# Aranui, Christchurch

4,003 council reports since June 2015, the 38th busiest suburb in the city. 3,456 photographs on record.
4,520 people at the 2023 Census, 2,004 to the square kilometre across 2.3 km².

https://www.chch.live/aranui

## Live source links

Link-outs to the source’s own live pages, chch.live does not copy their live values or source text.

- [Christchurch City Council What’s On](https://www.ccc.govt.nz/news-and-events/whats-on)
- [Christchurch City Libraries events](https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/events/)

## The encyclopaedia on it

Aranui is one of the eastern suburbs of Christchurch. It is a low socio-economic area. In its early years, Aranui grew along Pages Road, the suburb's main road. Aranui soon became a working-class suburb. There are also areas of light-industrial premises in Aranui.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aranui), a tertiary source
Population: Stats NZ 2023 Census Statistical Area 2 counts summed over the suburb’s own areas, as Wikipedia maps them; the area is measured from the suburb boundary.

## Living here

New bonds here ran at about **$550 a week** in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half $500–$570, across 15 bonds, down 4% on a year ago. That’s in line with the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the “Aranui” statistical area, close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.
- 3-bedroom house, $550 a week · 9 new bonds

Median and quartiles of weekly rents on new private bonds (Tenancy Services), new bonds only, not the whole stock.

## 2023 Census snapshot

About 4,290 people and 1,443 occupied private households, grouped from 28 SA1 areas in Aranui. This exact statistical-area match is close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.

- Under 15: about 23% (1,002 people)
- 65 and over: about 10% (429 people)
- Born overseas: about 15% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 66% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 32% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 18% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 6% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet: about 70% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles: about 42% of stated households

Ethnicity is a multiple-response measure, so those percentages are not meant to add to 100%. Stats NZ uses fixed random rounding to base 3; unavailable or confidential cells are left out, not treated as zero.

[individuals](https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/120766-2023-census-totals-by-topic-for-individuals-by-statistical-area-1-part-1/) · [households](https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/120765-2023-census-totals-by-topic-for-households-by-statistical-area-1/) · [geography](https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/table/111243/) · [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

## As reported (3,456 on record)
- [336 Wainoni Road, Avondale](https://www.chch.live/report/9072901)
- [1 Carisbrooke St](https://www.chch.live/report/9069458)
- [9 Cornet Lane, Aranui](https://www.chch.live/report/9066822)
- [390 Pages Road, Aranui](https://www.chch.live/report/9064587)
- [389 Pages Road, Aranui](https://www.chch.live/report/9058781)
- [109 Aldershot St](https://www.chch.live/report/9055725)

[3,456 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=aranui)

## The suburb, back then (2 in the archive)

*Placed by the record’s locality join or the name in its own title, a lead, not a claim each frame stood here.*
- [Class photo Aranui School Infants to Standard 1, 1914](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-46087176), 1910 · Canterbury Stories
- [Aranui, Christchurch City](https://www.chch.live/then/1960s#p-23199228), 1962 · TAPUHI

## The record on Aranui
- Aranui enters the written record in 23 September 1869, [“Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 23 September 1869)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18690923.2.2.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Aranui” appears somewhere in 129 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: roading/streets, 16 June 2015, at 55.
- Its busiest day was 26 September 2017, 38 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Breezes Road](https://www.chch.live/street/aranui/breezes-road), reported on 262 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Burwood ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/burwood), the [Coastal-Burwood-Linwood community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/coastal-burwood-linwood) is its local layer. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## How fast the council fixes things here (6,231 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Aranui took **3 days** to resolve, the city-wide median is 3 days, so this ground runs faster than the city as a whole.
The slowest tenth of finished jobs waited 9 weeks or longer.
109 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 1 February 2019.

Work orders, not resident reports, the council’s MyCouncilTicket stream, and one job can appear in both. A median counts only finished jobs; open ones are named as open, never averaged in. [The ticket roll](https://www.chch.live/fixed) · [the whole city’s fix times](https://www.chch.live/trends#fix).

