5 Risby Place
2 council reports since May 2024, 2 carrying a photograph. The most-reported address on Risby Place.
From the air, then
Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Each frame is cut from Environment Canterbury’s historic imagery MapServer for that decade, only where the Footprints layer names a CC BY survey (NZAM-covered spots stay out). RetroLens holds more Crown aerials →
The green nearby
- Nepal Reserve, 172 m to the edge · 4 ha · playground, 22 pieces
- Kendal Reserve, 210 m to the edge · playground, 55 pieces
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
The civic shelf nearby
- Waimairi Cemetery, 290 m away · Cemetery
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Nice Cook, 75 m away · Restaurants
- Kendal Pharmacy, 81 m away · Pharmacies
- Kendal Medical Centre, 85 m away · Doctors & clinics
- Sevantis Restaurant & Cafe, 88 m away · Restaurants
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Cranbrook Ave near Kendal Ave, 144 m away · route 120
- Kendal Ave near Charlcott St, 159 m away · route 120
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Burnside, 365 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Burnside, 474 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
The named ground
the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.
Renting nearby
new bonds in Burnside ran about $641 a week, $91 above the city median of $550, the suburb page keeps the rent record →.
What gets reported here
Photographed here 2 on record
What’s on record
Trees - General, 27 May 2025 Leaves blocking gutters
Sewer - Leak / Blockage, 6 May 2024 Will start to block up and flood have cleaned up some but can't fit it all in my bin and is council land so really your problem
Elsewhere on Risby Place
- 8 Risby Place, 1 report
- 7 Risby Place, 1 report
The civic layer
This ground votes in Waimairi ward, the Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood community board is its local layer. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre. The whole roll is at /wards.
Risby Place, the whole record → · Everything about Burnside → · What stood on this ground → · On the map → · From the air, RetroLens holds the Crown’s aerials back to 1936; search the address there →
Questions, answered briefly
2 council reports on record since May 2024, most often trees - general (1), sewer - leak / blockage (1).
Burnside, Christchurch, on Risby Place.
Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, the record around this ground →
Nepal Reserve, 172 m to its edge, 4 ha.

