# Cashmere, Christchurch

9,770 council reports since May 2015, the 11th busiest suburb in the city. 7,650 photographs on record.
6,900 people at the 2023 Census, 523 to the square kilometre across 13 km².

https://www.chch.live/cashmere

## Live source links

Link-outs to the source’s own live pages, chch.live does not copy their live values or source text.

- [Christchurch City Council What’s On](https://www.ccc.govt.nz/news-and-events/whats-on)
- [Christchurch City Libraries events](https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/events/)
- [CCC mountain-bike track status](https://ccc.govt.nz/transport/getting-around/cycling/find-a-ride/trackstatus)
- [Christchurch Adventure Park trail information](https://christchurchadventurepark.com/trail-information)

## The encyclopaedia on it

Cashmere is a suburb which rises above the southern end of the city of Christchurch in New Zealand's South Island, on the north side of the Port Hills. It covers an area of 4.71 km2 (1.82 sq mi) and has a population of 6,453 as at 2018.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cashmere%2C_New_Zealand), a tertiary source
Population: Stats NZ 2023 Census Statistical Area 2 counts summed over the suburb’s own areas, as Wikipedia maps them; the area is measured from the suburb boundary.

## Living here

New bonds here ran at about **$707 a week** in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half $562–$846, across 21 bonds, up 20% on a year ago. That’s about **$157 a week above** the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the Cashmere West and Cashmere East areas combined, approximately this suburb.
- 1-bedroom house, $700 a week · 9 new bonds
- 3-bedroom house, $728 a week · 6 new bonds

Median and quartiles of weekly rents on new private bonds (Tenancy Services), new bonds only, not the whole stock.

## 2023 Census snapshot

About 6,690 people and 2,508 occupied private households, grouped from 43 SA1 areas in Cashmere West, Cashmere East. Several statistical areas are combined here, so this is a grouped proxy rather than a count for one suburb boundary.

- Under 15: about 19% (1,296 people)
- 65 and over: about 19% (1,284 people)
- Born overseas: about 26% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 92% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 5% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 1% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 6% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet: about 92% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles: about 67% of stated households

Ethnicity is a multiple-response measure, so those percentages are not meant to add to 100%. Stats NZ uses fixed random rounding to base 3; unavailable or confidential cells are left out, not treated as zero.

[individuals](https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/120766-2023-census-totals-by-topic-for-individuals-by-statistical-area-1-part-1/) · [households](https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/120765-2023-census-totals-by-topic-for-households-by-statistical-area-1/) · [geography](https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/table/111243/) · [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

## As reported (7,650 on record)
- [20 Colombo St](https://www.chch.live/report/9081145)
- [Canterbury](https://www.chch.live/report/9081143)
- [Canterbury](https://www.chch.live/report/9081141)
- [160 Bowenvale Avenue, Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/report/9081127)
- [143 Hackthorne Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9079035)
- [1781 Summit Road, Governors Bay 8971](https://www.chch.live/report/9078482)

[7,650 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=cashmere)

## The suburb, back then (128 in the archive)

*Placed by the record’s locality join or the name in its own title, a lead, not a claim each frame stood here.*
- [Summit Road scrapbook, page 200](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-58320655), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Summit Road scrapbook, page 286b](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-58320751), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Summit Road scrapbook, page 287a](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-58320757), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Summit Road scrapbook, page 287b](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-58320760), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Summit Road scrapbook, page 287c](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-58320763), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Summit Road scrapbook, page 287d](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-58320766), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Summit Road scrapbook, pages 2 and 3](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-54504388), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Summit Road scrapbook, pages 200 and 201](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-58320652), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Summit Road scrapbook, pages 232 and 233](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-58320688), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Summit Road scrapbook, pages 252 and 253](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-58057897), 1900 · Canterbury Stories

[…and 118 more across the archive](https://www.chch.live/then)

## The record on Cashmere
- Cashmere enters the written record in 5 June 1852, [“Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 05 June 1852)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520605.2.2.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Cashmere” appears somewhere in 1,770 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: water supply, 26 May 2015, at 57-67 Holliss Ave.
- Its busiest day was 11 October 2022, 69 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/street/cashmere/cashmere-road), reported on 494 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Cashmere ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/cashmere), the [Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/spreydon-cashmere-heathcote) is its local layer. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).
- On foot: [The hillside climb](https://www.chch.live/walks/hackthorne-road), a heritage walk over this ground.