## Alcohol rules on this ground

One sensitive site stands here, St James School, and the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m of it.

The council’s bylaw zones and the Local Alcohol Policy’s buffer list. A ban rules drinking in public places; it says nothing about whether a premises may sell, that is the licence register’s job.

## Lately
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/9072901), 11 Oct 2026 · 336 Wainoni Road
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9069458), 11 Oct 2026 · 1 Carisbrooke St, “Leaking water meter, 3 Carisbrooke st”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9068974), 10 Oct 2026 · 146 Hampshire St
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9066822), 10 Oct 2026 · 9 Cornet Lane, “water leaking at inlet to metre”
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/9064587), 10 Oct 2026 · 390 Pages Road, “so my neighbours got chickens hard against our fence line , the house roof water goes straight in the coop ... we have…”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9058781), 9 Oct 2026 · 389 Pages Road
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9055832), 8 Oct 2026 · 75 Rowan Avenue, “illegal dumping”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9055725), 8 Oct 2026 · 109 Aldershot St, “big tyre in Library garden”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9052879), 8 Oct 2026 · 25 Soberton Street, “dumped rubbish”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9039738), 6 Oct 2026 · 24 Portchester St, “Dumped furniture”
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9032885), 5 Oct 2026 · Wainoni Park 31 Hampshire Street, “graffiti on a cabinet. no identifying marks so don't know what it is.”
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/9030208), 4 Oct 2026 · 3 Basingstoke Street, “Some lowlife seems to have gone round chucking glass onto the road. There is a pile of what looks like smashed wine…”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 33
- 2016, 189
- 2017, 266
- 2018, 308
- 2019, 325
- 2020, 314
- 2021, 470
- 2022, 354
- 2023, 380
- 2024, 531
- 2025, 484

## What gets reported
- Rubbish & dumping, 1,757
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1,215
- Roads & footpaths, 368
- Trees & parks, 323
- Water & drains, 190
- Vehicles & parking, 67
- Everything else, 51
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 24

## Exactly what people say
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 971
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 922
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 754
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 222
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 160
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 108
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 71
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 58

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Breezes Road](https://www.chch.live/street/aranui/breezes-road), reported on 262 separate days
- [Aldershot Street](https://www.chch.live/street/aranui/aldershot-street), reported on 257 separate days
- [Hampshire Street](https://www.chch.live/street/aranui/hampshire-street), reported on 227 separate days
- [Portsmouth Street](https://www.chch.live/street/aranui/portsmouth-street), reported on 167 separate days
- [Pages Road](https://www.chch.live/street/aranui/pages-road), reported on 160 separate days
- [Rowses Road](https://www.chch.live/street/aranui/rowses-road), reported on 121 separate days
- [Rowan Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/aranui/rowan-avenue), reported on 94 separate days
- [Eureka Street](https://www.chch.live/street/aranui/eureka-street), reported on 91 separate days

## Schools (1)
- [St James School (Aranui)](https://www.chch.live/school/3523-st-james-school-aranui), Contributing · decile 1 · EQI 501

Decile and Equity Index describe the community a school draws from, never how well it teaches.

Zoned for [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) · [Haeata Community Campus](https://www.chch.live/school/704-haeata-community-campus) · [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school) · [Marian College](https://www.chch.live/school/343-marian-college) · [Middleton Grange School](https://www.chch.live/school/335-middleton-grange-school) · [St James School (Aranui)](https://www.chch.live/school/3523-st-james-school-aranui) · and 2 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (9)
- [Wainoni Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1395-wainoni-park), Sports ground · 6 ha · playground, 82 pieces
- [Farnborough Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1224-farnborough-reserve), 2 ha
- [Delamare Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1393-delamare-park), 1 ha · playground, 29 pieces
- [Jack Hinton Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1740-jack-hinton-reserve)
- [Aranui Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1204-aranui-playground), playground, 35 pieces
- [Woodlands Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/937-woodlands-playground), playground, 3 pieces
- [Carisbrook Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1586-carisbrook-playground), playground, 7 pieces
- [Rosanna Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1611-rosanna-reserve), playground, 17 pieces
- [Shortland Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1630-shortland-reserve), playground, 2 pieces

A park lands in the suburb its centre falls inside, a centroid call, not a containment claim.

