8 Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch Central City
83 reports on record since July 2016 · 61 with photographs. The street’s heaviest record is 14 Riccarton Avenue — 139 reports on file. Indicative rating valuation and school zones, hazards, bin day and what stood here before.
What gets reported here
- Parks — 11
- Hazard — vehicle — 11
- Playground Equipment — 10
- Park - General Request — 8
- Graffiti — 8
- General Request — 7
Photographed here 61 on record
Reported here the newest 80 of 83
Park - General Request — Path in park blocked by fencing from the amusement rides
Playground Equipment — The flying fox is really sticky, needs lubrication?
Public Toilet — Urinal Overflowing
- Hazard — vehicle —
On 15 August 2026, I parked at the Botanic Gardens car park near the Avon River from 2:00–3:05 pm. My vehicle registration is RMJ328. I trie
Playground Equipment — this playground desperately needs an upgrade. the green mat is uneven and slippy. all of it so tired.
Pavement - General — Green sign quite high and easily missed, painted signs on footpath worn out. Kiosk volunteers who have spoken to people with dogs, or on sco
General Request — jist wanting to know if the hagley park playground will be upgraded, the moldy flooring and shade issue will be resolved as its cold during
General Request — This would be a great place for a Locky Dock
Playground Equipment — Swings very squeaky, they need oil
General Request — Seinfeld down
Playground Equipment — The swinger squeaky
Park - General Request — Two broken bollards North Hagley car park
Hazard — vehicle — Car parked in botanical gardens park, blocking designated EV parks
Public Toilet — In the Women's toilet one light is out which makes it feel very dark in the evenings
Litter — Dirty nappies dumped in the gardens
Playground Equipment — Playground has some twisted metal- could cut a child. Generally in need of a big refresh. Quite a few questionable areas for kid safety.
Playground Equipment — The swings needs a bit of oil
Animal - General — Yesterday I got chased by a very aggressive Canadian goose. I am worried it might have turned into quite a nuisance for people trying to enj
Park - General Request — Swing needs a clean
Park - General Request — Recommendation Please can we have more shading over the play area and pools.
Animal - General — Paradise Shelduck with a wing issue. Left wing hanging down. Near The Kiosk at Hagley Park. On the banks of the Avon on the opposite side to
Litter — The recycling bin needs to be emptied out
Playground Equipment — I was at the gardens playground today and noticed one of the guide rail poles was snapped off exposing rust and a sharp edge - it’s the guid
Graffiti on a playground or in a park — Botanical gardens playground toilets make
Pavement - Damaged — pavement is damaged outside of the toilets
Public Toilet — The mens toilets are in disgusting shape. It looks like an abandoned building from the earthquake. Very dirty everywhre
General Request — Hi. I'm a roofer and I noticed that this roof is covered by tree. Which means it's not getting washed by the rain. There is a lot of build u
Overgrown Vegetation — This is one of the rarest plants on the planet, why are we letting it get smothered by this ivy, poor tree needs help as soon as possible
Park - General Request — Hagley Park Footpath Blocked Footpath alongside Botanical Gardens access road blocked in two places by fences from the Electric Avenue fest
Animal - General — Canadian geese poo is all over the grass by the playground right by where families want to have picnics and children are playing. It's disg
Hazard — vehicle — Hi I have received a lot of great feedback about the new parking in the gardens, particularly these new machines with the big screen. The is
Playground Equipment — Very little/no bark around the large rock and other tree climbing equipment. I believe there is a minimum thickness for playground safety, t
Public Toilet — Botanic gardens toilet building post needs repair.
Water Leak — Water leak , flowing quite quickly ,
Dumped Rubbish — Lime scooter thrown in river
Rubbish and Bins - General — 
Accessibility — The footpath is completely blocked by this fence. It should be moved in further to allow people to walk on this path without having to go on
Playground Equipment — This log is in the log climbing section at Botanic Gardens. It is rotting and dangerous for the kids to climb on. Bits are just breaking off
Facility - General Request — Ground needs leveling properly. It's holding 15mm of water
Park - General Request — Ice cream truck set up at Hagley Park, tying up several carparks. Is a business in park permitted?
