178 Hackthorne Road, Cashmere
44 reports on record since August 2017 · 38 with photographs. The most-reported address on Hackthorne Road. Indicative rating valuation and school zones, hazards, bin day and what stood here before.
What gets reported here
Photographed here 38 on record
Reported here
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — at Cashmere Hills lookout, Cracroft Reserve
Litter — Broken glass at the lookout at Cracroft Reserve and below it within the grass, bottles thrown down from the lookout and smashed. Please walk
Park - General Request — Damaged shrub in the entrance to Cracroft Reserve by the Sign of the Takahe
Facility - General Request — Broken glass on lookout platform near sign of the Takahe.
Water Leak — I think the leak might actually be from the reservoir closest to the city and it’s running past the lower tank and down to the reserve. We e
Water Leak — Water is pouring out of the reservoir in the takahe reserve and running down to Dyers Pass Rd and down our drive.
Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge —
Graffiti on a playground or in a park — Graffiti on information panel on top of reservoir
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — On cabinet at water reservoir by Cracroft reserve lookout
Graffiti on a playground or in a park — On seat below Cashmere Hill lookout, Cracroft Reserve
Graffiti on a playground or in a park — On plane table and nearby post Cashmere/ Cracroft Reserve lookout.
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — At the top of craycroft Reserve near the water tank (lookout) the seat at the bottom (near the steps) of the water tank is covered in graffi
- Damaged Street Light —
Black pedestal light at Cracroft lookout appears to have been knocked over.
Facility - General Request — this lamp is loose and not attached to the base. it can be pulled out with wires showing
Vandalism - General — Someone has broken the bollard lamp in the park. Switchgear is on the ground. We have put it back in so it isn’t damaged further
Vandalism - General — Some one has ripped the light bulbs out of the lights in the park. I walked my dog here last night at 9pm and it was fine, so it happened ov
Rubbish and Bins - General — Rubbish bin removed from observation platform at cracroft reserve. This was almost always full after weekend and its removal will lead to is
Rubbish and Bins - General — This happens all the time, needs to be emptied more often
Rubbish and Bins - General — Self explanatory,
Litter — Broken glass at the viewing platform at Cracroft Reserve Hackthorne Rd/Dyers Pass
Rubbish and Bins - General — Bin full
Rubbish and Bins - General — I do t think you need three rubbish bins in this area Especially two 25m apart
- Rubbish and Bins - General —
- Facility - General Request —
- Dumped Rubbish —
- Rubbish and Bins - General —
- Park - General Request —
Water Leak — Major water line break in Cracroft Reserve west of the water tanks behind the scout shed. Flowing into Hackthorne
Rubbish/Recycling — Two weeks in a row
Parks — Graffiti —
Water Supply — hole burnt through butanol loni g of reservoir roof. near sign of takahe park
Parks —
no bin
Rubbish/Recycling —
Overflowing rubbish bin
Park - General Request —
bin is missing
Graffiti —
Graffiti on rubbish bin and steps at Cashmere lookout
Parks —
Lamp has broken off post and is hanging by live cable. Needs urgent attention
Parks —
Large slash mounds left after recent repairs on reservoir in Cracroft Reserve Cashmere needs to be removed
Water Supply —
Drinking fountain by sign of Takahe broken and overflowing .
Parks —
Leaking fountain
Water Supply —
Parks —
Drinking fountain leaking and paving stones slippery
Parks —
Gate stones missing down beside entrance
Wastewater/Stormwater —
The location is outside the public toilets just below the Takahe in upper Hackthorne Road, Cashmere. The waste pipe from the drinking founta
Also reported on Hackthorne Road
- 53 Hackthorne Road — 26 reports
- 83 Hackthorne Road — 23 reports
- 84 Hackthorne Road — 22 reports
- 107 Hackthorne Road — 22 reports
- 109 Hackthorne Road — 20 reports
- 31 Hackthorne Road — 15 reports
- 200 Hackthorne Road — 14 reports
- 102 Hackthorne Road — 13 reports
The street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names Hackthorne Road in 47 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006 — 21 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The green nearby
- Cracroft Reserve — you are in it · Botanic · 3 ha
- Takahe Reserve — 252 m to the edge
- Longhurst Reserve — 319 m to the edge
- Elizabeth Park — 320 m to the edge · Regional · 17 ha
- Longhurst Walkway — 459 m to the edge · 2 ha
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary — the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Sign of the Takahe — 191 m away · Cafés
- Positive Psychology & Psychotherapy — 226 m away · Doctors & clinics
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin — OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The named ground
Named places within 1.5 km of this address; the council’s own structure register — bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby — the open map’s record.
The remembered names nearby
- In Memoriam the Erie Munro Playground 1934 — 37 m away ·
IN MEMORIAM THE ERIE MUNRO PLAYGROUND 1934
· 2001 - This Gingko and Bench Are Donated by Family, Friends — 135 m away ·
THIS GINGKO AND BENCH ARE DONATED BY FAMILY, FRIENDS & C.C.C. THEY COMMEMORATE JOHN WARDLE
· 2003 - Cracroft Reserve plaque — 153 m away ·
(illegible – ground plaque near tree)
· 2013
Inscribed plaques within two hundred and fifty metres — the register’s pins, not surveyed spots. The whole roll is at /plaques.
Renting nearby
new bonds in Cashmere ran about $707 a week — $157 above the city median of $550 — the suburb page keeps the rent record →.
What was here — Sign of the Takahe and Setting
188 m away · 200 Hackthorne Road · located to ±18 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
The civic layer
This ground votes in Cashmere ward — the Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote community board. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre.
What stood on this ground → · On the map → · From the air — the Crown’s aerials back to 1936; search the address on RetroLens →
Questions, answered briefly
44 council reports on record since August 2017 — most often rubbish and bins - general (7), parks (7), water supply (3).
Cashmere, Christchurch — on Hackthorne Road.
The heritage register names a place at or beside it — Sign of the Takahe and Setting.
Cracroft Reserve — the address is inside it, 3 ha.











