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Best Things to Do in Christchurch, with kids
Christchurch Botanic Gardens is 95% Kids-Friendly
Large playground, seasonal paddling pool, treasure-hunt booklets, wide lawns, toilets and family shuttle ticket make a fun, low-cost outing; watch children near ponds.
Recommended visit duration: 2-3 hours
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Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū is 94% Kids-Friendly
Art Safari sessions, trails, holiday play blocks and a parenting room keep children engaged and comfortable; guardians must watch kids near fragile artworks but most areas welcome them.
Recommended visit duration: 1-2 hours
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Margaret Mahy Family Playground is 94% Kids-Friendly
Children up to 12 can use flying foxes, water jets, trampolines and huge slides; shaded picnic lawns, free BBQs and toilets on site make this an almost ideal half-day family outing.
Recommended visit duration: 2-3 hours
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Orana Wildlife Park is 94% Kids-Friendly
Children can pet farm animals, climb the playground, hand-feed giraffes and join free shuttle tours, while age limits only affect tiger or lemur add-ons; toilets and paths suit 5-12-year-olds well.
Recommended visit duration: 2-3 hours
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US$ 21.38
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Sumner Beach is 93% Kids-Friendly
Children up to 12 can use the patrolled swimming zone, fenced Scarborough playground, and rock pools, while public toilets and BBQs aid longer stays. Parents must watch for rip currents outside flags.
Recommended visit duration: 1-2 hours
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Willowbank Wildlife Reserve is 92% Kids-Friendly
Children can hand-feed goats, join Junior Keeper, watch daily animal feedings and roam safe flat paths; toilets and picnic spots are on site, but shelter is scarce in heavy rain.
Recommended visit duration: 1-2 hours
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US$ 19.36
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Quake City is 92% Kids-Friendly
Kids enter free, then jump on the seismograph, pump liquefaction sand, design LEGO buildings and follow a clue sheet; one-level layout and staff used to school groups make the visit excellent.
Recommended visit duration: 1-2 hours
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US$ 11.56
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Air Force Museum of New Zealand is 91% Kids-Friendly
Kids up to 12 enjoy free guided entry, scavenger hunts, free touch-screen games, coin-op plane rides and an age-5+ simulator, with level floors allowing parents to monitor play without safety worry.
Recommended visit duration: 2-3 hours
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International Antarctic Centre is 91% Kids-Friendly
School-age children enjoy blue-penguin feeding, 4D theatre and the Storm Room; family pass lowers cost, flat paths fit strollers, but Hägglunds needs 1.2 m height so some may miss out.
Recommended visit duration: 2-3 hours
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Hagley Park North is 86% Kids-Friendly
Kids can run safely on huge lawns, cycle the flat 4-km path, and feed ducks, plus a full playground lies next door in the Botanic Gardens; watch children near unfenced lake edges.
Recommended visit duration: 1-3 hours
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