## How fast the council fixes things here (14,959 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Cashmere took **5 days** to resolve, the city-wide median is 3 days, so this ground runs slower than the city as a whole.
The slowest tenth of finished jobs waited 3 months or longer.
340 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 4 February 2019.

Work orders, not resident reports, the council’s MyCouncilTicket stream, and one job can appear in both. A median counts only finished jobs; open ones are named as open, never averaged in. [The ticket roll](https://www.chch.live/fixed) · [the whole city’s fix times](https://www.chch.live/trends#fix).

## Alcohol rules on this ground

2 sensitive sites stand here, Cashmere Primary Te Pae Kereru, Te Kura o Huriawa Thorrington, and the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m of them.

The council’s bylaw zones and the Local Alcohol Policy’s buffer list. A ban rules drinking in public places; it says nothing about whether a premises may sell, that is the licence register’s job.

## Lately
- [Water Pollution - Sediment](https://www.chch.live/report/9081145), 13 Oct 2026 · 20 Colombo St, “Effulent running out the back of the butcher shop into stormwater”
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9081143), 13 Oct 2026 · Canterbury, “Attn Ruby, Ranger. Sign destroyed.”
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9081141), 13 Oct 2026 · Canterbury, “Attn Ruby, Ranger. Track building damage done to a 20 year old Totara in the reserve”
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9081127), 13 Oct 2026 · 160 Bowenvale Avenue, “dumped car halfway up huntsbury track”
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9079035), 12 Oct 2026 · 143 Hackthorne Rd, “Water main leaking beneath road Leaking up and along Hackthorne Rd Opposite entrance to 139 Hackthorne Road”
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9078482), 12 Oct 2026 · 1781 Summit Road, “Forestry slash has not been cleared and has potential to cause major damage”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9078051), 12 Oct 2026 · 24B Thorrington Road, “dumped rubbish by river”
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9076836), 12 Oct 2026 · 11 Harry Ell Dr, “Water meter is leaking at the street valve”
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9076831), 12 Oct 2026 · 4 Rossmore Tce, “Previously reported and inspected but now worse. Dry day, no rain, no run off and significant water leak. There is…”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9075350), 12 Oct 2026 · 30B Thorrington Rd, “Rubbish has been dumped by bin over bridge in Ernle Clarke Reserve”
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9074384), 12 Oct 2026 · 15A MacMillan Ave, “I have done some more pruning of dead vegetation adjacent to my property at 17 Macmillan Ave. Trees adjacent to the…”
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/9074057), 11 Oct 2026 · 53 Hackthorne Rd, “Large and growing pothole”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 106
- 2016, 217
- 2017, 335
- 2018, 549
- 2019, 767
- 2020, 647
- 2021, 682
- 2022, 1,057
- 2023, 1,444
- 2024, 1,699
- 2025, 1,321

## What gets reported
- Water & drains, 2,605
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1,840
- Trees & parks, 1,830
- Roads & footpaths, 1,678
- Rubbish & dumping, 1,210
- Vehicles & parking, 290
- Everything else, 248
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 60

## Exactly what people say
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1,273
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1,176
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 851
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 649
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 445
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 418
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 401
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 377

## On the heritage register (14)
- [Cashmere Hills Presbyterian Church and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/137), 2 MacMillan Avenue
- [Clacroft Caverns](https://www.chch.live/place/526), 18 Delhi Place
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/63), 54 Dyers Pass Road
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/90), 141 Hackthorne Road
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/250), 2 Whisby Road
- [Dwelling and Setting, Blakeney](https://www.chch.live/place/89), 30 Hackthorne Road
- [Dwelling and Setting, Hursthaven](https://www.chch.live/place/88), 16 Hackthorne Road
- [Dwelling and Setting, Rise Cottage](https://www.chch.live/place/249), 10 Westenra Terrace
- [Dwelling and Setting, Whareora](https://www.chch.live/place/62), 63 Dyers Pass Road
- [Former Beckenham Library and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/461), 65 Sandwich Road
- [Former Dwelling and Setting, Ngaio Marsh House](https://www.chch.live/place/237), 37 Valley Road
- [Ngaio Marsh House Garden](https://www.chch.live/place/416), 37 Valley Road
- [Sign of the Takahe and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/91), 200 Hackthorne Road
- [St Augustine's Anglican Church and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/49), 5 Cracroft Terrace

The register’s own page for the area: [Cashmere on the heritage register](https://www.chch.live/history/cashmere)

On foot: [The hillside climb](https://www.chch.live/walks/hackthorne-road), heritage walk over this ground.

