# Halswell, Christchurch

11,515 council reports since May 2015, the 9th busiest suburb in the city. 8,874 photographs on record.
13,620 people at the 2023 Census, 597 to the square kilometre across 23 km².

https://www.chch.live/halswell

## 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

Originally a separate village, Halswell is now a residential suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) southwest of Cathedral Square on State Highway 75.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halswell), 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 **$697 a week** in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half $658–$720, across 54 bonds, up 4% on a year ago. That’s about **$147 a week above** the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the Halswell West, Halswell North and Halswell South areas combined, approximately this suburb.
- 1-bedroom house, $697 a week · 27 new bonds
- 4-bedroom house, $730 a week · 12 new bonds
- 3-bedroom house, $680 a week · 9 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 10,443 people and 3,732 occupied private households, grouped from 67 SA1 areas in Halswell South, Halswell South East, Hoon Hay West, Halswell North, Halswell West, Halswell South West. Several statistical areas are combined here, so this is a grouped proxy rather than a count for one suburb boundary.

- Under 15: about 20% (2,124 people)
- 65 and over: about 13% (1,389 people)
- Born overseas: about 32% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 71% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 6% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 2% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 25% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet: about 94% 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 (8,874 on record)
- [William Brittan Ave](https://www.chch.live/report/9073817)
- [848 Cashmere Road, Halswell](https://www.chch.live/report/9073463)
- [32 James Hight Dr](https://www.chch.live/report/9072025)
- [21 Cork Street, Halswell](https://www.chch.live/report/9071742)
- [13 Westlake Dr](https://www.chch.live/report/9071522)
- [31 Sutherlands Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9070382)

[8,874 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=halswell)

## The suburb, back then (20 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.*
- [Guns Of The 'E' Battery Field Artillery In Action During The Manœuvres At Halswell, Christchurch, February 23, 1910](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-37927421), 1910 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [Halswell Memorial Gates being built by W. Winsor, builder, of Spreydon, 1923](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-46087254), 1920 · Canterbury Stories
- [Halswell Memorial Gates under construction by W. Winsor, builder, of Spreydon, 1923](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-46087259), 1920 · Canterbury Stories
- [Aerial photomosaic of Halswell Road](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-53791390), 1926 · Canterbury Stories
- [Aerial photomosaic of Halswell and Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-53791432), 1926 · Canterbury Stories
- [Harriers - Halswell - Christchurch (PB1911/1)](https://www.chch.live/then/1930s#p-31859238), 1934 · V.C. Browne & Son NZ Aerial Photograph Collection
- [Harriers - Halswell - Christchurch (PB1911/13)](https://www.chch.live/then/1930s#p-31859250), 1934 · V.C. Browne & Son NZ Aerial Photograph Collection
- [Harriers - Halswell - Christchurch (PB1911/2)](https://www.chch.live/then/1930s#p-31859239), 1934 · V.C. Browne & Son NZ Aerial Photograph Collection
- [Harriers - Halswell - Christchurch (PB1911/3)](https://www.chch.live/then/1930s#p-31859240), 1934 · V.C. Browne & Son NZ Aerial Photograph Collection
- [Harriers - Halswell - Christchurch (PB1911/4)](https://www.chch.live/then/1930s#p-31859241), 1934 · V.C. Browne & Son NZ Aerial Photograph Collection

[…and 10 more across the archive](https://www.chch.live/then)

## The record on Halswell
- Halswell enters the written record in 19 April 1851, [“RURAL SECTIONS CHOSEN. (Lyttelton Times, 19 April 1851)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18510419.2.13), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Halswell” appears somewhere in 1,305 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: parks, 26 May 2015, at 375 Wigram Rd.
- Its busiest day was 29 March 2024, 30 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Halswell Road](https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/halswell-road), reported on 584 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Halswell ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/halswell), the [Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/halswell-hornby-riccarton) is its local layer. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).
- On foot: [The quarry and the church](https://www.chch.live/walks/halswell-quarry-and-church), a heritage walk over this ground.

## How fast the council fixes things here (18,488 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Halswell 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 3 months or longer.
536 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 16 September 2018.

