Christchurch Adventure Park is an Adventure park in the Port Hills of Christchurch , New Zealand . Built by the Canadian company Select Evolution , it had its opening function on 16 December 2016 . The 1500 holders of special passes could ride from 17 December , while the park opened to the public on 21 December . According to the developer , the park with a chairlift and initially of downhill tracks is the largest facility of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere . The park closed on 13 February 2017 as a precaution due to a nearby fire and two days later , most of the park 's tree cover had been destroyed in a large wildfire . The lift and ziplines have suffered significant damage , and the park 's condition was much worse than the operator initially thought . The park reopened on 6 December 2017 , ten months after it shut
nearby fire
2017 Port Hills fires
Christchurch Adventure Park