Te Kohanga Taiao Sensory Nature Play Park: Powered by Hummingbird

Just like the Active Zone in Te Kohanga Taiao Sensory Nature Play Park, where children can busy themselves balancing, climbing and jumping between large logs and crawling through recycled tunnels, Oddfellows Cafe in Addington is a hive of activity. In operation for 20 years, they pride themselves on delivering consistently great food and coffee (Hummingbird, of course!) With an extensive all-day breakfast menu served on weekdays, they are closed on the weekends but make an exception for a few hours for ‘Scone Saturdays’.

Embrace your senses at Kaiser Brew Garden, just like the Sensory Rope helps and encourages Te Kohanga Taiao Sensory Nature Play Park visitors. Guiding you around the park's perimeter and engaging with the native broom and plantings. At Kaiser Brew Garden, it’s a sensory match of another kind. This bustling brewery and eatery on the upper level of Riverside Market has plenty of tasty foods waiting for you to try and engage your sense of taste. Of course, Hummingbird Coffee is on offer if you need a little caffeine boost to aid your senses.

The Sound Garden at the Sensory Park has been created with bamboo tubes, a steel gong drum and sticks to encourage visitors to create their own melodies from nature. At Fiddlesticks in the city centre, you find yourself in a prime position to take in the sights and sounds of The Arts Centre in one direction and Christchurch Art Gallery in another.  Take advantage of Fiddlesticks’ ample outdoor seating on a sunny day and absorb the comings and goings around you. While it may be a popular after-work haunt, we like to park up in the morning with our Hummingbird flat whites, and people watch to our hearts' content.

Nature is the best canvas and vehicle for creativity; at Te Kohanga Taiao Sensory Nature Play Park, an old tree stump has been repurposed into the Creation Station, allowing visitors of all ages to let their imaginations run wild.

For The Beach Sumner, nature provides a stunning outlook; there’s nowhere else in Ōtautahi where you can dine on the beachfront like this. The Beach serves creative dishes all day long, from breakfast to lunch and wrapping up with dinner. Pair this with its enviable location and killer Hummingbird Coffee; it’s the perfect spot for catching up with friends or family.

Exploring the wildlife in the bush zone at Te Kohanga Taiao Sensory Nature Play Park is full of discovery and wonderment for both young and old. We’re so lucky in Christchurch to enjoy the spoils of nature and the environment that surrounds us. Riccarton Bush is another green space in our city that is a true treasure. The Quarters Eatery in Riccarton House on-site and the ever-popular Saturday Farmers Market are excellent places for refreshments pre- or post-exploring. It just so happens that a cup of Hummingbird coffee will be there to entice you, too.