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

5 sensitive sites stand here, Knights Stream School- Mingimingi Hautoa, Oaklands Te Kura o Ōwaka, Seven Oaks School, Seven Oaks Secondary School, Te Kura o te Tauawa Halswell 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
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/9073817), 11 Oct 2026 · William Brittan Ave, “Walking bar has been ripped out of the crossing . Also the give way sign has snapped off from the ground and is lying…”
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9073463), 11 Oct 2026 · 848 Cashmere Road, “We recently moved into this neighborhood with our family. last weekend we came close to being struck by a vechicle on…”
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/9072025), 11 Oct 2026 · 32 James Hight Dr, “Traffic signs (blue arrows) on the middle strip have been smashed out by trucks using the detour. James Hight Drive…”
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/9071742), 11 Oct 2026 · 21 Cork Street, “I was doing my front garden and uncovered the join just to the house side of the water main box. it has been joined…”
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/9071522), 11 Oct 2026 · 13 Westlake Dr, “Tree branch snapped and hanging off tree.”
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9070382), 11 Oct 2026 · 31 Sutherlands Rd, “Contractors involved in development at 33 Sutherlands road have remediated berm poorly after water connection. This…”
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9070180), 11 Oct 2026 · 127 Quaifes Rd, “House bus parked up in reserve was previously parked on Quaifes road but has been moved onto the reserve”
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9070156), 11 Oct 2026 · 1 William Brittan Avenue, “hump in footpath presumably a result of tree root. trip hazard”
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9069652), 11 Oct 2026 · 17 Hindess St, “This hedge needs to be trimmed, it is always hanging over the side walk”
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/9069572), 11 Oct 2026 · 270 Sparks Road, “shattered glass in sparks road wetlands carpark. looks like car glass possibly”
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/9069492), 11 Oct 2026 · 25 Downies Rd, “Pot hole needs filling”
- [Animal - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9069217), 11 Oct 2026 · 70R Murphys Road, “There is a man living in a bus in the Murphys road water run off. He has been parking around quafes road by reserve for…”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 95
- 2016, 254
- 2017, 312
- 2018, 458
- 2019, 694
- 2020, 618
- 2021, 967
- 2022, 1,280
- 2023, 1,860
- 2024, 1,754
- 2025, 1,904

## What gets reported
- Trees & parks, 2,889
- Roads & footpaths, 2,746
- Water & drains, 1,943
- Rubbish & dumping, 1,677
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1,446
- Vehicles & parking, 406
- Everything else, 293
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 94

## Exactly what people say
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1,112
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1,069
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 1,059
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 895
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 864
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 694
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 476
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 426

## On the heritage register (8)
- [Former Dwelling and setting, Halswell Quarry Manager's Residence, Garden and Garage](https://www.chch.live/place/121)
- [Former Halswell Quarry](https://www.chch.live/place/321)
- [Former Halswell Quarry Singlemen’s Quarters and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/434)
- [Halswell War Memorial and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/445)
- [Remaining Former Halswell Quarry Crusher Buildings, Foundations, Retaining Walls and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/435)
- [St Mary's Church and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/93)
- [St Mary's Church Graveyard](https://www.chch.live/place/449)
- [St Mary's Church Lychgate and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/448)

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

On foot: [The quarry and the church](https://www.chch.live/walks/halswell-quarry-and-church), heritage walk over this ground.

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Halswell Road](https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/halswell-road), reported on 584 separate days
- [William Brittan Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/william-brittan-avenue), reported on 342 separate days
- [Westlake Drive](https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/westlake-drive), reported on 234 separate days
- [Halswell Junction Road](https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/halswell-junction-road), reported on 195 separate days
- [Milns Road](https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/milns-road), reported on 154 separate days
- [Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/sparks-road), reported on 146 separate days
- [Kennedys Bush Road](https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/kennedys-bush-road), reported on 143 separate days
- [Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/cashmere-road), reported on 141 separate days

## Schools (5)
- [Knights Stream School- Mingimingi Hautoa](https://www.chch.live/school/579-knights-stream-school-mingimingi-hautoa), Full Primary · EQI 385
- [Oaklands Te Kura o Ōwaka](https://www.chch.live/school/3450-oaklands-te-kura-o-owaka), Full Primary · decile 9 · EQI 410
- [Te Kura o te Tauawa Halswell School](https://www.chch.live/school/3366-te-kura-o-te-tauawa-halswell-school), Full Primary · decile 10 · EQI 385
- [Te Mātaitihi (Proposed opening date: 2027-01-01)](https://www.chch.live/school/554-te-mataitihi-proposed-opening-date-2027-01-01), Full Primary · not rated
- [Te Whānau o Ōtūmatua](https://www.chch.live/school/522-te-whanau-o-otumatua), Specialist School · decile 2 · EQI 540

