About Gap Filler
Gap Filler is a creative social enterprise that designs and delivers public placemaking installations, and offers a range of services to help others achieve strong community outcomes in and alongside public and private developments – or while developments are still in their planning stages. We pursue any means to foster developments, towns and cities where people feel empowered to take creative action, and to experiment with fun ways of contributing to the wellbeing of the place.
Our passion is creating frameworks for participation: crafting a creative installation, or design competition, or financial incentive, or legal structure, or selection panel that’s tailored to get local people engaged. We’re best known for our temporary installations, and are trying to get better at communicating and facilitating the holistic thinking and organisational systems that underpin those successful installations.
Gap Filler has played a wide range of roles on clients’ projects: providing a bit of inspiration, running some pointed workshops, developing a strategic framework or designing and running an entire programme of activity and organisational structure to house it. Our recent clients and funders include Christchurch City Council; Fletcher Living; Taipei Urban Regeneration Office (Taiwan); Kaikoura District Council; Christchurch International Airport Ltd; Lyttelton Port Company; Red Cross; Yarra Ranges Council (Australia); Siddhartha Arts Foundation (Nepal); Copenhagen University (Denmark); New Zealand Planning Institute; Wellington City Council; Panuku Development Auckland; Antarctica New Zealand; Leadership NZ; South Taranaki District Council; Grey District Council; and more.
Always Evolving
Temporary, site-specific projects are still our core activity. But along the way we’ve realised that it’s the principles – especially of experimentation, adaptability and participation – that are most important. Doing temporary projects is one way of lowering the risk to enable those principles to shine, but we’re pioneering all sorts of ways fostering more experimentation and meaningful participation in the city, whether that’s through education and work in schools, partnering on large-scale permanent developments, working with Council to create an enabling regulatory framework and incentives for property owners to be more community-minded with the use of their vacant sites and buildings, or anything else in line with our principles.
Our History
Gap Filler was initially formed in response to the September 2010 earthquake in Christchurch, then expanded after the February 2011 quake. It is supported by the Gap Filler Trust and is a registered charity.
Our first project ran from Thursday 25 November until Sunday 5 December, 2010 and involved us transforming an empty site on Colombo Street into a space which hosted a temporary garden café, petanque, live music, poetry readings, outdoor cinema and more. The project led to a couple more, which eventually led to some funding and becoming a charitable trust, and the creation of further projects including art installations, concerts, workshop spaces and eventually semi-permanent structures such as the Pallet Pavilion, RAD Bikes and the Dance-O-Mat.
FAQs
How do I get involved?
Thanks for asking!
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- Suggest your ideas for a Gap Filler project via Get Involved (top right)
going to our volunteer sign up form to be put on our Volunteer eMail List.
- Sign up for our newsletter (at the bottom of this page)
- Visit our Facebook page when we need you (remember to ‘Like’ us!)
- Become a Gap Filler Supporter, Sponsor or Donor please go to our Donate page
Where does your funding come from?
More than 50% of our income is from commercial contracts all over the world, from short speaking gigs and workshops to designing and coordinating multi-year placemaking programmes over a 14-hectare area – and everything in between. We also enter a range of grant funding agreements to help councils, arts and community development trusts achieve some of their aims. Our principal long term funder is the Christchurch City Council, and we have many others … please visit our Supporters page and have a look.
How do I keep up to date with what’s going on?
The best way is to like us on Facebook or sign up to join our mailing list (below). That way you’ll get notifications about projects, events, calls for help and other requests.
How do I get a gap?
In the first instance, please contact (Life in Vacant Spaces). Life in Vacant Spaces (‘LiVS’) was created by Gap Filler, with support from Christchurch City Council and Greening the Rubble, to make it easier for individuals to make temporary use of vacant sites and buildings in Christchurch. LiVS is a broker, connecting people with read-to-go ideas with suitable sites and handling the paper work and insurance.
I don’t live in Christchurch, how can I help?
If you’d like to make a donation please go to our Donate page for more information on how you can support us. Spreading the word about us is invaluable – you may not be able to give us money or resources but if you can tell people where you are about what we are doing in Christchurch, ask them to Like our Facebook page, suggest they come and visit us when they are in town, discuss us at work, tell your friends and family – who knows what might come of it! Thank you.
Have you guys thought about doing a “Before I die wall?|| (This is based on Candy Chang’s famous project)
This is a question that we get asked all the time. We don’t repeat other people’s projects, but if you’d like to do it yourself – go for it!
Some University of Canterbury students from College House took the lead and painted a I hope Christchurch will … wall. It was at 166 Tuam Street. There was also a Before I Die wall near Black Betty’s Café on Madras Street, opposite CPIT.
I’m doing a research paper and would like to interview you.
We are a tiny organisation and our inboxes get flooded frequently, but we’d still like to help. Please send through the questions you would like to ask and the timeframe in which you would to have them answered and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
(Question we’d like to be asked) “How can I donate $100,000?!”
