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Christchurch City Council

Christchurch City Council is a council office at 53 Hereford Street, Christchurch Central City.

Christchurch City Council Civic Offices

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The only council office on the Christchurch record

Checked 1 Nov 2026

53 Hereford Street

Street record, Hereford Street →

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Hours a week
45
Nearest bus stop
68 m
Townhall in the suburb
1

Opening hours

As mapped on OpenStreetMap
Monday – Friday8 am to 5 pm
Saturday – SundayClosed

Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 45 hours a week, by the map’s count.

Getting there

Bus stop, Hereford St near Montreal St 68 m · Route 8 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Hereford St near Montreal St 78 m · Route 8 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Rolleston Ave near Gloucester St 367 m · Route 8 · ECan bus stops
Shared path 100 m · in service · Council cycleway layer
Car park, West End car park building 80 m · private · 680 spaces · 14 mobility · 20 EV · Council parking data
The street, Hereford Street Reports, crashes and the rest of the record along it Directions → Walking, cycling and driving routes, on Google Maps Street View → The kerb as Google photographed it: worth a look before a first visit

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Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.

Nearby

More nearby places 7

Environment Canterbury’s Canterbury Maps Parks layer, refreshed 2026-10-10. Distances are straight-line from the business pin, not walking routes.

The other doors Christchurch City Council runs, 7 on the roll

Every Christchurch City Council on the roll →

Also in Christchurch Central City

More businesses in Christchurch Central City 7

Every kind of business in Christchurch Central City →

What the record holds 7 sourced facts

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Christchurch Central City (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 1 Nov 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
Address53 Hereford Street, Christchurch 8013OpenStreetMap
KindTownhallOpenStreetMap
Also known asTe Hononga;CCC BuildingOpenStreetMap
NZBN9429000003339, Local GovernmentNZBN register
Registered since14 June 2017NZBN register
ServicesWi-FiOpenStreetMap
Food registrationreg CCC002653/1, Template FCP, verified by CCC, expires 27 Sept 2027MPI food register

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What the map says about it

Christchurch City Council Civic Offices

— OpenStreetMap.

The ground it stands on

Facts about the spot the pin marks, the land, not the business. A consent may belong to the building, the landlord or a neighbour, every consent ECan grants is on the roll
FactWhat the source saysSource
District Plan zoneCity centre zoneDistrict Plan
Consent CRC100158Large Scale Burner, held by Ngai Tahu Limited & Civic Building Limited, to 17 Sept 2044, 8 m from the pinECan consents
Consent CRC100159.1Hazardous Storage, held by Ngai Tahu Limited & Civic Building Limited, to 14 Oct 2044, 14 m from the pinECan consents

What stood on this ground → · Documents that name it →

The reports nearby

5,622 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 4,691 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 5,622 reports on file

Questions, answered briefly

Read answers 6
What is Christchurch City Council?

A council office in Christchurch Central City, Christchurch.

Where is Christchurch City Council?

53 Hereford Street, Christchurch Central City, on Hereford Street. On the map →

Is Christchurch City Council still trading?

On OpenStreetMap.

When is Christchurch City Council open?

Monday – Friday: 8 am to 5 pm; Saturday – Sunday: Closed, as mapped on OpenStreetMap.

What’s near Christchurch City Council?

the address’s own record holds 126 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Civil Servant Cafe (8 m); the Hereford St near Montreal St bus stop is 68 m away: route 8; a shared path passes within 100 m; nearest park: Scott Statue Reserve (163 m).

What stood where Christchurch City Council is, before?

The heritage-register places nearest the pin →

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:

Sources: OpenStreetMap · Christchurch District Plan layers · Christchurch City Council off-street parking layer (CC BY 4.0) · Environment Canterbury’s active resource consents · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer · New Zealand Business Number register · Ministry for Primary Industries food-business register

Read source notes 8

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