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

Zoned for [Aidanfield Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/82-aidanfield-christian-school) · [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) · [Middleton Grange School](https://www.chch.live/school/335-middleton-grange-school) · [Our Lady of the Assumption School (Chch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3461-our-lady-of-the-assumption-school-chch) · [St Thomas of Canterbury College](https://www.chch.live/school/331-st-thomas-of-canterbury-college) · [Villa Maria College](https://www.chch.live/school/326-villa-maria-college) · and 3 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (40)
- [Halswell Domain](https://www.chch.live/park/1367-halswell-domain), Sports ground · 26 ha · playground, 61 pieces
- [Carrs Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1215-carrs-reserve), Sports ground · 13 ha
- [Westlake Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1174-westlake-reserve), Sports ground · 11 ha · playground, 48 pieces
- [Quaifes Road Springlands](https://www.chch.live/park/1077-quaifes-rd-springlands), 10 ha
- [Aidanfield Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1858-aidanfield-reserve), 6 ha
- [Creamery Ponds](https://www.chch.live/park/1097-creamery-ponds), 5 ha
- [Knights Waterway Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1837-knights-waterway-reserve), 5 ha
- [Carrs South Basin Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1220-carrs-south-basin-drainage-reserve), 3 ha
- [John Olliver Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1873-john-olliver-reserve), 2 ha
- [Quarry View Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1872-quarry-view-drainage-reserve), 1 ha
- [Talbot Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1120-talbot-reserve), 1 ha · playground, 18 pieces
- [Milns Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1369-milns-drainage-reserve), 1 ha
- [Scott Park Wigram](https://www.chch.live/park/1800-scott-park-wigram), 1 ha · playground, 61 pieces
- [Muir Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1303-muir-park), 1 ha · playground, 33 pieces
- [Ridder Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/993-ridder-reserve), playground, 1 pieces
- [Milns Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1896-milns-reserve)
- [Alvaston Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/909-alvaston-reserve)
- [Sovereign Gardens Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1043-sovereign-gardens-reserve)
- [Stallion Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1060-stallion-reserve)
- [Vanderbilt Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1505-vanderbilt-reserve)
- [Sparks Road Landscape Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1087-sparks-road-landscape-reserve)
- [Campion Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1391-campion-reserve), playground, 18 pieces
- [The Oaks Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1458-the-oaks-park)
- [Six Silvers Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1517-six-silvers-reserve), playground, 3 pieces
- [Westbrooke Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1054-westbrooke-park), playground, 30 pieces
- [Quarry View Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1849-quarry-view-park), playground, 40 pieces
- [Viceroy Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1394-viceroy-reserve), playground, 28 pieces
- [Nottingham Stream Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1569-nottingham-stream-reserve)
- [Forgan Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/987-forgan-reserve)
- [Sparks Walkway](https://www.chch.live/park/1512-sparks-walkway)
- [Lancewood Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1233-lancewood-reserve)
- [Cunningham Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1822-cunningham-reserve), playground, 2 pieces
- [Cobra Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1571-cobra-reserve), playground, 5 pieces
- [Rearsby Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1471-rearsby-reserve), playground, 3 pieces
- [Balcairn Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1457-balcairn-reserve), playground, 30 pieces
- [Shamrock Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1390-shamrock-reserve), playground, 6 pieces
- [Wales Kindergarten Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1164-wales-kindergarten-reserve)
- [Wales Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1330-wales-reserve), playground, 1 pieces
- [Fern Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1527-fern-reserve), playground, 35 pieces
- [Birchdale Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1385-birchdale-reserve)

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

## The civic shelf (2)
- [Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-55), Library · 341 Halswell Road, Halswell 8025
- [Halswell](https://www.chch.live/facility/recreation-centre-16), Recreation centre · 339 Halswell Road

## Where the suburb worships (4)
- [Halswell Union Parish / St Luke's Union Church, Halswell](https://www.chch.live/worship/halswell-union-parish-st-luke-s-union-church-halswell), a Methodist, Presbyterian–Church of Christ cooperating church · 438 Halswell Road
- [South West Baptist Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/south-west-baptist-church), a Baptist church · 6 Balcairn Street
- [Ss Peter and Paul Parish](https://www.chch.live/worship/ss-peter-and-paul-parish), a Catholic church · 56 Nicholls Road
- [St Marys Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/st-marys-church), a church · 329 Halswell Road

