# Christchurch Central City, Christchurch

73,323 council reports since May 2015, the 1st busiest suburb in the city. 60,883 photographs on record.
9,180 people at the 2023 Census, 1,434 to the square kilometre across 6.4 km².

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city

## 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/)
- [SmartView parking](https://smartview.ccc.govt.nz/data/parking)

## The encyclopaedia on it

Christchurch Central City or Christchurch City Centre is the geographical centre and the heart of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is defined as the area within the Four Avenues and thus includes the densely built up central city, some less dense surrounding areas of residential, educational and industrial usage, and green space including Hagley Park, the Christchurch Botanic Gardens and the Barbadoes Street Cemetery.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch_Central_City), 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 **$508 a week** in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half $438–$558, across 348 bonds, up 1% on a year ago. That’s about **$42 a week below** the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the Christchurch Central-West, Christchurch Central-North, Christchurch Central, Christchurch Central-East and Christchurch Central-South areas combined, approximately this suburb.
- 1-bedroom house, $502 a week · 195 new bonds
- 2-bedroom apartment, $523 a week · 39 new bonds
- 2-bedroom house, $523 a week · 18 new bonds
- 1-bedroom apartment, $401 a week · 15 new bonds
- 1-bedroom flat/unit, $225 a week · 15 new bonds
- 3-bedroom house, $605 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 8,148 people and 3,861 occupied private households, grouped from 54 SA1 areas in Christchurch Central-South, Hagley Park, Christchurch Central, Christchurch Central-East, Christchurch Central-West, Christchurch Central-North. Several statistical areas are combined here, so this is a grouped proxy rather than a count for one suburb boundary.


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 (60,883 on record)
- [98 Tuam Street, Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/report/9092624)
- [27 Manchester Street, Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/report/9092392)
- [112 Oxford Tce](https://www.chch.live/report/9092241)
- [162 Gloucester St](https://www.chch.live/report/9091986)
- [344 Oxford Terrace, Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/report/9090553)
- [Fitzgerald Ave, Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/report/9090170)

[60,883 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=christchurch-central-city)

## The suburb, back then (189 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.*
- [Early central Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1860s#p-55921609), 1866 · Canterbury Stories
- [Public Library. Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1870s#p-48497503), 1870 · Canterbury Stories
- [Central Christchurch streets](https://www.chch.live/then/1870s#p-53788660), 1875 · Canterbury Stories
- [Market Square](https://www.chch.live/then/1880s#p-46098099), 1880 · Canterbury Stories
- [Foundations. New municipal buildings](https://www.chch.live/then/1880s#p-46134763), 1886 · Canterbury Stories
- [Municipal buildings, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1880s#p-46134773), 1886 · Canterbury Stories
- [Antigua Boatsheds](https://www.chch.live/then/1890s#p-53788724), 1890 · Canterbury Stories
- [A composite picture](https://www.chch.live/then/1890s#p-53791372), 1896 · Canterbury Stories
- [Avon River and Worcester Street bridge](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-48502594), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Botanic Gardens towards the Curator's House](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-46091078), 1900 · Canterbury Stories

[…and 179 more across the archive](https://www.chch.live/then)

## The record on Christchurch Central City
- Christchurch Central City enters the written record in 1 January 1850, [“Barbadoes St Cemetery: index to cemetery registers”](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/cccarchives/barbadoesregisters/ccl-cs-26180), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories).
- “Christchurch Central City” appears somewhere in 299 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: other, 11 May 2015, at 60 Worcester Blvd.
- Its busiest day was 28 May 2021, 234 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Oxford Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/oxford-terrace), reported on 1,610 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Central ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/central), the [Papanui-Innes-Central community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/papanui-innes-central) is its local layer. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).
- On foot: [The square and its ring](https://www.chch.live/walks/cathedral-square) and [The boulevard](https://www.chch.live/walks/worcester-boulevard) and [The river bend](https://www.chch.live/walks/the-river-bend) and [The school’s own register](https://www.chch.live/walks/christs-college) and [The city’s stones](https://www.chch.live/walks/civic-stones) and [Belfries and chapels](https://www.chch.live/walks/belfries-and-chapels) and [The old high street](https://www.chch.live/walks/high-street) and [The old university](https://www.chch.live/walks/the-old-varsity), a heritage walks over this ground.

## How fast the council fixes things here (66,592 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Christchurch Central City took **47 hours** to resolve, the city-wide median is 3 days, so this ground runs faster than the city as a whole.
The slowest tenth of finished jobs waited 3 months or longer.
1,847 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 10 January 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

**Central City**, a public drinking ban (at all times, 24 hours a day, seven days a week), covers most of Christchurch Central City.
**Hagley Park and Environs**, a public drinking ban (seven days a week from 10pm to 7am), covers about 34% of Christchurch Central City.
10 sensitive sites stand here, Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery, Catholic Cathedral College, Christ's College, Christchurch Bus Interchange, Christchurch City Mission, Christchurch East School and more, and the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 50 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
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9092624), 14 Oct 2026 · 98 Tuam Street, “dumped rrubbish and bins graffitti on utility box”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9092392), 14 Oct 2026 · 27 Manchester Street, “mattress and inner spring bed frame.”
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9092241), 14 Oct 2026 · 112 Oxford Tce, “Paver in laneway has dislodged and is rocking from side to side… Significant hazard… Just noticed somebody fall over on…”
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/9091986), 14 Oct 2026 · 162 Gloucester St, “This cyclist and pedestrian sign ends was lying on the foot path outside the Odeon restaurant on Gloucester Street. I…”
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9090553), 14 Oct 2026 · 344 Oxford Terrace, “Seems like an abandoned car on the side of the road by the river. Has been there for a few weeks. Has protest graffiti…”
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9090170), 14 Oct 2026 · Fitzgerald Ave, “the car is blocking our accessway for deliveries. we had cones set up for stopping this but cones habe been moved”
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9089850), 14 Oct 2026 · 324–336 Montreal St, “Footpath trip hazard”
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9089568), 14 Oct 2026 · 83 Ferry Road, “graffiti”
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9089560), 14 Oct 2026 · Ferry Rd (Ritchies Depot EB), “sign down”
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/9089531), 14 Oct 2026 · 322 Montreal Street, “brain dead”
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9089337), 14 Oct 2026 · 24E Kilmore Street
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9089212), 14 Oct 2026 · 214 Hereford St

## Reports per year
- 2015, 552
- 2016, 2,243
- 2017, 2,225
- 2018, 3,503
- 2019, 4,619
- 2020, 5,475
- 2021, 6,787
- 2022, 7,256
- 2023, 10,050
- 2024, 13,586
- 2025, 10,099

## What gets reported
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 46,337
- Roads & footpaths, 10,304
- Rubbish & dumping, 4,867
- Trees & parks, 4,280
- Water & drains, 3,890
- Vehicles & parking, 1,800
- Everything else, 1,559
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 219

## Exactly what people say
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 27,565
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 8,398
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 5,297
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 4,595
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1,746
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 1,746
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 1,744
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 1,674

## Written and sourced
- [The exhibition the square didn't get](https://www.chch.live/article/the-exhibition-the-square-didnt-get), In January 1882 two promoters asked the city council for Cranmer Square, buildings and all. By April the exhibition had opened — in Hagley Park.
- [The cemetery the records kept](https://www.chch.live/article/the-cemetery-the-records-kept), Its burial registers open in April 1851 and run into the 1970s — the founding dead of Christchurch kept in three volumes, nine plans, and a book of receipts.
- [The Queen on the square](https://www.chch.live/article/the-queen-on-the-square), How Canterbury’s jubilee memorial became a statue of Queen Victoria — argued over, under-subscribed, and unveiled by the mayor’s wife.