Don’t hold back! We’ve never been asked this question. Please ask us. If you want to make a donation, you can Donate to Gap Filler.

Awards
- Civic Trust Award 2011
- Mayor’s Earthquake Service Award, 2011
- SHAC (Sustainable Habitat Challenge) Award, 2012
- Sustainable Business Network Social Innovation Awards, 2012
- Resene Architectural Design Awards, Finalist for Dance-O-Mat, 2012
- Tertiary Education Union Award of Excellence to co-founder Ryan Reynolds, 2012
- Australasian Dulux Colour Award, for Manchester St Monopoloy, 2013
- BEST Design Awards, Silver (Exhibitions and Temporary Installations category) for the Pallet Pavilion, 2013
- Coralie Winn (Gap Filler Director and Co-Founder), Finalist for NEXT Woman of the Year (Arts) 2013
- Coralie Winn, New Year’s Honour list, Queen’s Service Medal for Service to the Arts, 2015
- New Zealand Innovator’s Awards, finalist, for Innovation in Media, Music and Entertainment, 2015
- International Award for Public Art, finalist, for the Pallet Pavilion, 2015 (China/US)
- Best Soft Power Activation, nominee, 2016, by Lord Culture (London)
- City to City Barcelona FAD Award, 2016, for Eyes on the City as one of the top three global Learning Initiatives in the City
Our Values
Community Engagement
We believe in encouraging and promoting community spirit, growth and awareness by assisting people to experience and participate in artistic projects. We believe that vacant land and buildings present opportunities; through developing and investing in gap sites, communities will recognise the value of social/cultural activities and communal endeavour in building social capital and resilience, stimulating economic development and creating connectedness. We feel that ‘community spirit’ is necessarily related to the idea of ‘the public good’: communities are strongest when working for public benefit, social capital and a flourishing environment.
Experimentation
We value trying out new things and not repeating ourselves, taking calculated risks to lead by example with high productivity and turnover of projects. We want to draw on the opportunities presented by each site, neighbour, business, community and individual involved.
Leadership
We believe in leadership, expressing our values through fearless implementation – by doing. We want to celebrate playfulness, hope, critique and positivity. We are living out our values in, and contributing to, a flourishing city.
Creativity
We esteem the spirit of innovation, exploring new ways of engaging, creating and realising ideas, honouring and promoting the arts and artistic practice and process.
Resourcefulness
We understand and value resourcefulness as meaning both adaptability and a commitment to re-use, re-purpose and recycle wherever possible.
Collaboration
We believe in seeking out partners to implement ideas together, as well as co-operating to realise others’ ideas. We feel that collaboration unlocks creative potential.
Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti
We also strive to honour the Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti in our projects, approach and relationships. We believe in honouring the stories and histories of this place, Ōtautahi, and its tangata whenua.
Volunteers
Hundreds of amazing people have made the Gap Filler projects possible. There are far too many to name but all contribute their bit.
Gap Filler People
Profiles and Photos
Gap Filler in the Media
In the Media 2018
- Super Street Arcade: into the ‘Dragon’s Den’! – Education Gazette – 29 January 2018
- Christchurch’s little car park that could – The Press – 2 February 2018
- Central city mini-golf course features earthquake damaged footbridge – Star.Kiwi – 19 January 2018
In the Media 2017
- Fences to come down on public park in central Christchurch east frame – The Press – 17 December 2017
- Let’s hear it for the graffiti artists behind Christchurch’s thriving mural scene – The Press – 8 December 2017
- Eight giant spray cans provide street art canvas in Christchurch – The Press – 3 December 2017
- Christchurch’s ‘twisty’ earthquake-damaged bridge to form part of mini golf course – The Press – 23 November 2017
- Canterbury students design new games for CBD street arcade – The Press – 23 November 2017
- Future perfect: – The Press – 23 September 2017
- What’s with the giant spray paint cans in central Christchurch? – The Press – 22 September 2017
- The currency of kindness online – ChCh Mail – 7 September 2017
- Bringing a city to life – Metropol – 20 July 2017
- Open cities with Coralie from Gap Filler – RDU – 7 July 2017
- Open cities with Coralie from Gap Filler – Metropol – July 2017
