6 Waiau Street
7 council reports since July 2022, 7 carrying a photograph. The most-reported address on Waiau Street.
From the air, then
Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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
- Cashmere Stream Esplanade Reserve, 73 m to the edge · 5 ha
- Worsleys Reserve, 120 m to the edge
- Waipara Playground, 197 m to the edge · playground, 24 pieces
- Holmcroft Reserve, 214 m to the edge · Botanic
- Shalamar Reserve, 262 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
- Cracroft Dairy, 189 m away · Dairies & convenience
- 50 Shades of Fabulous Hair Salon, 197 m away · Hairdressers
- Cracroft Fresh Fried, 212 m away · Fast food
- Silverbacks Cafe, 216 m away · Cafés
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Cashmere Rd near Mavin Rd, 182 m away · route 44
- Cashmere Rd near Mavin Rd, 193 m away · route 44
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Cracroft, 107 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Cracroft, 164 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Cracroft, 469 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; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.
The remembered names nearby
- Holmcroft Reserve plaque, 233 m away ·
(illegible – plaque too distant)
· 2013 - In Memory of Graham Strange Chairperson 2002 - 2004, 235 m away ·
IN MEMORY OF GRAHAM STRANGE CHAIRPERSON 2002 - 2004
· 2008
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 Cracroft ran about $713 a week, $163 above the city median of $550, the suburb page keeps the rent record →.
What gets reported here
Photographed here 7 on record
What’s on record
Street Gutters / Storm Water, 4 Mar 2025 Stormwater pipe completely broken under footpath at 6 Waiau Street. Has been dug up and break located, but repair still required. In the mea
Water Leak, 3 Mar 2025 Water flowing from underground , up through crack in asphalt, up onto footpath, and flowing uo/ down street. Significant flow/ wastage. W
Water Leak, 3 Mar 2025 Cracked water lateral bubbling up into road berm and footpath
Water Leak, 3 Mar 2025 Water leak under path. Water is bubbling through path surface and running down across path and berm into channel and also further down path.
Street Gutters / Storm Water, 31 Dec 2024 Yet another rainfall event where stormwater does not drain off Waiau Street. This happens regularly. Access to 4 and 6 Waiau St is effected.
Street Gutters / Storm Water, 26 Jul 2022 Blocked drain on bend of road. Getting worse. Thanks.
Street Gutters / Storm Water, 21 Jul 2022 The driveway access for both 4 and 6 Waiau Street is regularly effected by water flooding, as kerb and channel has dropped in level. The bui
Elsewhere on Waiau Street
- 51 Waiau Street, 3 reports
- 49 Waiau Street, 3 reports
- 47 Waiau Street, 3 reports
- 26 Waiau Street, 3 reports
- 43 Waiau Street, 2 reports
- 40 Waiau Street, 2 reports
- 24 Waiau Street, 2 reports
- 18 Waiau Street, 2 reports
The civic layer
This ground votes in Cashmere ward, the Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote 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.
Waiau Street, the whole record → · Everything about Cracroft → · 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
7 council reports on record since July 2022, most often street gutters / storm water (4), water leak (3).
Cracroft, Christchurch, on Waiau Street.
Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, the record around this ground →
Cashmere Stream Esplanade Reserve, 73 m to its edge, 5 ha.






