4A Nova Place
4 council reports since July 2022, 3 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 4 Nova Place, 5 reports on file.
On the register here
- The Bricks Site, Cairn and Setting, 311 Oxford Terrace (88m)
- Commercial Building and Setting, 228 Kilmore Street (89m)
- Dwelling and Setting, 250 Kilmore Street (134m)
From the air, then
Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Each frame is cut from Environment Canterbury’s historic imagery MapServer for that decade, only where the Footprints layer names a CC BY survey (NZAM-covered spots stay out). RetroLens holds more Crown aerials →
The green nearby
- Avon Riverbank Central City, 78 m to the edge · 6 ha
- Cambridge Green, 101 m to the edge
- Barbadoes Cemetery, 183 m to the edge · Botanic · 3 ha
- Walnut Tree Park, 201 m to the edge · playground, 25 pieces
- Chester Street East Reserve, 221 m to the edge
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
On the doorstep
- Boteco Cafe & Restaurant, 50 m away · Restaurants
- Boteco, 57 m away · Cafés
- Indah, 57 m away · Hairdressers
- Jatt Cuts, 57 m away · Hairdressers
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Fitzgerald Ave near River Rd, 382 m away · route 7
- Fitzgerald Ave near Avonside Dr, 419 m away · route 7
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 70 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 71 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 109 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 130 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 178 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
The named ground
Named water within 500 m of this address, measured to the line or the edge; 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
- This Cairn / Marks the Site / of the / Brick Wharf, 86 m away ·
THIS CAIRN / MARKS THE SITE / OF THE / BRICK WHARF / WHERE THE / EARLY SETTLER / LANDED 18
- Plaque no. 310899, 135 m away
- Plaque no. 310900, 135 m away
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 Christchurch Central City ran about $508 a week, $42 below the city median of $550, the suburb page keeps the rent record →.
What gets reported here
- Abandoned Vehicle, 2
- Water Leak, 1
- Graffiti, 1
Photographed here 3 on record
What’s on record
Water Leak, 15 Feb 2026 water leaking onto path
- Abandoned Vehicle, 10 Sept 2023
Abandoned Vehicle, 1 Sept 2022 Piece of a car left outside 4 nova place. I have reported this to the police as it is part of a stolen car. No one is picking it up. Can you
Graffiti, 15 Jul 2022 Also some on lamp post up road
Elsewhere on Nova Place
- 4 Nova Place, 5 reports
- 15 Nova Place, 3 reports
- 21 Nova Place, 2 reports
- 17 Nova Place, 2 reports
- 4–18 Nova Place, 1 report
- 14 Nova Place, 1 report
- 10 Nova Place, 1 report
- 1/14 Nova Place, 1 report
The street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names Nova Place in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The civic layer
This ground votes in Central ward, the Papanui-Innes-Central community board is its local layer. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre. The whole roll is at /wards.
Nova Place, the whole record → · Everything about Christchurch Central City → · What stood on this ground → · On the map → · From the air, RetroLens holds the Crown’s aerials back to 1936; search the address there →
Questions, answered briefly
4 council reports on record since July 2022, most often abandoned vehicle (2), water leak (1), graffiti (1).
Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on Nova Place.
The heritage register names 3 places at or beside it, The Bricks Site, Cairn and Setting, Commercial Building and Setting.
Avon Riverbank Central City, 78 m to its edge, 6 ha.