- Helpful old parking meter in Christchurch’s Cathedral Square issuing tourist tips rather than tickets – TV One – 7 July 2017
- The parking meter unlocking Christchurch’s best kept secrets – Radio New Zealand – 6 July 2017
- Timaruvians top big-city gamers – Mainland Live – 8 May 2017
- Gap Filler hosts giant video game tournament ahead of new release – The Press – 7 May 2017
- From Re:Start to finish: Pop-up mall winds up – The Press – 29 April 2017
- A new dawn for central city – The Press – 29 April 2017
- Linking urban tactics to strategy – Architecture Now – March 2017
- Filling gaps in the deep South – The Southland times – 22 March 2017
- How can temporary projects be a part of the planning framework? – Architecture AU – 22 March 2017
- Gap Filler workshops come to Invercargill – Voxy – 10 March 2017
- Christchurch designer in town this weekend – Gisborne Herald – 2 March 2017
- Christchurch’s Victoria Square closed for a year for earthquake restoration – The Press – 28 February 2017
In the Media 2016
- Christchurch East Frame gets $1M bonus for transitional activities – The Press – 24 December 2016
- Big fun as giant arcade game arrives – The Press – 16 December 2016
- Computer game produced in Westport helps Christchurch take on potholes, traffic cones – NZ Herald – 15 December 2016
- Oversized 1980s-style, public video game to launch in central Christchurch – The Press – 14 December 2016
- Pop-up shop project helps to ‘ReNew’ Sheffield’s retail scene – Sheffield Telegraph – 13 December 2016
- New ping pong tables to bring communities together – The Press – 12 December 2016
- Christchurch’s East Frame gets $1m bonus for transitional activities – The Press – 4 December 2016
- ‘Dungers’ turned into pride and joy – The Press – 23 November 2016
- Melanie Lynskey on Heavenly Creatures changing Christchurch and The Changeover – The Press – 11 October 2016
- Christchurch revisited five years after the earthquake – The Telegraph, U.K. – 10 November 2016
- Christchurch police jump in icy water for Heart Kids – The Press – 10 October 2016
- Many exciting plans for Christchurch but money remains the issue – The Press – 2 June 2016
- Behind the lens – The Press – 7 May 2016
- Get ready to rock on the Dance-O-Mat – Bay of Plenty Times – 6 May 2016
- Dance-O-Mat for Tauranga waterfront – Bay of Plenty Times – 3 May 2016
- Archaeologists reveal findings from rubble of quake damaged buildings – The Press – 1 May 2016
- Collaborative transition: Enhancing creative community resilience – 100 Resilient Cities – 30 April 2016
- Can we co-design in a crisis – Impact Design Hub (USA) – April 2016
- An experimental model for commercial property development in Christchurch – Architecture Now – March 2016
- Public blackboard at art park – The Press – 11 March 2016
- Disaster as an opportunity – Christchurch, five years after the quake – German radio broadcast – 23 February 2016
- Christchurch’s heart still missing – The Bangkok Post – 22 February 2016
- ‘Long way to go’ : Christchurch fights to emerge from shadow of 2011 earthquake – The Guardian – 22 February 2016
- The heroes who are fixing our broken city – The Press – 18 February 2016
- Commons design by the people – Christchurch Mail – 11 February 2016
- Artist returns to fix tagged artwork – The Press – 8 February 2016
- Culprits tracked down as artist returns to repair vandalised Christchurch mural – Christchurch Mail – 26 January 2016
- Filming of short movie over – Christchurch Mail – 14 January 2016
- Tagger destroys public artwork – The Press – 7 January 2016
In the Media 2015
- Add colour, life and fun, mix well – The Christchurch Mail – 24 December 2015
- It’s time to re-engage, listen to the people – The Press – 25 November 2015
- Funding cut puts end to Body Festival – The Press – 19 November 2015
- Colourful do to celebrate Gap Filler turning Five – The Press – 15 November 2015
- Gap Filler team celebrates making things happen – The Star – 15 November 2015
- A spiritual restoration – Star Times – 15 November 2015
- New cafe fits with creative arts theme – Christchurch Mail – 22 October 2015
- Christchurch’s friendly Dragon’s Den – Christchurch Mail – 16 October 2015
- Nourishing body and soul in rebuild – The Press – 16 October 2015
- Vacant Spaces – Defign Blog – 19 October 2015
- People and places brought together – The Press – 13 October 2015
- City-making project grows people and places together – The Press – 9 October 2015
- The “Good Death” of Buildings: Filling Gaps in Post-Earthquake Christchurch – P[art]icipatory Urbanisms – October 2015
- On the rise – AA Directions – Summer 2015
