Gap Filler

A mini golf course was opened in 2017 using parts of earthquake-damaged heritage buildings. It also included part of the old Medway Street footbridge, which crossed the Avon River / Ōtākaro.{{Cite news |date=23 November 2017 |title=Christchurch's 'twisty' earthquake-damaged bridge to form part of mini golf course |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/99146682/christchurchs-twisty-earthquakedamaged-bridge-to-form-part-of-mini-golf-course |access-date=21 May 2025 |work=Stuff}} The mini golf course was closed in 2023 to free up space for new homes, and the parts of heritage structures were returned to the Christchurch City Council.{{Cite news |date=23 February 2023 |title=Christchurch heritage mini golf makes way for planned new housing |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/131254024/christchurch-heritage-mini-golf-makes-way-for-planned-new-housing |access-date=21 May 2025 |work=Stuff}}

File:Dance-o-mat 47.JPGDance-O-Mat is a coin-operating mat that members of the public dance on. It has speakers, a glitter ball and lights. Music can be chosen by connecting a music player to the audio jack. By inserting $2 into an old washing machine, the mat will turn on for 30 minutes. In 2012 Prince Charles danced on it. From 4 July 2014 to 24 July 2015, people danced on the mat for approximately 934 hours. In 2015 Gap Filler was considering franchising it, and was communicating with two cities in Australia and one in Canada to bring a Dance-O-Mat there.{{Cite news |date=24 July 2015 |title=Popular Christchurch Dance-O-Mat could travel the world |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/70440019/Popular-Christchurch-Dance-O-Mat-could-travel-the-world |access-date=4 May 2025 |work=Stuff}} In 2016 people gathered on Dance-O-Mat to hold a vigil for the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, United States.{{Cite news |date=14 June 2016 |title=Christchurch people fill Dance-O-Mat in vigil for Orlando shooting victims |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/81072106/christchurch-people-fill-danceomat-in-vigil-for-orlando-shooting-victims |access-date=11 May 2025 |work=Stuff}}

In 2012 the mat was in the corner of Manchester Street and St Asaph Street, and was later moved to Gloucester Street. In 2021 the mat was moved from to another location, to give space for the construction of the new Court Theatre.{{Cite news |date=8 December 2021 |title=Christchurch's coin-operated dance floor, the Dance-O-Mat, is on the move |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/127207359/christchurchs-coinoperated-dance-floor-the-danceomat-is-on-the-move |access-date=11 May 2025 |work=Stuff}}

File:Spray cans, Christchurch, New Zealand 14.jpgIn 2017 Gap Filler, in collaboration with Fletcher Living, placed eight giant spray cans in the corner of Lichfield and Manchester Streets. They were originally made for the Spectrum Street Art Festival and kept after the festival ended. Young street artists were allowed to practise on a few of a cans during graffiti art workshops.{{Cite news |date=22 September 2017 |title=What's with the giant spray paint cans in central Christchurch? |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life/art-and-stage/97033147/whats-with-the-giant-spray-paint-cans-in-central-christchurch |access-date=4 May 2025 |work=Stuff}}{{Cite news |date=3 December 2017 |title=Eight giant spray cans provide street art canvas in Christchurch |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/99470562/eight-giant-spray-cans-provide-street-art-canvas-in-christchurch |access-date=4 May 2025 |work=Stuff}}

Beside the cans is half a basketball court, also by Gap Filler.

File:East Frame 464.jpgGood Spot, a car park with 67 parking spaces, opened in December 2017. Users had to pay to park their cars there, and the proceeds went to the East Frame, where it was located. A point of the project was that its revenue remained in the local community rather than going overseas, as several landowners of sites that had buildings demolished due to the earthquakes would lease their land to international parking companies.{{Cite news |date=19 December 2017 |title=Future Outlook: A socially-conscious car park opens in central Christchurch |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/100003879/future-outlook-a-sociallyconscious-car-park-opens-in-central-christchurch |access-date=11 May 2025 |work=Stuff}} In August 2018 another Good Spot car park opened with 130 parking spaces.{{Cite news |date=14 August 2018 |title=Socially conscious car park scheme set to bring in more than $250,000 |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life/106262690/socially-conscious-car-park-scheme-set-to-bring-in-more-than-250000 |access-date=11 May 2025 |work=Stuff}}

File:Pallet Pavilion 010.jpgAfter the earthquakes, many venues for performances were closed or demolished.