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/street/cashmere/cashmere-road), reported on 494 separate days
- [Hackthorne Road](https://www.chch.live/street/cashmere/hackthorne-road), reported on 487 separate days
- [Dyers Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/street/cashmere/dyers-pass-road), reported on 483 separate days
- [Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/street/cashmere/colombo-street), reported on 280 separate days
- [Landsdowne Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/cashmere/landsdowne-terrace), reported on 253 separate days
- [Bowenvale Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/cashmere/bowenvale-avenue), reported on 229 separate days
- [Thorrington Road](https://www.chch.live/street/cashmere/thorrington-road), reported on 202 separate days
- [Waimea Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/cashmere/waimea-terrace), reported on 180 separate days

## Schools (2)
- [Cashmere Primary Te Pae Kererū](https://www.chch.live/school/3310-cashmere-primary-te-pae-kereru), Full Primary · decile 10 · EQI 368
- [Te Kura o Huriawa Thorrington](https://www.chch.live/school/3557-te-kura-o-huriawa-thorrington), Contributing · decile 10 · EQI 377

Decile and Equity Index describe the community a school draws from, never how well it teaches.

Zoned for [Cashmere High School](https://www.chch.live/school/340-cashmere-high-school) · [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) · [Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate School](https://www.chch.live/school/3318-christchurch-south-karamata-intermediate-school) · [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school) · [Middleton Grange School](https://www.chch.live/school/335-middleton-grange-school) · [St Thomas of Canterbury College](https://www.chch.live/school/331-st-thomas-of-canterbury-college) · and 8 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (27)
- [Bowenvale Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1108-bowenvale-park), Regional · 237 ha
- [Victoria Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1245-victoria-park), Regional · 73 ha · playground, 24 pieces
- [Thomson Scenic Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/928-thomson-scenic-reserve), Regional · 30 ha
- [Elizabeth Park](https://www.chch.live/park/931-elizabeth-park), Regional · 17 ha
- [Huia Gilpin Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1823-huia-gilpin-reserve), Regional · 8 ha
- [Scott Scenic Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1626-scott-scenic-reserve), Regional · 7 ha
- [Cracroft Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1613-cracroft-reserve), Botanic · 3 ha
- [Cashmere Valley Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/981-cashmere-valley-reserve), 2 ha · playground, 26 pieces
- [Douglas Scenic Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/913-douglas-scenic-reserve), Regional · 2 ha
- [Longhurst Walkway](https://www.chch.live/park/1242-longhurst-walkway), 2 ha
- [Ernle Clark Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1657-ernle-clark-reserve), Botanic · 2 ha
- [Holliss Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1407-holliss-reserve), 1 ha · playground, 62 pieces
- [Cashmere Riverbank Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1085-cashmere-riverbank-reserve), 1 ha
- [Purau Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1642-purau-reserve)
- [Remuera Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1323-remuera-reserve), playground, 5 pieces
- [Cracroft Caverns Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1056-cracroft-caverns-reserve), Regional
- [Cashmere Village Green](https://www.chch.live/park/1402-cashmere-village-green), playground, 1 pieces
- [Longhurst Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1772-longhurst-reserve)
- [Jahan Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1432-jahan-reserve)
- [Landsdowne Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/997-landsdowne-reserve)
- [Thorrington Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1312-thorrington-reserve), playground, 23 pieces
- [Bengal Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1199-bengal-reserve)
- [Rossmore Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1285-rossmore-reserve)
- [Shalamar Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/940-shalamar-reserve)
- [Takahe Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1667-takahe-reserve), playground, 29 pieces
- [Sunvale Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1310-sunvale-reserve), playground, 4 pieces
- [Bengal Walkway](https://www.chch.live/park/1456-bengal-walkway)

A park lands in the suburb its centre falls inside, a centroid call, not a containment claim.

## The civic shelf (2)
- [South Christchurch Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-32), Library · 66 Colombo St, Cashmere, Christchurch 8022
- [Beckenham Service Centre](https://www.chch.live/facility/service-centre-10), Service centre

## Where the suburb worships (3)
- [Cashmere New Life Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/cashmere-new-life-church), a Pentecostal church · 30 Colombo Street
- [Cashmere Presbyterian Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/cashmere-presbyterian-church), a Presbyterian church · 2 Macmillan Avenue
- [St Augustines Anglican Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/st-augustines-anglican-church), an Anglican church · 5 Cracroft Terrace

The whole roll is at [/worship](https://www.chch.live/worship).

