Pet Central
Pet Central is a pet shop at 5a Chappie Place, Hornby, Christchurch, inside the Hornby commercial centre.
Checked 16 Oct 2026
Canterbury owned and operated pet store, based in Timaru, Christchurch and online for all your pets needs. Specialising in cats, dogs, fish, small animals and birds
The only pet shop on the record in Hornby
Opening hours
| Monday, Friday | 9 am, 5.30 pm |
|---|---|
| Saturday | 9 am, 5 pm |
| Sunday | 10 am, 5 pm |
Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 58 hours a week, by the map’s count.
Its own website lists
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
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 pet shops
Also in Hornby
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 5a Chappie Place, Christchurch 8042 | OpenStreetMap |
| Kind | Pet shops | OpenStreetMap |
| Website | petcentral.co.nz | OpenStreetMap · its own site agrees |
| orders@petcentral.co.nz | Its own website | |
| NZBN | 9429046994776, NZ Limited Company, removed | NZBN register |
| Registered name | PET CENTRAL FIRST AID TRAINING LIMITED | NZBN register |
| Registered since | 30 Aug 2018 | NZBN register |
| Industry | Pet shop | NZBN register |
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What its website says
Canterbury owned and operated pet store, based in Timaru, Christchurch and online for all your pets needs. Specialising in cats, dogs, fish, small animals and birds.
— Its own website. Read from its own site, a lead, not checked.
The ground it stands on
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District Plan zone | Large format retail zone | District Plan |
| Commercial centre | Hornby, district centre | District Plan |
The reports nearby
260 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Rubbish & dumping, 207 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Water Leak
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
General Request
Street Gutters / Storm Water
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Pothole
Accessibility
Pavement - Damaged
Dumped Rubbish
Pavement - Damaged
Roads - GeneralQuestions, answered briefly
A pet shop in Hornby, Christchurch.
5a Chappie Place, Hornby, on Chappie Place. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap.
its website, email orders@petcentral.co.nz (its own website).
Monday, Friday: 9 am, 5.30 pm; Saturday: 9 am, 5 pm; Sunday: 10 am, 5 pm, as mapped on OpenStreetMap.
Raw Essentials (6.1 km), Animates (6.3 km), Animates (8.0 km), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 3 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Macpac (16 m); the Main South Rd near Canterbury St bus stop is 69 m away: route 5; a cycle lane passes within 51 m; nearest park: Helmore Park (357 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:
- 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
- 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/pet-central-hornby.md.