## On the heritage register (185)
- [129 High Street](https://www.chch.live/place/503), 1/129 High Street
- [158 High Street](https://www.chch.live/place/507), G01/158 High Street
- [159 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/place/560), 159 Manchester Street
- [167 Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/place/528), 167 Hereford Street
- [319 St Asaph Street](https://www.chch.live/place/529), 319 St Asaph Street
- [Antigua Boatsheds and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/18), 2 Cambridge Terrace
- [Armagh Street Bridge and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/86)
- [Armagh Street Kerbstones and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/303), 280A Durham Street North
- [Bandsmen's Memorial Rotunda and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/192)
- [Bangor Street No. 3 Pumphouse and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/315)
- [Barbadoes Street Cemetery and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/293)
- [Biology and Observatory Block and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/256), 7 Hereford Street
- [Bowker Fountain and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/242)
- [Bridge of Remembrance and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/295), 88 Cambridge Terrace
- [Canterbury Club and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/19), 129 Cambridge Terrace
- [Canterbury Club Gas Lamp and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/457)
- [Canterbury Club Hitching Post and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/20)
- [Canterbury Museum Centennial Wing Facade](https://www.chch.live/place/482)
- [Canterbury Museum Roger Duff Wing Facade](https://www.chch.live/place/483)
- [Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings](https://www.chch.live/place/60), 280 Durham Street North
- [Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings Courtyard/Grounds](https://www.chch.live/place/316), 280 Durham Street North
- [Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings Former Land Transfer Office](https://www.chch.live/place/458), 86 Armagh Street
- [Canturbery Museum and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/530), 11 Rolleston Avenue
- [Captain James Cook Statue and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/239), 89 Armagh Street
- [Captain Robert Falcon Scott Statue and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/275), 153 Oxford Terrace
- [Carlton Bridge](https://www.chch.live/place/545)
- [Cathedral Square and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/28)
- [Chemistry Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/265), 3/5 Hereford Street
- [Christ's College Administration Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/300), 33Q Rolleston Avenue
- [Christ's College Chapel and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/205), 33G Rolleston Avenue
- [Christ's College Dining Hall Tower and Hospital and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/301), 33 Rolleston Avenue
- [Christ's College Former Big School and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/210), 33R Rolleston Avenue
- [Christ's College Former Condell's House and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/206), 33U Rolleston Avenue
- [Christ's College Former Hare Memorial Library and Classrooms and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/204), 33H Rolleston Avenue
- [Christ's College Former New Classrooms and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/299), 33 Rolleston Avenue
- [Christ's College Jacobs House and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/208), 33K Rolleston Avenue
- [Christ's College Main Quadrangle and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/203)
- [Christ's College Memorial Dining Hall and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/207), 33J Rolleston Avenue
- [Christ's College Open Air Classrooms and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/211), 33I Rolleston Avenue
- [Christ's College School House and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/209), 33A Rolleston Avenue
- [Christchurch Boys' High School and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/254)
- [Christchurch Boys' High School Gymnasium and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/269), 2B Worcester Street
- [ChristChurch Cathedral and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/30), 100 Cathedral Square
- [Christchurch Club and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/280), 154 Worcester Street
- [Citizens' War Memorial and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/548), 99 Cathedral Square
- [Classics Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/258), 50 Rolleston Avenue
- [Clock Tower Block and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/252), 2 Worcester Street
- [College Hall and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/253), 50 Rolleston Avenue
- [Colombo Street Bridge and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/46)
- [Colonial Motor Company Garage and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/477), 201 St Asaph Street
- [Commercial Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/124), 228 Kilmore Street
- [Commercial Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/467), 65 Cambridge Terrace
- [Commercial Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/558), 225 High Street
- [Commercial Building and Setting, Former C F Cotter and Company](https://www.chch.live/place/110), 101/158 High Street
- [Commercial Building and Setting, Former Chief Post Office](https://www.chch.live/place/297), 1 Cathedral Square
- [Commercial Building and Setting, Former Cook and Ross](https://www.chch.live/place/45), 201/779 Colombo Street
- [Commercial Building and Setting, Former Sargood Son and Ewen](https://www.chch.live/place/133), 92 Lichfield Street
- [Commercial Building and Setting, Former State Insurance](https://www.chch.live/place/278), 58/28 Cathedral Square
- [Commercial Building and Setting, Former W. Williamson Construction Company](https://www.chch.live/place/465), 181 Montreal Street
- [Commercial Building and Setting, Former Wellington Woollen Mills Manufacturing Company](https://www.chch.live/place/132), 96 Lichfield Street
- [Commercial Building and Setting, Lawrie and Wilson Auctioneers](https://www.chch.live/place/232), 210 Tuam Street
- [Commercial Building and Setting. Duncan's Buildings](https://www.chch.live/place/549), 147 High Street
- [Commercial Building Façade and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/111), 201 High Street
- [Commercial Building Façade and Setting, Former A J Whites](https://www.chch.live/place/431), 181 High Street
- [Commercial Building Façade and Setting, Former A W Smith and Son's Central Garage/Mayfair-Cinerama Theatre](https://www.chch.live/place/277), 115A Worcester Street
- [Cranmer Square and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/50), 1P Cranmer Square
- [Cricket Pavilion and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/193)
- [Cuningham House and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/23), 7 Riccarton Avenue
- [Curator's House and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/202), 5 Rolleston Avenue
- [Digby's Commercial School/Worcester Chambers and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/559), 69 Worcester Street
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/7), 56 Armagh Street
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/13), 18 Beveridge Street
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/22), 361 Cambridge Terrace
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/52), 38 Cranmer Square
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/125), 250 Kilmore Street
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/154), 311 Montreal Street
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/155), 402 Montreal Street
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/156), 404 Montreal Street
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/157), 406 Montreal Street
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/158), 2/408 Montreal Street
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/159), 1/2 Beveridge Street
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/185), 122 Park Terrace
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/271), 15 Worcester Street
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/273), 21 Worcester Street
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/281), 229 Worcester Street
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/442), 23 Cashel Street
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/3)
- [Dwelling and Setting, Ironside House](https://www.chch.live/place/213), 32 Salisbury Street
- [Dwelling and Setting, Orari](https://www.chch.live/place/84), 40 Gloucester Street
- [Dwelling and Setting, Red House](https://www.chch.live/place/6), 25 Armagh Street
- [Dwelling/Commercial Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/317), 147 Fitzgerald Avenue
- [Dwellings and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/34), 86 Chester Street East
- [Dwellings and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/36), 100 Chester Street East
- [Dwellings and Setting, Dorset Street Flats](https://www.chch.live/place/56), 8 Dorset Street
- [Dwellings and Setting, Maisonettes](https://www.chch.live/place/304), 12 Bealey Avenue
- [Dwellings and Setting, Mildenhall](https://www.chch.live/place/85), 7/53 Gloucester Street
- [Dwellings and Setting, West Avon Flats](https://www.chch.live/place/153), 279 Montreal Street
- [Edmonds Band Rotunda Area including Rotunda, Shelter, Balustrades, Landing and Lamp Standards and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/21), 230 Cambridge Terrace
- [Edmonds Clock Tower, Telephone Cabinet and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/322), 295F Madras Street
- [Electrical Engineering Extension, School of Engineering, and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/262), 15 Hereford Street
- [Electrical Engineering Laboratory, School of Engineering, and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/260), 13 Hereford Street
- [Façade and Setting, Former New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association of Canterbury Ltd](https://www.chch.live/place/26), 214 Cashel Street
- [Fitzgerald Statue and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/199)
- [Floral Clock and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/241), 66 Chester Street West
- [Former Beaths Department Store (components)](https://www.chch.live/place/25), 201/690 Colombo Street
- [Former Bishop's Chapel and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/429), 100 Park Terrace
- [Former Boiler House and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/424), 175 Chester Street East
- [Former Christchurch Teachers College and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/183)
- [Former Church of St Luke the Evangelist Bell Tower and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/421), 258 Manchester Street
- [Former CSA / CoCA Gallery and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/466), 66 Gloucester Street
- [Former Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/12), 82 Bealey Avenue
- [Former Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/168), 14 Oxford Terrace
- [Former Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/270), 5 Worcester Street
- [Former Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/272), 17 Worcester Street
- [Former Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/274), 23 Worcester Street
- [Former Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/294), 95 Oxford Terrace
- [Former Dwelling and Setting, Holly Lea/McLean's Mansion](https://www.chch.live/place/145), 387 Manchester Street
- [Former Dwelling and Setting, Inveresk](https://www.chch.live/place/5), 17 Armagh Street
- [Former Dwelling and Setting, Rolleston House](https://www.chch.live/place/83), 2 Gloucester Street
- [Former Dwellings and Setting, Santa Barbara](https://www.chch.live/place/246), 169 Victoria Street
- [Former Government Buildings and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/276), 26/28 Cathedral Square
- [Former Grosvenor Hotel and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/160), 367 Moorhouse Avenue
- [Former High Street Post Office and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/234), 209 Tuam Street
- [Former Magistrates Court and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/8), 85 Armagh Street
- [Former Market Place Bridge/Hamish Hay Bridge and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/240)
- [Former Maturing Cellars and Administration Offices and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/76), 294 Kilmore Street
- [Former MED Converter Station and Substation](https://www.chch.live/place/506), 102/210 Armagh Street
- [Former Midland Club and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/173), 176 Oxford Terrace
- [Former Municipal Chambers and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/172), 159 Oxford Terrace
- [Former P & D Duncan Ltd Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/227), 7/204 St Asaph Street
- [Former R. Buchanan & Sons' City Foundry and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/226), 2/210 St Asaph Street
- [Former Shop/Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/53), 40 Cranmer Square
- [Former St Margaret's School Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/51), 25A Cranmer Square
- [Former St Mary's Convent Chapel and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/47), 67/868 Colombo Street
- [Former Trinity Congregational Church and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/279), 124 Worcester Street
- [Former Tuam Street Hall and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/233), 214 Tuam Street
- [Former Vicarage of the Church of St Luke the Evangelist and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/123), 185 Kilmore Street
- [Former West Christchurch School/Hagley Community College and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/92), 510E Hagley Avenue
- [Girls' High School/School of Art Block and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/255), 101/1 Hereford Street
- [Gloucester Street Bridge and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/35)
- [Godley Statue, Godley Plot and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/29), 105 Cathedral Square
- [Hagley Park](https://www.chch.live/place/501)
- [Hagley Park Bridge and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/302)
- [Hereford Street Bridge](https://www.chch.live/place/546), 71 Hereford Street
- [Horse Watering Ramp and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/305)
- [Hydraulic Laboratory, School of Engineering, and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/259), 28 Worcester Street
- [Jubilee Clock Tower and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/245), 95 Victoria Street
- [K2 Telephone Box and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/243)
- [Knox Church](https://www.chch.live/place/508), 28 Bealey Avenue
- [Latimer Square and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/128)
- [Library and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/261), 13 Hereford Street
- [Mechanical Laboratory, School of Engineering, and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/257)
- [Men's Common Room and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/268), 7 Hereford Street
- [Mill Island and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/296), 71 Hereford Street
- [Moorhouse Statue and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/24)
- [New Regent Street Shops and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/164), 17 New Regent Street
- [North and South Quadrangles and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/266), 13 Hereford Street
- [Nurses' Memorial Chapel and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/194), 2J Riccarton Avenue
- [Physics Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/264), 7 Hereford Street
- [Poplars, Lamp Standards and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/318)
- [Public Trust Building](https://www.chch.live/place/502), 152 Oxford Terrace
- [Queen Victoria Statue/Canterbury Jubilee Memorial and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/238)
- [Registry and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/267), 40 Worcester Street
- [Rhododendron Island and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/161), 78 Cambridge Terrace
- [Robert McDougall Art Gallery and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/200), 9 Rolleston Avenue
- [Rolleston Statue and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/201)
- [Shands Emporium: Former Commercial Building](https://www.chch.live/place/105), 217 Manchester Street
- [St Luke's Chapel and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/106), 272 Hereford Street
- [St Michael and All Angels Church Belfry and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/170), 90 Oxford Terrace
- [St Michael's School Hall and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/59), 243 Durham Street South
- [St Michael's School Stone Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/171)
- [St. Michael and All Angels Church & Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/169), 90 Oxford Terrace
- [Students' Union and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/104), 39 Hereford Street
- [The Bricks Site, Cairn and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/44), 311 Oxford Terrace
- [The Christchurch Town Hall and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/122)
- [Theatre Royal Façade, Dome, Staircase and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/87), 145 Gloucester Street
- [Triangle Reserve and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/109), 291F High Street
- [Triangle Reserve and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/413), 220F High Street
- [Triangle Reserve and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/414), 215F High Street
- [Triangle Reserve and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/415), 189F High Street
- [Triangle Reserve and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/469), 261F High Street
- [Triangle Reserve and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/472), 192F High Street
- [Victoria Mansions and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/244), F/91 Victoria Street
- [West Lecture Block and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/263), 50 Rolleston Avenue
- [Worcester Street Bridge and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/282)