- Five things the San Francisco bay area can learn from the Christchurch, NZ earthquakes – Medium (U.S.) – 28 September 2015
- Off to town for arts sake – Christchurch Mail – 24 September 2015
- Christchurch’s “Transitional” phase is over, where to for transitional 2.0? – The Press – 20 September 2015
- Canterbury quake 5 questions: Life in a post-apocalyptic wasteland – The Press – 1 September 2015
- Garden city goodies – Taste magazine – September 2015
- Community input could go further – The Press – 24 August 2015
- Christchurch recovery documentary debuts tonight – The Press – 15 August 2015
- Street eats – Avenues – August 2015
- Popular Christchurch Dance-O-Mat could travel the world – The Press – 25 July 2015
- Central city holiday fun – Christchurch Mail – 2 July 2015
- Dancer takes it to the streets – The Press – 6 June 2015
- Heading to New Zealand? Here’s the Lost at E Minor Guide to Christchurch – Lost at E Minor (USA/Australian global culture site) – 3 June 2015
- Christchurch now – Jetstar magazine – June 2015
- Saving Christchurch Cathedral Square – The Press – 9 May 2015
- A tale of two recovering cities – Japan’s recovery and Christchurch’s rebuild – Newstalk ZB – 5 May 2015
- After disaster, tactical urbanism builds resilience – Resilience (Resilience.org is a program of the Post Carbon Institute (PCI) – 1 May 2015
- After disaster, tactical urbanism builds resilience – The Press – May 2015
- Taking it to the streets – Qantas magazine (Australia) – May 2015
- Shiny new city – The Planner (U.K.) – April 2015
- Desire for the gap, building community after disaster in Christchurch – Issue 8, Axon Journal (Australia) – March 2015
- The Ealing Challenge – Ealing in London (UK) – March 2015
- Putting colour in their lives – The Press – 21 March 2015
- Is interactive art our future? – The Southland Times – 5 March 2015
- Creating our future – The Press – 2 March 2015
- Creative ways artists improve communities – The Guardian – 12 February 2015
- Stand tall giraffes auctioned for charity – TV3 – 11 February 2015
- Quake experiences told through tweets – The Press – 4 February 2015
- Get a grand view of city’s rebuild – The Press – 2 February 2015
- Lack of theatres prompts new collective – The Press – 27 January 2015
- Photographic reminder of quake-hit buildings – The Press – 3 January 2015
- Quake zone in transition – The Press – 3 January 2015
In the Media 2014
- To be made Officers of the NZ Order of Merit – The Star – 31 December 2014
- Honours for Gap Filler, SPCA, Food-bank volunteers – The Press – 31 December 2014
- A powerful force for arts by any name – The Press – 31 December 2014
- Red tape stymies projects – The Press – 27-28 December 2014
- Albion square tribute to community spirit – The Press – 10 November 2014
- The final chapter – The Press – 3 November 2014
- Design a city – Avenues – 1 November 2014
- Gap filling projects reach crucial juncture – Scoop (Press Release – Lincoln University) – 30 October 2014
- The people’s Christchurch – One Quarter Journal (Australia) – 28 October 2014
- City of lights – The Press – 27 October 2014
- Spectators drawn to the light – The Press – 27 October 2014
- Spectacular and fun, by design – The Press – 25 October 2014
- Watch a demolition from the grandstand – The Press – 23 October 2014
- Congress focuses on adaptive urbanism – The Press – 22 October 2014
- Plenty for kids to get stuck into at Festa – The Press – 22 October 2014
- Christchurch a model of adaptive urbanism – The Press – 22 October 2014
- Carnival of shape and light – The Press – 18 October 2014
- Some cities are just far too tempting – The Press – 17 October 2014
- Focus on cycling, not stadium – expert says – The Press – 16 October 2014
- Neighbourhood association was not consulted – The Press – October 2014
- Gap Filler teaches the world – The Press – 29 September 2014
- Festa plans outrageous spectacle in central city – The Press – 15 September 2014
- Kamua Kamuri – Te Karaka – 1 September 2014
- Transitional artworks helping to heal city – The Press – 30 August 2014
- Views of a city – The Press – 30 August 2014
- Engineering solutions for Christchurch – The Press – 30 August 2014
- Transitional projects colour vacant spaces – The Press – 25 August 2014
- Christchurch Gap Filler sees scope for Hamilton empty spaces – Waikato Times – 25 August 2014
- Beautifying Christchurch’s empty gaps – The Waikato Independent – 17 August 2014
- State of art – The Press – 23 August 2014
- A trap for art lovers – The Press – 29 July 2014
- Some impressions on coming home – The Press – 28 July 2014
