Point Break Backpackers
Point Break Backpackers is a hostel at 6 Union Street, New Brighton, Christchurch, inside the New Brighton commercial centre.
Checked 16 Oct 2026
Free Broadbank Wifi
The only hostel on the record in New Brighton
6 Union Street, New Brighton
Opening hours
| Monday, Saturday | 8 am, 7 pm |
|---|---|
| Sunday | 9 am, 6 pm |
| Public holidays | 9 am, 6 pm |
Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 75 hours a week, by the map’s count.
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 hostels
Also in New Brighton
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 6 Union Street, New Brighton | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Kind | Hostels | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | 03 388 2050 | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Website | pointbreakbackpackers.co.nz · unreachable when last read | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| NZBN | 9429034888308, NZ Limited Company, removed | NZBN register |
| Registered name | POINT BREAK BACKPACKERS LIMITED | NZBN register |
| Registered since | 7 Apr 2005 | NZBN register |
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How the council’s directory described it
Free Broadbank Wifi
— 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 | Local centre zone | District Plan |
| Commercial centre | New Brighton, large neighbourhood centre | District Plan |
The reports nearby
2,658 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 2,261 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
The 2,658 reports on file
Pavement - Damaged
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art
Water Leak
Abandoned Vehicle
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet
Dumped Rubbish
Rubbish and Bins - General
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge
Graffiti on a fence, building or structureQuestions, answered briefly
A hostel in New Brighton, Christchurch.
6 Union Street, New Brighton, on Union Street. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap and in the council’s 2024 directory.
phone 03 388 2050 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024).
Monday, Saturday: 8 am, 7 pm; Sunday: 9 am, 6 pm; public holidays: 9 am, 6 pm, as mapped on OpenStreetMap.
Mackenzies Hotel and Backpackers (3.8 km), Haka Lodge Backpackers (5.0 km), Avon City Backpackers (5.4 km), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 12 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Point Break Café (15 m); the New Brighton (Beresford St) bus stop is 36 m away: routes 5, 110; a separated cycleway passes within 394 m; nearest park: New Brighton Mall Playground (211 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)
- 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)
- Wikidata, the item an OpenStreetMap mapper linked the premises to (CC0)
- 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)
- 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/point-break-backpackers-new-brighton.md.