# GoodFor, Sydenham

GoodFor is a health food shop at 135 Colombo Street, Sydenham, Christchurch, inside the Beckenham commercial centre.

[Call 03 365 0068](<tel:+6433650068>) · [Directions](<https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=GoodFor%2C%20135%20Colombo%20Street%2C%20Christchurch>) · [Website](<https://www.goodfor.co.nz/>) · [Google Maps](<https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=GoodFor%2C%20135%20Colombo%20Street%2C%20Christchurch>)

**Listed.** On OpenStreetMap, last checked by a mapper 14 Mar 2026.

The picture the page leads with, from its own website: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=goodfor-sydenham.

## About, in one paragraph

Its own website describes it as “We make sustainable shopping easy. Shop in-store, online, or click & collect across NZ. Shop our grocery range & over 400 wholefood ingredients in bulk for your pantry: organic grains, flours, nuts & ”…. It opens six or more days a week. Getting there, the nearest bus stop (Aylmer St and Colombo St, route 1) is 105 m away; a cycle lane on the Southern Lights route passes the door. The address’s own page keeps 2 council reports on file.

_Summary written by the site from the public record and the business’s own website, sources below._

## Opening hours

- Monday, Friday: 9.30 am, 6 pm
- Saturday, Sunday: 9 am, 5 pm

_Source: OpenStreetMap, confirm before a special trip._

## What the record holds

- **Address:** 135 Colombo Street _(OpenStreetMap)_
- **Kind:** Health Food _(OpenStreetMap)_
- **Phone:** +64 3 365 0068 _(OpenStreetMap)_ · _its own site lists 093765885_
- **Website:** https://www.goodfor.co.nz/ _(OpenStreetMap)_ · _its own site agrees_
- **Email:** hello@goodfor.co.nz _(OpenStreetMap)_ · _its own site agrees_
- **Last checked by a mapper:** 14 Mar 2026 _(OpenStreetMap)_

## The ground it stands on

_Facts about the spot, not the business, from the council and ECan layers._

- **District Plan zone:** Local centre zone _(District Plan)_
- **Commercial centre:** Beckenham, small neighbourhood centre _(District Plan)_
- **Address record:** [135 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/135-colombo-street), 2 reports on file

## What stood on Colombo Street

[1860, High Street and Colombo Street](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/star/prints/pre1900/ccl-cs-4127)

_From Canterbury Stories. This photograph names the street, not this business. The street page pairs it with a Street View pose verified outside Formaggio's, 2025-04._ [The street’s then and now](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/colombo-street#s-then)


## The reports nearby
789 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Traffic Signals urgent safety issue](https://www.chch.live/report/9073288), [150 Somerfield St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/150-somerfield-street)
- [Sewer - Leak / Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/9025930), [147 Colombo St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/147-colombo-street)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9024843), [147 Colombo Street, Beckenham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/147-colombo-street)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9024679), [150 Somerfield St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/150-somerfield-street)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9024641), [150 Somerfield St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/150-somerfield-street)
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/9010005), [3 Strickland St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/3-strickland-street)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9009003), [131 Colombo Street, Sydenham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/131-colombo-street)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8982926), [163 Colombo St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/163-colombo-street)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8925563), [163E Colombo Street, Sydenham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/163e-colombo-street)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8923570), [130 Colombo Street, Sydenham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/130-colombo-street)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8923543), [143B Colombo Street, Sydenham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/143b-colombo-street)
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8892463), [33 Beckenham Street, Sydenham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/33-beckenham-street)
## Getting there

- Bus stop, Aylmer St and Colombo St, 105 m (routes 1) _(ECan bus stops)_
- Bus stop, Colombo St near Tennyson St, 110 m (routes 1) _(ECan bus stops)_
- Bus stop, Colombo St near Somerfield St, 167 m (routes 1) _(ECan bus stops)_
- Cycle lane, Southern Lights route, passes the door _(Council cycleway layer)_
- [Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/colombo-street), the street’s own record
- [Directions on Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=GoodFor%2C%20135%20Colombo%20Street%2C%20Christchurch)
- [Street View](https://www.google.com/maps?q&layer=c&cbll=-43.5578678,172.636603)

## Nearby

- [Diamond Thai Massage](https://www.chch.live/business/diamond-thai-massage-sydenham), Massage, 25 m
- [Black & White](https://www.chch.live/business/black-white-sydenham), Cafés, 35 m
- [Nurse Maude Hospice Shop](https://www.chch.live/business/nurse-maude-hospice-shop-somerfield), Clothing, 48 m
- [Tillmans Fine Furniture](https://www.chch.live/business/tillmans-fine-furniture-somerfield), Furniture, 50 m
- [Coffee Culture](https://www.chch.live/business/coffee-culture-sydenham), Cafés, 53 m
- [Runacres](https://www.chch.live/business/runacres-somerfield), Insurance, 53 m
- [Colombo Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1447-colombo-reserve), park, 20 m
- [Southey Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1570-southey-reserve), park, 300 m