- Making a spectacle of Christchurch demos – The Press – 15 July 2014
- Letters to the Editor – re D. Lynch and Gap Filler – Christchurch Mail – 3 July 2014
- Letters to the Editor – re D. Lynch and Gap Filler – Christchurch Mail – 26 June 2014
- Filling important gaps – Christchurch Mail – 26 June 2014
- Johnny Moore: Gap Filler criticism ‘absurd’ – The Press – 26 June 2014
- ‘Messy’ Gap Filler site should go – Christchurch Mail – 19 June 2014
- Making space for place – Landscape Architecture NZ – June 2014
- Gap Filler – Landscape Architecture Korea – June 2014
- Let the city play – The Fuller Issue – May 2014
- Christchurch communities create a modern take on the convenience store – Emailbox.co.nz – 29 May 2014
- Amphitheatre for the former Pallet Pavilion site – The Press – 26 May 2014
- Coming up with great gap fillers – The Press – 20 May 2014
- Christchurch – The value of a city – Christchurch Film-maker Julian Vares – April 2014
- Transitional projects boost economy – The Press – 27 April 2014
- Christchurch after the earthquake: risen from the rubble – The Guardian – 11 April 2014
- Coming to grips with bike rebuild – The Press – 11 April 2014
- Pallet Pavilion goes out with a bang – The Press – 7 April 2014
- Calm after the quake – Scotland on Sunday – 6 April 2014
- Pallet Pavilion to shut doors in style – The Press – 4 April 2014
- After earthquakes, a creative rebirth in Christchurch – New York Times (USA) – 4 April 2014
- The art of renewal – KiaOra (Air NZ inflight magazine) – April 2014
- Showing their true colours – and forgetting problems – The Press – 24 March 2014
- Pavilion’s demise a relieves Gap Filler – The Press – 22 March 2014
- Total rebuild – The Sydney Morning Herald – 22 March 2014
- Colourful festival guaranteed – The Press – 20 March 2014
- Kakapo sculptures hidden in Christchurch – The Press – 17 March 2014
- NZ – Society – Inconvenience Store – Radio New Zealand – 14 March 2014
- A pop-up shop that sells ‘inconvenient’ products – DesignTaxi (USA) – 10 March 2014
- The Inconvenience Store – Radio Rhema – 10 March 2014
- Hands-on help, a chair and a beer – The Press – 8 March 2014
- Quirky shop focus on inconvenience – The Press – 8 March 2014
- Pop-up shop embraces products of inconvenience – PSFK (USA) – 7 March 2014
- Turning inconvenience into an art – The Press – 3 March 2014
- Soundscapes of the city – The Press – 28 February 2014
- This City Was in Ruins 3 Years Ago. Look at it now – Men’s Health Online Magazine (US) – 24 February 2014
- Rising from the cracks – Your Weekend – The Press – 22-23 February 2014
- Out of the rubble – The Weekend Australian (Magazine) – 22-23 February 2014
- The city that survived – The Advertiser (South Australia) – 22 February 2014
- Creative living in a transitional city – Your Weekend (The Press) – 16 February 2014
- Freemasons fill a gap – Scoop, Independent News – 11 February 2014
- Man-made stressors hinder ChCh quake recovery – The NZ Herald – 7 February 2014
- Craft Kakapo an exhibition of kindness – The Press – 2 February 2014
- Christchurch: after the earthquake, a city rebuilt in whose image? – The Guardian (UK) – 27 January 2014
- Voices of the people – The Press – 17 January 2014
- City’s vibrancy comes from its free thinkers – The Press – 16 January 2014
- The Rebels just keep on with the swing – The Press – 16 January 2014
- B-boy breakdancing hits Christchurch – The Press – 3 January 2014
- 52 Places to go in 2014 – The New York Times (USA) – January 2014
In the Media 2013
- Rising up in the red zones of Christchurch – The Age (Australia) – 20 December 2013
- Roll up, roll up for taste treats – The Press – 5 December 2013
- Helping see the bigger picture for Christchurch – The Christchurch Mail – 4 December 2013
- ‘Feel good’ factor drives volunteers – The Press – 23 November 2013
- Enhancing creative community resilience (Page 31) – Volume 2, Enabling Cities (Canada) – November 2013
- Why you should visit Christchurch NOW – Travel Talk (Australian Travel Magazine) – November 2013
- Matchmaker to the arts – The Press – 18 November 2013
- Call for more cyclists in city – The Press – 28 October 2013
- Weather no hindrance on Festa – The Press – 28 October 2013
- Puppets parade through city streets – The Press – 28 October 2013
- Canterbury crowds set pledging bar higher – The Press – 28 October 2013
- Sweet sounds a contrast to demolition – The Nelson Mail – 27 October 2013
- If these walls could talk – a roundtable discussion with Good’s global fellows – GOOD – October 2013
- What I gained from my GOOD Pop-Up Fellowship – GOOD – 23 October 2013
- A Canterbury tale of rebirth – The Press – 18 October 2013