## The civic shelf (1)
- [Aranui Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-51), Library · 109 Aldershot St, Aranui, Christchurch 8061

## Where the suburb worships (7)
- [Aranui C3 Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/aranui-c3-church), a place of worship · 65 Hampshire Street
- [Aranui Seventh-Day Adventist Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/aranui-seventh-day-adventist-church), a Seventh-day Adventist church · 457 Pages Road
- [Breezes Road Baptist Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/breezes-road-baptist-church), a Baptist church · 153 Breezes Road
- [Ekalesia Au Uso Kerisiano Samoa](https://www.chch.live/worship/ekalesia-au-uso-kerisiano-samoa), a Brethren church · 105A Marlow Road
- [Saint Ambrose's Anglican Church - Aranui](https://www.chch.live/worship/saint-ambrose-s-anglican-church-aranui), an Anglican church · 309 Breezes Road
- [Saint James Catholic Church - Aranui](https://www.chch.live/worship/saint-james-catholic-church-aranui), a Catholic church · 8 Sandown Crescent
- [The Salvation Army - Aranui](https://www.chch.live/worship/the-salvation-army-aranui), a Protestant church · 34 Portsmouth Street

The whole roll is at [/worship](https://www.chch.live/worship).

## The marae standing here (1)
- [Ngā Hau e Whā National Marae](https://www.chch.live/marae/nga-hau-e-wha), the city’s marae · wharenui Aoraki · 250 Pages Road

The whole roll is at [/maraes](https://www.chch.live/maraes).

## The tracks through here (5)
- [Walk and bike track through Aranui](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-157-bexley), 2.4 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Aranui](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-161-bexley), 1.8 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Aranui](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-141-aranui), 1.7 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Aranui](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-165-bexley), 1.2 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Aranui](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-170-bexley), 574 m · walk · bike

A track belongs to every suburb its line passes through.