## The tracks through here (28)
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-366-cashmere), 3.0 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-539-cashmere), 2.9 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-402-cashmere), 2.8 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-577-cashmere), 2.4 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-586-cashmere), 2.2 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-463-somerfield), 2.2 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-507-cashmere), 1.8 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-525-cashmere), 1.7 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-531-cashmere), 1.7 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-510-cashmere), 1.3 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-557-cashmere), 1.3 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-537-cashmere), 1.2 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-558-cashmere), 1.1 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-544-cashmere), 789 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-517-beckenham), 769 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-490-cashmere), 697 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-516-cashmere), 689 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-527-cashmere), 645 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-526-cashmere), 642 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-464-cashmere), 552 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-495-cashmere), 439 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-447-cashmere), 419 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-58-cashmere), 412 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-519-cashmere), 295 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-518-cashmere), 162 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-508-cashmere), 158 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-501-cashmere), 71 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-540-cashmere), 57 m · walk · bike

A track belongs to every suburb its line passes through.

## The ground that moved
The February 2011 survey drew mapped ground failure over 1.9% of this outline, about 26 hectares. A patch is a footprint, not a finding about an address; the count for the whole city is at [liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction).
The Crown’s 2011 classification drew 0.2% of this outline inside the residential red zone. A mapped area files under the suburb its middle sits in, and a classification is the record of a decision, not a finding about an address; the whole line is at [redzone](https://www.chch.live/redzone).
The 2011 grading filed 0.9% of this outline, about 11 hectares, mostly **TC3**, with TC3 8 ha · TC2 4 ha. A category is a verdict for a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the grades are at [technical-categories](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories).
The flood record drew water over 2.5% of this outline, about 33 hectares, across 5 named events. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the record is at [floods](https://www.chch.live/floods).
The plan’s slope-hazard bands cover **14%** of this outline, about 183 hectares, rockfall management area 1, rockfall management area 2, mass movement management area 3. The broad remaining-instability overlay covers **79%** of it besides, the plan’s background watch over the hill country. Shares read from a sampled join; a management overlay, not a prediction. The whole watch: [slope](https://www.chch.live/slope).
No named scheduled area reaches this outline. A silent-file precinct covers **4%** of it besides, sensitive ground the plan flags without naming the sites. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a catalogue. The whole schedule: [cultural](https://www.chch.live/cultural).
The plan’s landscape schedules cover **65%** of this outline, about 863 hectares across **4** scheduled areas, **49%** of it outstanding, the plan’s strongest landscape standing. Shares read from a sampled join; a protection overlay, not a ranking of views. The kept view: [landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape).
No high-hazard flood area covers this outline. The broader flood-management watch covers **1%** of it, Heathcote River. **24** ponding spots are mapped here, where the models expect water to sit. Shares read from a sampled join; a model’s map, not a promise. The waiting water: [flood-hazard](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard).
The plan’s water-margin layers cross this outline, **119** classified reaches, the plan calling **Scotts Drain** and **Sibleys Drain**
           by name, **9%** of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding **30 m** off the bank, and an esplanade line holds a public edge here. The margin is the plan’s drawing, not a survey of the bank. The drawn water: [water-margin](https://www.chch.live/water-margin).
The rebuild’s cameras filed **4,305** photographs on this ground, 2010–2016, wastewater work mostly. Each frame is a receipt the dig left behind, a work log, not a survey of what stands now. The whole record: [rebuild](https://www.chch.live/rebuild).