- Influentials: Unlocking potentials – The Listener – 19 September 2013
- Micro-village sprouts in city – The Press – 17 September 2013
- A successful city that we can be proud of – The Press – 13 September 2013
- Interview with Coralie Winn and Deutsche Welle – World Link (Germany) – 4 September 2013
- New Zealand: New ways to see Christchurch – NZ Herald – 28 August 2013
- Fellows working for change experience Downtown Farmers’ Market – Santa Monica Daily Post (USA) – 21 August 2013
- Mural-poem honours victim – The Press – 19 August 2013
- Tipping Point (Human Scale) – The Press – 1 August 2013
- The Pallet Pavilion – Landscape Architecture Australia – August 2013
- Outside the square – The Press – 30 July 2013
- City groups unearth new openings – Christchurch Mail – 25 July 2013
- Christchurch’s lessons for a better world – The Press – 22 July 2013
- Become lost in a fake natural paradise – The Press – 8 July 2013
- Pallet palette – The Press – 28 June 2013
- Shifting landscapes in-between times – Harvard Design Magazine (America) – Winter 2013
- Landscape is temporary – Architecture (Australia) – 27 June 2013
- Pallet pavilion ready for summer events – 24 June 2013
- Reprieve for venue – The Press (Australia) – 10 June 2013
- After the quakes – ABC Radio (Australia) – 9 June 2013
- Excellent result on the Pallet Pavilion – The Press – 7 June 2013
- Christchurch city update – Travel Blackboard (Australia) – 6 June 2013
- Christchurch rushes to save the Pallet Pavilion – 3 News – 5 June 2013
- Dance like a city depends on it – Rotorua Daily Post – 4 June 2013
- Too many car parks in the city – Gap Filler – The Press – 3 June 2013
- Christchurch: badly shaken but far from deterred – The Telegraph (UK) – Winter 2013
- Support Pallet Pavilion and back the city’s creative future – The Press – 30 May 2013
- How far have we come since September 2010? – The Press – 30 May 2013
- Christchurch, une ville en transition – Traces (Switzerland) – 29 May 2013
- Dance-O-Mat to hibernate for winter – The Press – 29 May 2013
- Spirits soar when people share soup – The Press – 22 May 2013
- Saving pavilion aim of campaign – Mainland Press – 20 May 2013
- Future of pallet pavilion up to the public – The Press – 20 May 2013
Quake thrusting young people into leadership – The Press – 16 May 2013 - Global push to save Pallet Pavilion – The Press – 15 May 2013
- Gap Filler creator calls for use of vacant sites – Taranaki Daily News – 29 April 2013
- Pleas to retain Pallet Pavilion longer – The Press – 27 April 2013
- Let’s help get temporary buildings off the ground – The Press – 24 April 2013
- What shall we do with the pint-sized pirate? – The Press – 15 April 2013
- Who is really rebuilding Christchurch? – The Press – 15 April 2013
- Keeping calm, carrying on – Guardian News (U.K.) – 15 April 2013
- Poetry projects pop up around city – The Press – 11 April 2013
- Out of the rubble: Christchurch Christchurch still bears the scars of earthquake devastation but is finding creative ways to get back on its feet – The Daily Mail (U.K.) – 11 April 2013
- Blackadder star spotted around Christchurch – The Press – 11 April 2013
- Mini-golf comes to central city – The Press – 10 April 2013
- Vacant space a gap for growth – The Press – 8 April 2013
- Creating Spaces – AA Directions – April 2013
- Heartbeat City – North and South – April 2013
- Rebuilding the community spirit of Christchurch – Flight Centre Travel Blog (Australia) – 27 March 2013
- Colour out of confusion – Habitat, the Resene magazine – Winter 2013
- A city reborn – Australian Geographic – March 2013
- Gap Filler Summer Pallet Pavilion – Future Christchurch, Christchurch City Council – 26.03.13
- Placeshakers and Earthquakers – Desktop Magazine (Australia) – 20.03.13
- Quake gaps prove fertile fields for creativity – Newcastle Herald (Australia) – 14.03.13
- Exhibition marks wealth of restoration projects – Newcastle Herald (Australia) – 13.03.13
- Gap Filler invited to pass on creative knowledge The Press – 9.03.13
- Dance-O-Mat’s new city beat The Press – 8.03.13
- International Reporters | World Stories | DW.DE – 8.03.13
- Four questions for the future – The Press – 22.02.13
- Christchurch’s Journey to Recovery – BBC travel – 22.02.13
- Christchurch earthquake second anniversary memorial services – TV3 – 22.02.13
- Christchurch Revisited: Two years after the quake – Sherman Travel (blog), courtesy of Christchurch and Canterbury Tourism – 20.02.13
- Night owls wanted to fill gaps – The Press – 13.02.13
- Hop across the ditch for a pop-up adventure – Time Out (Melbourne) – 12.02.13
- Viva la Volunteer – The Press – 3.02.13