## The ground that moved
The February 2011 survey drew mapped ground failure over 82.1% of this outline, about 185 hectares. A patch is a footprint, not a finding about an address; the count for the whole city is at [liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction).
The 2011 grading filed 151.8% of this outline, about 342 hectares, mostly **TC3**, with TC3 229 ha · TC2 113 ha. A category is a verdict for a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the grades are at [technical-categories](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories).
The flood record drew water over 1.9% of this outline, across 2 named events. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the record is at [floods](https://www.chch.live/floods).
The mapped tsunami extent covers **17%** of this outline, about 39 hectares. The sea’s modelled reach, not a prediction, the plan’s inundation line, not the evacuation zones; the share is read from a sampled join. The whole extent is at [tsunami](https://www.chch.live/tsunami).
The plan’s schedule of sites significant to Ngāi Tahu covers **1%** of this outline, ngā tūranga tūpuna, ngā wai. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a catalogue. The whole schedule: [cultural](https://www.chch.live/cultural).
The plan’s ecological schedules cover **1%** of this outline across **1** scheduled site, all of it protected under Schedule A. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a survey. The whole ledger: [ecology](https://www.chch.live/ecology).
The plan’s landscape schedules cover **1%** of this outline across **1** scheduled area. Shares read from a sampled join; a protection overlay, not a ranking of views. The kept view: [landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape).
The plan’s flood map draws **3%** of this outline inside **high flood hazard** ground, about 7 hectares across **3** mapped areas. The broader flood-management watch covers **39%** of it, Avon River. Shares read from a sampled join; a model’s map, not a promise. The waiting water: [flood-hazard](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard).
The plan’s water-margin layers cross this outline, **7** classified reaches, the plan calling **Knights Drain** and **Avon River**
           by name, **2%** of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding **30 m** off the bank, and an esplanade line holds a public edge here. The margin is the plan’s drawing, not a survey of the bank. The drawn water: [water-margin](https://www.chch.live/water-margin).
The plan’s allowed shape holds this outline, **4%** of it inside the residential overlays, the densest standing **Suburban**. The shape is the plan’s permission, not a survey of what stands. The allowed shape: [density](https://www.chch.live/density).
The rebuild’s cameras filed **2,345** photographs on this ground, 2011–2017, wastewater work mostly. Each frame is a receipt the dig left behind, a work log, not a survey of what stands now. The whole record: [rebuild](https://www.chch.live/rebuild).
The pedal network threads this ground, **3.7 km** of cycleway crosses the outline, [Te Ara Ōtākaro Avon River Trail](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/te-ara-otakaro-avon-river-trail). A segment counts under every suburb its path enters; the whole network: [cycleways](https://www.chch.live/cycleways).
The remembered names stand on this ground, **3** inscribed plaques, [Unification](https://www.chch.live/plaque/46114-unification), [Aranui Playground](https://www.chch.live/plaque/46604-aranui-playground), [Cockayne Reserve](https://www.chch.live/plaque/51036-cockayne-reserve) among the grounds. The plaque is the register’s pin, not a surveyed spot; the whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).
The rulebook binds this ground, **9** drawn instruments, 3 of them dog rules, 1 camping zone, a certified self-contained van can stay the night at City Coastal Restricted Zone, 5 bottle-store buffers; the outline sits inside the takiwā of Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga. The bylaw is the instrument, this the map of it, the rulebook: [rules](https://www.chch.live/rules).
**9** parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly chemical manufacture, application and bulk storage, vehicle refuelling, service and repair, 3 still doing the work. A listing records the work, not a soil test; the register is at [hazards](https://www.chch.live/hazards).
The files record **92** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 19 hectares, mostly sand, gravel, compacted hardfill, 2 carry fill the file can’t vouch for. A record is the file’s word on what was laid, not a fresh survey; the layer is at [fill](https://www.chch.live/fill).
**1** parcel inside this outline carries a cleanup on the file, 1 marked verified. A cleanup on the file is the register’s word, not a clearance; the register is at [remediated](https://www.chch.live/remediated).
The 2019 liquefaction study put **57%** of this outline in the **medium** class, and 5 assessed areas here carry the free-face flag for possible lateral spreading. A class is the model’s verdict on a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the study is at [vulnerability](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability).
The council’s structure register stands **1** asset on this ground, 1 bridge, sited at Bexley Park. Site names are the register’s own labels; the layer is drawn on [the map](https://www.chch.live/map?layer=structures).
The recreation register keeps **11** records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 4 tag football, 3 basketball, 2 rugby league, 1 skateboard. Seasons and surfaces are the register’s record, not this week’s draw; the layer is drawn on [the map](https://www.chch.live/map?layer=recreation).
The register counts **947** living trees inside this outline, 6 carrying a protection, mostly Manna Ash, Kowhai, Caucasian Ash. The file remembers **680** trees felled here. A tree record is the register’s word on what stands or stood; the canopy is at [trees](https://www.chch.live/trees).
The plan files **67%** of this outline under **Residential Suburban**, **71%** residential, the rest mostly Transport 17%, Open Space Community Parks 6%. A zone is a permission, not a description, the mix is a sampled read of the plan’s polygons; the district’s zoning is at [zones](https://www.chch.live/zones).
The plan reserves about **4 hectares** of this outline, **2%** , under 3 designations, mostly movement, learning. A designation is a claim on the ground, not a build date, the mix is a sampled read; the register is at [designations](https://www.chch.live/designations).
The plan’s exceptions touch **7%** of this outline, 1 qualifying matter, mostly infrastructure. A matter narrows how the density rule applies, it does not forbid; the mix is a sampled read, and the cultural-significance areas are the plan’s own unnamed ones. The register is at [matters](https://www.chch.live/matters).
GeoNet’s catalogue puts 2 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M4.5 in 2011. An epicentre is where the instruments placed the break, not a measure of the shaking here; the whole catalogue is counted at [sequence](https://www.chch.live/sequence), and the story in plain language is [the earthquakes explainer](https://www.chch.live/how-nz-works/canterbury-earthquakes).