The pedal network threads this ground, **14.9 km** of cycleway crosses the outline, [Nor'West Arc](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/nor-west-arc), [Ōpāwaho River](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/opawaho-river). A segment counts under every suburb its path enters; the whole network: [cycleways](https://www.chch.live/cycleways).
The remembered names stand on this ground, **14** inscribed plaques, [Cashmere Village Green](https://www.chch.live/plaque/32204-cashmere-village-green), [Cracroft Reserve](https://www.chch.live/plaque/33269-cracroft-reserve), [Holliss Reserve](https://www.chch.live/plaque/31583-holliss-reserve) among the grounds. The plaque is the register’s pin, not a surveyed spot; the whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).
The rulebook binds this ground, **34** drawn instruments, 29 of them dog rules, 1 alcohol ban, 4 bottle-store buffers; the outline sits inside the takiwā of Rapaki Runanga and Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga. The bylaw is the instrument, this the map of it, the rulebook: [rules](https://www.chch.live/rules).
**11** parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly chemical manufacture, application and bulk storage, cemeteries and waste recycling, treatment and disposal, vehicle refuelling, service and repair, 4 still doing the work. A listing records the work, not a soil test; the register is at [hazards](https://www.chch.live/hazards).
The files record **163** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 60 hectares, mostly silt, peat, topsoil, 5 carry fill the file can’t vouch for. A record is the file’s word on what was laid, not a fresh survey; the layer is at [fill](https://www.chch.live/fill).
The rockfall survey mapped **510** rocks inside this outline across 281 survey pins, **212** came down, 57 still wobble easy. A pin may stand for a cluster and marks where the survey saw the rock, not where it is now; the survey is at [boulders](https://www.chch.live/boulders).
**6** parcels inside this outline carry a cleanup on the file, 1 marked verified. A cleanup on the file is the register’s word, not a clearance; the register is at [remediated](https://www.chch.live/remediated).
The 2019 liquefaction study put **90%** of this outline in the **"unlikely"** class, and 3 assessed areas here carry the free-face flag for possible lateral spreading. A class is the model’s verdict on a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the study is at [vulnerability](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability).
The register puts **4** engineered rockfall defences inside this outline, 3 rock anchors, 1 catch fence, 1 rated poor or worse on the file. Nearly all are the emergency works the quake years left standing; the register is at [defences](https://www.chch.live/defences).
The council’s structure register stands **154** assets on this ground, 78 sets of steps, 40 boardwalks, 22 bridges, 5 shelters, sited at Bowenvale Park, Victoria Park, Purau Reserve, Longhurst Walkway. Site names are the register’s own labels; the layer is drawn on [the map](https://www.chch.live/map?layer=structures).
The recreation register keeps **3** records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 1 basketball, 1 tennis, plus a marked dog exercise area. Seasons and surfaces are the register’s record, not this week’s draw; the layer is drawn on [the map](https://www.chch.live/map?layer=recreation).
The register counts **1760** living trees inside this outline, **39** veterans among them, 18 carrying a protection, mostly Common Lime, Silver Birch, Ash. The file remembers **729** trees felled here. A tree record is the register’s word on what stands or stood; the canopy is at [trees](https://www.chch.live/trees).
The plan files **37%** of this outline under **Rural Port Hills**, **22%** residential, the rest mostly Open Space Natural 28%, Residential Hills 15%. A zone is a permission, not a description, the mix is a sampled read of the plan’s polygons; the district’s zoning is at [zones](https://www.chch.live/zones).
The plan reserves about **8 hectares** of this outline, **1%** , under 1 designation, mostly movement. A designation is a claim on the ground, not a build date, the mix is a sampled read; the register is at [designations](https://www.chch.live/designations).
The plan’s heritage schedule protects **13** places by name in this suburb, **5** graded highly significant, **Cashmere Hills Presbyterian Church and Setting**, **Dwelling and Setting**, **Former Dwelling and Setting, Ngaio Marsh House** among them. And the street itself is listed, the **MacMillan Avenue** heritage area lies here, protected as a street rather than house by house. A setting is the ground the item stands in, each files under the suburb holding its centroid. The schedule is at [heritage](https://www.chch.live/heritage).
GeoNet’s catalogue puts 205 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M5.6 in 2011. An epicentre is where the instruments placed the break, not a measure of the shaking here; the whole catalogue is counted at [sequence](https://www.chch.live/sequence), and the story in plain language is [the earthquakes explainer](https://www.chch.live/how-nz-works/canterbury-earthquakes).

