# Harewood, Christchurch

2,068 council reports since June 2015, the 62nd busiest suburb in the city. 1,543 photographs on record.
1,390 people at the 2023 Census, 121 to the square kilometre across 12 km².

https://www.chch.live/harewood

## 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

Harewood is a northwestern suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. The suburb is split by State Highway 1, with the bulk of Harewood's residential areas to the east of the highway and its industrial areas to the west. The suburb is a major transport hub and it encompasses the International Antarctic Centre.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harewood%2C_New_Zealand), 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

Rent: too few new bonds for a median this quarter, last published about **$700 a week**.

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

## 2023 Census snapshot

About 1,329 people and 501 occupied private households, grouped from 10 SA1 areas in Harewood. This exact statistical-area match is close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.

- Under 15: about 14% (189 people)
- 65 and over: about 25% (336 people)
- Born overseas: about 26% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 82% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 6% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 1% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 16% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet: about 94% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles: about 78% 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 (1,543 on record)
- [26 Eleanor Ln](https://www.chch.live/report/9084739)
- [7 Kilmuir Ln](https://www.chch.live/report/9082401)
- [423A Harewood Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9078259)
- [440 Harewood Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9078248)
- [423A Harewood Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9076308)
- [Roto Kohatu Reserve 1 Outlook Place, Harewood](https://www.chch.live/report/9075975)

[1,543 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=harewood)

## The suburb, back then (82 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.*
- [Municipal airport opened at Harewood, near Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1940s#p-38523891), 1940 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [South Island flying training school: future Royal Air Force pilots under instruction at Harewood](https://www.chch.live/then/1940s#p-43291915), 1940 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [Members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force stationed at Harewood, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1940s#p-30096488), 1941 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [New Zealand Women's Auxiliary Air Force: members now on duty at Harewood Station, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1940s#p-30095800), 1941 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [View of Harewood Aerodrome (Christchurch International Airport) with planes, hangars and buildings, Canterbury](https://www.chch.live/then/1940s#p-30649758), 1946 · TAPUHI
- [Harewood Aerodrome, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1940s#p-22885092), 1947 · TAPUHI
- [Harewood/Papanui, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1940s#p-22376109), 1947 · TAPUHI
- [National Airways Corporation, Dakota aircraft, Puweto, Harewood, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1940s#p-22767844), 1948 · TAPUHI
- [Harewood airport, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1940s#p-23061276), 1949 · TAPUHI
- [Harewood airport, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1940s#p-23188933), 1949 · TAPUHI

[…and 72 more across the archive](https://www.chch.live/then)

## The record on Harewood
- Harewood enters the written record in 1 March 1851, [“RURAL SECTIONS CHOSEN. (Lyttelton Times, 01 March 1851)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18510301.2.13), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Harewood” appears somewhere in 694 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: roading/streets, 19 June 2015, at 358-360 Sawyers Arms Rd.
- Its busiest day was 29 January 2026, 9 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Wooldridge Road](https://www.chch.live/street/harewood/wooldridge-road), reported on 172 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Harewood ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/harewood), 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).

## How fast the council fixes things here (3,887 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Harewood took **6 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.
125 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 24 December 2020.

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

One sensitive site stands here, Harewood School, and the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m of it.

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/9084739), 13 Oct 2026 · 26 Eleanor Ln, “Street sign fallen down”
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9082401), 13 Oct 2026 · 7 Kilmuir Ln, “Hi there, there are a few dead trees, especially this big palm tree which needs cutting out and cleared. This…”
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/9078259), 12 Oct 2026 · 423A Harewood Rd
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/9078248), 12 Oct 2026 · 440 Harewood Rd
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9076308), 12 Oct 2026 · 423A Harewood Rd, “Always place rubbish by Walkway and Path by other people on Harewood Road 409 - 500.”
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/9075975), 12 Oct 2026 · Roto Kohatu Reserve 1 Outlook Place, “valve missing”
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/9075303), 12 Oct 2026 · 35 McLeans Island Road, “pot hole”
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/9075243), 12 Oct 2026 · 130 McLeans Island Road, “pot hole”
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/9074733), 12 Oct 2026 · 131 McLeans Island Road, “pot holes”
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/9074466), 12 Oct 2026 · Roto Kohatu Reserve 1 Outlook Place, “the spout on the water fountain is broken off and the water keeps running and can't be turned off”
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9072276), 11 Oct 2026 · 1 Berisdale Place, “broken fence wire”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9070692), 11 Oct 2026 · 423A Harewood Rd, “Found this rubbish at 445 Harewood Rd at 1321”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 9
- 2016, 19
- 2017, 52
- 2018, 90
- 2019, 70
- 2020, 133
- 2021, 182
- 2022, 292
- 2023, 322
- 2024, 287
- 2025, 382

