Avonside, Christchurch

Living here rent · the ground · the day-to-day

The ground: 41% of the outline went into the residential red zone; the February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over 69% of it, the rest of the watch is drawn further down.

Day to day it holds 5 parks, 1 place of worship, 4 tracks and 2 bus stops, each is counted further down.

Lately the record’s mostly rubbish & dumping, 692 reports in the year to 12 October 2026, the newest 10 October 2026.

One for the quiz, Its busiest day on record was 10 January 2024, 17 reports in a single day.

2023 Census snapshot SA1 areas grouped here

About the suburb

Avonside is an eastern suburb in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is one of the oldest suburbs of the city, with only Heathcote being older.

As reported 4,272 on record

4,272 photographs
on the wall →

The suburb, back then 36 in the archive

36 photographs
from back when →

Placed by the record’s locality join or the name in its own title, a lead, not a claim each frame stood here.

The shape of it outline © OpenStreetMap · recent reports, pinned

Lately the newest reports

10 Oct 2026 Playground EquipmentAvon Park 37 Mabel Howard Place

Broken swing

9 Oct 2026 Playground Equipment24 Torlesse Street

broken swing

8 Oct 2026 Playground Equipment750 Avonside Drive

damaged playground equipment

8 Oct 2026 Playground Equipment750 Avonside Dr

Broken playground equipment

8 Oct 2026 Dumped Rubbish40 Torlesse St

More junk, same person.

7 Oct 2026 Graffiti on a playground or in a park32–40 Galbraith Ave

Near city to sea pathway

7 Oct 2026 Dumped Rubbish57 Dunarnan St

Rubbish dumped on footpath blocking pathway

7 Oct 2026 Dumped Rubbish22 Cowlishaw Street

dumped rubbish

5 Oct 2026 Dumped Rubbish40 Torlesse Street

5 Oct 2026 Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge53 Dunarnan Street

5 Oct 2026 Dumped Rubbish53 Dunarnan Street

5 Oct 2026 Dumped Rubbish27 Dunarnan Street

How fast the council fixes things here 4,972 finished jobs on record

The median council work order pinned in Avonside 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 waited 9 weeks or longer. 95 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 18 September 2018.

Work orders, not the resident reports above, 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 · the whole city’s fix times.

Alcohol rules on this ground

One sensitive site stands here, Whitau 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, read from the Regulatory open-data service. A ban rules drinking in public places; it says nothing about whether a premises may sell, that is the licence register’s job.

Schools here

Zoned for Christchurch Adventist School · Hillview Christian School · Marian College · Middleton Grange School · St Francis of Assisi Catholic School · Te Aratai College · and 5 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

The green here 5

• Avon Riverbank True Right11 ha
• Avon ParkSports ground · 6 ha · playground, 37 pieces
• Woodham ParkBotanic · 2 ha · playground, 22 pieces
• Sullivan Park1 ha
• Retreat Reserve

Parks and reserves in the council’s open data, a park lands in the suburb its centre falls inside. The whole roll is at /parks.

Where the suburb worships 1

• Avonside Community / Living Waters Community Churcha church · 125 Kerrs Road

Places of worship in the open map’s record, one lands in the suburb its building stands in. The whole roll is at /worship.

The tracks through here 4

• Walk and bike track through Avonside3.9 km · Christchurch · walk · bike
• Walk and bike track through Avonside3.7 km · Christchurch · walk · bike
• Walk and bike track through Avonside1.5 km · Christchurch · walk · bike
• Walk and bike track through Avonside318 m · Christchurch · walk · bike

Tracks in the council’s open data, a line belongs to every suburb it passes through. The whole network is at /tracks.

The names on this ground 3

The February 2011 survey drew mapped ground failure over 69.4% of this outline, about 84 hectares. A patch is a footprint, not a finding about an address; the count for the whole city is at /liquefaction.

The Crown’s 2011 classification drew 40.9% of this outline, about 49 hectares inside the residential red zone. A mapped area files under the suburb its middle sits in, and a classification is the record of a decision, not a finding about an address; the whole line is drawn at /redzone.

The flood record drew water over 47.5% of this outline, about 57 hectares, across 1 named event. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the whole record is drawn at /floods.

6 parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly vehicle refuelling, service and repair, cemeteries and waste recycling, treatment and disposal, chemical manufacture, application and bulk storage, 2 still doing the work. A listing records the work, not a soil test; the whole register is drawn at /hazards.

The files record 35 parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, mostly silt, mixed fill with rubbish, organic material, 4 carry fill the file can’t vouch for. A record is the file’s word on what was laid, not a fresh survey; the whole layer is drawn at /fill.

1 parcel inside this outline carries a cleanup on the file. A cleanup on the file is the register’s word, not a clearance; the whole register is drawn at /remediated.

The 2019 liquefaction study put 60% of this outline in the high class, and 9 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 whole study is drawn at /vulnerability.

The council’s structure register stands 13 assets on this ground, 4 sets of steps, 3 boardwalks, 2 bridges, 2 ramps, sited at Avon Riverbank True Right, Avon Corridor 6 Rrz Land, Avon Corridor 5 Rrz Land, Avon Park. The register’s site names are its own labels for the ground an asset stands in; the layer is drawn at the map.