Overgrown Vegetation — Above the men's toilets near the playground there is a tree that is rubby on the plastic sheeting on the roof. This should be trimmed back b
General Request — Challenging finding bike parking in weekend. Additional racks would help. Thanks
Hazard — vehicle — The car park at the botanical gardens needs to be marked! A lot of bad Parker’s not parking right and making it hard for other cars to fit!
General Request — The toilets at the gardens are very smelly. How often are they cleaned? Alot of people using them next to the playground and pool especially
Rubbish and Bins - General — Dumped Lime Scooter
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Graffiti — Men’s toilets playground botanical gardens
Graffiti — Botanical gardens playground toilets outside power box facing river down from Armagh bridge. Unable to remove completely with graffiti remov
Graffiti — Men’s toilets ch ch botanical gardens playground swimming pool men’s toilets
Parks — Pavers have been lifted
Parks — Needs new handle welding
Roading/Streets — Non ev car parked in ev charging point
Parks — Are we allowed to just park wherever we want now including roads?? regardless of the car parks were all full at the time of parking this is
Parks — logs need replacing
Parks —
many times when we come to town we are unable to park our EV at the botanic gardens due to non EV cars parked there. this happens so frequen
Rubbish/Recycling —
at footbridge to botanic gardens from main carpark
- Parks —
The toilets at the botanical gardens playground are disgusting and smelling
- Rubbish/Recycling —
Toilet close to the Christchurch Model Yatch Club has no soap at all. This is gross and people cannot have a good hygiene without that.
Parks —
dogs in park
Parks —
Gate is broken at children's playground pool. Won't lock. Children can walk in and out
Parks —
Petrol car parked across both electric vehicle car parks in the botanic gardens.
Parks —
Parked under no parking in front of the gate at botanic gardens near (curators house)
3 more on record — the live page pages them.
Also reported on Riccarton Avenue
- 14 Riccarton Avenue — 139 reports
- 2 Riccarton Avenue — 84 reports
- 16 Riccarton Avenue — 77 reports
- 12 Riccarton Avenue — 61 reports
- 71 Riccarton Avenue — 52 reports
- 10 Riccarton Avenue — 40 reports
- 6 Riccarton Avenue — 36 reports
- 63 Riccarton Avenue — 26 reports
The street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names Riccarton Avenue in 62 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006 — 17 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The green nearby
- Botanic Gardens — you are in it · Botanic · 21 ha
- Hagley Park North — 29 m to the edge · Sports ground · 91 ha
- Hagley Park South — 452 m to the edge · Sports ground · 71 ha
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary — the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Lucky Duck — 36 m away · Cafés
- ilex Cafe — 52 m away · Cafés
- the Good Company — 52 m away · Venues & events
- Botanic Gardens Tour — 127 m away · Attractions
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 tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City — 174 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City — 227 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City — 244 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City — 317 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City — 392 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, measured to the line itself — 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
- Botanic Gardens plaque — 11 m away ·
1979
· 2003 - Botanic Gardens plaque — 11 m away · 2009
- Botanic Gardens plaque — 21 m away ·
1979
· 2003
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 was here — Cuningham House and Setting
168 m away · 7 Riccarton Avenue · located to ±20 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
What was here — Hagley Park
on this spot · located to ±1230 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
The civic layer
This ground votes in Central ward — the Papanui-Innes-Central 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
83 council reports on record since July 2016 — most often parks (11), hazard — vehicle (11), playground equipment (10).
Christchurch Central City, Christchurch — on Riccarton Avenue.
The heritage register names 2 places at or beside it — Cuningham House and Setting, Hagley Park.
Botanic Gardens — the address is inside it, 21 ha.