_Source: [Environment Canterbury’s Canterbury Maps Parks layer](https://gis.ecan.govt.nz/arcgis/rest/services/Public/Canterbury_Maps/MapServer/26), refreshed 2026-10-10. Distances are straight-line from the business pin, not walking routes._
- [Beckenham Service Centre](https://www.chch.live/facility/service-centre-10), Service centre, 406 m

## The nearest other health food

- [Health 2000](https://www.chch.live/business/health-2000-northcote), Northcote, 7.7 km
- [Marshall's Health Shop](https://www.chch.live/business/marshall-s-health-shop-new-brighton), New Brighton, 9.2 km
- [New Zealand Health Food Co.](https://www.chch.live/business/new-zealand-health-food-co-burnside), Burnside, 9.6 km
- [Every one in Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/businesses/health-food#in-sydenham)

## Also in Sydenham

- [Royal Tandoor](https://www.chch.live/business/royal-tandoor-sydenham), Restaurants, 60 m
- [Harcourts](https://www.chch.live/business/harcourts-sydenham), Real estate, 62 m
- [Beckenham Butchery](https://www.chch.live/business/beckenham-butchery-sydenham), Butchers, 63 m
- [Scissortrix](https://www.chch.live/business/scissortrix-sydenham), Hairdressers, 63 m
- [Beckenham Beauty & Medi Spa](https://www.chch.live/business/beckenham-beauty-medi-spa-sydenham), Beauty, 67 m
- [Spoilt Boutique](https://www.chch.live/business/spoilt-boutique-sydenham), Clothing, 67 m
- [Banfields of Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/business/banfields-of-beckenham-sydenham), Delis, 68 m
- [The Mohair Store](https://www.chch.live/business/the-mohair-store-sydenham), Clothing, 68 m
- [Untamed Earth Farm Shop](https://www.chch.live/business/untamed-earth-farm-shop-sydenham), Fruit & veg, 68 m
- [Oceans Seafood](https://www.chch.live/business/oceans-seafood-sydenham), Seafood, 70 m
- [Every kind of business in Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/sydenham#s-biz)

## Doors

- [What stood on this ground](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.5578678&lon=172.636603)
- [On the map](https://www.chch.live/map#-43.5578678,172.636603,17)
- [Documents that name it](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=GoodFor)
- [Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/sydenham), the suburb
- [The OSM record](https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/13389962927), fix it there


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is GoodFor?**

A health food shop in Sydenham, Christchurch.

**Where is GoodFor?**

135 Colombo Street, Sydenham, on [Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/colombo-street). [On the map →](https://www.chch.live/map#-43.5578678,172.636603,17)

**Is GoodFor still trading?**

On OpenStreetMap, last checked by a mapper 14 Mar 2026.

**How do you contact GoodFor?**

phone [03 365 0068](tel:+6433650068), its [website](https://www.goodfor.co.nz/), email [hello@goodfor.co.nz](mailto:hello@goodfor.co.nz).

**When is GoodFor open?**

Monday, Friday: 9.30 am, 6 pm; Saturday, Sunday: 9 am, 5 pm, as mapped on OpenStreetMap.

**What other health food are near GoodFor?**

[Health 2000](https://www.chch.live/business/health-2000-northcote) (7.7 km), [Marshall's Health Shop](https://www.chch.live/business/marshall-s-health-shop-new-brighton) (9.2 km), [New Zealand Health Food Co.](https://www.chch.live/business/new-zealand-health-food-co-burnside) (9.6 km), [every one in the city](https://www.chch.live/businesses/health-food).

**What’s near GoodFor?**

[the address’s own record](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/135-colombo-street) holds 2 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest [Diamond Thai Massage](https://www.chch.live/business/diamond-thai-massage-sydenham) (25 m); the Aylmer St and Colombo St bus stop is 105 m away: route 1; a cycle lane on the Southern Lights route passes the door; nearest park: [Colombo Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1447-colombo-reserve) (20 m).

**What stood where GoodFor is, before?**

[The heritage-register places nearest the pin →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.5578678&lon=172.636603)

## Sources

- 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)
- Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record, distances measured here from the pin
- Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer, lanes, separated paths and the named Major Cycle Routes (CC BY 4.0)
- The business’s own website, read politely by chch.live for contact details the open record is missing, re-checked monthly
- Record assembled 2026-10-16

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