The register’s own page for the area: [Central City on the heritage register](https://www.chch.live/history/central-city)

On foot: [The square and its ring](https://www.chch.live/walks/cathedral-square) · [The boulevard](https://www.chch.live/walks/worcester-boulevard) · [The river bend](https://www.chch.live/walks/the-river-bend) · [The school’s own register](https://www.chch.live/walks/christs-college) · [The city’s stones](https://www.chch.live/walks/civic-stones) · [Belfries and chapels](https://www.chch.live/walks/belfries-and-chapels) · [The old high street](https://www.chch.live/walks/high-street) · [The old university](https://www.chch.live/walks/the-old-varsity), heritage walks over this ground.

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Oxford Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/oxford-terrace), reported on 1,610 separate days
- [Cambridge Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/cambridge-terrace), reported on 1,261 separate days
- [Armagh Street](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/armagh-street), reported on 1,254 separate days
- [Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/hereford-street), reported on 1,236 separate days
- [Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/manchester-street), reported on 1,142 separate days
- [Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/colombo-street), reported on 1,137 separate days
- [Cashel Street](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/cashel-street), reported on 1,026 separate days
- [Gloucester Street](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/gloucester-street), reported on 984 separate days

## Schools (4)
- [Christ's College](https://www.chch.live/school/330-christ-s-college), Secondary (Year 9-15) · private, not rated
- [Christchurch East School](https://www.chch.live/school/3317-christchurch-east-school), Full Primary · decile 3 · EQI 454
- [St Michael's Church School](https://www.chch.live/school/4136-st-michael-s-church-school), Full Primary · private, not rated
- [Te Puna Wai o Waipapa - Hagley College](https://www.chch.live/school/336-te-puna-wai-o-waipapa-hagley-college), Secondary (Year 9-15) · decile 6 · EQI 468

