About the location (from here):
During the 1960s, New Brighton was Christchurch’s only Saturday shopping centre. The proposal to close Seaview Road to traffic was first initiated in 1963, and after town planning, traffic management and parking surveys were carried out in cooperation with the New Brighton District Business Association, the design for the mall by the City Council’s Architect’s Division was approved in 1974. Construction started in May 1977, and the Mall was officially opened by the Mayor, Sir Hamish Hay, on 25 February 1978.

The design features brick ring and railed planters, timber seating, drinking fountains, and a stage with overhead canopies. The paving consists of blacktop with ceramic tile inserts laid in diagonal and circular patterns. The shops in Brighton Mall are serviced by off-street parking spaces, either publicly or privately-owned. The Frank Gracie Memorial Fountain was completed in 1981. The total cost of the mall project excluding the fountain was $408,000, of which $198,000 was for underground services. The finance was raised partly by loan and partly by creating a special rating area of the properties adjacent to the Mall.

Movies shot at this location:
KadOthkaja song from Pammal K Sambandam