Arkwright's Emporium
Arkwright's Emporium is a garden centre in Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, inside the Akaroa commercial centre.
Checked 16 Oct 2026
Garden centre in Akaroa housed in a heritage-listed former pharmacy rated Significant: read from the public record
Sits inside Pharmacy and Setting, significant in the District Plan
The only heritage-listed garden centre on the record · The only garden centre on the record in Akaroa
Akaroa
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The nearest other garden centres
Also in Akaroa
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Garden centres | OpenStreetMap |
| NZBN | 9429041813041, NZ Limited Company | NZBN register |
| Registered name | THE PENINSULA TRADING POST LIMITED | NZBN register |
| Registered since | 23 June 2015 | NZBN register |
| Industry | Plant, garden - retailing | NZBN register |
| Last checked by a mapper | 21 Sept 2024 | OpenStreetMap |
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The ground it stands on
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District Plan zone | Commercial Banks Peninsula | District Plan |
| Commercial centre | Akaroa, small neighbourhood centre | District Plan |
| Heritage item | Pharmacy and Setting (Heritage NZ category 2), significant in the District Plan | District Plan |
Akaroa 100 Years of Bowling 1906 - 2006
Cenotaph War Memorial plaque
To the Children of This Village May the Joy That You ShareThe reports nearby
304 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Roads & footpaths and Trees & parks, 248 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Water General
Facility - General Request
Pavement - General
Abandoned Vehicle
Abandoned Vehicle
Water Leak
Facility - General Request
General Request
Water General
Pavement - Damaged
Pavement - Damaged
Water LeakQuestions, answered briefly
A garden centre in Akaroa, Christchurch.
Somewhere in Akaroa, the record holds no street address. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap, last checked by a mapper 21 Sept 2024.
Oderings Garden Centre (36.7 km), Portstone Garden Centre (37.6 km), Oderings (38.5 km), every one in the city.
6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Waffle Haus (4 m); nearest park: Rue Balguerie Reserve (147 m).
The record behind this
This page is the union of what these public sources say, each fact above names the one it came from. A listing is a lead, not a promise the business still trades:
- OpenStreetMap, named premises drawn and kept current by its contributors (ODbL)
- Christchurch District Plan layers, zones, commercial centres and scheduled heritage items, from the council’s open data (CC BY 4.0)
- New Zealand Business Number register, the public facts every NZBN entity files (legal name, status, registration date, industry), matched here by name and address
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