# Fendalton, Christchurch

3,099 council reports since June 2015, the 47th busiest suburb in the city. 2,513 photographs on record.
4,870 people at the 2023 Census, 2,467 to the square kilometre across 2.0 km².

https://www.chch.live/fendalton

## Live source links

Link-outs to the source’s own live pages, chch.live does not copy their live values or source text.

- [Christchurch City Council What’s On](https://www.ccc.govt.nz/news-and-events/whats-on)
- [Christchurch City Libraries events](https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/events/)

## The encyclopaedia on it

Fendalton is a suburb of Christchurch, in the South Island of New Zealand.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fendalton), a tertiary source
Population: Stats NZ 2023 Census Statistical Area 2 counts summed over the suburb’s own areas, as Wikipedia maps them; the area is measured from the suburb boundary.

## Living here

New bonds here ran at about **$618 a week** in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half $498–$815, across 51 bonds, down 6% on a year ago. That’s about **$68 a week above** the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the Fendalton, Deans Bush and Mona Vale areas combined, approximately this suburb.
- 1-bedroom house, $565 a week · 21 new bonds
- 2-bedroom house, $683 a week · 6 new bonds
- 3-bedroom house, $963 a week · 6 new bonds

Median and quartiles of weekly rents on new private bonds (Tenancy Services), new bonds only, not the whole stock.

## 2023 Census snapshot

About 6,273 people and 2,319 occupied private households, grouped from 44 SA1 areas in Deans Bush, Mona Vale, Fendalton. Several statistical areas are combined here, so this is a grouped proxy rather than a count for one suburb boundary.

- Under 15: about 15% (936 people)
- 65 and over: about 22% (1,389 people)
- Born overseas: about 30% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 76% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 6% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 2% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 20% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet: about 92% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles: about 61% of stated households

Ethnicity is a multiple-response measure, so those percentages are not meant to add to 100%. Stats NZ uses fixed random rounding to base 3; unavailable or confidential cells are left out, not treated as zero.

[individuals](https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/120766-2023-census-totals-by-topic-for-individuals-by-statistical-area-1-part-1/) · [households](https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/120765-2023-census-totals-by-topic-for-households-by-statistical-area-1/) · [geography](https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/table/111243/) · [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

## As reported (2,513 on record)
- [186 Fendalton Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9077563)
- [35A Waiwetu St](https://www.chch.live/report/9067508)
- [54 Fendalton Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9064705)
- [Fendalton Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9048617)
- [27 Fendalton Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9048539)
- [105 Harakeke Street, Fendalton](https://www.chch.live/report/9046553)

[2,513 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=fendalton)

## The suburb, back then (60 in the archive)

*Placed by the record’s locality join or the name in its own title, a lead, not a claim each frame stood here.*
- [Exterior of St Barnabas Church](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-46077725), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Exterior of St Barnabas Church](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-46077713), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Gas lamps in St Barnabas Church](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-46077717), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Lectern in St Barnabas Church](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-46077721), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [St Barnabas Church lectern](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-46077723), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [St Barnabas' Church, Fendalton, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-30063090), 1900 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [St Barnabas' Church, Fendalton, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-30063316), 1910 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [St Barnabas' Church, Fendalton, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-30063091), 1920 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [St Barnabas' Church, Fendalton, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-30064025), 1920 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [St Barnabas' Church, Fendalton, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-30063736), 1920 · Kura Heritage Collections Online

[…and 50 more across the archive](https://www.chch.live/then)

## The record on Fendalton
- Fendalton enters the written record in 9 September 1875, [“CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 09 September 1875)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18750909.2.7.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Fendalton” appears somewhere in 1,701 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: roading/streets, 12 June 2015, at 32 Kotare Street.
- Its busiest day was 19 December 2016, 134 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Fendalton Road](https://www.chch.live/street/fendalton/fendalton-road), reported on 355 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Fendalton ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/fendalton), the [Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/fendalton-waimairi-harewood) is its local layer. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).
- On foot: [The bush and the great houses](https://www.chch.live/walks/riccarton-bush) and [The old estates](https://www.chch.live/walks/fendalton-estates), a heritage walks over this ground.

## How fast the council fixes things here (5,172 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Fendalton took **5 days** to resolve, the city-wide median is 3 days, so this ground runs slower than the city as a whole.
The slowest tenth of finished jobs waited 4 months or longer.
134 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 21 October 2019.

