Peninsula General Store
Checked 13 Oct 2026
Peninsula General Store is a café at 40 Rue Lavaud, Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, inside the Akaroa commercial centre.
Set in the heart of Akaroa in the original General Store building of 1872, is this fantastic spot where you can buy all your local, organic and preservative free supplies. Enjoy a coffee and snack while you watch… more ↓
03 304 8800 · Google reviews ↓
Sits inside Commercial Building/Dwelling and Setting, Former Peninsula General Store, significant in the District Plan
40 Rue Lavaud, Akaroa
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Within a short walk
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What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 40 Rue Lavaud, Akaroa | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Kind | Cafés | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Phone | 03 304 8800 | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| NZBN | 9429031352604, NZ Limited Company, removed | NZBN register |
| Registered name | PENINSULA GENERAL STORE LIMITED | NZBN register |
| Registered since | 12 Oct 2010 | NZBN register |
| Industry | General store operation - mainly grocery | NZBN register |
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How the council’s directory described it
Set in the heart of Akaroa in the original General Store building of 1872, is this fantastic spot where you can buy all your local, organic and preservative free supplies. Enjoy a coffee and snack while you watch the tourists meander past.
— 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 |
| Heritage item | Commercial Building/Dwelling and Setting, Former Peninsula General Store, significant in the District Plan | District Plan |
To Commemorate Akaroa Cricket Club Centennial 24 February
Erected in Memory of Rex & Son Murray Davis Both Had a Life
Akaroa 100 Years of Bowling 1906 - 2006The reports nearby
265 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Water & drains and Roads & footpaths, 209 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Water General
Water General
Pavement - General
Abandoned Vehicle
Abandoned Vehicle
Water Leak
Water Leak
General Request
Water General
Pavement - Damaged
Water LeakQuestions, answered briefly
A café in Akaroa, Christchurch.
40 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 8800 (Find Christchurch, 2024).
Akaroa Corner Cafe (12 m), The Bach (40 m), Waffle Haus (145 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record covers the valuation, zones and what stood there; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Glowing Sky Clothing (5 m); nearest park: Akaroa Bowling 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:
- 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)
- New Zealand Business Number register, the public facts every NZBN entity files (legal name, status, registration date, industry), matched here by name and address
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/peninsula-general-store-akaroa.md.