City, Christchurch.
Opposite Southwark Street East, Madras Street, Central City, on Madras Street. On the map →
Listed only in the council’s Find Christchurch directory, a snapshot from about March 2024. No other source confirms it still trades, check before you go.
phone 03 940 8642 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024), email info@cpit.ac.nz (Find Christchurch, 2024).
Flare (607 m), Windsor Gallery (729 m), The National (734 m), every one in the city.
6 other premises within a short walk, nearest The Pantry on Campus (35 m); the Madras St near Southwark St bus stop is 21 m away: routes 8, 84, 85, 95; a shared path passes the door; nearest park: Wilson Park (76 m).
The record behind this
This page is the union of what these public sources say, each fact above names the one it came from. A listing is a lead, not a promise the business still trades:
Sources: Find Christchurch · Christchurch District Plan layers · Christchurch City Council off-street parking layer (CC BY 4.0) · Environment Canterbury’s active resource consents · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer · The business’s own website
Read source notes 7
- Find Christchurch, the council’s business directory, a snapshot last touched about March 2024 (CC BY 4.0)
- Christchurch District Plan layers, zones, commercial centres and scheduled heritage items, from the council’s open data (CC BY 4.0)
- Christchurch City Council off-street parking layer (CC BY 4.0),
- Environment Canterbury’s active resource consents, recorded where the consented activity happens (CC BY 4.0)
- Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record, distances measured here from the pin
- Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer, lanes, separated paths and the named Major Cycle Routes (CC BY 4.0)
- The business’s own website, read politely by chch.live for contact details the open record is missing, re-checked monthly
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