Work orders, not resident reports, 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](https://www.chch.live/fixed) · [the whole city’s fix times](https://www.chch.live/trends#fix).

## Alcohol rules on this ground

**Riccarton-Ilam**, a public drinking ban (at all times, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week), covers most of Fendalton.
2 sensitive sites stand here, Christchurch Boys' High School, Tūora Fendalton School, and the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m of them.

The council’s bylaw zones and the Local Alcohol Policy’s buffer list. A ban rules drinking in public places; it says nothing about whether a premises may sell, that is the licence register’s job.

## Lately
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9077563), 12 Oct 2026 · 186 Fendalton Rd, “Water leaking or tap on on property”
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9067508), 10 Oct 2026 · 35A Waiwetu St, “Water leak”
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9064705), 10 Oct 2026 · 54 Fendalton Rd, “No asphalt poses a trip hazard on the footpath”
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9048617), 7 Oct 2026 · Fendalton Rd, “Tagged street light (fence, building or structure)”
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9048539), 7 Oct 2026 · 27 Fendalton Rd, “Tagged street light (fence, building or structure)”
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9046553), 7 Oct 2026 · 105 Harakeke Street, “seat slats broken”
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9039201), 6 Oct 2026 · 35A Waiwetu St, “Water leak in”
- [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/9026829), 4 Oct 2026 · 55 Fendalton Rd, “Car parked since Friday in cycle lane. Dead possum too.”
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/9026730), 4 Oct 2026 · 22 Daresbury Lane, “graffiti besode railway track walkway”
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9026634), 4 Oct 2026 · 59 Glandovey Rd, “Footpath outside my property, 59 Glandovey Road has many cracks in it caused I feel by the tree roots on the cnr with…”
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9026529), 4 Oct 2026 · 68 Glandovey Rd, “I have concerns about a very old looking tall tree opposite my property which is at 59 Glandovey Road. If this tree was…”
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9018604), 2 Oct 2026 · 68 Glandovey Rd, “Very large tree opposite my property which is at 59 Glandovey Road. This tree is outside the property fence of No. 70…”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 40
- 2016, 275
- 2017, 177
- 2018, 114
- 2019, 191
- 2020, 178
- 2021, 318
- 2022, 319
- 2023, 391
- 2024, 369
- 2025, 432

## What gets reported
- Roads & footpaths, 1,003
- Water & drains, 652
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 537
- Trees & parks, 494
- Rubbish & dumping, 255
- Vehicles & parking, 70
- Everything else, 63
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 17

## Exactly what people say
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 647
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 383
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 312
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 155
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 109
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 99
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 95
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 84

## On the heritage register (32)
- [Christchurch Boys' High School Main Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/228), 39 Kahu Road
- [Christchurch Boys' High School War Memorial and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/470), 39B Kahu Road
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/78), 12 Glandovey Road
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/79), 27 Glandovey Road
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/80), 70 Glandovey Road
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/81), 60 Glandovey Road
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/113), 43 Holmwood Road
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/117), 5 Jacksons Road
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/118), 46 Jeffreys Road
- [Dwelling and Setting, Avonhoe](https://www.chch.live/place/149), 4 Medbury Terrace
- [Dwelling and Setting, Brenchley](https://www.chch.live/place/68), 5 St Barnabas Lane
- [Dwelling and Setting, Colwell](https://www.chch.live/place/150), 46 Memorial Avenue
- [Dwelling and Setting, Hatherley](https://www.chch.live/place/82), 19 Gleneagles Terrace
- [Dwelling and Setting, Kooringa](https://www.chch.live/place/39), 88A Clyde Road
- [Dwelling and Setting, Los Angeles](https://www.chch.live/place/66), 110 Fendalton Road
- [Elmwood Park](https://www.chch.live/place/98)
- [Former dwelling and setting, Deans Cottage](https://www.chch.live/place/120)
- [Former Dwelling and Setting, Mona Vale](https://www.chch.live/place/64), 63 Fendalton Road
- [Former dwelling and setting, Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/place/119), 16 Kahu Road
- [Former Pumphouse and Setting, Pump No. 24.](https://www.chch.live/place/298), 5 Matai Street East
- [Former Riccarton Farm Buildings and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/422), 39V Kahu Road
- [Mona Vale Bath House and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/320)
- [Mona Vale Gatehouse and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/65), 65 Fendalton Road
- [Mona Vale Grounds](https://www.chch.live/place/319)
- [Mona Vale Lodge and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/152), 40 Mona Vale Avenue
- [Open Air Classroom (east) and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/417)
- [Open Air Classroom (west) and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/42)
- [Riccarton Bush](https://www.chch.live/place/552)
- [Riccarton Grounds](https://www.chch.live/place/433)
- [St Barnabas Church and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/67)
- [St Barnabas Parish Hall and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/428), 8 Tui Street
- [St John's Methodist Church, Lychgate and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/17), 49 Bryndwr Road