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

Zoned for [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) · [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school) · [Marian College](https://www.chch.live/school/343-marian-college) · [Te Puna Wai o Waipapa - Hagley College](https://www.chch.live/school/336-te-puna-wai-o-waipapa-hagley-college) · [Addington Te Kura Taumatua](https://www.chch.live/school/3271-addington-te-kura-taumatua) (part) · [Burnside High School](https://www.chch.live/school/319-burnside-high-school) (part) · and 12 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (35)
- [Hagley Park North](https://www.chch.live/park/1572-hagley-park-north), Sports ground · 91 ha
- [Hagley Park South](https://www.chch.live/park/1812-hagley-park-south), Sports ground · 71 ha
- [Botanic Gardens](https://www.chch.live/park/1656-botanic-gardens), Botanic · 21 ha · playground, 53 pieces
- [Little Hagley Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1638-little-hagley-park), Botanic · 7 ha
- [Avon Riverbank Central City](https://www.chch.live/park/1868-avon-riverbank-central-city), 6 ha
- [Barbadoes Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/park/1341-barbadoes-cemetery), Botanic · 3 ha
- [Cranmer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1817-cranmer-square), Botanic · 2 ha
- [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square), Botanic · 2 ha
- [Victoria Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1066-victoria-square), Botanic · 2 ha
- [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall)
- [Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1431-cathedral-square), Botanic
- [Canterbury Provincial Council Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1068-canterbury-provincial-council-reserve), Botanic
- [Walnut Tree Park](https://www.chch.live/park/986-walnut-tree-park), playground, 25 pieces
- [Moa Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1636-moa-reserve), playground, 18 pieces
- [Cambridge Green](https://www.chch.live/park/1025-cambridge-green)
- [Cambridge Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1495-cambridge-reserve)
- [Edmonds Band Rotunda](https://www.chch.live/park/1767-edmonds-band-rotunda), Botanic
- [Friendship Corner](https://www.chch.live/park/1371-friendship-corner), Botanic
- [Poplars Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1124-poplars-reserve), Botanic
- [Wilson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1557-wilson-park)
- [Chester Street East Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1665-chester-street-east-reserve)
- [Rose Historic Chapel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1788-rose-historic-chapel-reserve), Botanic
- [Tiffany Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1486-tiffany-reserve)
- [Victoria Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1836-victoria-triangles)
- [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles)
- [Nurses Memorial Chapel](https://www.chch.live/park/1472-nurses-memorial-chapel), Botanic
- [Aldred Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1725-aldred-reserve)
- [Armagh Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1254-armagh-reserve)
- [Godley Statue Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1084-godley-statue-reserve), Botanic
- [Bridge Of Remembrance](https://www.chch.live/park/1518-bridge-of-remembrance), Botanic
- [Fire Fighters Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/949-fire-fighters-reserve)
- [Scott Statue Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1727-scott-statue-reserve), Botanic
- [The Stewart Plaza](https://www.chch.live/park/1566-the-stewart-plaza)
- [William Brittan](https://www.chch.live/park/1734-william-brittan)
- [Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), Botanic

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

## The civic shelf (10)
- [Aldersgate](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-32), Car park
- [Armagh Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-34), Car park
- [Christchurch Hospital Grounds](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-30), Car park
- [Re:start - Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31), Car park
- [Rolleston Avenue](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-29), Car park
- [Scales](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-35), Car park
- [St Asaph](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-36), Car park
- [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33), Car park
- [Civic Offices](https://www.chch.live/facility/council-office-8), Council office
- [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56), Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch

## Where the suburb worships (18)
- [Aldersgate / Puari Huinga](https://www.chch.live/worship/aldersgate-puari-huinga), a church
- [Canterbury Hebrew Congregation](https://www.chch.live/worship/canterbury-hebrew-congregation), a synagogue · 406 Durham Street North
- [Christchurch Nurses Memorial Chapel](https://www.chch.live/worship/christchurch-nurses-memorial-chapel), a church
- [City Church Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/worship/city-church-christchurch), a Pentecostal church · 346 Manchester Street
- [Durham Street Gospel Hall](https://www.chch.live/worship/durham-street-gospel-hall), a Brethren church · 375 Durham Street North
- [Elim Church Christchurch City](https://www.chch.live/worship/elim-church-christchurch-city), a Pentecostal church · 285 Cashel Street
- [Faith Family Outreach Centre](https://www.chch.live/worship/faith-family-outreach-centre), a church · 9 Bangor Street
- [Knox Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/knox-church), a Presbyterian church · 28 Bealey Avenue
- [Nawawi Centre](https://www.chch.live/worship/nawawi-centre), a Sunni mosque or musalla · 201 Peterborough Street
- [Oxford Terrace Baptist Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/oxford-terrace-baptist-church), a Baptist church · 288 Oxford Terrace
- [Rose Historic Chapel](https://www.chch.live/worship/rose-historic-chapel), a church
- [Saint Mary's Pro-Cathedral / Saint Mary's Catholic Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/saint-mary-s-pro-cathedral-saint-mary-s-catholic-church), a Catholic church · 373 Manchester Street
- [SGINZ Centre Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/worship/sginz-centre-christchurch), a Buddhist temple or centre · 390 Montreal Street
- [South City Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/south-city-church), a church · 510 Colombo Street
- [St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/st-michael-and-all-angels-anglican-church), an Anglican church · 84 Oxford Terrace
- [The Salvation Army Christchurch City Corps](https://www.chch.live/worship/the-salvation-army-christchurch-city-corps), a Protestant church
- [Transitional Cathedral](https://www.chch.live/worship/transitional-cathedral), an Anglican church · 234 Hereford Street
- [](https://www.chch.live/worship/unnamed-node-4149988469), a Māori faith community

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

## The marae standing here (1)
- [Te Puna Wānaka](https://www.chch.live/marae/te-puna-wanaka), institutional whare · wharenui Te Mātauranga Māori · Coventry Street

