La Rive Motel
La Rive Motel is a motel at 1 Rue Lavaud, Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, inside the Akaroa commercial centre.
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A long established reputation for affordable, clean & comfortable accommodation. The first motel you will see as you arrive… Read full description ↓
4 ECan consents on its site, more than almost any other premises on the record
1 Rue Lavaud, Akaroa
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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 motels
More nearby motels 5
Also in Akaroa
More businesses in Akaroa 7
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 1 Rue Lavaud, Akaroa | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Kind | Motels | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Phone | 03 304 7651 | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Website | larive.co.nz · unreachable when last read | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
How the council’s directory described it
A long established reputation for affordable, clean & comfortable accommodation. The first motel you will see as you arrive into the town of Akaroa.
— 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 |
| Consent CRC262861 | Land Use Consent (s13), held by Venture Aspiring Limited, to 10 Mar 2061, 19 m from the pin | ECan consents |
| Consent CRC262860 | Land Use Consent (s9), held by Venture Aspiring Limited, to 10 Mar 2028, 19 m from the pin | ECan consents |
| Consent CRC262863 | Discharge Permit (s15), held by Venture Aspiring Limited, to 10 Mar 2028, 19 m from the pin | ECan consents |
| Consent CRC262862 | Water Permit (s14), held by Venture Aspiring Limited, to 10 Mar 2028, 19 m from the pin | ECan consents |
In Memory of Dave & Doris Woodill Donated by the Woodill
In Loving Memory Len Blomquist 1902 - 1993
In Memory of Ted Armstrong 1912 - 1995The reports nearby
231 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Water & drains and Roads & footpaths, 186 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
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Facility - General Request
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Dumped RubbishQuestions, answered briefly
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A motel in Akaroa, Christchurch.
1 Rue Lavaud, Akaroa, on Rue Lavaud. On the map →
Listed only in the council’s Find Christchurch directory, a snapshot from about March 2024. No other source confirms it still trades, check before you go.
phone 03 304 7651 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024).
Akaroa Waterfront Motels (503 m), Akaroa Criterion Motel (590 m), Akaroa Cottages (636 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 3 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest The Grand Hotel (46 m); nearest park: Wackerle Green (89 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: Find Christchurch · Christchurch District Plan layers · Environment Canterbury’s active resource consents
Read source notes 3
- 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)
- Environment Canterbury’s active resource consents, recorded where the consented activity happens (CC BY 4.0)
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