The Origin
Checked 13 Oct 2026
The Origin is a café (coffee shop) at 95 Westminster Street, Saint Albans, Christchurch, inside the Westminster-Cranford commercial centre. On the record it offers wi-fi. The address’s own page keeps 13 council reports on file.
An exciting addition to the vegetarian cafe offering in Christchurch, The Origin offers specially selected New Zealand grown tea and micro roasted coffee. Located on the corner of Cranford and Westminster streets
+64 3 355 5939 · email → · theorigin.co.nz · Google reviews ↓
Opening hours
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Its own website lists
Read from the site itself 2 Oct 2026, Its own website.
Reviews
Getting there
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Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.
Within a short walk
The nearest other cafés
Also in Saint Albans
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 95 Westminster Street, Christchurch 8014 | OpenStreetMap |
| Kind | Cafés, Coffee shop | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | +64 3 355 5939 | OpenStreetMap · its own site agrees |
| Website | theorigin.co.nz | OpenStreetMap · its own site agrees |
| info@mysite.com | Its own website | |
| Social | Facebook, Instagram | OpenStreetMap |
| NZBN | 9429042372271, NZ Limited Company | NZBN register |
| Registered name | THE ORIGIN LIMITED | NZBN register |
| Registered since | 30 May 2016 | NZBN register |
| Industry | Coffee shops | NZBN register |
| Diets catered for | Vegetarian only, Vegan | OpenStreetMap |
| Services | Wi-Fi, No outdoor seating | OpenStreetMap |
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How the council’s directory described it
An exciting addition to the vegetarian cafe offering in Christchurch, The Origin offers specially selected New Zealand grown tea and micro roasted coffee. Located on the corner of Cranford and Westminster streets.
— 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 | Neighbourhood centre zone | District Plan |
| Commercial centre | Westminster-Cranford, local centre | District Plan |
New Zealand Football / Southern Regional FacilitiesThe reports nearby
645 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 527 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Rubbish and Bins - General
Poles and Signage - General
Pavement - Damaged
Litter
Overgrown Vegetation
Hazard, vehicle
Trees - General
Dumped Rubbish
Hazard, vehicle
Overgrown VegetationQuestions, answered briefly
A café in Saint Albans, Christchurch.
95 Westminster Street, Saint Albans, on Westminster Street. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap and in the council’s 2024 directory.
phone +64 3 355 5939, its website, email info@mysite.com (its own website).
Black Dice Eatery (29 m), Cafe Metro (35 m), Kidds Cakes (567 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 13 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest St Albans Seafoods (22 m); the Cranford St near Westminster St bus stop is 48 m away: route 27; a cycle lane passes the door; nearest park: English Park (299 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)
- 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)
- The business’s own website, read politely by chch.live for contact details the open record is missing, re-checked monthly
- 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-origin-saint-albans.md.