The recreation register keeps 5 records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 2 basketball, 1 bowls, 1 bmx, 1 football. Seasons and surfaces are the register’s record, not this week’s draw; the layer is drawn at the map.

The register counts 1,142 living trees inside this outline, 120 veterans among them, 33 carrying a protection, mostly Manuka, Cabbage tree, Lancewood. The file remembers 577 trees felled here. A tree record is the register’s word on what stands or stood; the whole canopy is drawn at /trees.

The plan files 53% of this outline under Specific Purpose (Otakaro Avon River Corridor), 35% residential, the rest mostly Medium density residential zone 27%, Residential Suburban 8%. A zone is a permission, not a description, the mix is read from a sampled join of the plan’s polygons; the whole district is drawn at /zones.

The plan reserves about 6 hectares of this outline, 5%, under 2 designations, mostly learning. A designation is a claim on the ground, not a build date, the mix is read from a sampled join; the whole register is drawn at /designations.

The plan’s heritage schedule protects 1 place by name in this suburb, MED Substation and Setting. A setting is the ground the item stands in, each files under the suburb holding its centroid; the whole schedule is at /heritage.

The plan’s schedule of sites significant to Ngāi Tahu covers 5% of this outline, about 6 hectares, ngā wai. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a catalogue. The whole schedule is drawn at /cultural.

The plan’s ecological schedules cover 5% of this outline, about 6 hectares across 1 scheduled site, all protected under Schedule A. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a survey. The whole ledger is drawn at /ecology.

The plan’s landscape schedules cover 4% of this outline across 1 scheduled area. Shares read from a sampled join; a protection overlay, not a ranking of views. The kept view is drawn at /landscape.

The plan’s flood map draws 9% of this outline inside high flood hazard ground, about 11 hectares across 4 mapped areas. The broader flood-management watch covers 72% of it, Avon River. Shares read from a sampled join; a model’s map, not a promise. The waiting water is drawn at /flood-hazard.

The plan’s water-margin layers cross this outline, 14 classified reaches, the plan calling Brittans Drain and Avon River by name, 13% of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding 30 m off the bank. The margin is the plan’s drawing, not a survey of the bank; the reaches, strips and held edges are mapped at /water-margin.

The plan’s allowed shape holds this outline, 27% 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 is drawn at /density.

The rebuild’s cameras filed 569 photographs on this ground, 2011–2016, stormwater work mostly. Each frame is a receipt the dig left behind, a work log, not a survey of what stands now; the whole record is drawn at /rebuild.

The pedal network threads this ground, 9.9 km of cycleway crosses the outline, City to Sea Pathway, Te Ara Ōtākaro Avon River Trail. A segment counts under every suburb its path enters; the whole network is drawn at /cycleways.

The remembered names stand on this ground, 1 inscribed plaque, Avon Park among the grounds. The plaque is the register’s pin, not a surveyed spot; the whole roll is kept at /plaques.

The rulebook binds this ground, 5 drawn instruments, 3 of them dog rules, 2 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 whole rulebook is drawn at /rules.

GeoNet’s catalogue puts 2 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M3.5 in 2014. An epicentre is where the instruments placed the break, not a measure of the shaking here; the whole catalogue is counted at /sequence, the live record is /quakes, and the story in plain language is the earthquakes explainer.

• Medway Footbridge Earthquake Memorialmonument
• War dumpold dump · ?–1943
• Avon River / Ōtākarowaterway · 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.

The crash record 54 injury crashes

54 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside Avonside's outline, 9 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner that keeps appearing: Kerrs Road at Wildwood Avenue, 6 injury crashes.

the suburb’s crashes on the map →

The crime record 503 recorded victimisations

503 victimisations on the Police record inside Avonside’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly burglary, about 73 a year per 1,000 residents. Down 11% on the year before. Reported is not all, how much never reaches the record depends on the offence.

the suburb on the crime map →

The buses through it 2 stops

2 Metro stops inside Avonside's outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by route 80.

• Kerrs Rd near Dunarnan St
• Kerrs Rd near Traynor Ln

Every route in the record →

Businesses here 8 in the directory

8 premises in Avonside across 7 kinds, from OpenStreetMap, the council’s licensed-premises register and its 2024 Find Christchurch directory. Each kind below opens at this suburb’s shelf.

• Dairies & convenience2
• Beauty1
• Bottle stores1
• Cafés1
• Clubs1
• Massage1
• Restaurants1

Among them, the ones the record says most about:

• The Great IndiaRestaurants
• Glamour Nail & EyelashesBeauty
• Kai Means FoodCafés

The whole directory →

On the register here

1. MED Substation and Setting11 Retreat Road
2. Woodham Park Caretakers Cottage169 Woodham Road

Documents 40

What the archive’s sources say about Avonside, titled for it, turned up by a search for one of its places, or carrying its name in the text. These are leads and citations: the originals live at the provider, linked from each row.

The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →

The wire on Avonside 5 lately

The whole wire →

Next door

Compare Avonside with Dallington · Linwood · Richmond · Wainoni · Phillipstown · Edgeware, same record, side by side.

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