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

## The tracks through here (30)
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), 6.6 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-420-christchurch-central-city), 2.6 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-465-christchurch-central-city), 2.2 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 2.1 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-331-fendalton), 2.0 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-484-addington), 1.9 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-398-addington), 1.9 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-571-christchurch-central-city), 1.3 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-570-christchurch-central-city), 1.2 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-419-christchurch-central-city), 1.2 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-426-christchurch-central-city), 1.2 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-534-christchurch-central-city), 1.1 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-491-christchurch-central-city), 973 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-572-christchurch-central-city), 954 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-472-christchurch-central-city), 918 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-473-christchurch-central-city), 848 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-471-christchurch-central-city), 823 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-511-saint-albans), 807 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-538-christchurch-central-city), 800 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-487-christchurch-central-city), 787 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-440-christchurch-central-city), 772 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-418-christchurch-central-city), 763 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-422-christchurch-central-city), 748 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-423-christchurch-central-city), 722 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-421-christchurch-central-city), 713 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-460-christchurch-central-city), 639 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-532-christchurch-central-city), 639 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-466-christchurch-central-city), 470 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-568-edgeware), 469 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-478-christchurch-central-city), 404 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 47.3% of this outline, about 303 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 0.6% 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 7.6% of this outline, about 49 hectares, mostly **TC3**, with TC3 39 ha · TC2 9 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 23.2% of this outline, about 149 hectares, across 1 named event. 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 schedule of sites significant to Ngāi Tahu covers **7%** of this outline, about 47 hectares, ngā tūranga tūpuna, ngā wai. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a catalogue. The whole schedule: [cultural](https://www.chch.live/cultural).
The plan’s ecological schedules cover **3%** of this outline, about 18 hectares across **2** scheduled sites, all of it protected under Schedule A. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a survey. The whole ledger: [ecology](https://www.chch.live/ecology).
The plan’s landscape schedules cover **4%** of this outline, about 27 hectares across **2** scheduled areas. 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 **36%** of it, Bells Creek, Avon River. 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 noise overlays cover **97%** of this outline, about 620 hectares across **10** mapped overlays, **4%** inside a loud entertainment precinct, **11%** inside a noise-insulation zone, and inside the airport’s bird-strike buffer. Shares read from a sampled join; a planning line, not a meter’s reading. The quiet lines: [noise](https://www.chch.live/noise).
The plan’s water-margin layers cross this outline, **33** classified reaches, the plan calling **Avon River** and **Manchester Street Drain**
           by name, **11%** 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 plan’s allowed shape holds this outline, **15%** of it inside the residential overlays, the densest standing **Central City**, the centre’s ceiling here is **39 m**, inside the central city’s walking catchment. The shape is the plan’s permission, not a survey of what stands. The allowed shape: [density](https://www.chch.live/density).
The rebuild’s cameras filed **9,501** photographs on this ground, 2007–2017, stormwater 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, **62.3 km** of cycleway crosses the outline, 8.5 km of it separated from the traffic, [City to Sea Pathway](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/city-to-sea-pathway), [Heathcote Expressway](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/heathcote-expressway), [Little River Link](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/little-river-link), [Papanui Parallel](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/papanui-parallel), [Quarryman's Trail](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/quarryman-s-trail), [Rapanui Shag Rock](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/rapanui-shag-rock), [South Express](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/south-express), [Te Ara Ōtākaro Avon River Trail](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/te-ara-otakaro-avon-river-trail), [Uni-Cycle](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/uni-cycle). 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, **431** inscribed plaques, [Botanic Gardens](https://www.chch.live/plaque/76079-botanic-gardens), [Hagley Park North](https://www.chch.live/plaque/73649-hagley-park-north), [Victoria Square](https://www.chch.live/plaque/64754-victoria-square) 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, **31** drawn instruments, 9 of them dog rules, 6 alcohol bans, 1 camping zone, a certified self-contained van can stay the night at Christchurch Urban Restricted Area, 15 bottle-store buffers; the outline sits inside the takiwā of Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga. The bylaw is the instrument, this the map of it, the rulebook: [rules](https://www.chch.live/rules).
**82** parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly chemical manufacture, application and bulk storage, vehicle refuelling, service and repair, cemeteries and waste recycling, treatment and disposal, 34 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 **118** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 19 hectares, mostly mixed fill with rubbish, peat, sand, 20 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).
**28** parcels inside this outline carry a cleanup on the file, 8 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 **67%** of this outline in the **medium** class, and 9 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 council’s structure register stands **173** assets on this ground, 74 sets of steps, 26 boardwalks, 24 bridges, 20 shelters, sited at Botanic Gardens, Avon Riverbank Central City, Rauora Park, Hagley Park North. 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 **160** records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 35 netball, 22 cricket, 22 softball, 19 football. 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 **12454** living trees inside this outline, **584** veterans among them, 596 carrying a protection, mostly English Oak, Common Lime, Kowhai. The file remembers **3889** 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 **31%** of this outline under **Open Space Community Parks**, **16%** residential, the rest mostly Central City Mixed Use Zone 15%, Transport 14%. 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 **52 hectares** of this outline, **8%** , under 15 designations, mostly other, learning, 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 exceptions touch **9%** of this outline, 32 qualifying matters, mostly heritage, section 6. A matter narrows how the density rule applies, it does not forbid; the mix is a sampled read, and the cultural-significance areas are the plan’s own unnamed ones. The register is at [matters](https://www.chch.live/matters).
The plan’s heritage schedule protects **188** places by name in this suburb, **105** graded highly significant, **Antigua Boatsheds and Setting**, **Armagh Street Bridge and Setting**, **Armagh Street Kerbstones and Setting** among them. And the street itself is listed, the **Chester Street East / Dawson Street**, **Inner City West** heritage areas lie 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 13 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M4.6 in 2010. 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 (58)
- [Bathing Figure](https://www.chch.live/memorial/bathing-figure), artwork
- [Chalice](https://www.chch.live/memorial/chalice), artwork · Neil Dawson
- [Chapman's Homer](https://www.chch.live/memorial/chapmans-homer), artwork · Michael Parekowhai
- [Corgis on High](https://www.chch.live/memorial/corgis-on-high), artwork
- [Dahlias](https://www.chch.live/memorial/dahlias), artwork · Andrew Veitch
- [Diminish and Ascend](https://www.chch.live/memorial/diminish-and-ascend), artwork · David McCracken
- [Falling in love](https://www.chch.live/memorial/falling-in-love), artwork · Mackenzi Thorpe
- [Flour Power](https://www.chch.live/memorial/flour-power), artwork · Regan Gentry
- [Free Flight](https://www.chch.live/memorial/free-flight), artwork · Paul Dibble
- [Inner Struggle](https://www.chch.live/memorial/inner-struggle), artwork · Richard Taylor & Weta Workshop
- [James Edward Fitzgerald](https://www.chch.live/memorial/james-edward-fitzgerald), artwork
- [John Robert Godley](https://www.chch.live/memorial/john-robert-godley), artwork
- [Mary, Blessed Mother](https://www.chch.live/memorial/mary-blessed-mother), artwork
- [No Place Like Home](https://www.chch.live/memorial/no-place-like-home), artwork · Flox
- [Nucleus](https://www.chch.live/memorial/nucleus), artwork · Phil Price

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.*
- [Barbadoes St Cemetery: index to cemetery registers](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/cccarchives/barbadoesregisters/ccl-cs-26180), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories) · 1850-01-01T00:00:00Z
- [Barbadoes St Cemetery plan - area 1B](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/maps-plans/cemeteries/barbadoesstreet/ccl-cs-12871), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories) · 1851-01-01T00:00:00Z
- [Barbadoes St Cemetery plan - area 1A](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/maps-plans/cemeteries/barbadoesstreet/ccl-cs-12870), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories) · 1851-01-01T00:00:00Z
- [Barbadoes Street Cemetery: alphabetical list of burials](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/cccarchives/barbadoesregisters/ccl-cs-26181), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories) · 1851-01-01T00:00:00Z
- [Barbadoes St Cemetery, Church of England, Register no. 1](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/cccarchives/barbadoesregisters/ccl-cs-26179), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories) · 1851-04-09T00:00:00Z
- [HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. (Daily Southern Cross, 18 July 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18540718.2.5.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-07-18T00:00:00.000Z
- [toCleanings of News. FROM ENGLISH PAPERS TO 16TH DECEMBER. (Colonist, 30 March 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC18580330.2.11), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1858-03-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [NEW ZEALAND PROVINCES. (Otago Witness, 18 June 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18590618.2.9), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1859-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- [Worcester Street Bridge, Christchurch, 1860](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/398872), [Kura Heritage Collections Online](https://www.chch.live/collection/kura-heritage-collections-online) · 1860-01-01T00:00:00Z
- [The White Hart Hotel](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/star/prints/pre1900/ccl-cs-4119), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories) · 1860-01-01T00:00:00Z