The register’s own page for the area: [Fendalton on the heritage register](https://www.chch.live/history/fendalton)

On foot: [The bush and the great houses](https://www.chch.live/walks/riccarton-bush) · [The old estates](https://www.chch.live/walks/fendalton-estates), heritage walks over this ground.

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Fendalton Road](https://www.chch.live/street/fendalton/fendalton-road), reported on 355 separate days
- [Glandovey Road](https://www.chch.live/street/fendalton/glandovey-road), reported on 140 separate days
- [Jeffreys Road](https://www.chch.live/street/fendalton/jeffreys-road), reported on 137 separate days
- [Kahu Road](https://www.chch.live/street/fendalton/kahu-road), reported on 129 separate days
- [Kotare Street](https://www.chch.live/street/fendalton/kotare-street), reported on 94 separate days
- [Totara Street](https://www.chch.live/street/fendalton/totara-street), reported on 87 separate days
- [Makora Street](https://www.chch.live/street/fendalton/makora-street), reported on 85 separate days
- [Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/street/fendalton/idris-road), reported on 65 separate days

## Schools (2)
- [Medbury Preparatory School](https://www.chch.live/school/4118-medbury-preparatory-school), Full Primary · private, not rated
- [Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3323-wairarapa-cobham-intermediate), Intermediate · decile 8 · EQI 405

Decile and Equity Index describe the community a school draws from, never how well it teaches.

Zoned for [Burnside High School](https://www.chch.live/school/319-burnside-high-school) · [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) · [Christchurch Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/327-christchurch-boys-high-school) · [Christchurch Girls' High School -Te Kura o Hine Waiora](https://www.chch.live/school/328-christchurch-girls-high-school-te-kura-o-hine-waiora) · [Kahikatea Kirkwood Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3396-kahikatea-kirkwood-intermediate) · [Marian College](https://www.chch.live/school/343-marian-college) · and 13 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (6)
- [Riccarton Bush](https://www.chch.live/park/1543-riccarton-bush), 12 ha
- [Fendalton Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1051-fendalton-park), Sports ground · 5 ha · playground, 42 pieces
- [Jeffreys Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1704-jeffreys-reserve), 1 ha · playground, 59 pieces
- [Daresbury Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1012-daresbury-park), playground, 5 pieces
- [Waiwetu Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1335-waiwetu-reserve), playground, 3 pieces
- [Idris Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1562-idris-reserve)

A park lands in the suburb its centre falls inside, a centroid call, not a containment claim.

## Where the suburb worships (2)
- [Saint Barnabas](https://www.chch.live/worship/saint-barnabas), an Anglican church · 8 Tui Street
- [Saint Johns](https://www.chch.live/worship/saint-johns), a church

The whole roll is at [/worship](https://www.chch.live/worship).

## The tracks through here (16)
- [Walk and bike track through Fendalton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-341-fendalton), 3.1 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Fendalton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-327-fendalton), 2.2 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Fendalton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-331-fendalton), 2.0 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Fendalton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-355-riccarton), 1.3 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Fendalton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-326-fendalton), 788 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Fendalton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-377-merivale), 376 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Fendalton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-385-riccarton), 371 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Fendalton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-347-fendalton), 308 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Fendalton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-332-fendalton), 278 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Fendalton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-378-fendalton), 241 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Fendalton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-365-fendalton), 179 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Fendalton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-334-fendalton), 140 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Fendalton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-353-fendalton), 118 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Fendalton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-337-fendalton), 98 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Fendalton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-339-fendalton), 91 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Fendalton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-342-fendalton), 44 m · walk · bike

A track belongs to every suburb its line passes through.

