| New Regent Street | |
|---|---|
 Looking North along New Regent Street in 2023 | |
  Location within the Christchurch Central City | |
| General information | |
| Type | Terrace shops |
| Architectural style | Spanish Mission architecture |
| Location | Christchurch Central City |
| Address | New Regent Street |
| Town or city | Christchurch |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Coordinates | 43°31′45.35″S 172°38′19.39″E / 43.5292639°S 172.6387194°E |
| Elevation | 9 m |
| Current tenants | 40 buildings individually tenanted |
| Construction started | 1931 |
| Completed | 1 April 1932 |
| Renovated | 2012/13 |
| Client | Arthur Francis Stacey (1888–1952) for Regent Street Ltd |
| Owner | 40 buildings individually owned |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | two |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Francis Willis |
| Main contractor | P. Graham and Son, Limited |
| Designated | 28 June 1990 |
| Reference no. | 4385 |
| References | |
| "New Regent Street Terrace Shops". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 27 February 2016. | |
New Regent Street is a pedestrian mall in Christchurch. Built as a private development in the early 1930s with 40 shops in Spanish Mission architectural style, it is one of the city's major tourist attractions. Providing a number of small shops as a comprehensive development was an advanced idea at the time, and New Regent Street is regarded as a forerunner to modern shopping malls. Due to its coherent architectural character, the buildings in the streets are listed as Category I heritage items by Heritage New Zealand, and in addition, the entire street has a historic area listing. The street was pedestrianised in 1994 in preparation for the introduction of the Christchurch heritage tram, which began operation in February 1995. Damaged in the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake, the street and buildings reopened in April 2013, and the tram returned from November of that year. Following the 2016 Valentine's Day earthquake, five of the buildings that had not been repaired after the previous earthquakes had been cordoned off, which stopped the tram from operating on its original heritage loop until May.