Groovy Glasses Ltd
Groovy Glasses Ltd is an optician at 15 New Regent Street, Christchurch Central City.
Checked 19 Oct 2026 · hours from its own website, read 28 Sept 2026
Open Monday - Thursday 9am-5pm, Friday 9am-5.30pm & Saturday 10am-3pm
Sits inside New Regent Street Shops and Setting, highly significant in the District Plan
The only heritage-listed optician on the record · The closest optician to Cathedral Square, 0.2 km
15 New Regent Street
Opening hours
| Monday – Friday | 9 am to 5 pm |
|---|---|
| Saturday | 9 am to 4 pm |
| Sunday | Closed |
Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 47 hours a week, by the website’s count.
From its website and public pages
Price band $$, as its site states. Read from the site itself 28 Sept 2026, Its own website.
Reviews
Getting there
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Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.
Nearby
More nearby places 7
Environment Canterbury’s Canterbury Maps Parks layer, refreshed 2026-10-10. Distances are straight-line from the business pin, not walking routes.
The nearest other opticians
More nearby opticians 5
All 2 opticians in Christchurch Central City → · Every one in the city →
Also in Christchurch Central City
More businesses in Christchurch Central City 7
What the record holds 9 sourced facts
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 15 New Regent Street, Christchurch 8011 | OpenStreetMap |
| Kind | Opticians | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | +64-3-379-8747 | Its own website |
| Website | groovy.co.nz | Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site agrees |
| groovers@groovy.co.nz | Its own website | |
| Price range | $$ | Its own website |
| NZBN | 9429031996426, NZ Limited Company, removed | NZBN register |
| Registered name | GROOVY GLASSES LIMITED | NZBN register |
| Registered since | 27 Nov 1930 | NZBN register |
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How the council’s directory described it
Open Monday - Thursday 9am-5pm, Friday 9am-5.30pm & Saturday 10am-3pm
— 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 | City centre zone | District Plan |
| Heritage item | New Regent Street Shops and Setting (Heritage NZ category 1), highly significant in the District Plan | District Plan |
In Memory of / Jaime Robert McDowell Gilbert
Margaret Mahy Family Playground
Godley Statue Reserve plaqueThe reports nearby
6,364 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Trees & parks, 5,179 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
The 6,364 reports on file
Road Signage
Street Gutters / Storm Water
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
General Request
General Request
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a playground or in a park
Playground EquipmentQuestions, answered briefly
Read answers 8
An optician in Christchurch Central City, Christchurch.
15 New Regent Street, Christchurch Central City, on New Regent Street. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap and in the council’s 2024 directory.
phone 03 -37 9-8747 (its own website), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024), email groovers@groovy.co.nz (its own website).
Monday – Friday: 9 am to 5 pm; Saturday: 9 am to 4 pm; Sunday: Closed, as its own website states.
Sunglass Hut (448 m), Specsavers (3.2 km), OPSM (3.3 km), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 2 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest The Dog Box Barbershop (4 m); the Manchester St Super Stop bus stop is 179 m away: routes 1, 5, 7, 8, 27, 29, 44, 86, 91, 92, 95; a cycle lane passes within 69 m; nearest park: Edmonds Band Rotunda (170 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:
Sources: OpenStreetMap · Find Christchurch · Christchurch District Plan layers · Christchurch City Council off-street parking layer (CC BY 4.0) · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer · The business’s own website · New Zealand Business Number register
Read source notes 8
- 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)
- Christchurch City Council off-street parking layer (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
- 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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