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

## The tracks through here (14)
- [Walk and bike track through Halswell](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-256-halswell), 5.1 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Halswell](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-266-kennedys-bush), 2.9 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Halswell](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-208-halswell), 2.2 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Halswell](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-279-halswell), 460 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Halswell](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-209-halswell), 402 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Halswell](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-239-halswell), 367 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Halswell](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-231-halswell), 308 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Halswell](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-232-halswell), 301 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Halswell](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-234-halswell), 270 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Halswell](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-263-halswell), 248 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Halswell](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-233-halswell), 198 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Halswell](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-236-halswell), 187 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Halswell](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-261-halswell), 64 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Halswell](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-243-halswell), 45 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 12.3% of this outline, about 281 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 16.7% of this outline, about 380 hectares, mostly **TC2**, with TC3 19 ha · TC2 360 ha · TC1 1 ha. 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 6.3% of this outline, about 144 hectares, across 1 named event. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the record is at [floods](https://www.chch.live/floods).
No named slope-hazard band reaches this outline. The broad remaining-instability overlay covers **1%** of it besides, the plan’s background watch over the hill country. Shares read from a sampled join; a management overlay, not a prediction. The whole watch: [slope](https://www.chch.live/slope).
The plan’s ecological schedules cover **2%** of this outline, about 44 hectares across **3** scheduled sites, **1%** 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 flood map draws **1%** of this outline inside **high flood hazard** ground, about 29 hectares across **2** mapped areas. The broader flood-management watch covers **19%** of it, Halswell, Heathcote 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 **9%** of this outline, about 206 hectares across **1** mapped overlay, 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, **180** classified reaches, the plan calling **Miln Drain** and **Nottingham Stream**
           by name, **3%** 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, **5%** of it inside the residential overlays, the densest standing **New Neighbourhood**. 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 **1,719** photographs on this ground, 2010–2016, 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, **42.2 km** of cycleway crosses the outline, 0.1 km of it separated from the traffic, [Little River Link](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/little-river-link), [Quarryman's Trail](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/quarryman-s-trail). 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, **13** inscribed plaques, [Halswell Domain](https://www.chch.live/plaque/20934-halswell-domain), [Westlake Reserve](https://www.chch.live/plaque/17813-westlake-reserve), [Te Hapua Halswell Centre](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310855-te-hapua-halswell-centre) 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, **16** drawn instruments, 9 of them dog rules, 1 camping zone, a certified self-contained van can stay the night at Christchurch Urban Restricted Area, 6 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).
**10** parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly chemical manufacture, application and bulk storage, cemeteries and waste recycling, treatment and disposal, vehicle refuelling, service and repair, 5 still doing the work. A listing records the work, not a soil test; the register is at [hazards](https://www.chch.live/hazards).
The files record **734** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 241 hectares, mostly silt, engineered fill, topsoil, 4 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).
**5** parcels inside this outline carry 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 **37%** of this outline in the **possible** class, 72% of the outline fell inside an assessed area, and 3 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 **125** assets on this ground, 42 bridges, 38 shelters, 23 sets of steps, 8 viewing platforms, sited at Te Hapua Halswell Centre, Halswell Domain, Opouira Knights Stream Park, Sparks Wetland. **1** entry is out of service on the file. 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 **51** records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 10 football, 7 cricket, 6 softball, 5 basketball. 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 **9177** living trees inside this outline, **153** veterans among them, 31 carrying a protection, mostly Kowhai, Yoshino Cherry, Red maple. The file remembers **1595** 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 **20%** of this outline under **Rural Urban Fringe**, **36%** residential, the rest mostly Residential New Neighbourhood 16%, Residential Suburban 15%, 72% of the outline fell inside a mapped zone. 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 **74 hectares** of this outline, **3%** , under 4 designations, mostly movement, 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 heritage schedule protects **5** places by name in this suburb, **3** graded highly significant, **Halswell War Memorial and Setting**, **St Mary's Church and Setting**, **St Mary's Church Graveyard** 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).
GeoNet’s catalogue puts 70 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M4.8 in 2010. An epicentre is where the instruments placed the break, not a measure of the shaking here; the whole catalogue is counted at [sequence](https://www.chch.live/sequence), and the story in plain language is [the earthquakes explainer](https://www.chch.live/how-nz-works/canterbury-earthquakes).

