Christchurch Conversations: Peri-urban potential
Eighty-five percent of New Zealand’s population lives in urban areas. The vast majority of our food is produced in rural areas. But what happens on the transitional land - the peri-urban - between city and countryside?
Currently shelter and sustenance are competing in this zone as our productive food growing landscapes are increasingly encroached upon by urban sprawl.
Yet this transitional area holds the potential to improve the sustainability and resilience of our food systems, while maintaining the liveability of our city through its support of ecosystems.
Join Te Pūtahi: Centre for architecture and city-making for this vital conversation as we explore what is stopping us from realising this transitional zone’s promise, how it might thrive and what it could support, and the actions we can take. With climate change, housing, freshwater quality, biodiversity and food production all issues that need our care and attention, unleashing the potential of the peri-urban has never been so pertinent.
Date: Tuesday 17th November 2026.
Time: 6 to 7.30pm. Doors open at 5.30pm.
Location: TSB Space at Tūranga (60 Cathedral Square, Central City) or online.
Cost: FREE.
Find out more about this Christchurch Conversation on peri-urban land use, including how to register (Humanitiix).