Dallington, Christchurch

Living here rent · the ground · the day-to-day

The ground: 98% of the outline went into the residential red zone; the February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over 61% of it, the rest of the watch is drawn further down.

Day to day it holds 3 parks, 2 tracks and 3 bus stops, each is counted further down.

Lately the record’s mostly rubbish & dumping, 480 reports in the year to 12 October 2026, the newest 9 October 2026.

One for the quiz, Its busiest day on record was 5 August 2022, 31 reports in a single day.

2023 Census snapshot SA1 areas grouped here

About the suburb

Dallington is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, on the north-east side of the city.

As reported 2,725 on record

2,725 photographs
on the wall →

The suburb, back then 6 in the archive

6 photographs
from back when →

Placed by the record’s locality join or the name in its own title, a lead, not a claim each frame stood here.

The shape of it outline © OpenStreetMap · recent reports, pinned

Lately the newest reports

9 Oct 2026 Trees - General46A Coopers Road

dead branches in oak tree

8 Oct 2026 Hazard, vehicle158 Gayhurst Road

Can someone look into this camper van parking on the road, whether it's a hazard.

8 Oct 2026 Hazard, vehicle25 Bideford Place

Parking too close to driveways

7 Oct 2026 General Request81 Locksley Avenue

white baiting in blocked off area and nets on both sides of river, unattending 1 of them

6 Oct 2026 Rubbish and Bins - General3 Strathfield Ave

My green bin lid is broken

6 Oct 2026 Park - General Request105 Mcbratneys Road

Parks lock to vehicle access gate cut. Needs new padlock. Currently un locked

6 Oct 2026 Water Leak28 Mcbratneys Road

leaking water main

5 Oct 2026 General Request47A Gayhurst Rd

Graffiti on the pole

5 Oct 2026 Park - General Request32 Ferner Street

Cable is down and a post has been cut off.

5 Oct 2026 Park - General Request32 Ferner St

Barrier rope removed by sawing off retaining post. Illegal vehicle access available.

4 Oct 2026 Dumped Rubbish89 Gayhurst Road

rubbish dumped

2 Oct 2026 Litter113A McBratneys Rd

Piles of rubbish under a tree/bush. There is a tent nearby. It’s across the road from the newly planted area

How fast the council fixes things here 3,754 finished jobs on record

The median council work order pinned in Dallington took 3 days to resolve, about the city-wide median (3 days). The slowest tenth waited 9 weeks or longer. 61 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 1 October 2019.

Work orders, not the resident reports above, the council’s MyCouncilTicket stream, and one job can appear in both. A median counts only finished jobs; open ones are named as open, never averaged in. The ticket roll · the whole city’s fix times.

Schools here

Zoned for Christchurch Adventist School · Hillview Christian School · Mairehau High School · Marian College · Middleton Grange School · Pareawa Banks Avenue School · and 5 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

The green here 3

• Avon Riverbank True Left6 ha
• Halberg Reserveplayground, 18 pieces
• Moyna Playgroundplayground, 9 pieces

Parks and reserves in the council’s open data, a park lands in the suburb its centre falls inside. The whole roll is at /parks.

The tracks through here 2

• Walk and bike track through Dallington4.8 km · Christchurch · walk · bike
• Walk and bike track through Dallington3.9 km · Christchurch · walk · bike

Tracks in the council’s open data, a line belongs to every suburb it passes through. The whole network is at /tracks.

The names on this ground 2

The February 2011 survey drew mapped ground failure over 61.4% of this outline, about 82 hectares. A patch is a footprint, not a finding about an address; the count for the whole city is at /liquefaction.

The Crown’s 2011 classification drew 97.7% of this outline, about 130 hectares inside the residential red zone. A mapped area files under the suburb its middle sits in, and a classification is the record of a decision, not a finding about an address; the whole line is drawn at /redzone.

The 2011 grading filed 47.3% of this outline, about 63 hectares, mostly TC2, with TC3 29 ha · TC2 34 ha. A graded area files under the suburb its middle sits in, and a category is a verdict for a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the grades are drawn at /technical-categories.

The flood record drew water over 27.0% of this outline, about 36 hectares, across 2 named events. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the whole record is drawn at /floods.

The files record 83 parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 6 hectares, mostly silt, engineered fill, sand, 2 carry fill the file can’t vouch for. A record is the file’s word on what was laid, not a fresh survey; the whole layer is drawn at /fill.

The 2019 liquefaction study put 74% of this outline in the high class, and 6 assessed areas here carry the free-face flag for possible lateral spreading. A class is the model’s verdict on a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the whole study is drawn at /vulnerability.

The council’s structure register stands 8 assets on this ground, 2 ramps, 2 shelters, 2 boardwalks, 2 sets of steps, sited at Avon Corridor 5 Rrz Land, Avon Riverbank True Left. The register’s site names are its own labels for the ground an asset stands in; the layer is drawn at the map.

