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Platypus

Checked 15 Oct 2026

Platypus is a shoe in Northcote, Christchurch, inside the Papanui/Northlands commercial centre.

One of 9 shoes in Northcote, 18% of the city’s count

Northcote

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Nearest bus stop
94 m
Shoes in the suburb
9

Opening hours

No source lists its hours. If you know them, add them on OpenStreetMap →, the next bake picks them up.

Reviews

Getting there

Bus stop, Northlands Platform A 94 m · Routes 1, 95, 107 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Northlands Platform B 108 m · Routes 27, 125, Oc · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Northlands Platform D 135 m · Routes 27, 125, Oa · ECan bus stops
Cycle lane 87 m · in service · Council cycleway layer
Directions → Walking, cycling and driving routes, on Google Maps Street View → The kerb as Google photographed it: worth a look before a first visit

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Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.

Within a short walk

The nearest other shoes

All 9 shoes in Northcote → · Every one in the city →

Also in Northcote

Every kind of business in Northcote →

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Northcote (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 15 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
KindShoesOpenStreetMap
Phone+64 3 568 0623OpenStreetMap
Websiteplatypusshoes.co.nzOpenStreetMap

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The ground it stands on

Facts about the spot the pin marks, the land, not the business. A consent may belong to the building, the landlord or a neighbour
FactWhat the source saysSource
District Plan zoneTown centre zoneDistrict Plan
Commercial centrePapanui/Northlands, district centreDistrict Plan

What stood on this ground → · Documents that name it →

The reports nearby

144 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 115 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 144 reports on file

Questions, answered briefly

What is Platypus?

A shoe in Northcote, Christchurch.

Where is Platypus?

Somewhere in Northcote, the record holds no street address. On the map →

Is Platypus still trading?

On OpenStreetMap.

How do you contact Platypus?

phone +64 3 568 0623, its website.

What other shoes are near Platypus?

The Athelete's Foot (45 m), Shoe Clinic (57 m), Skechers (58 m), every one in the city.

What’s near Platypus?

6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Spark (6 m); the Northlands Platform A bus stop is 94 m away: routes 1, 95, 107; a cycle lane passes within 87 m; nearest park: Shearer Playground (391 m).

What stood where Platypus is, before?

The heritage-register places nearest the pin →

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:

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/platypus-northcote.md.