## The names on this ground (11)
- [Fairy Tern](https://www.chch.live/memorial/fairy-tern), artwork · Amor Budiyanto
- [Hidden Valley lookout](https://www.chch.live/summit/hidden-valley-lookout), lookout
- [Sign of the Takahe Lookout](https://www.chch.live/summit/sign-of-the-takahe-lookout), lookout
- [Water Tower (Cashmere Hill lookout)](https://www.chch.live/summit/water-tower-cashmere-hill-lookout), lookout
- [19th Inf Battallion](https://www.chch.live/memorial/19th-inf-battallion), monument
- [Centaurus Rd](https://www.chch.live/landfills), old dump · ?–1945
- [Colombo St](https://www.chch.live/landfills), old dump · ?–1965
- [Cashmere Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/cashmere-stream), waterway · 5.0 km
- [Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River](https://www.chch.live/river/opawaho-heathcote-river), waterway · 30.7 km
- [Waimokihi Stream](https://www.chch.livenull), waterway · 1.0 km
- [Cashmere Valley Upper Basin](https://www.chch.live/lake/cashmere-valley-upper-basin), wetland

The named waterways, bays, headlands, monuments, summits and old sites OpenStreetMap puts inside this outline, a pin is the mapper’s own; a waterway belongs to every suburb it crosses. Every roll, counted: [geography](https://www.chch.live/geography).

## Documents that name it

*These are leads, not verified claims, search ties, not read sources.*
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 05 June 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520605.2.2.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-06-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 12 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 31 July 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520731.2.22.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-07-31T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 12 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 07 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520807.2.22.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-08-07T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 29 October 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18531029.2.4.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1853-10-29T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 29 October 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18531029.2.2.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1853-10-29T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 24 December 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18531224.2.4.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1853-12-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 29 July 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540729.2.2.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 02 August 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540802.2.2.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-08-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 23 September 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540923.2.11.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 30 September 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540930.2.12.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-09-30T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Cashmere
- [Waihoro Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote Community Board — 4 pm, 15 Oct 2026](https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/RedirectToDoc.aspx?URL=Open/2026/10/SCBCC_20261015_AGN_11375_AT_WEB.htm), The council · Christchurch City Council, 15 Oct 2026
- [Here are four of my more notable observations from my weekly biodiversity run about Ōtautahi-Christchurch city, NZ, yesterday. The steel blue ladybirds are back. These are Australians that have been…](https://mastodon.nz/@joncounts/117419342088453757), Fediverse · Jon Sullivan, 11 Oct 2026
- [dandelions seen — Hackthorne Rd near Stambridge Pl, Cashmere, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407359122), iNaturalist · felixcollins, 11 Oct 2026
- [Peruvian Lily seen — Princess Margaret Hospital, Cashmere, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407349781), iNaturalist · alice_shanks, 11 Oct 2026
- [Scarlet Pouch seen — Cashmere Rd near Crichton Tce, Cashmere, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407341181), iNaturalist · alice_shanks, 11 Oct 2026

[The whole wire](https://www.chch.live/wire)

## The crash record (315 injury crashes)

315 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 7 people killed, 83 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Dyers Pass Road at Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=dyers-pass-rd&suburb=cashmere), 33 injury crashes, 4 fatal.

- [Every crash it holds](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=cashmere)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crashes)

## The crime record (1,259 recorded victimisations)

1,259 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 47 a year per 1,000 residents. Reported is not all, how much never reaches the record depends on the offence.

- [The suburb on the crime map](https://www.chch.live/crime?grain=suburb&area=cashmere)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## The buses through it (36 stops)

36 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [the Orbiter (anticlockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oa), [the Orbiter (clockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oc).
- Beckenham
- Cashmere near Hackthorne Rd
- Cashmere near Hackthorne Rd
- Cashmere Rd
- Cashmere Rd
- Cashmere Rd near Crichton Tce near Cashmere Rd
- Cashmere Rd near Crichton Tce near Cashmere Rd
- Cashmere Rd near Ferniehurst St near Cashmere Rd
- Cashmere Rd near Ferniehurst St near Cashmere Rd
- Cashmere Rd near Thorrington Rd
- Cashmere Rd near Valley Rd near Cashmere Rd
- Cashmere Rd near Valley Rd near Cashmere Rd
- Centaurus Rd near Bowenvale Ave
- Centaurus Rd near Landsdowne Tce
- Centaurus Rd near Sloan Tce
- Centaurus Rd near Torvill & Dean Ln

- [Every route in the record](https://www.chch.live/buses)

## Businesses here (51 in the directory)

From OpenStreetMap, the council’s licensed-premises register and its 2024 Find Christchurch directory, each kind opens at this suburb’s shelf.