## What is known

*Each claim is read out of the document cited.*
- In the winter of 1869 the City Council fenced Cranmer Square — the works committee had fencing plans prepared in July, and the fortnightly works return at the end of August records men "erecting posts for fencing Cranmer Square"., [CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL. (Star, 27 July 1869)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18690727.2.6), 1869-07-27T00:00:00.000Z, [Cranmer Square and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/50)
- In January 1882 the promoters Joubert and Twopeny asked the City Council for the use of Cranmer Square to erect buildings for an international exhibition they planned to open that April., [THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. (Star, 14 January 1882)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18820114.2.21), 1882-01-14T00:00:00.000Z, [Cranmer Square and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/50)
- At an informal council meeting on 13 January 1882, Twopeny said the promoters would sign a bond to give the square back "in exactly the same condition as it was before" and would not injure any of its trees; he asked for Cranmer rather than Latimer Square because money had just been spent laying Latimer out., [THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. (Star, 14 January 1882)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18820114.2.21), 1882-01-14T00:00:00.000Z, [Cranmer Square and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/50)
- The exhibition never came to Cranmer Square. When it opened in April 1882 its buildings stood in Hagley Park, on the angle formed by the junction of the Riccarton and Lincoln roads., [THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION AT CHRISTCHURCH. (Timaru Herald, 12 April 1882)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18820412.2.15), 1882-04-12T00:00:00.000Z, [Cranmer Square and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/50)
- By the early 1900s the houses around Cranmer Square ran heavily as lodging and boarding houses — the Star's columns carry years of boarders wanted, rooms to let and servants sought addressed to numbers 2, 3, 10, 20, 22 and 30., [Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 14 January 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19050114.2.62.1), 1905-01-14T00:00:00.000Z, [Cranmer Square and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/50)
- In July 1900 a memorial committee chaired by H. F. Wigram met in the city council chambers to decide how Canterbury’s fiftieth jubilee should be marked, weighing proposals that included completing the north transept of ChristChurch Cathedral and a jubilee home for incurable and chronic cases, before resolving to ballot members on the twenty-four schemes put forward., [THE JUBILEE MEMORIAL (Star, 24 July 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19000724.2.59), 1900-07-24T00:00:00.000Z, [Queen Victoria Statue/Canterbury Jubilee Memorial and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/238)
- In August 1900 the committee adopted a scheme by the mayor, William Reece: a stone obelisk surmounted by a seated bronze figure of Queen Victoria, its base carrying bas-relief groups for the pioneers, the province’s industries and the sending forth of soldiers to South Africa, with a bronze tablet recording the foundation of the province., [THE JUBILEE MEMORIAL (Star, 10 August 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19000810.2.62), 1900-08-10T00:00:00.000Z, [Queen Victoria Statue/Canterbury Jubilee Memorial and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/238)
- After Queen Victoria’s death in January 1901 the committee decided the memorial would be a statue of the late Queen, and ordered it from England while subscriptions stood at about £816 of the £2,000 estimated cost., [JUBILEE MEMORIAL. (Star, 23 February 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19010223.2.84), 1901-02-23T00:00:00.000Z, [Queen Victoria Statue/Canterbury Jubilee Memorial and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/238)
- The public subscribed slowly: by April 1901 the committee was still about £600 short of the £2,000 estimate, the Ashburton Borough Council’s circulated list had gathered under twenty shillings, and a subscription list at the Farmers’ Co-operative Association had drawn a single shilling., [JUBILEE MEMORIAL. (Star, 13 April 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19010413.2.85), 1901-04-13T00:00:00.000Z, [Queen Victoria Statue/Canterbury Jubilee Memorial and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/238)
- The Duke of Cornwall and York laid the memorial’s foundation stone on 22 June 1901 during the royal visit to Christchurch — the only ceremony that day — with mayor A. E. G. Rhodes handing him the trowel., [THE ROYAL VISIT. ENTRY INTO CHRISTCHURCH. (Evening Post, 24 June 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19010624.2.3), 1901-06-24T00:00:00.000Z, [Queen Victoria Statue/Canterbury Jubilee Memorial and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/238)
- The memorial also stood as the province’s South African war memorial: its estimated cost covered the Queen’s statue and “the memorial to our soldiers who have fallen in South Africa”, and it was to carry the names of the Canterbury men who fell., [JUBILEE MEMORIAL. (Star, 13 April 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19010413.2.85), 1901-04-13T00:00:00.000Z, [Queen Victoria Statue/Canterbury Jubilee Memorial and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/238)
- By April 1903 the statue was in position in Victoria Square, and the committee decided not to wait for the contingent panels still expected from England about 10 June, planning the unveiling before 24 May., [Canterbury Jubilee Memorial. (Colonist, 22 April 1903)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19030422.2.18.2), 1903-04-22T00:00:00.000Z, [Queen Victoria Statue/Canterbury Jubilee Memorial and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/238)
- Mrs Wigram, wife of mayor H. F. Wigram, unveiled the memorial in Victoria Square on Empire Day, 25 May 1903, before a large crowd; the statue faces Victoria Street from a high pedestal above a grassed mound., [EMPIRE DAY. (Star, 25 May 1903)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19030525.2.45), 1903-05-25T00:00:00.000Z, [Queen Victoria Statue/Canterbury Jubilee Memorial and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/238)
- The subscription appeal ran in the Star week after week through March 1901, the committee publishing its running total — £911, then £939, £960, £1,007, £1,024, £1,032, £1,047 — as it inched toward the £2,000 estimate., [JUBILEE MEMORIAL. (Star, 02 March 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19010302.2.85), 1901-03-02T00:00:00.000Z, [Queen Victoria Statue/Canterbury Jubilee Memorial and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/238)
- Barbadoes Street Cemetery's burial record runs in three Church of England registers: No. 1 from 9 April 1851 to 29 January 1870, No. 2 from 2 February 1870 to 3 September 1882, and No. 3 from 4 September 1882 into the 1970s., [Barbadoes Street Cemetery: alphabetical list of burials](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/cccarchives/barbadoesregisters/ccl-cs-26181), 1851-01-01T00:00:00Z, [Barbadoes Street Cemetery and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/293)
- Each register entry records when the person was buried, their name and surname, age, sex, parents' or husband's name, rank or profession, place of residence, and who performed the ceremony., [Barbadoes St Cemetery, Church of England, Register no. 1](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/cccarchives/barbadoesregisters/ccl-cs-26179), 1851-04-09T00:00:00Z, [Barbadoes Street Cemetery and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/293)
- The cemetery's ground was surveyed in nine historical plot plans, block by block — bordered by Barbadoes Street to the west and Cambridge Terrace to the south and east — and the plots are not consistently numbered; beside the lych-gate in block 3A, plot 780a is noted as apparently infant graves., [Barbadoes St Cemetery plan - area 1B](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/maps-plans/cemeteries/barbadoesstreet/ccl-cs-12871), 1851-01-01T00:00:00Z, [Barbadoes Street Cemetery and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/293)
- The plots were sold: a separate burial plots book keeps receipt numbers, purchasers' names, plot numbers and sizes, and amounts paid, and its later pages record deposits on part-purchased plots, the completed purchase, and when title was given., [Barbadoes Street. Burial plots book](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/cccarchives/barbadoesregisters/ccl-cs-26184), 1872-07-01T00:00:00Z, [Barbadoes Street Cemetery and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/293)
- By 1945 the cemetery sat inside a built-up city — a view across its headstones that year shows residential houses over the back fence — and by 1979 its graves and headstones were weathered, broken or fallen over; headstones still stood in the western portion in 2005., [Barbadoes Street Cemetery headstones](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/cccarchives/glassplates/ccl-cs-119996), 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z, [Barbadoes Street Cemetery and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/293)

## The wire on Christchurch Central City
- [Yellow Admiral seen — Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, Nieuw-Zeeland](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/408412736), iNaturalist · jellep, 15 Oct 2026
- [Yellowhead seen — Riccarton Ave (Hospital), Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/408411334), iNaturalist · samkuhgee, 15 Oct 2026
- [Mikoikoi seen — Riccarton Ave, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, Nieuw-Zeeland](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/408411129), iNaturalist · jellep, 15 Oct 2026
- [New Zealand hebe seen — Riccarton Ave, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, Nieuw-Zeeland](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/408411043), iNaturalist · jellep, 15 Oct 2026
- [Helichrysum simpsonii seen — Riccarton Ave, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, Nieuw-Zeeland](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/408410211), iNaturalist · jellep, 15 Oct 2026

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

## The crash record (1,743 injury crashes)

1,743 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 14 people killed, 280 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Bealey Avenue at Barbadoes Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes/barbadoes-street-and-bealey-avenue), 35 injury crashes.