## The ground that moved
The February 2011 survey drew mapped ground failure over 44.6% of this outline, about 88 hectares. A patch is a footprint, not a finding about an address; the count for the whole city is at [liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction).
The 2011 grading filed 35.2% of this outline, about 70 hectares, mostly **TC3**. A category is a verdict for a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the grades are at [technical-categories](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories).
The flood record drew water over 15.0% of this outline, about 30 hectares, across 2 named events. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the record is at [floods](https://www.chch.live/floods).
The plan’s schedule of sites significant to Ngāi Tahu covers **8%** of this outline, about 16 hectares, ngā tūranga tūpuna, ngā wai. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a catalogue. The whole schedule: [cultural](https://www.chch.live/cultural).
The plan’s ecological schedules cover **7%** of this outline, about 13 hectares across **2** scheduled sites, **3%** of it Schedule B, identified on private land but not yet protected. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a survey. The whole ledger: [ecology](https://www.chch.live/ecology).
The plan’s landscape schedules cover **11%** of this outline, about 22 hectares across **3** scheduled areas, **7%** of it outstanding, the plan’s strongest landscape standing. Shares read from a sampled join; a protection overlay, not a ranking of views. The kept view: [landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape).
No high-hazard flood area covers this outline. The broader flood-management watch covers **45%** of it, Avon River. Shares read from a sampled join; a model’s map, not a promise. The waiting water: [flood-hazard](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard).
The plan’s noise overlays cover **all** of this outline, about 197 hectares across **2** mapped overlays, **1%** of it inside the airport’s air-noise contours, where the 55 dB line bites, and inside the airport’s bird-strike buffer. Shares read from a sampled join; a planning line, not a meter’s reading. The quiet lines: [noise](https://www.chch.live/noise).
The plan’s water-margin layers cross this outline, **68** classified reaches, the plan calling **Avon River** and **Fendalton Stream**
           by name, **12%** of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding **20 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 drawn water: [water-margin](https://www.chch.live/water-margin).
The plan’s allowed shape holds this outline, **15%** of it inside the residential overlays, the densest standing **Suburban**. The shape is the plan’s permission, not a survey of what stands. The allowed shape: [density](https://www.chch.live/density).
The rebuild’s cameras filed **753** photographs on this ground, 2011–2016, wastewater work mostly. Each frame is a receipt the dig left behind, a work log, not a survey of what stands now. The whole record: [rebuild](https://www.chch.live/rebuild).
The pedal network threads this ground, **12.7 km** of cycleway crosses the outline, [Northern Line](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/northern-line), [Uni-Cycle](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/uni-cycle). A segment counts under every suburb its path enters; the whole network: [cycleways](https://www.chch.live/cycleways).
The remembered names stand on this ground, **11** inscribed plaques, [Jeffreys Reserve](https://www.chch.live/plaque/39871-jeffreys-reserve), [Waiwetu Reserve](https://www.chch.live/plaque/40005-waiwetu-reserve), [Alister John Macleod Memorial](https://www.chch.live/plaque/72941-alister-john-macleod-memorial) among the grounds. The plaque is the register’s pin, not a surveyed spot; the whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).
The rulebook binds this ground, **17** drawn instruments, 6 of them dog rules, 3 alcohol bans, 1 camping zone, a certified self-contained van can stay the night at Christchurch Urban Restricted Area, 7 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 rulebook: [rules](https://www.chch.live/rules).
**2** parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly chemical manufacture, application and bulk storage. A listing records the work, not a soil test; the register is at [hazards](https://www.chch.live/hazards).
The files record **135** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 5 hectares, mostly mixed fill with rubbish, compacted hardfill, gravel, 6 carry fill the file can’t vouch for. A record is the file’s word on what was laid, not a fresh survey; the layer is at [fill](https://www.chch.live/fill).
**1** parcel inside this outline carries a cleanup on the file. A cleanup on the file is the register’s word, not a clearance; the register is at [remediated](https://www.chch.live/remediated).
The 2019 liquefaction study put **66%** of this outline in the **medium** class, and 10 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 study is at [vulnerability](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability).
The council’s structure register stands **15** assets on this ground, 7 jetties, 5 bridges, 2 viewing platforms, 1 set of steps, sited at Mona Vale, Fendalton Park, Daresbury Park, Jeffreys Reserve. Site names are the register’s own labels; the layer is drawn on [the map](https://www.chch.live/map?layer=structures).
The recreation register keeps **8** records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 2 bowls, 2 rugby, 1 croquet, 1 tennis. Seasons and surfaces are the register’s record, not this week’s draw; the layer is drawn on [the map](https://www.chch.live/map?layer=recreation).
The register counts **1965** living trees inside this outline, **73** veterans among them, 72 carrying a protection, mostly Ash, Japanese maple, Pin Oak. The file remembers **702** trees felled here. A tree record is the register’s word on what stands or stood; the canopy is at [trees](https://www.chch.live/trees).
The plan files **45%** of this outline under **Residential Suburban**, **60%** residential, the rest mostly Transport 19%, Medium density residential zone 14%. A zone is a permission, not a description, the mix is a sampled read of the plan’s polygons; the district’s zoning is at [zones](https://www.chch.live/zones).
The plan reserves about **12 hectares** of this outline, **6%** , under 2 designations, mostly learning. A designation is a claim on the ground, not a build date, the mix is a sampled read; the register is at [designations](https://www.chch.live/designations).
The plan’s exceptions touch **25%** of this outline, 20 qualifying matters, mostly heritage, utilities, section 6. A matter narrows how the density rule applies, it does not forbid; the mix is a sampled read, and the cultural-significance areas are the plan’s own unnamed ones. The register is at [matters](https://www.chch.live/matters).
The plan’s heritage schedule protects **19** places by name in this suburb, **12** graded highly significant, **Christchurch Boys' High School Main Building and Setting**, **Christchurch Boys' High School War Memorial and Setting**, **Dwelling and Setting** among them. A setting is the ground the item stands in, each files under the suburb holding its centroid. The schedule is at [heritage](https://www.chch.live/heritage).

