New Zealand Natural
New Zealand Natural is an ice cream shop at Northlands Shopping Centre, 55 Main North Rd, Papanui, the map pin sits in Northcote, Christchurch, inside the Papanui/Northlands commercial centre.
Checked 21 Oct 2026
NZ Natural started as a small ice creamery in Christchurch in 1984 that specialized in ice cream with no artificial colours… Read full description ↓
The only ice cream shop on the record in Northcote · The northernmost ice cream shop on the record
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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 ice cream
More nearby ice cream 5
Also in Northcote
More businesses in Northcote 7
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | Northlands Shopping Centre, 55 Main North Rd, Papanui | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Kind | Ice cream | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | +64 3 352 7828 | OpenStreetMap |
| Website | newzealandnatural.com | OpenStreetMap |
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How the council’s directory described it
Read the full description council directory, about 2024
NZ Natural started as a small ice creamery in Christchurch in 1984 that specialized in ice cream with no artificial colours or flavours. Rael Polivnick, a South African entrepreneur and Australian resident, met the owner on a plane shortly after it opened, and this chance meeting led to him opening a store at Bondi Beach in 1985. Polivnick settled on a franchising model as the best way of growing the business, and the first franchised store was opened in 1990.
— 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 | Town centre zone | District Plan |
| Commercial centre | Papanui/Northlands, district centre | District Plan |
Graham Condon / 1949 – 2007 / QSM / JP / Paralympian
Graham Condon plaqueThe reports nearby
65 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Roads & footpaths and Graffiti & vandalism, 50 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
The 65 reports on file
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Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa
Hazard, vehicle
Hazard, vehicle
Water General
Hazard, vehicle
Hazard, vehicle
Dumped Rubbish
Traffic Signals
Overgrown VegetationQuestions, answered briefly
Read answers 7
An ice cream shop in Northcote, Christchurch.
Northlands Shopping Centre, 55 Main North Rd, Papanui, the map pin sits in Northcote, on Main North Rd. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap and in the council’s 2024 directory.
phone 03 352 7828, its website.
NZ Natural Ice Cream (4.3 km), Phat Phillip (4.7 km), Choco Berries (4.7 km), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 10 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Sunglass Hut (11 m); the Northlands Platform C bus stop is 100 m away: routes 1, 95, 107; a cycle lane passes within 86 m; nearest park: Papanui Memorial Reserve (391 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 · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer
Read source notes 5
- 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)
- 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)
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/new-zealand-natural-northcote.md.