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

## The crime record (14,599 recorded victimisations)

14,599 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 448 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=christchurch-central-city)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## The buses through it (76 stops)

76 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7), [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8), [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80), [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44), [route 60](https://www.chch.live/buses/60), [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27), [route 29](https://www.chch.live/buses/29), [route 86](https://www.chch.live/buses/86), [route 84](https://www.chch.live/buses/84), [route 85](https://www.chch.live/buses/85), [route 81](https://www.chch.live/buses/81), [route 91](https://www.chch.live/buses/91), [route 92](https://www.chch.live/buses/92).
- Ara Institute
- Bealey Ave
- Bealey Ave near Colombo St
- Bealey Ave near Colombo St
- Bealey Ave near Madras St near Bealey Ave
- Bealey Ave near Madras St near Bealey Ave
- Bealey Ave near Manchester St
- Bealey Ave near Victoria Street
- Bus Interchange (Intercity stop)
- Bus Interchange (Platform A)
- Bus Interchange (Platform B)
- Bus Interchange (Platform C)
- Bus Interchange (Platform D)
- Christchurch Hospital Main Stop EB
- Christchurch Hospital Main Stop WB
- Colombo St near Salisbury St near Colombo St

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

## Businesses here (1,538 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.

- [Restaurants](https://www.chch.live/businesses/restaurant#in-christchurch-central-city), 266
- [Fast food](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fast-food#in-christchurch-central-city), 150
- [Cafés](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cafe#in-christchurch-central-city), 148
- [Bars & pubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bar#in-christchurch-central-city), 96
- [Clothing](https://www.chch.live/businesses/clothes#in-christchurch-central-city), 65
- [Attractions](https://www.chch.live/businesses/attraction#in-christchurch-central-city), 45
- [Hotels](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hotel#in-christchurch-central-city), 44
- [Motels](https://www.chch.live/businesses/motel#in-christchurch-central-city), 36
- [Delis](https://www.chch.live/businesses/deli#in-christchurch-central-city), 23
- [Car dealers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/car-dealer#in-christchurch-central-city), 20
- [Hairdressers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hairdresser#in-christchurch-central-city), 20
- [Venues & events](https://www.chch.live/businesses/venue#in-christchurch-central-city), 19
- [Dairies & convenience](https://www.chch.live/businesses/dairy#in-christchurch-central-city), 18
- [Doctors & clinics](https://www.chch.live/businesses/doctor#in-christchurch-central-city), 17
- [Hostels](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hostel#in-christchurch-central-city), 16
- [Shoes](https://www.chch.live/businesses/shoes#in-christchurch-central-city), 16
- [Bottle stores](https://www.chch.live/businesses/liquor#in-christchurch-central-city), 14
- [Cinemas & theatres](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cinema#in-christchurch-central-city), 13
- [Gift shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/gift#in-christchurch-central-city), 13
- [Gyms & fitness](https://www.chch.live/businesses/gym#in-christchurch-central-city), 13
- [Car repair](https://www.chch.live/businesses/car-repair#in-christchurch-central-city), 12
- [Galleries](https://www.chch.live/businesses/gallery#in-christchurch-central-city), 12
- [Beauty](https://www.chch.live/businesses/beauty#in-christchurch-central-city), 11
- [Clubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/club#in-christchurch-central-city), 11
- [Supermarkets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/supermarket#in-christchurch-central-city), 11
- [Company](https://www.chch.live/businesses/office-company#in-christchurch-central-city), 10
- [Bakeries](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bakery#in-christchurch-central-city), 9
- [Markets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/market#in-christchurch-central-city), 9
- [Recruitment](https://www.chch.live/businesses/recruitment#in-christchurch-central-city), 9
- [Dentists](https://www.chch.live/businesses/dentist#in-christchurch-central-city), 8
- [Arcades](https://www.chch.live/businesses/arcade#in-christchurch-central-city), 6
- [Food courts](https://www.chch.live/businesses/food-court#in-christchurch-central-city), 6
- [Jewellery](https://www.chch.live/businesses/jewellery#in-christchurch-central-city), 6
- [Phone shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/phones#in-christchurch-central-city), 6
- [Architects](https://www.chch.live/businesses/architect#in-christchurch-central-city), 5
- [Banks](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bank#in-christchurch-central-city), 5
- [Government](https://www.chch.live/businesses/office-government#in-christchurch-central-city), 5
- [Hospital](https://www.chch.live/businesses/amenity-hospital#in-christchurch-central-city), 5
- [Lawyers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/lawyer#in-christchurch-central-city), 5
- [Malls](https://www.chch.live/businesses/mall#in-christchurch-central-city), 5
- [Museums](https://www.chch.live/businesses/museum#in-christchurch-central-city), 5
- [Pharmacies](https://www.chch.live/businesses/pharmacy#in-christchurch-central-city), 5
- [Sports centres](https://www.chch.live/businesses/sports-centre#in-christchurch-central-city), 5
- [Bookshops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bookshop#in-christchurch-central-city), 4
- [Coffee roasters](https://www.chch.live/businesses/coffee-roaster#in-christchurch-central-city), 4
- [Craft](https://www.chch.live/businesses/craft#in-christchurch-central-city), 4
- [Electrical](https://www.chch.live/businesses/electrical#in-christchurch-central-city), 4
- [Op shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/op-shop#in-christchurch-central-city), 4
- [Travel agents](https://www.chch.live/businesses/travel-agent#in-christchurch-central-city), 4
- [Car washes](https://www.chch.live/businesses/car-wash#in-christchurch-central-city), 3
- [Florists](https://www.chch.live/businesses/florist#in-christchurch-central-city), 3
- [Hifi](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hifi#in-christchurch-central-city), 3
- [Ice cream](https://www.chch.live/businesses/ice-cream#in-christchurch-central-city), 3
- [Insurance](https://www.chch.live/businesses/insurance#in-christchurch-central-city), 3
- [IT & software](https://www.chch.live/businesses/it-services#in-christchurch-central-city), 3
- [Opticians](https://www.chch.live/businesses/optician#in-christchurch-central-city), 3
- [Outdoor gear](https://www.chch.live/businesses/outdoor-gear#in-christchurch-central-city), 3
- [Sports shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/sports-shop#in-christchurch-central-city), 3
- [Tyre shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/tyres#in-christchurch-central-city), 3
- [Apartments](https://www.chch.live/businesses/apartment-accom#in-christchurch-central-city), 2
- [Appliance](https://www.chch.live/businesses/appliance#in-christchurch-central-city), 2
- [ATMs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/atm#in-christchurch-central-city), 2
- [B&Bs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bnb#in-christchurch-central-city), 2
- [Bike shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bike-shop#in-christchurch-central-city), 2
- [Caterers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/caterer#in-christchurch-central-city), 2
- [Centre](https://www.chch.live/businesses/healthcare-centre#in-christchurch-central-city), 2
- [Consulting](https://www.chch.live/businesses/office-consulting#in-christchurch-central-city), 2
- [Cosmetics](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cosmetics#in-christchurch-central-city), 2
- [Coworking spaces](https://www.chch.live/businesses/coworking#in-christchurch-central-city), 2
- [Department stores](https://www.chch.live/businesses/department-store#in-christchurch-central-city), 2
- [Diplomatic](https://www.chch.live/businesses/office-diplomatic#in-christchurch-central-city), 2
- [Education & tutoring](https://www.chch.live/businesses/education#in-christchurch-central-city), 2
- [Electronics](https://www.chch.live/businesses/electronics#in-christchurch-central-city), 2
- [Furniture](https://www.chch.live/businesses/furniture#in-christchurch-central-city), 2
- [Guest houses](https://www.chch.live/businesses/guest-house#in-christchurch-central-city), 2
- [Houseware](https://www.chch.live/businesses/houseware#in-christchurch-central-city), 2
- [Laundromats](https://www.chch.live/businesses/laundromat#in-christchurch-central-city), 2
- [Music](https://www.chch.live/businesses/music#in-christchurch-central-city), 2
- [Ngo](https://www.chch.live/businesses/office-ngo#in-christchurch-central-city), 2
- [Party](https://www.chch.live/businesses/party#in-christchurch-central-city), 2
- [Petrol stations](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fuel#in-christchurch-central-city), 2
- [Photographers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/photographer#in-christchurch-central-city), 2
- [Physio](https://www.chch.live/businesses/physio#in-christchurch-central-city), 2
- [Post offices](https://www.chch.live/businesses/post-office#in-christchurch-central-city), 2
- [Research](https://www.chch.live/businesses/office-research#in-christchurch-central-city), 2
- [Sweets & snacks](https://www.chch.live/businesses/sweets#in-christchurch-central-city), 2
- [Tailors](https://www.chch.live/businesses/tailor#in-christchurch-central-city), 2
- [Tattoo & piercing](https://www.chch.live/businesses/tattoo#in-christchurch-central-city), 2
- [University](https://www.chch.live/businesses/amenity-university#in-christchurch-central-city), 2
- [Variety Store](https://www.chch.live/businesses/variety-store#in-christchurch-central-city), 2
- [Alternative](https://www.chch.live/businesses/healthcare-alternative#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Arts Centre](https://www.chch.live/businesses/amenity-arts-centre#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Audiologists](https://www.chch.live/businesses/audiologist#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Bbq](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bbq#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Breweries](https://www.chch.live/businesses/brewery#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Butchers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/butcher#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Canoe Hire](https://www.chch.live/businesses/canoe-hire#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Car parts](https://www.chch.live/businesses/car-parts#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Carpenters](https://www.chch.live/businesses/carpenter#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Childcare](https://www.chch.live/businesses/childcare#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Clinic](https://www.chch.live/businesses/healthcare-clinic#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Computers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/computers#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Construction Company](https://www.chch.live/businesses/office-construction-company#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Counsellors & psychologists](https://www.chch.live/businesses/counsellor#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Department](https://www.chch.live/businesses/healthcare-department#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [E Cigarette](https://www.chch.live/businesses/e-cigarette#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Engineers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/engineer#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Erotic](https://www.chch.live/businesses/erotic#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Escape rooms](https://www.chch.live/businesses/escape-room#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Fabric](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fabric#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Fruit & veg](https://www.chch.live/businesses/greengrocer#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Fudge](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fudge#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Garden centres](https://www.chch.live/businesses/garden-centre#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Glaziery](https://www.chch.live/businesses/craft-glaziery#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Golf courses](https://www.chch.live/businesses/golf-course#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Hardware](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hardware#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Hospital](https://www.chch.live/businesses/healthcare-hospital#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Interior Decoration](https://www.chch.live/businesses/interior-decoration#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Jetski](https://www.chch.live/businesses/jetski#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Jewellers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/jeweller#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Kitchen](https://www.chch.live/businesses/kitchen#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Laboratory](https://www.chch.live/businesses/healthcare-laboratory#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Lighting](https://www.chch.live/businesses/lighting#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Marketplace](https://www.chch.live/businesses/amenity-marketplace#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Military Surplus](https://www.chch.live/businesses/military-surplus#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Motorcycle shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/motorcycle-shop#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Musical Instrument](https://www.chch.live/businesses/musical-instrument#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Optometrists](https://www.chch.live/businesses/optometrist#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Paint](https://www.chch.live/businesses/paint#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Pastry](https://www.chch.live/businesses/pastry#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Pawnbroker](https://www.chch.live/businesses/pawnbroker#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Pet Grooming](https://www.chch.live/businesses/pet-grooming#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Photographic Laboratory](https://www.chch.live/businesses/craft-photographic-laboratory#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Printer Ink](https://www.chch.live/businesses/printer-ink#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Quango](https://www.chch.live/businesses/office-quango#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Real estate](https://www.chch.live/businesses/real-estate#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Religion](https://www.chch.live/businesses/office-religion#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Repair](https://www.chch.live/businesses/repair#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Seafood](https://www.chch.live/businesses/seafood#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Sportswear](https://www.chch.live/businesses/sportswear#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Stationery](https://www.chch.live/businesses/stationery#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Surveyors](https://www.chch.live/businesses/surveyor#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Tea](https://www.chch.live/businesses/tea#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Ticket](https://www.chch.live/businesses/ticket#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Tobacco](https://www.chch.live/businesses/tobacco#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Tool Hire](https://www.chch.live/businesses/tool-hire#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Townhall](https://www.chch.live/businesses/amenity-townhall#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Toy shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/toys#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Vets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/vet#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Video](https://www.chch.live/businesses/video#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Wineries](https://www.chch.live/businesses/winery#in-christchurch-central-city), 1
- [Wool](https://www.chch.live/businesses/wool#in-christchurch-central-city), 1