## The names on this ground (2)
- [St Heliers St](https://www.chch.live/landfills), old dump
- [Avon River / Ōtākaro](https://www.chch.live/river/avon-river-otakaro), waterway · 29.2 km

The named waterways, bays, headlands, monuments, summits and old sites OpenStreetMap puts inside this outline, a pin is the mapper’s own; a waterway belongs to every suburb it crosses. Every roll, counted: [geography](https://www.chch.live/geography).

## Documents that name it

*These are leads, not verified claims, search ties, not read sources.*
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 23 September 1869)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18690923.2.2.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1869-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Timaru Herald, 06 April 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18800406.2.2.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1880-04-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Hawke's Bay Herald, 13 October 1881)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBH18811013.2.19.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1881-10-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Hawke's Bay Herald, 03 December 1881)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBH18811203.2.20.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1881-12-03T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Otago Daily Times 14-8-1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19000814.2.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1900-08-14T12:00:00Z
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 16 June 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060616.2.84.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1906-06-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [RACING IN NEW ZEALAND (Otago Witness, 19 February 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19080219.2.216.13), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1908-02-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [Class photo Aranui School Infants to Standard 1, 1914](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2014/ccl-cs-7469), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories) · 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- [TOURIST TRAFFFIC. (Poverty Bay Herald, 27 April 1911)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19110427.2.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1911-04-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page XIII Advertisements Column 1 (Observer, 18 December 1911)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TO19111218.2.14.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1911-12-18T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Aranui
- [Taranui (Caspian Tern) seen — Birdlings Flat 7591, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405387754), iNaturalist · william-harland, 3 Oct 2026
- [Taranui (Caspian Tern) seen — Christchurch City, Canterbury Region, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405153957), iNaturalist · william-harland, 2 Oct 2026
- [Dog euthanised after attack left young child seriously injured in Aranui](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMitwFBVV95cUxNclRWazFpMVN6ckZsN2FDYUwwWlhlM2pJcWtleHc1VV9JYTBNZ0xMbzVCcUhIS3RIUjFyT1pZa2YtX2lqWVJqeE5XMmlHVngyb3A2eVVqdE9WMm9zcWt5Mmw2alFqVUJrbGFmclNGWTJPWVA0eE1JaUdlNGRqeER1V2RZVTktNG80N3FVLTUydTFybVoxdU9lREZNcjNuZmU5VXFBclVhdmYyUlpYTXZoaTJGOENKRlU?oc=5), The news · Chris Lynch Media, 1 Oct 2026
- [Council euthanise dog that attacked child in Aranui](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMikgFBVV95cUxQRnNvNDItZUNmbEpfWkdRMEs5Yk9WQ0JxeGVaMlFLQlh3QUZEQXNLdHp5QVAwRXZmcmU5a3h4T2JfNzVEaTBoOFVhSlBlMlBLYVVVQWsxMWo5VUVvRWs2YUlOVjZabi1KZGpOOEtUcGptN05yaXRtdnh2ZHA4R05HRUkzUnQ0Znl0eVNCRWpWV2k2Zw?oc=5), The news · The Press, 1 Oct 2026
- [Child in serious condition after being attacked by dog in Aranui, Christchurch](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiygFBVV95cUxPdVZ3WmlEVDNVeFM2S0VTcjAwRXVrVm12akNVdzc1VXdvbnlsb0FSV2R3aDZfRlpjMkxKTlpNQkRpdWxGQ0s5QzFZem4wNTQ2VE0xaUFxNjRKUXpaOTRlaElPTVEzbEpZTy1QLU5mTHFGV1I0WGRYem84V3cyN3hraW5lOWtnYzRwQUJON0R2dmxLTlo4WXY5T3VXcmlDaml4MFc1M0NGYkJKSlQ1VXJ1V1Y3TEVzQmU3dUpKM1RTZVRpcklVOGZHSDh3?oc=5), The news · RNZ, 29 Sept 2026

