# Brooklands, Christchurch

1,022 council reports since September 2015, the 77th busiest suburb in the city. 861 photographs on record.

https://www.chch.live/brooklands

## 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

Brooklands is the northernmost suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. The settlement was built on former swamp land adjacent to Brooklands Lagoon, which forms part of the Waimakariri River mouth. The land damage sustained in the 2010 and 2011 Christchurch earthquakes and subsequent Red Zone classification resulted in the buyout and demolition of nearly all properties in Brooklands, effectively wiping the suburb off the map.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklands%2C_Christchurch), a tertiary source

## 2023 Census snapshot

About 759 people and 264 occupied private households, grouped from 4 SA1 areas in Brooklands-Spencerville. This exact statistical-area match is close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.

- Under 15: about 19% (147 people)
- 65 and over: about 13% (99 people)
- Born overseas: about 19% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 89% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 15% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 4% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 5% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet: about 93% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles: about 82% 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 (861 on record)
- [986 Lower Styx Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9049740)
- [17 Anfield St](https://www.chch.live/report/9049608)
- [96 Harbour Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9039875)
- [11 The Lagoon](https://www.chch.live/report/9039811)
- [Brooklands redzoned area 903 Lower Styx Road, Brooklands](https://www.chch.live/report/9036081)
- [10 Shammys Place, Brooklands](https://www.chch.live/report/9019603)

[861 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=brooklands)

## 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.*
- [Brooklands Lagoon (PB0618/203)](https://www.chch.live/then/1930s#p-1401703), 1939 · V.C. Browne & Son NZ Aerial Photograph Collection
- [The Pines - Brooklands (PB0618/205)](https://www.chch.live/then/1930s#p-1401705), 1939 · V.C. Browne & Son NZ Aerial Photograph Collection

## The record on Brooklands
- Brooklands enters the written record in 28 March 1860, [“Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 28 March 1860)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600328.2.28.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Brooklands” appears somewhere in 76 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: rubbish/recycling, 24 September 2015, at 5.
- Its busiest day was 26 February 2024, 7 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Harbour Road](https://www.chch.live/street/brooklands/harbour-road), reported on 141 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Coastal ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/coastal), 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 (1,143 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Brooklands took **4 days** to resolve, the city-wide median is 3 days, so this ground runs slower than the city as a whole.
The slowest tenth of finished jobs waited 2 months or longer.
38 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 9 March 2023.

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).

## Lately
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9049740), 7 Oct 2026 · 986 Lower Styx Rd, “Dumped furniture”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9049608), 7 Oct 2026 · 17 Anfield St, “Multiple car tyres and rubbish”
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/9039875), 6 Oct 2026 · 96 Harbour Rd, “Graffiti on signs”
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9039811), 6 Oct 2026 · 11 The Lagoon, “Burn rubbish on road”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9036081), 5 Oct 2026 · Brooklands redzoned area 903 Lower Styx Road, “dumped rubbish”
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9019603), 2 Oct 2026 · 10 Shammys Place, “FH leaking”
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9009105), 30 Sept 2026 · 45 Anfield Street, “found a man stuck in the toilets for over an hour. handle broken. I went home and got a tool to free the poor…”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8951490), 20 Sept 2026 · 20 Harbour Road, “Lots of Rubbish left at the Styx Bridge at start of Harbour Rd. Also there have been a number of vehicles parking over…”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8918174), 14 Sept 2026 · 976 Lower Styx Rd, “Sofa and speaker parts”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8902026), 11 Sept 2026 · 95 Harbour Road, “lots of rubbish lying about here. people have been camping here as well.”
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8898456), 10 Sept 2026 · 870 Lower Styx Road, “over hanging shrubbery causing issues while driving by may cause a car accident eventually”
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/8886382), 8 Sept 2026 · 707–845 Lower Styx Rd, “Large fallen tree branch blocking river. Opposite 870 Lower Styx Rd”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 3
- 2016, 12
- 2017, 52
- 2018, 44
- 2019, 68
- 2020, 173
- 2021, 98
- 2022, 72
- 2023, 120
- 2024, 148
- 2025, 150