- [Cafés](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cafe#in-cashmere), 8
- [Fast food](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fast-food#in-cashmere), 5
- [Clubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/club#in-cashmere), 4
- [Bottle stores](https://www.chch.live/businesses/liquor#in-cashmere), 3
- [Hairdressers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hairdresser#in-cashmere), 3
- [Attractions](https://www.chch.live/businesses/attraction#in-cashmere), 2
- [Bike shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bike-shop#in-cashmere), 2
- [Dentists](https://www.chch.live/businesses/dentist#in-cashmere), 2
- [Doctors & clinics](https://www.chch.live/businesses/doctor#in-cashmere), 2
- [Restaurants](https://www.chch.live/businesses/restaurant#in-cashmere), 2
- [Sports centres](https://www.chch.live/businesses/sports-centre#in-cashmere), 2
- [Antiques](https://www.chch.live/businesses/antiques#in-cashmere), 1
- [Bakeries](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bakery#in-cashmere), 1
- [Bars & pubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bar#in-cashmere), 1
- [Butchers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/butcher#in-cashmere), 1
- [Chimney Sweeper](https://www.chch.live/businesses/craft-chimney-sweeper#in-cashmere), 1
- [Clothing](https://www.chch.live/businesses/clothes#in-cashmere), 1
- [Dairies & convenience](https://www.chch.live/businesses/dairy#in-cashmere), 1
- [Florists](https://www.chch.live/businesses/florist#in-cashmere), 1
- [Galleries](https://www.chch.live/businesses/gallery#in-cashmere), 1
- [Hospital](https://www.chch.live/businesses/amenity-hospital#in-cashmere), 1
- [Ice cream](https://www.chch.live/businesses/ice-cream#in-cashmere), 1
- [Marketplace](https://www.chch.live/businesses/amenity-marketplace#in-cashmere), 1
- [Markets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/market#in-cashmere), 1
- [Museums](https://www.chch.live/businesses/museum#in-cashmere), 1
- [Petrol stations](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fuel#in-cashmere), 1
- [Wineries](https://www.chch.live/businesses/winery#in-cashmere), 1

The ones the record says most about:

- [Burger Wisconsin](https://www.chch.live/business/burger-wisconsin-cashmere), Fast food
- [Emperor's New Clothes](https://www.chch.live/business/emperor-s-new-clothes-cashmere), Cafés
- [Domino's](https://www.chch.live/business/domino-s-cashmere), Fast food
- [Arlo](https://www.chch.live/business/arlo-ex-dusk-bar-cashmere), Restaurants
- [Basic Bikes](https://www.chch.live/business/basic-bikes-cashmere), Bike shops
- [Cashmere Dentists](https://www.chch.live/business/cashmere-dentists-cashmere), Dentists
- [Cashmere Fish Supply](https://www.chch.live/business/cashmere-fish-supply-cashmere), Fast food
- [Protocol](https://www.chch.live/business/protocol-cashmere), Bars & pubs
- [Savvy Hair](https://www.chch.live/business/savvy-hair-cashmere), Hairdressers
- [Tussock Hill Vineyard](https://www.chch.live/business/tussock-hill-vineyard-cashmere), Restaurants

- [The whole directory](https://www.chch.live/businesses)

## Next door
- [Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/beckenham)
- [Huntsbury](https://www.chch.live/huntsbury)
- [Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/somerfield)
- [Cracroft](https://www.chch.live/cracroft)
- [Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins)
- [Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/spreydon)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Cashmere with [Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=beckenham&b=cashmere) · [Huntsbury](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=cashmere&b=huntsbury) · [Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=cashmere&b=somerfield) · [Cracroft](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=cashmere&b=cracroft) · [Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=cashmere&b=saint-martins) · [Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=cashmere&b=spreydon), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Cashmere?**

Cashmere is a suburb which rises above the southern end of the city of Christchurch in New Zealand's South Island, on the north side of the Port Hills. The public record holds 9,770 council reports for it, the first filed in May 2015.

**How many people live in Cashmere?**

6,900 people at the 2023 Census, 523 per square kilometre across 13 km².

**How many people does the 2023 Census count for Cashmere?**

About 6,690 people and 2,508 occupied private households (combined SA2s): grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

**What gets reported in Cashmere?**

9,770 reports on record, most often water & drains (2,605), graffiti & vandalism (1,840), trees & parks (1,830). 1,296 of them in the year to 13 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Cashmere had?**

315 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 7 people killed, 83 seriously hurt. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=cashmere)

**What schools are in Cashmere?**

2 schools in the Ministry’s directory, Cashmere Primary Te Pae Kererū, Te Kura o Huriawa Thorrington.

Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?name=Cashmere · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Cashmere