A French Kiss in Akaroa, Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND. Held every year late in the New Zealand summer, the Ellerslie International Flower Show attracts a global audience of garden designers and garden lovers who come to see the best of garden design, gardening trends and new products. Founded in Auckland in 1994, the show moved to its current (and fitting) home in Hagley Park, Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND’S GARDEN CITY, in 2008.