## The names on this ground (16)
- [Birds Flock Together](https://www.chch.live/memorial/birds-flock-together), artwork · Frankie Bakker
- [Fyfa Campbell Dawson](https://www.chch.live/memorial/fyfa-campbell-dawson), monument
- [Carrs Road](https://www.chch.live/landfills), old dump · 1961–1978
- [Creamery Pond](https://www.chch.live/lake/creamery-pond), pond
- [Dalgety Pond](https://www.chch.live/lake/dalgety-pond), pond
- [Westlake Pond](https://www.chch.live/lake/westlake-pond), pond
- [Cases Drain](https://www.chch.live/river/cases-drain), waterway · 1.5 km
- [Cashmere Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/cashmere-stream), waterway · 5.0 km
- [Dawson Creek](https://www.chch.live/river/dawson-creek), waterway · 1.6 km
- [Green Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/green-stream), waterway · 1.2 km
- [Halswell River](https://www.chch.live/river/halswell-river), waterway · 18.5 km
- [Hoon Hay Valley Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/hoon-hay-valley-stream), waterway · 2.5 km
- [Knights Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/knights-stream), waterway · 3.4 km
- [Milns Drain](https://www.chch.live/river/milns-drain), waterway · 2.5 km
- [Nottingham Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/nottingham-stream), waterway · 4.0 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.*
- [RURAL SECTIONS CHOSEN. (Lyttelton Times, 19 April 1851)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18510419.2.13), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1851-04-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE TOWN OF LYTTELTON. (Lyttelton Times, 09 July 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530709.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1853-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH, July 5th, 1853. (Lyttelton Times, 16 July 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530716.2.12), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1853-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 01 July 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540701.2.3.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 08 July 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540708.2.3.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-07-08T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 15 July 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540715.2.3.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE TOWN OF LYTTELTON. (Lyttelton Times, 22 July 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540722.2.14), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-07-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 22 July 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540722.2.3.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-07-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 29 July 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540729.2.3.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 05 August 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540805.2.8.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-08-05T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Halswell
- [Waipuna Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board — 4.30 pm, 13 Oct 2026](https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/RedirectToDoc.aspx?URL=Open/2026/10/HHRB_20261013_AGN_11440_AT_WEB.htm), The council · Christchurch City Council, 13 Oct 2026
- [Information Session/Workshop - Waipuna Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board, 13 Oct 2026](https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/RedirectToDoc.aspx?URL=Open/2026/10/ISWH_20261013_AGN_11465_AT_WEB.htm), The council · Christchurch City Council, 13 Oct 2026
- [Australian Pug Moth seen — Patterson Tce near Brigham Dr, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407436614), iNaturalist · squidney8, 11 Oct 2026
- [Something seen — Caulfield Ave near Piper St, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407387868), iNaturalist · iraeva, 11 Oct 2026
- [Rhicnobelus seen — Patterson Tce near Brigham Dr, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407125449), iNaturalist · squidney8, 10 Oct 2026

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

## The crash record (279 injury crashes)

279 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 11 people killed, 69 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Springs Road at Marshs Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/marshs-road-and-springs-road), 11 injury crashes.

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

## The crime record (2,262 recorded victimisations)

2,262 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 54 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=halswell)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## The buses through it (70 stops)

70 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7), [route 125](https://www.chch.live/buses/125), [route 100](https://www.chch.live/buses/100), [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80), [route 81](https://www.chch.live/buses/81), [route 60](https://www.chch.live/buses/60).
- Caulfield Ave & Gosling Cres
- Caulfield Ave near Piper St near Caulfield Ave
- Caulfield Ave near Piper St near Caulfield Ave
- Dunbars Rd near Balkwell St near Dunbars Rd
- Dunbars Rd near Balkwell St near Dunbars Rd
- Dunbars Rd near Ensign St
- Dunbars Rd near Hindess St
- Dunbars Rd near Lancewood Dr
- Dunbars Rd near Westlake Dr near Dunbars Rd
- Dunbars Rd near Westlake Dr near Dunbars Rd
- Glovers Rd near Larsens Rd
- Halswell
- Halswell Junction Rd near Kinrara Pl
- Halswell Junction Rd near Nicholls Rd
- Halswell Junction Rd near Sabys Rd
- Halswell Rd

