The Common
Checked 15 Oct 2026
The Common is a café at 65 Rue Lavaud Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, inside the Akaroa commercial centre. On the record it offers outdoor seating. It opens 66 hours a week. It holds a current on-licence restaurant class 2 on the council’s register.
Café on Rue Lavaud licensed as a restaurant (on-licence held by Two Doors Down Limited to 2027-12-03), open evenings Thursday to Sunday: read from the public record
Licensed to Two Doors Down Limited, current to 3 Dec 2027
65 Rue Lavaud Akaroa
Opening hours
| Monday, Wednesday | 8.30 am, 3 pm |
|---|---|
| Thursday, Sunday | 8.30 am, 8 pm |
Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 66 hours a week, by the map’s count.
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Within a short walk
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Also in Akaroa
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 65 Rue Lavaud Akaroa | Council licence register |
| Kind | Cafés | OpenStreetMap |
| NZBN | 9429050009312, NZ Limited Company | NZBN register |
| Registered name | THE COMMON CENTS COMPANY LIMITED | NZBN register |
| Registered since | 17 Nov 2021 | NZBN register |
| Diets catered for | Vegetarian | OpenStreetMap |
| Services | Outdoor seating | OpenStreetMap |
| Alcohol licence | On-licence restaurant class 2, current to 3 Dec 2027, held by Two Doors Down Limited | Council licence register |
| Last checked by a mapper | 20 June 2026 | OpenStreetMap |
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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 |
Cenotaph War Memorial plaque
Akaroa 100 Years of Bowling 1906 - 2006
To the Children of This Village May the Joy That You ShareThe reports nearby
310 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Roads & footpaths and Trees & parks, 252 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Water General
Facility - General Request
Pavement - General
Abandoned Vehicle
Abandoned Vehicle
Water Leak
Facility - General Request
General Request
Water General
Pavement - Damaged
Pavement - Damaged
Water LeakQuestions, answered briefly
A café in Akaroa, Christchurch.
65 Rue Lavaud Akaroa. On the map →
Holds a current on-licence restaurant class 2 on the council’s register, running to 3 Dec 2027, the strongest sign the record can give that it trades.
Monday, Wednesday: 8.30 am, 3 pm; Thursday, Sunday: 8.30 am, 8 pm, as mapped on OpenStreetMap.
Waffle Haus (33 m), Nikau Cafe (81 m), The Bach (116 m), every one in the city.
6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Bon Accord Backpackers (12 m); nearest park: Rue Balguerie Reserve (167 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 City Council licensed-premises register, a licence must be current for the premises to sell alcohol (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/the-common-akaroa.md.