Christchurch's rebuilt Town Hall will reopen later this month, eight years after it was battered in the deadly February 22 earthquake.
The $167 million restoration of the heritage-listed building on the banks of the river Avon in downtown Christchurch is nearly complete.
The 47-year-old Sir Miles Warren-designed building was cracked and twisted in the ferocity of the magnitude-6.3 jolt of February 22, 2011, and has been closed ever since.
But on February 23, Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel will officially reopen the complex.
"Most Christchurch people have fond memories of the Town Hall and of events they have gone to so it will be a chance for people to reminisce and to also get excited about future experiences they might have there," she said.