The Loons
The Loons is a venue at 16 Canterbury Street, Lyttelton, Banks Peninsula, inside the Lyttelton commercial centre.
Checked 16 Oct 2026
Event venue at 16 Canterbury Street, Lyttelton, function-centre on-licence held by LWMC Ltd, current to 10 Dec 2027: read from the public record
The only venue on the record in Lyttelton
16 Canterbury Street Lyttelton
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Nearby
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The nearest other venues & events
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What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 16 Canterbury Street Lyttelton | Council licence register |
| Kind | Venues & events | Council licence register |
| NZBN | 9429033547237, NZ Limited Company, removed | NZBN register |
| Registered name | THE LOONS LIMITED | NZBN register |
| Registered since | 13 Mar 2007 | NZBN register |
| Alcohol licence | On-licence function centre, expires 10 Dec 2027, held by LWMC Limited | Council licence register |
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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 | Lyttelton, small neighbourhood centre | District Plan |
The reports nearby
1,598 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 1,383 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
The 1,598 reports on file
Questions, answered briefly
A venue in Lyttelton, Christchurch.
16 Canterbury Street Lyttelton, on Canterbury Street Lyttelton. On the map →
Holds an on-licence function centre on the council’s register, to 10 Dec 2027, the strongest sign the record can give that it trades.
Gethsemane Gardens - Venue (3.7 km), Ferrymead Events Centre (4.1 km), Sumner Community Centre (4.7 km), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 5 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Te Ūaka The Lyttelton Museum (10 m); the Norwich Quay near Canterbury St bus stop is 96 m away: routes 8, 155; nearest park: Albion Square (111 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:
- 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)
- Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record, distances measured here from the pin
- New Zealand Business Number register, the public facts every NZBN entity files (legal name, status, registration date, industry), matched here by name and address
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