The ones the record says most about:

- [Athens Yacht Club](https://www.chch.live/business/athens-yacht-club-christchurch-central-city), Restaurants
- [Bolina Indian Sweets and Restaurant](https://www.chch.live/business/bolina-indian-sweets-and-restaurant-christchurch-central-city), Restaurants
- [Cafe Valentino](https://www.chch.live/business/cafe-valentino-christchurch-central-city), Restaurants
- [Casa Publica](https://www.chch.live/business/casa-publica-christchurch-central-city), Restaurants
- [Child Sister](https://www.chch.live/business/child-sister-christchurch-central-city), Cafés
- [Dice & Slice](https://www.chch.live/business/dice-slice-christchurch-central-city), Restaurants
- [Diner 66](https://www.chch.live/business/diner-66-christchurch-central-city), Restaurants
- [Mexicano's](https://www.chch.live/business/mexicano-s-christchurch-central-city), Restaurants
- [Mr Charcoal CHCH](https://www.chch.live/business/mr-charcoal-chch-christchurch-central-city), Restaurants
- [Pot Sticker Dumpling Bar](https://www.chch.live/business/pot-sticker-dumpling-bar-christchurch-central-city), Restaurants

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

## Next door
- [Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/sydenham)
- [Edgeware](https://www.chch.live/edgeware)
- [Waltham](https://www.chch.live/waltham)
- [Phillipstown](https://www.chch.live/phillipstown)
- [Richmond](https://www.chch.live/richmond)
- [Saint Albans](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Christchurch Central City with [Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=christchurch-central-city&b=sydenham) · [Edgeware](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=christchurch-central-city&b=edgeware) · [Waltham](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=christchurch-central-city&b=waltham) · [Phillipstown](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=christchurch-central-city&b=phillipstown) · [Richmond](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=christchurch-central-city&b=richmond) · [Saint Albans](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=christchurch-central-city&b=saint-albans), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Christchurch Central City?**

Christchurch Central City or Christchurch City Centre is the geographical centre and the heart of Christchurch, New Zealand. The public record holds 73,323 council reports for it, the first filed in May 2015.

**How many people live in Christchurch Central City?**

9,180 people at the 2023 Census, 1,434 per square kilometre across 6.4 km².

**How many people does the 2023 Census count for Christchurch Central City?**

About 8,148 people and 3,861 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 Christchurch Central City?**

73,323 reports on record, most often graffiti & vandalism (46,337), roads & footpaths (10,304), rubbish & dumping (4,867). 9,178 of them in the year to 15 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Christchurch Central City had?**

1,743 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 14 people killed, 280 seriously hurt. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=christchurch-central-city)

**What schools are in Christchurch Central City?**

4 schools in the Ministry’s directory, Christ's College, Christchurch East School, St Michael's Church School, and 1 more.

Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?name=Christchurch%20Central%20City · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City