## The names on this ground (5)
- [Hampton Island](https://www.chch.live/beach/hampton-island), island
- [Avon River / Ōtākaro](https://www.chch.live/river/avon-river-otakaro), waterway · 29.2 km
- [Wai-iti Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/wai-iti-stream), waterway · 1.2 km
- [Waimairi Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/waimairi-stream), waterway · 5.1 km
- [Wairarapa Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/wairarapa-stream), waterway · 5.5 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](https://www.chch.live/geography).

## Documents that name it

*These are leads, not verified claims, search ties, not read sources.*
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 09 September 1875)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18750909.2.7.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1875-09-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [REAPER AND BINDER TRIAL AT CHRISTCHURCH. (Timaru Herald, 18 January 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18790118.2.12), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1879-01-18T00:00:00.000Z
- [REAPER AND BINDER TRIAL AT CHRISTCHURCH. (Timaru Herald, 29 January 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18790129.2.31), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1879-01-29T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 13 Advertisements Column 2 (New Zealand Tablet, 10 September 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZT18800910.2.16.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1880-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Taranaki Herald, 16 September 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TH18800916.2.24.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1880-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Taranaki Herald, 24 September 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TH18800924.2.12.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1880-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Wanganui Herald, 05 November 1881)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WH18811105.2.33.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1881-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Wanganui Herald, 07 November 1881)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WH18811107.2.28.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1881-11-07T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 05 September 1882)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18820905.2.2.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1882-09-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 23 September 1882)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18820923.2.2.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1882-09-23T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Fendalton
- [Insects seen — Fendalton, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407734049), iNaturalist · mac_durning, 12 Oct 2026
- [Theridion zantholabio seen — Fendalton, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407734048), iNaturalist · mac_durning, 12 Oct 2026
- [Austrolimnophila argus seen — Fendalton, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407734047), iNaturalist · mac_durning, 12 Oct 2026
- [Pittosporum Shield Bug seen — Fendalton, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407734043), iNaturalist · mac_durning, 12 Oct 2026
- [outhouse fly seen — Fendalton, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407734040), iNaturalist · mac_durning, 12 Oct 2026

[The whole wire](https://www.chch.live/wire)

## The crash record (145 injury crashes)

145 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 2 people killed, 28 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Fendalton Road at Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/fendalton-road-and-idris-road), 12 injury crashes.