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

## Businesses here (80 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.

- [Restaurants](https://www.chch.live/businesses/restaurant#in-halswell), 14
- [Fast food](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fast-food#in-halswell), 11
- [Cafés](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cafe#in-halswell), 6
- [Dairies & convenience](https://www.chch.live/businesses/dairy#in-halswell), 5
- [Bottle stores](https://www.chch.live/businesses/liquor#in-halswell), 4
- [Petrol stations](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fuel#in-halswell), 4
- [Supermarkets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/supermarket#in-halswell), 4
- [Bars & pubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bar#in-halswell), 3
- [Clubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/club#in-halswell), 3
- [Doctors & clinics](https://www.chch.live/businesses/doctor#in-halswell), 2
- [Gyms & fitness](https://www.chch.live/businesses/gym#in-halswell), 2
- [Pharmacies](https://www.chch.live/businesses/pharmacy#in-halswell), 2
- [Seafood](https://www.chch.live/businesses/seafood#in-halswell), 2
- [Sports centres](https://www.chch.live/businesses/sports-centre#in-halswell), 2
- [Audiologists](https://www.chch.live/businesses/audiologist#in-halswell), 1
- [Bakeries](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bakery#in-halswell), 1
- [Butchers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/butcher#in-halswell), 1
- [Caterers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/caterer#in-halswell), 1
- [Chemist](https://www.chch.live/businesses/chemist#in-halswell), 1
- [Dentists](https://www.chch.live/businesses/dentist#in-halswell), 1
- [E Cigarette](https://www.chch.live/businesses/e-cigarette#in-halswell), 1
- [Fruit & veg](https://www.chch.live/businesses/greengrocer#in-halswell), 1
- [Funeral directors](https://www.chch.live/businesses/funeral#in-halswell), 1
- [Op shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/op-shop#in-halswell), 1
- [Post offices](https://www.chch.live/businesses/post-office#in-halswell), 1
- [Sawmill](https://www.chch.live/businesses/craft-sawmill#in-halswell), 1
- [Venues & events](https://www.chch.live/businesses/venue#in-halswell), 1
- [Vets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/vet#in-halswell), 1

The ones the record says most about:

- [Subway](https://www.chch.live/business/subway-halswell), Fast food
- [Hoi An House](https://www.chch.live/business/hoi-an-house-halswell), Restaurants
- [Qubed Coffee Lounge](https://www.chch.live/business/qubed-coffee-lounge-halswell), Restaurants
- [Sushi Fusion](https://www.chch.live/business/sushi-fusion-halswell), Seafood
- [The Long Knight](https://www.chch.live/business/the-long-knight-halswell), Bars & pubs
- [Armadillo's](https://www.chch.live/business/armadillo-s-halswell), Restaurants
- [Halswell Timber](https://www.chch.live/business/halswell-timber-halswell), Sawmill
- [Longhurst Pharmacy](https://www.chch.live/business/longhurst-pharmacy-halswell), Pharmacies
- [The Old Vicarage](https://www.chch.live/business/the-old-vicarage-halswell), Restaurants
- [Halswell Toy Library](https://www.chch.live/business/halswell-toy-library-halswell), Op shops

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

## Next door
- [Aidanfield](https://www.chch.live/aidanfield)
- [Wigram](https://www.chch.live/wigram)
- [Kennedys Bush](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush)
- [Prebbleton](https://www.chch.live/prebbleton)
- [Westmorland](https://www.chch.live/westmorland)
- [Hoon Hay](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Halswell with [Aidanfield](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=aidanfield&b=halswell) · [Wigram](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=halswell&b=wigram) · [Kennedys Bush](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=halswell&b=kennedys-bush) · [Prebbleton](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=halswell&b=prebbleton) · [Westmorland](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=halswell&b=westmorland) · [Hoon Hay](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=halswell&b=hoon-hay), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Halswell?**

Originally a separate village, Halswell is now a residential suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) southwest of Cathedral Square on State Highway 75. The public record holds 11,515 council reports for it, the first filed in May 2015.

**How many people live in Halswell?**

13,620 people at the 2023 Census, 597 per square kilometre across 23 km².

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

About 10,443 people and 3,732 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 Halswell?**

11,515 reports on record, most often trees & parks (2,889), roads & footpaths (2,746), water & drains (1,943). 1,783 of them in the year to 12 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Halswell had?**

279 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 11 people killed, 69 seriously hurt. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=halswell)

**What schools are in Halswell?**

5 schools in the Ministry’s directory, Knights Stream School- Mingimingi Hautoa, Oaklands Te Kura o Ōwaka, Te Kura o te Tauawa Halswell School, and 2 more.

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