Pallet Pavilion opened in December 2012 on the corner of Durham and Kilmore Streets{{Cite news |date=29 December 2012 |title=Pallet Pavilion forced to cancel concerts |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/8123958/Pallet-Pavilion-forced-to-cancel-concerts |access-date=4 May 2025 |work=The Press}} after about 250 volunteers had spent 3,000 hours making it out of over 3,000 recycled wooden pallets.{{Cite news |date=26 December 2012 |title=Stacks of space for summer events at city site |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/8118156/Stacks-of-space-for-summer-events-at-city-site |access-date=4 May 2025 |work=The Press}} It hosted events including concerts, had seating for up to 200 people and had a garden.

By March 2014, the pavilion had hosted over 250 events. The Pavilion was removed in April 2014, a year after the original plan due to donations. At one point the public donated $80,000 to the project within 30 days.{{Cite news |date=22 March 2014 |title=Pavilion's demise relieves Gap Filler |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/9855882/Pavilions-demise-relieves-Gap-Filler |access-date=4 May 2025 |work=The Press}}

The Super Street Arcade was a giant 1980s-style arcade machine that was placed on Tuam Street in December 2016. It had a big LED screen on the Vodafone (later rebranded One NZ) building, and on the other side of the street was a large joystick over a metre tall as well as two large buttons. The games required two players, where one used the joystick and the other operated the buttons.{{Cite news |date=13 December 2016 |title=Oversized 1980s-style, public video game to launch in central Christchurch |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life/87505948/oversized-1980sstyle-public-video-game-to-open-in-central-christchurch |access-date=4 May 2025 |work=Stuff}}{{Cite news |date=16 December 2016 |title=Giant arcade game arrives on Christchurch streets |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life/87662881/Giant-arcade-game-arrives-on-Christchurch-streets |access-date=4 May 2025 |work=The Press}} A tournament was held in May 2017.{{Cite news |date=7 May 2017 |title=Gap Filler hosts giant video game tournament ahead of new release |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life/92306759/gap-filler-hosts-giant-video-game-tournament-ahead-of-new-release |access-date=4 May 2025 |work=The Press}} Eight games were added in September 2017. They were designed by Christchurch high school students and one of them called The Last Kiwi was inspired by the Laser Kiwi flag.{{Cite news |date=28 September 2017 |title=Canterbury students design new games for CBD street arcade |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life/97218974/canterbury-students-design-new-games-for-cbd-street-arcade |access-date=11 May 2025 |work=Stuff}}

File:Think Differently Book Exchange - Barbadoes Street, Christchurch - Gapfiller Book Fridge.jpg]]The Think Differently Book Exchange is a fridge with glass doors on the corner of Barbadoes and Kilmore Streets. It acts as a book exchange, where the public take books out to read and replace them with other books.{{Cite news |date=18 July 2011 |title=Loved books get an outing |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/5298550/Loved-books-get-an-outing |access-date=4 May 2025 |work=The Press}}

File:Urban playground, Christchurch; October 2020.jpgOther projects included #chchswing, a shed for lending tools, a hammock area, a slackline park, public art made from living willow trees, a bicycle pump track, a cycle-powered cinema{{Cite news |date=12 February 2012 |title=On yer bike to see the movies in Christchurch |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/latest-edition/6403959/On-yer-bike-to-see-the-movies-in-Christchurch |access-date=21 May 2025 |work=Stuff}} and five painted pianos placed on empty land.{{Cite news |date=9 December 2011 |title=Painted pianos spring up in empty sites |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/6116550/Painted-pianos-spring-up-in-empty-sites |access-date=21 May 2025 |work=Stuff}}

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