[The whole wire](https://www.chch.live/wire)

## The crash record (130 injury crashes)

130 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 5 people killed, 20 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Pages Road at Breezes Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=pages-rd&suburb=aranui), 15 injury crashes, 1 fatal.

- [Every crash it holds](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=aranui)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crashes)

## The crime record (1,130 recorded victimisations)

1,130 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly burglary, about 66 a year per 1,000 residents. Reported is not all, how much never reaches the record depends on the offence.

- [The suburb on the crime map](https://www.chch.live/crime?grain=suburb&area=aranui)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## The buses through it (5 stops)

5 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5).
- Pages Rd near Breezes Rd
- Pages Rd near Fir Tree Ln
- Pages Rd near Knightsbridge Ln
- Pages Rd near Rowan Ave near Pages Rd
- Pages Rd near Rowan Ave near Pages Rd

- [Every route in the record](https://www.chch.live/buses)

## Businesses here (14 in the directory)

From OpenStreetMap, the council’s licensed-premises register and its 2024 Find Christchurch directory, each kind opens at this suburb’s shelf.

- [Fast food](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fast-food#in-aranui), 5
- [Dairies & convenience](https://www.chch.live/businesses/dairy#in-aranui), 2
- [Bars & pubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bar#in-aranui), 1
- [Cafés](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cafe#in-aranui), 1
- [Clinic](https://www.chch.live/businesses/healthcare-clinic#in-aranui), 1
- [Doctors & clinics](https://www.chch.live/businesses/doctor#in-aranui), 1
- [Petrol stations](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fuel#in-aranui), 1
- [Pharmacies](https://www.chch.live/businesses/pharmacy#in-aranui), 1
- [Venues & events](https://www.chch.live/businesses/venue#in-aranui), 1

- [The whole directory](https://www.chch.live/businesses)

## Next door
- [Bexley](https://www.chch.live/bexley)
- [Avondale](https://www.chch.live/avondale)
- [Wainoni](https://www.chch.live/wainoni)
- [New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton)
- [Burwood](https://www.chch.live/burwood)
- [Dallington](https://www.chch.live/dallington)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Aranui with [Bexley](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=aranui&b=bexley) · [Avondale](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=aranui&b=avondale) · [Wainoni](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=aranui&b=wainoni) · [New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=aranui&b=new-brighton) · [Burwood](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=aranui&b=burwood) · [Dallington](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=aranui&b=dallington), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Aranui?**

Aranui is one of the eastern suburbs of Christchurch. The public record holds 4,003 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.

**How many people live in Aranui?**

4,520 people at the 2023 Census, 2,004 per square kilometre across 2.3 km².

**How many people does the 2023 Census count for Aranui?**

About 4,290 people and 1,443 occupied private households: grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

**What gets reported in Aranui?**

4,003 reports on record, most often rubbish & dumping (1,757), graffiti & vandalism (1,215), roads & footpaths (368). 474 of them in the year to 12 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Aranui had?**

130 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 5 people killed, 20 seriously hurt. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=aranui)

**What schools are in Aranui?**

One school in the Ministry’s directory, St James School (Aranui).

Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?name=Aranui · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Aranui