## What gets reported
- Rubbish & dumping, 521
- Trees & parks, 169
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 138
- Roads & footpaths, 79
- Water & drains, 43
- Vehicles & parking, 36
- Everything else, 28
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 7

## Exactly what people say
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 259
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 238
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 82
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 81
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 47
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 45
- [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/vandalism), 26
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 24

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Harbour Road](https://www.chch.live/street/brooklands/harbour-road), reported on 141 separate days
- [Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/street/brooklands/lower-styx-road), reported on 135 separate days
- [Blue Lagoon Drive](https://www.chch.live/street/brooklands/blue-lagoon-drive), reported on 126 separate days
- [Kainga Road](https://www.chch.live/street/brooklands/kainga-road), reported on 35 separate days
- [The Lagoon](https://www.chch.live/street/brooklands/the-lagoon), reported on 34 separate days
- [Charon Street](https://www.chch.live/street/brooklands/charon-street), reported on 28 separate days
- [Shammys Place](https://www.chch.live/street/brooklands/shammys-place), reported on 27 separate days
- [Anfield Street](https://www.chch.live/street/brooklands/anfield-street), reported on 25 separate days

Zoned for [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) · [Emmanuel Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1168-emmanuel-christian-school) · [Mairehau High School](https://www.chch.live/school/320-mairehau-high-school) · [Marian College](https://www.chch.live/school/343-marian-college) · [Middleton Grange School](https://www.chch.live/school/335-middleton-grange-school) · [Papanui High School](https://www.chch.live/school/316-papanui-high-school) · and 3 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (10)
- [Brooklands Spit](https://www.chch.live/park/1135-brooklands-spit), Regional · 113 ha
- [Seafield Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1627-seafield-park), Regional · 87 ha · playground, 12 pieces
- [Styx River Mouth Conservation Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1893-styx-river-mouth-conservation-reserve), 10 ha
- [Lower Styx River Conservation Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1583-lower-styx-river-conservation-reserve), Regional · 6 ha
- [Brooklands Domain](https://www.chch.live/park/1639-brooklands-domain), 3 ha · playground, 45 pieces
- [Kainga Road Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/910-kainga-road-reserve), 3 ha
- [Styx River Boating Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1720-styx-river-boating-reserve)
- [Harbour Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1230-harbour-reserve)
- [Brooklands Playcentre Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1309-brooklands-playcentre-reserve)
- [Lower Styx Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1032-lower-styx-reserve), Regional

