Suburb vs suburb
Pick two suburbs, the same record answers for both. Reports filed, crashes counted, schools, parks, bus stops and the places the register remembers, in one table with the caveats still attached.
Counts are what the public record holds, a report tally measures the stream, not the suburb’s virtue.
Or try one: the city vs Riccarton · Linwood vs Phillipstown · Akaroa vs Lyttelton
| Little River | Wainui | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 1,280 2023 | — |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | 1,287 indicative | 813 indicative |
| Census households | 516 | 348 |
| Under 15 (Census) | — | 10% |
| 65+ (Census) | — | 38% |
| Area | 194.9 km² | 93.39 km² |
| People per km² | 7 | — |
| Reports filed | 643 | 388 |
| Rank on the roll | 83rd of 108 | 92nd of 108 |
| Reports per km² | 3 | 4 |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2015 |
| Busiest day | 2023-07-23 8 reports | 2026-02-17 8 reports |
| Crashes on record | 92 5 fatal · 35 serious | 24 0 fatal · 13 serious |
| Epicentres inside the outline | 4 biggest M4.0 | 2 biggest M4.2 |
| Of the outline, red-zoned | — | — |
| The 2011 grade | — | — |
| Flooded on record | 17.7% 2 events | 20.9% 1 event |
| The sea’s reach | — | — |
| Slope-hazard bands | 0% of the outline +81% broad overlay | 0% of the outline +68% broad overlay |
| The remembered ground | 13% of the outline +5% silent-file | 53% of the outline +31% silent-file |
| The wild ledger | 10% of the outline +4% identified only | 1% of the outline +1% identified only |
| The kept view | 89% of the outline +16% outstanding · 3 ridgelines | 68% of the outline +21% outstanding · 2 ridgelines |
| The waiting water | 0% high-hazard · 2% managed | — |
| The quiet lines | – | – |
| The drawn water | 419 reaches (Opuahou Stream, Okuti River) · 9% setback strips | 185 reaches · 2% setback strips |
| The allowed shape | 0% under density overlays | 0% under density overlays |
| The rebuild’s receipts | 11 frames filed · 2011–2012 | 2 frames filed |
| The pedal network | – | – |
| The remembered names | 16 plaques · Heritage Park Little River, Little River Cemetery | 1 plaque · Wainui Wharf Anchor |
| The rules on the ground | 15 drawn rules · Rapaki Runanga | 12 drawn rules · Te Runanga o Onuku |
| On the hazard register | 2 parcels none current | 4 parcels 2 current |
| Made ground on file | 4 parcels 1 unvouched | 2 parcels all vouched or natural |
| Surveyed rocks | 3 rocks 1 fell | – |
| Cleanups on file | – | – |
| The model’s verdict | – | – |
| Engineered defences | – | – |
| The canopy | 485 trees 115 veterans · 140 remembered felled | 47 trees 5 veterans · 13 remembered felled |
| The plan’s word | Rural Banks Peninsula 76% of the outline | Rural Banks Peninsula 65% of the outline |
| The plan’s reservations | – | – |
| The plan’s exceptions | – | – |
| The listed city | 5 scheduled items none top-graded | 1 scheduled item 1 highly significant |
| The usual complaints | Roading/Streets 66 · Damaged Road 64 · Water Leak 39 | Water Leak 46 · Damaged Road 45 · Roading/Streets 24 |
| Schools | 1 | 0 |
| Parks | 13 | 6 |
| Facilities | 6 | 1 |
| Tracks | 0 | 0 |
| Bus stops | — | — |
| Bus routes through | — | — |
| Heritage places | 0 | 0 |
Same record, same caveats, the stream counts reports, not virtue. Little River's page · Wainui's page
Questions, answered briefly
Little River covers 194.9 km², Wainui 93.39 km²; the record holds 643 reports for Little River and 388 for Wainui.
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.
Questions, answered briefly
Two suburbs' public records side by side: reports filed, crashes counted, schools, parks, bus stops, heritage places, population and density. Every number is the same dataset the suburb pages use.
Not necessarily. The record counts what people chose to report, population, awareness and reporting habits all move the number. Read it as the suburb’s report stream, not a complaint league table.
The same public sources as everywhere else on the site: council reports via Snap Send Solve, NZTA’s Crash Analysis System, the council’s parks and facilities layers, Metro’s stop data, the Heritage New Zealand register, and census figures via Wikipedia’s suburb summaries.