# Christchurch Airport vs Harewood, the record side by side

| | [Christchurch Airport](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport) | [Harewood](https://www.chch.live/harewood) |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 140 (2023) | **1,390 (2023)** |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | 156 (indicative) | **1,329 (indicative)** |
| Census households | 69 | **501** |
| Under 15 (Census) | 2% | **14%** |
| 65+ (Census) | **33%** | 25% |
| Area | 4.86 km² | **11.51 km²** |
| People per km² | 29 | **121** |
| Reports filed | 211 | **2,069** |
| Rank on the roll | 96th of 108 | **62nd of 108** |
| Reports per km² | 43 | **180** |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2015 |
| Busiest day | 2022-08-06 (3 reports) | **2026-01-29 (9 reports)** |
| Crashes on record | 47 (1 fatal · 10 serious) | **194 (7 fatal · 38 serious)** |
| Epicentres inside the outline | — | 1 (biggest M3.2) |
| Of the outline, red-zoned | — | — |
| The 2011 grade | — | TC2 (2.3% of the outline) |
| Flooded on record | — | — |
| The sea’s reach | — | — |
| Slope-hazard bands | — | — |
| The remembered ground | — | — |
| The wild ledger | — | 3% of the outline |
| The kept view | — | 2% of the outline |
| The waiting water | — | 4% high-hazard (2% managed) |
| The quiet lines | all of the outline (100% under the airport’s contours), bird-strike buffer | all of the outline (95% under the airport’s contours), bird-strike buffer |
| The drawn water | — | 62 reaches (Otukaikino Creek, Styx River), 4% setback strips, held edge |
| The allowed shape | — | — |
| The rebuild’s receipts | 69 frames filed (2011–2013) | **231 frames filed (2011–2013)** |
| The pedal network | 0.0 km inside the outline, Wheels to Wings | **0.0 km inside the outline, Wheels to Wings** |
| The remembered names | — | 1 plaque, Roto Kohatu |
| The rules on the ground | 1 drawn rule, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga | **6 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga** |
| On the hazard register | 5 parcels (1 current) | **11 parcels (4 current)** |
| Made ground on file | 3 parcels (all vouched or natural) | 135 parcels (7 unvouched) |
| Surveyed rocks | — | — |
| Cleanups on file | 1 parcel (none verified) | 3 parcels (2 verified) |
| The model’s verdict | low (87% of the outline) | possible (60% of the outline) |
| Engineered defences | — | — |
| The canopy | 7 trees (no veterans, 8 remembered felled) | **1,964 trees (20 veterans, 609 remembered felled)** |
| The plan’s word | Specific Purpose (Airport) (99% of the outline) | Rural Waimakariri (26% of the outline, 7% residential) |
| The plan’s reservations | **100% of the outline (1 designation, movement)** | 9% of the outline (3 designations, movement) |
| The plan’s exceptions | — | — |
| The listed city | — | 4 scheduled items (1 highly significant) |
| The usual complaints | Roading/Streets (49), HAZ_TR_VEHICLE (27), Pothole (16) | Dumped Rubbish (297), Roading/Streets (280), Parks (211) |
| Schools | 0 | **1** |
| Parks | 0 | **14** |
| Facilities | 0 | 0 |
| Tracks | 1 | **6** |
| Bus stops | 5 | **12** |
| Bus routes through | **4** | 3 |
| Heritage places | 0 | **5** |

Same record, same caveats, the stream counts reports, not virtue.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is the difference between Christchurch Airport and Harewood?**

Christchurch Airport counts 140 people (2023) to Harewood's 1,390; Christchurch Airport covers 4.86 km², Harewood 11.51 km²; the record holds 211 reports for Christchurch Airport and 2,069 for Harewood.

**Which has more heritage places, Christchurch Airport or Harewood?**

Harewood, 5 on the heritage register to the other’s 0.

**Where do these numbers come from?**

The same public record for both, council reports, the crash register, the heritage schedule, Stats NZ’s counts. The stream counts reports, not virtue; the caveats are each suburb’s own.

HTML: https://www.chch.live/compare?a=christchurch-airport&b=harewood
Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=christchurch-airport · https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=harewood