The recreation register keeps 1 record inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 1 bowls. Seasons and surfaces are the register’s record, not this week’s draw; the layer is drawn at the map.

The register counts 754 living trees inside this outline, 42 veterans among them, 14 carrying a protection, mostly Manna Ash, Silver Birch, Kowhai. The file remembers 323 trees felled here. A tree record is the register’s word on what stands or stood; the whole canopy is drawn at /trees.

The plan files 54% of this outline under Specific Purpose (Otakaro Avon River Corridor), 32% residential, the rest mostly Residential Suburban 25%, Transport 11%. A zone is a permission, not a description, the mix is read from a sampled join of the plan’s polygons; the whole district is drawn at /zones.

The plan reserves about 2 hectares of this outline, 2%, under 1 designation, mostly learning. A designation is a claim on the ground, not a build date, the mix is read from a sampled join; the whole register is drawn at /designations.

The plan’s schedule of sites significant to Ngāi Tahu covers 2% of this outline, ngā wai. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a catalogue. The whole schedule is drawn at /cultural.

The plan’s ecological schedules cover 3% of this outline across 1 scheduled site, all protected under Schedule A. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a survey. The whole ledger is drawn at /ecology.

The plan’s landscape schedules cover 2% of this outline across 1 scheduled area. Shares read from a sampled join; a protection overlay, not a ranking of views. The kept view is drawn at /landscape.

The plan’s flood map draws 7% of this outline inside high flood hazard ground, about 9 hectares across 6 mapped areas. The broader flood-management watch covers 85% of it, Avon River. Shares read from a sampled join; a model’s map, not a promise. The waiting water is drawn at /flood-hazard.

The plan’s water-margin layers cross this outline, 7 classified reaches, the plan calling Avon River and Moyna Ave Drain by name, 13% of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding 30 m off the bank, and an esplanade line holds a public edge here. The margin is the plan’s drawing, not a survey of the bank; the reaches, strips and held edges are mapped at /water-margin.

The plan’s allowed shape holds this outline, 7% of it inside the residential overlays, the densest standing Suburban Density Transition. The shape is the plan’s permission, not a survey of what stands; the allowed shape is drawn at /density.

The rebuild’s cameras filed 1,666 photographs on this ground, 2001–2017, stormwater work mostly. Each frame is a receipt the dig left behind, a work log, not a survey of what stands now; the whole record is drawn at /rebuild.

The pedal network threads this ground, 6.0 km of cycleway crosses the outline, 0.6 km of it separated from the traffic, City to Sea Pathway. A segment counts under every suburb its path enters; the whole network is drawn at /cycleways.

The remembered names stand on this ground, 2 inscribed plaques, Avon Corridor 5 Rrz Land among the grounds. The plaque is the register’s pin, not a surveyed spot; the whole roll is kept at /plaques.

The rulebook binds this ground, 3 drawn instruments, 1 of them dog rules, 2 bottle-store buffers; the outline sits inside the takiwā of Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga. The bylaw is the instrument, this the map of it, the whole rulebook is drawn at /rules.

GeoNet’s catalogue puts 2 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M3.3 in 2011. An epicentre is where the instruments placed the break, not a measure of the shaking here; the whole catalogue is counted at /sequence, the live record is /quakes, and the story in plain language is the earthquakes explainer.

• Avon River / Ōtākarowaterway · 29.2 km
• Dudley Creekwaterway · 9.4 km

The named waterways, bays, headlands, monuments, summits and old sites OpenStreetMap puts inside this outline, a pin is the mapper’s own; a waterway belongs to every suburb it crosses. Every roll, counted: /geography.

The crash record 30 injury crashes

30 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside Dallington's outline, 1 person killed, 7 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: Gayhurst Road at Claydon Place, 4 injury crashes.

the suburb’s crashes on the map →

The crime record 350 recorded victimisations

350 victimisations on the Police record inside Dallington’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 36 a year per 1,000 residents. Up 1% on the year before. Reported is not all, how much never reaches the record depends on the offence.

the suburb on the crime map →

The buses through it 3 stops

3 Metro stops inside Dallington's outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by route 44.

• Dallington
• Gayhurst Rd near Coopers Rd
• Gayhurst Rd near Strathfield Ave

Every route in the record →

Businesses here 5 in the directory

5 premises in Dallington across 5 kinds, from OpenStreetMap, the council’s licensed-premises register and its 2024 Find Christchurch directory. Each kind below opens at this suburb’s shelf.

• Dairies & convenience1
• Doctors & clinics1
• Fast food1
• Hairdressers1
• Op shops1

The whole directory →

Documents 40

What the archive’s sources say about Dallington, titled for it, turned up by a search for one of its places, or carrying its name in the text. These are leads and citations: the originals live at the provider, linked from each row.

The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →

The wire on Dallington 5 lately

The whole wire →

Next door

Compare Dallington with Avonside · Wainoni · Richmond · Shirley · Avondale · Linwood, same record, side by side.

Questions, answered briefly