The Arts Centre
The Arts Centre is an arts centre at 2 Worcester Boulevard, Christchurch Central City.
Checked 19 Oct 2026
The exciting process of bringing people back to the Arts Centre has begun, with more than half the site progressively… Read full description ↓
Sits inside Electrical Engineering Extension, School of Engineering, and Setting, highly significant in the District Plan · Has a Wikipedia entry
The only arts centre on the Christchurch record · The only heritage-listed arts centre on the record
2 Worcester Boulevard
From its website and public pages
Read from the site itself 2 Oct 2026, Its own website.
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Getting there
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Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.
Nearby
More nearby places 7
Environment Canterbury’s Canterbury Maps Parks layer, refreshed 2026-10-10. Distances are straight-line from the business pin, not walking routes.
Also in Christchurch Central City
More businesses in Christchurch Central City 7
What the record holds 8 sourced facts
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 2 Worcester Boulevard, Christchurch 8013 | OpenStreetMap |
| Kind | Arts Centre | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | +64 3 366 0989 | OpenStreetMap · its own site agrees |
| Website | artscentre.org.nz | OpenStreetMap · its own site agrees |
| info@artscentre.org.nz | OpenStreetMap · its own site agrees | |
| Te reo Māori name | Te Matatiki Toi Ora | OpenStreetMap |
| Also known as | Christchurch Arts Centre | OpenStreetMap |
| Encyclopaedia | Christchurch Arts Centre, Wikipedia | Wikidata |
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How the council’s directory described it
Read the full description council directory, about 2024
The exciting process of bringing people back to the Arts Centre has begun, with more than half the site progressively re-opening through 2016. This new era is an opportunity to tailor the unique heritage environment so it meets the needs of the Canterbury community, businesses and tourists. The result will be a vibrant hub of creative industries, with studio and exhibition spaces, arts education and performance spaces, complemented by retail and hospitality.
— 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 | City centre zone | District Plan |
| Heritage item | Electrical Engineering Extension, School of Engineering, and Setting, highly significant in the District Plan | District Plan |
| Consent CRC154729 | Water Take/Use, held by The Arts Centre of Christchurch Trust Board, to 14 Sept 2050, 24 m from the pin | ECan consents |
The reports nearby
3,515 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 2,826 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
The 3,515 reports on file
Pavement - Damaged
Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art
Pavement - Damaged
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa
Hazard, vehicle
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet
Water General
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structureQuestions, answered briefly
Read answers 6
An arts centre in Christchurch Central City, Christchurch.
2 Worcester Boulevard, Christchurch Central City, on Worcester Boulevard. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap and in the council’s 2024 directory.
phone 03 366 0989, its website, email info@artscentre.org.nz.
the address’s own record holds 9 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Altiora Performing Arts Venue (6 m); the Hereford St near Montreal St bus stop is 162 m away: route 8; a separated cycleway passes within 127 m; nearest park: Armagh Reserve (351 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: OpenStreetMap · Find Christchurch · Christchurch District Plan layers · Christchurch City Council off-street parking layer (CC BY 4.0) · Environment Canterbury’s active resource consents · Wikidata · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer · The business’s own website
Read source notes 9
- OpenStreetMap, named premises drawn and kept current by its contributors (ODbL)
- 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)
- Wikidata, the item an OpenStreetMap mapper linked the premises to (CC0)
- 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
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); council and ECan data under CC BY 4.0; Wikidata CC0. Something wrong? Fix it on OpenStreetMap or tell us. The whole directory lives at /businesses. This page as markdown: /business/the-arts-centre-christchurch-central-city.md.