- Quake shakes up cultural ambitions and inspires a broken city – New Europe (Belgium) – 3.02.13
- Christchurch’s Gap Filler – Design Assembly (Wellington) – 3.02.13
- Summer Pallet Pavilion – a Community Venue – Zeppelin (Romania) – February 2013
- Altitude: six degrees – Jetstar – February 2013
- Town lit up by winning designer – The Press – 21.01.13
- Making Christchurch so remarkable it can’t fail – The Marlborough Express – 4.1.13
- Christchurch Rising – Coralie Winn – Voyeur Magazine, Virgin Australia – January 2013
- Christchurch Liminal City – “LALA” – Melbourne, Australia – January 2013
- Lonely Planet’s top 10 cities – Lonely Planet – January 2013
In the Media 2012
- Filling the gaps – UC Research Report – 2012
- Stacks of space for summer events at city site – The Press – 26 December 2012
- Rethinking the Margins – Surface Asia magazine – December 2012
- The Pallet Pavilion by Gap Filler – The Press – 24 December 2012
- Put a coin in a converted washing machine for an instant dance party” – PSFK (U.S.A.) – 7 December 2012
- Pop-up city – The Australian (Australia) – 7 December 2012
- Up Beat: Coralie Winn – Radio New Zealand – 5 December 2012
- Cool things to do in Christchurch – Grab Your Fork (Sydney, Australia) – 3 December 2012
- Bob Parker on ABC Radio talking about Gap Filler – Australia – November 2012
- Exodus of young is a game changer – The Press – 26 November 2012
- Dance ‘completes destiny’ – The Press – 18 November 2012
- Prince Charles and Camilla, ballroom dance to jazz in New Zealand – The Huffington Post (U.K.) – 18 November 2012
- New initiative to fill city’s gaps – The Press – 17 November 2012
- Splash of colour for central city – The Press – 12 November 2012
- Explosive artwork takes shape – The Press – 10 November 2012
- Lecturer’s Gap Filler work awarded – The Press – 9 November 2012
- Jetstar magazine – November 2012
- Gruen Planet excerpt – YouTube – 29 October 2012
- Christchurch: Lonely Planet boost for tourism – The NZ Herald – 23 October 2012
- Making dreams realty: celebrating temporary public art – Scoop – 23 October 2012
- Christchurch praised in Lonely Planet’s best travel guide – TVNZ – 22 October 2012
- Global travel guide hails ChCh as top destination – The Press – 22 October 2012
- Christchurch red zone lights up – The New Zealand Herald – 21 October 2012
- Luxcity 2012 – lighting up Christchurch – The Listener – 20 October 2012
- Christchurch should be transition capital – The Press – 18 October 2012
- Waste not want not for Gap Filler’s latest project – The Press – 12 October 2012
- Putter around the city – Family Times – October 2012
- ‘Dinosauna’ open to public – Bay Harbour News – 26 September 2012
- Body Festival’s rolling start – The Press – 22 September 2012
- Volunteers muck in to remove fences – The Press – 15 September 2012
- Tony Burns “Motivation Man” interviews Coralie Winn – Plains FM – 10 September 2012
- Big vegie gardens each side of the Avon proposed – The Press – 9 August 2012
- Ideas for the future residential red zone – The Press – 9 August 2012
- Out of a city’s silence flows poetry – The Press – 7 August 2012
- ChCh teens celebrate return to heart of city – The Press – 5 August 2012
- Filling the Gaps – CC Magazine – July 2012
- Vacant lots being turned into city bright spots – The Press – 28-29 July 2012
- Playing Favourites with Kim Hill – National Radio – 28 July 2012
- Poetry scribbled on CBD wall – The Press – 27 July 2012
- Property purchase follows adoption of Lyttelton Master plan by Council – Akaroa Mail – 27 July 2012
- Lyttelton to get new heart – The Press – 19 July 2012
- Monopoly for Manchester Street – The Press – 13 July 2012
- Creative New Zealand Earthquake Grants Announced – Scoop – 10 July 2012
- Gap Filler given $100k lifeline – The Press- 10 July 2012
- Can Christchurch be revitalised? – The Listener – 16 June 2012
- A temporary long-term solution – The Press – 26 May 2012
- Two Takes on Christchurch- The City Transformed – Art New Zealand – Winter, 2012
- Is corporate culture choking the creative? – The Press – 5 May 2012
- French announced as 7th SCAPE curator – Scoop – 23 April 2012
- Graffiti artists bring colour to Christchurch – The Press – 14 April 2012
- Arts scene centre stage – Avenues Magazine – 28 Mar 2012
- The Superhero Dance Squad – YouTube – 28 Mar 2012
- Dance-o-mat – The Salt Blog – 28 Mar 2012
- Coralie Winn radio interview – 95bFM – 26 Mar 2012
- Gap Filler – Mode de Vie – 23 Mar 2012
- Roger Sutton: Work & Play – The Star – 23 Mar 2012
- Dance-o-Mat – South Island Dance Network – 16 Mar 2012
- Gap Filler – The Tindall Foundation – 16 Mar 2012
