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Sportscraft

Sportscraft is a clothing shop at 189 Papanui Road, Merivale, Christchurch, inside the Merivale commercial centre.

Checked 20 Oct 2026

189 Papanui Road

Street record, Papanui Road →

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Nearest bus stop
141 m
Clothing in the suburb
23

Getting there

Bus stop, Merivale Mall 141 m · Routes 1, 95, 100 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Papanui Rd near Rugby St 179 m · Routes 1, 95 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Papanui Rd near St Albans St 196 m · Routes 1, 95 · ECan bus stops
Cycle lane 85 m · in service · Council cycleway layer
The street, Papanui Road Reports, crashes and the rest of the record along it 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.

Nearby

More nearby places 3

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 clothing

More nearby clothing 5

All 23 clothing in Merivale → · Every one in the city →

Also in Merivale

More businesses in Merivale 7

Every kind of business in Merivale →

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Merivale (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 20 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
Address189 Papanui Road, Christchurch 8014OpenStreetMap
KindClothingOpenStreetMap
Phone+64 3 420 0855OpenStreetMap
Websitesportscraft.com · declines automated readsOpenStreetMap

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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 zoneLocal centre zoneDistrict Plan
Commercial centreMerivale, large neighbourhood centreDistrict Plan

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

The reports nearby

640 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Roads & footpaths and Graffiti & vandalism, 533 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 640 reports on file

Questions, answered briefly

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What is Sportscraft?

A clothing shop in Merivale, Christchurch.

Where is Sportscraft?

189 Papanui Road, Merivale, on Papanui Road. On the map →

Is Sportscraft still trading?

On OpenStreetMap.

How do you contact Sportscraft?

phone 03 420 0855, its website.

What other clothing are near Sportscraft?

3 Wise Men (16 m), Treasure Box by Biani (19 m), Hartleys (22 m), every one in the city.

What’s near Sportscraft?

the address’s own record holds 7 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Dyrberg/Kern (7 m); the Merivale Mall bus stop is 141 m away: routes 1, 95, 100; a cycle lane passes within 85 m; nearest park: Merivale Village Green (108 m).

What stood where Sportscraft 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:

Sources: OpenStreetMap · Christchurch District Plan layers · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer

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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/sportscraft-merivale.md.