- [Every crash it holds](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=fendalton)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crashes)

## The crime record (788 recorded victimisations)

788 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 31 a year per 1,000 residents. Reported is not all, how much never reaches the record depends on the offence.

- [The suburb on the crime map](https://www.chch.live/crime?grain=suburb&area=fendalton)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## The buses through it (28 stops)

28 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by [route 29](https://www.chch.live/buses/29), [route 130](https://www.chch.live/buses/130), [route 100](https://www.chch.live/buses/100).
- Fendalton
- Fendalton Rd near Glandovey Rd
- Fendalton Rd near Holmwood Rd
- Fendalton Rd near Jacksons Rd
- Fendalton Rd near Mona Vale Ave
- Fendalton Rd near Quamby Pl
- Fendalton Rd near Snowdon Rd
- Fendalton Rd near Stratford St
- Fendalton Rd near Tui St
- Fendalton Rd near Wairarapa Tce
- Fendalton Rd near Waiwetu St
- Fendalton Rd near Wood Ln
- Idris Rd near Fendalton Rd
- Idris Rd near Wroxton Tce near Idris Rd
- Idris Rd near Wroxton Tce near Idris Rd
- Kahu Rd near Girvan St

- [Every route in the record](https://www.chch.live/buses)

## Businesses here (19 in the directory)

From OpenStreetMap, the council’s licensed-premises register and its 2024 Find Christchurch directory, each kind opens at this suburb’s shelf.

- [B&Bs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bnb#in-fendalton), 3
- [Cafés](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cafe#in-fendalton), 3
- [Sports centres](https://www.chch.live/businesses/sports-centre#in-fendalton), 3
- [Attractions](https://www.chch.live/businesses/attraction#in-fendalton), 1
- [Dairies & convenience](https://www.chch.live/businesses/dairy#in-fendalton), 1
- [Delis](https://www.chch.live/businesses/deli#in-fendalton), 1
- [Guest houses](https://www.chch.live/businesses/guest-house#in-fendalton), 1
- [Marketplace](https://www.chch.live/businesses/amenity-marketplace#in-fendalton), 1
- [Markets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/market#in-fendalton), 1
- [Massage](https://www.chch.live/businesses/massage#in-fendalton), 1
- [Religion](https://www.chch.live/businesses/office-religion#in-fendalton), 1
- [Restaurants](https://www.chch.live/businesses/restaurant#in-fendalton), 1
- [Venues & events](https://www.chch.live/businesses/venue#in-fendalton), 1

The ones the record says most about:

- [The Quarters](https://www.chch.live/business/the-quarters-fendalton), Restaurants
- [Good Vibes](https://www.chch.live/business/good-vibes-fendalton), Cafés
- [Christchurch Farmers' Market](https://www.chch.live/business/christchurch-farmers-market-fendalton), Marketplace

- [The whole directory](https://www.chch.live/businesses)

## Next door
- [Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/riccarton)
- [Merivale](https://www.chch.live/merivale)
- [Strowan](https://www.chch.live/strowan)
- [Bryndwr](https://www.chch.live/bryndwr)
- [Ilam](https://www.chch.live/ilam)
- [Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Fendalton with [Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=fendalton&b=riccarton) · [Merivale](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=fendalton&b=merivale) · [Strowan](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=fendalton&b=strowan) · [Bryndwr](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=bryndwr&b=fendalton) · [Ilam](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=fendalton&b=ilam) · [Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=fendalton&b=upper-riccarton), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Fendalton?**

Fendalton is a suburb of Christchurch, in the South Island of New Zealand. The public record holds 3,099 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.

**How many people live in Fendalton?**

4,870 people at the 2023 Census, 2,467 per square kilometre across 2.0 km².

**How many people does the 2023 Census count for Fendalton?**

About 6,273 people and 2,319 occupied private households (combined SA2s): grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

**What gets reported in Fendalton?**

3,099 reports on record, most often roads & footpaths (1,003), water & drains (652), graffiti & vandalism (537). 384 of them in the year to 13 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Fendalton had?**

145 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 2 people killed, 28 seriously hurt. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=fendalton)

**What schools are in Fendalton?**

2 schools in the Ministry’s directory, Medbury Preparatory School, Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate.

Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?name=Fendalton · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Fendalton