Chez la mer
Chez la mer is a hostel at 50 Rue Lavaud, Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, inside the Akaroa commercial centre.
Checked 16 Oct 2026
Discover the beauty of the Banks Peninsula while staying in the heart of historic Akaroa. Chez La Mer Backpackers is charming, historic and homely, the large private garden setting is an oasis for weary travellers
Sits inside Former Madeira Hotel and Setting, significant in the District Plan
Its own website lists
Read from the site itself 29 Sept 2026, Its own website.
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Nearby
Environment Canterbury’s Canterbury Maps Parks layer, refreshed 2026-10-10. Distances are straight-line from the business pin, not walking routes.
The nearest other hostels
Also in Akaroa
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 50 Rue Lavaud, Christchurch 7520 | OpenStreetMap |
| Kind | Hostels | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | 03 304 7024 | Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site lists +6221123456789 |
| Website | bbh.co.nz | OpenStreetMap · its own site agrees |
| Social | Facebook, Instagram, twitter.com | Its own website |
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How the council’s directory described it
Discover the beauty of the Banks Peninsula while staying in the heart of historic Akaroa. Chez La Mer Backpackers is charming, historic and homely, the large private garden setting is an oasis for weary travellers.
— Find Christchurch, 2024. The business’s own words from about 2024, repeated as a lead, not checked.
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 | Former Madeira Hotel and Setting (Heritage NZ category 2), significant in the District Plan | District Plan |
Akaroa 100 Years of Bowling 1906 - 2006
To Commemorate Akaroa Cricket Club Centennial 24 February
Erected in Memory of Rex & Son Murray Davis Both Had a LifeThe reports nearby
321 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Trees & parks and Roads & footpaths, 254 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
Water Leak
General Request
Water General
Pavement - DamagedQuestions, answered briefly
A hostel in Akaroa, Christchurch.
50 Rue Lavaud, Akaroa, on Rue Lavaud. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap and in the council’s 2024 directory.
phone 03 304 7024 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website.
Bon Accord Backpackers (71 m), Onuku Farm Hostel (4.7 km), Half Moon Cottage (6.7 km), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 1 report; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Madeira Hotel (16 m); nearest park: Akaroa Bowling Green (103 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)
- Find Christchurch, the council’s business directory, a snapshot last touched about March 2024 (CC BY 4.0)
- Christchurch District Plan layers, zones, commercial centres and scheduled heritage items, from the council’s open data (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata, the item an OpenStreetMap mapper linked the premises to (CC0)
- The business’s own website, read politely by chch.live for contact details the open record is missing, re-checked monthly
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); council and ECan data under CC BY 4.0; Wikidata CC0. Something wrong? Fix it on OpenStreetMap or tell us. The whole directory lives at /businesses. This page as markdown: /business/chez-la-mer-akaroa.md.