- Cycle Powered Cinema video – Youtube – 16 Mar 2012
- Public art workshops for Christchurch – Scoop Independent – 15 Mar 2012
- Lecture highlights human reaction to natural crises – Vermont Cynic (USA) – 14 Mar 2012
- Coralie on The Arts on Sunday – RadioNZ – 11 March, 2012
- Coralie on the BBC – BBC – 6 Mar 2012
- Use of Vacant Land pondered – The Press – 2 Mar 2012
- Gap Filler struggles for activity sites – The Press – 1 Mar 2012
- A temporary fix – Architectural Record – 23 Feb 2012
- Gap Filler: urban renewal in Christchurch – Heritage Hill – 23 Feb 2012
- Taking a city from shell to shipshape – Brisbane Times (Aus) – 22 Feb 2012
- Christchurch one year on – The Listener – 22 Feb 2012
- Christchurch: Australia’s up & coming capital – Wanderlust (UK) – 22 Feb 2012
- Silver lining to earthquake devastation – TV3 (video) – 22 Feb 2012
- Art – CANTA Magazine – 22 Feb 2012
- Christchurch earthquake one year on – Guardian (UK) – 19 Feb 2012
- Creative projects undertaken in Christchurch – Travel & Tour World (US) – 14 Feb 2012
- Cycle Cinema on TVOne Breakfast (video, starts at 2:08:50) – 10 Feb 2012
- On yer bike to see the movies in Christchurch – The Press – 12 Feb 2012
- Popcorn and pedalling: cycle-powered cinema in Christchurch – Telegraph (Australia) – 10 Feb 2012
- Civic Spirit helps Lyttelton rebuild – The Press – 10 Feb 2012
- What to do in Christchurch: your post-quake guide – Lonely Planet – 10 Jan 2012
- Christchurch City, My Home Town – YouTube music video featuring three Gap Filler sites – Jan 2012
- Return of eateries, music lifts Lyttelton – The Press – 12 Jan 2012
- Office set to rise up from the rubble – The Press – 11 Jan 2012
- Tea Party Fills a Gap After Mad Year – The Press – 2 Jan 2012
In the Media 2011
- 2011 in Review – The Listener – 30 Dec 2011
- Berlin Through Christchurch Coloured Glasses – Art News – Summer 2011
- Shadowboard Mural Sees the Light of Day – The Press – 20 Dec 2011
- Painted Pianos Spring Up in Empty Sites – The Press – 9 Dec 2011
- Mayor to Contact Owners of Eyesore – The Press – 7 Dec 2011
- Sydenham Wall Gets New Look – The Press – 5 Dec 2011
- Berlin through Christchurch coloured glasses – Art News – Summer 2011
- Giant chess on TVNZ breakfast – TVNZ Breakfast, 30 Nov 2011
- Giant Chess Set for Sydenham – The Press – 25 Nov 2011
- Positive Attitude Brings Rewards – The Press – 17 Nov 2011
- Coralie and the Book Fridge on tv – Media7 – 3 Nov 2011
- Newcastle Renew Project Shows Way – The Press – 28 Oct 2011
- A Bodice Ripper without the Bodice – Blog Idle – 8 Sept 2011
- Colouring a Corner – Blog – 4 Sept 2011
- Gap Filler scheme a success in Christchurch – The Listener (Hamish Keith) – 16 Aug 2011
- Silt used to strengthen spirit – The Press – 10 Aug 2011
- Editorial: Another Challenge – The Press – 26 July 2011
- Fridge a Magnet for Book Lovers – The Press – 24 July 2011
- Loved Books get an Outing – The Press – 18 July 2011
- A little retail therapy and a lot of laughter – The Press – 18 July 2011
- Gap Filler and Greening the Rubble to Benefit from CCC Annual Plan – CCC wesbite – 30 June 2011
- Mind the Gaps – The Press – 26 June 2011
- School makes gap-filler city their classroom – The Press – 2 June 2011
- Clever Ideas Lift Spirits at sad sites – The Press – 28 May 2011
- Filling Earthquake Gaps the Creative Way – The Press – 26 May 2011
- CPIT students fill in Gaps in Chch city – THE BIG IDEA – 26 May 2011
- Huge Opportunity to Restore Chch as the Best Garden City in the World – InfoNews – 20 May 2011
- Segment on TV3’s Nightline – 19 May 2011
- Gap Filler and Greening the Rubble – RadioNZ National, Nights with Bryan Crump (mp3 audio , 20 minutes)
- The Young and Not So Restless – The Press – 28 April 2011
- Breathing Life into the Void – The Press – 21 April 2011
- Get Local – 12 April 2011
- Delaney Davidson video – April 2011
- Rebuilding Christhurch – 1 April 2011
- Gap Filler Video – MetroNews – April 2011
- After Shock – Idealog Magazine – 18 March 2011
- Garden City Quake – Blog – 8 March 2011
In the Media 2010
- Timezone Blog – 16 Dec 2010
- Christchurch City Libraries Blog – 1 Dec 2010
- Delicious Music – Dec 2010
- Mind this Gap – 26 Nov 2010
- GardenCityQuake Article about Gap Filler #2 – 63 Worcester Boulevard
A video introducing Gap Filler What is Gap Filler (3 mins)
Radio Nz Interview with Coralie Winn
(20 mins) Video interview with Co-founders Coralie Winn and Ryan Reynolds giving history including earthquakes, beginning of Gap Filler and first projects. BMW Guggenheim Lab Berlin, Marathon of Transformation
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