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

## The tracks through here (1)
- [Combined Mtb And Walk](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-1200-combined-mtb-and-walk), 229 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 45.8% of this outline, about 336 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 Crown’s 2011 classification drew 10.7% of this outline, about 78 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 at [redzone](https://www.chch.live/redzone).
The 2011 grading filed 0.7% of this outline, mostly **TC2**, with TC3 2 ha · TC2 3 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 9.3% of this outline, about 68 hectares, across 3 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 **56%** of this outline, about 413 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 **38%** of this outline, about 281 hectares, 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 **61%** of this outline, about 448 hectares across **5** scheduled sites, 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 **73%** of this outline, about 531 hectares across **9** scheduled areas, **64%** of it outstanding, the plan’s strongest landscape standing, and **34%** of it sits inside the coastal environment. 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 **39%** of this outline inside **high flood hazard** ground, about 285 hectares across **8** mapped areas. The broader flood-management watch covers **52%** of it, Lower Styx River. **12** ponding spots are mapped here, where the models expect water to sit. 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, **36** classified reaches, the plan calling **Riverton Drain** and **Sullivans Drain**
           by name, **7%** 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 rebuild’s cameras filed **144** photographs on this ground, 2012–2015, 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: [rebuild](https://www.chch.live/rebuild).
The remembered names stand on this ground, **2** inscribed plaques, [Brooklands Domain](https://www.chch.live/plaque/11600-brooklands-domain) 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, **10** drawn instruments, 8 of them dog rules, 2 camping zones, a certified self-contained van can stay the night at Christchurch Urban Restricted Area; the other zone bans it outright; 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).
The files record **84** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 66 hectares, mostly sand, silt, gravel. 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).
The 2019 liquefaction study put **54%** of this outline in the **possible** class, 66% of the outline fell inside an assessed area. 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 **20** assets on this ground, 13 boardwalks, 3 bridges, 2 boat ramps, 1 viewing platform, sited at Seafield Park, Styx River Boating Reserve, Styx River Mouth Conservation, Brooklands Domain. 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 **3** records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 1 tennis, 1 basketball, 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 **186** living trees inside this outline, 6 carrying a protection, mostly Cabbage tree, Ribbonwood, Totara. The file remembers **155** 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 **20%** of this outline under **Open Space Coastal**, the rest mostly Rural Waimakariri 15%, Open Space Water and Margins 13%, 59% of the outline fell inside a mapped zone. 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 names on this ground (5)
- [Brooklands Lagoon](https://www.chch.live/lake/brooklands-lagoon), lake · Te Riu-o-Te-Aika-Kawa
- [Brooklands Lagoon](https://www.chch.live/summit/brooklands-lagoon), lookout
- [Kaiapoi River](https://www.chch.live/river/kaiapoi-river), waterway · 4.9 km
- [Styx River](https://www.chch.live/river/styx-river), waterway · 19.8 km
- [Waimakariri River](https://www.chch.live/river/waimakariri-river), waterway · 160.8 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 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 28 March 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600328.2.28.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1860-03-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH.-CLAIMS TO VOTE-1862. (Lyttelton Times, 09 April 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620409.2.20), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1862-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH.—CLAIMS TO VOTE—IB 62. (Lyttelton Times, 12 April 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620412.2.25), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1862-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 16 April 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620416.2.20.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1862-04-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [LIST OF CLAMANTS TO BE PLACED ON THE ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE DISTRICT OF CHEVIOT. (Lyttelton Times, 19 April 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620419.2.24.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1862-04-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. (Tuapeka Times, 10 July 1873)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TT18730710.2.12), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1873-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [DEATH. (Daily Telegraph, 04 February 1881)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DTN18810204.2.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1881-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 7 (Wanganui Chronicle, 25 October 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC18831025.2.18.7), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1883-10-25T00:00:00.000Z
- [WOOL MARKET. (North Otago Times, 15 November 1889)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NOT18891115.2.4.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1889-11-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Otago Daily Times, 20 December 1892)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18921220.2.3.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1892-12-20T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Brooklands
- [Trigonidium maoricum seen — Brooklands Lagoon, Canterbury Region 8083, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/406745162), iNaturalist · alfalfa_xc, 8 Oct 2026
- [Something seen — Brooklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/406405947), iNaturalist · crazyoldrelic, 7 Oct 2026
- [Leopard Seal seen — Brooklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/403736404), iNaturalist · leopardsealphd, 27 Sept 2026
- [Makaka seen — Brooklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/401787568), iNaturalist · melwhiting, 20 Sept 2026
- [Beaded Samphire seen — Brooklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/401787451), iNaturalist · melwhiting, 20 Sept 2026

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

## The crash record (8 injury crashes)

8 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 1 person killed, 2 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Lower Styx Road at Earlham Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=lower-styx-rd&suburb=brooklands), 3 injury crashes, 1 fatal.

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

## The crime record (85 recorded victimisations)

85 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 28 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=brooklands)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## Next door
- [Kainga](https://www.chch.live/kainga)
- [Spencerville](https://www.chch.live/spencerville)
- [Ouruhia](https://www.chch.live/ouruhia)
- [Bottle Lake](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake)
- [Coutts Island](https://www.chch.live/coutts-island)
- [Belfast](https://www.chch.live/belfast)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Brooklands with [Kainga](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=brooklands&b=kainga) · [Spencerville](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=brooklands&b=spencerville) · [Ouruhia](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=brooklands&b=ouruhia) · [Bottle Lake](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=bottle-lake&b=brooklands) · [Coutts Island](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=brooklands&b=coutts-island) · [Belfast](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=belfast&b=brooklands), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Brooklands?**

Brooklands is the northernmost suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. The public record holds 1,022 council reports for it, the first filed in September 2015.

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

About 759 people and 264 occupied private households: grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

**What gets reported in Brooklands?**

1,022 reports on record, most often rubbish & dumping (521), trees & parks (169), graffiti & vandalism (138). 122 of them in the year to 12 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Brooklands had?**

8 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 1 person killed, 2 seriously hurt. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=brooklands)

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