## What gets reported
- Trees & parks, 571
- Roads & footpaths, 524
- Rubbish & dumping, 476
- Water & drains, 198
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 147
- Vehicles & parking, 66
- Everything else, 59
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 25

## Exactly what people say
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 297
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 280
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 211
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 146
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 97
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 96
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 84
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 77

## On the heritage register (5)
- [Dwelling and Setting, Former Tiptree Farm](https://www.chch.live/place/214), 63 Savills Road
- [Harewood Crematorium, Chapel and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/463), 509 Johns Road
- [St James' Church and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/96), 750 Harewood Road
- [St James' Church Graveyard](https://www.chch.live/place/419)
- [St James' Church Lychgate and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/456), 750 Harewood Road

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

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Wooldridge Road](https://www.chch.live/street/harewood/wooldridge-road), reported on 172 separate days
- [Harewood Road](https://www.chch.live/street/harewood/harewood-road), reported on 125 separate days
- [Sawyers Arms Road](https://www.chch.live/street/harewood/sawyers-arms-road), reported on 120 separate days
- [Gardiners Road](https://www.chch.live/street/harewood/gardiners-road), reported on 92 separate days
- [Crofton Road](https://www.chch.live/street/harewood/crofton-road), reported on 76 separate days
- [Waimakariri Road](https://www.chch.live/street/harewood/waimakariri-road), reported on 70 separate days
- [McLeans Island Road](https://www.chch.live/street/harewood/mcleans-island-road), reported on 63 separate days
- [Greywacke Road](https://www.chch.live/street/harewood/greywacke-road), reported on 49 separate days

## Schools (1)
- [Harewood School](https://www.chch.live/school/3370-harewood-school), Contributing · decile 8 · EQI 410

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

Zoned for [Breens Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3299-breens-intermediate) · [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) · [Emmanuel Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1168-emmanuel-christian-school) · [Harewood School](https://www.chch.live/school/3370-harewood-school) · [Marian College](https://www.chch.live/school/343-marian-college) · [Papanui High School](https://www.chch.live/school/316-papanui-high-school) · and 9 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (14)
- [Roto Kohatu](https://www.chch.live/park/1612-roto-kohatu), Regional · 46 ha
- [Nunweek Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1736-nunweek-park), Sports ground · 20 ha · playground, 7 pieces
- [Harewood Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1207-harewood-park), Botanic · 11 ha
- [Styx River Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1353-styx-river-reserve), 2 ha
- [Smacks Creek Riverbank Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1489-smacks-creek-riverbank-reserve), 1 ha
- [Smacks Creek Esplanade Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1640-smacks-creek-esplanade-reserve)
- [Hockey Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1386-hockey-park), playground, 4 pieces
- [Benmore Gardens Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1479-benmore-gardens-reserve), playground, 3 pieces
- [Springvale Gardens Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1799-springvale-gardens-reserve)
- [Becmead Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1252-becmead-reserve)
- [Crofton Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1545-crofton-reserve), playground, 20 pieces
- [Pasadena Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1554-pasadena-reserve)
- [Natalie Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1819-natalie-reserve), playground, 18 pieces
- [Becmead Walkway](https://www.chch.live/park/1776-becmead-walkway)

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

## Where the suburb worships (2)
- [Saint James](https://www.chch.live/worship/saint-james), an Anglican church · 750 Harewood Road
- [St. Mary and St. Athanasius Coptic Orthodox Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/st-mary-and-st-athanasius-coptic-orthodox-church), a Coptic Orthodox church · 290 Wooldridge Road

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

## The tracks through here (6)
- [Walk and bike track through Harewood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-224-harewood), 3.2 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Harewood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-240-harewood), 394 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Harewood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-247-harewood), 389 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Harewood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-260-harewood), 339 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Harewood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-283-harewood), 124 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Harewood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-238-harewood), 60 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 0.9% of this outline, about 11 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 2.3% of this outline, about 27 hectares, mostly **TC2**, with TC2 23 ha · TC1 4 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 plan’s ecological schedules cover **3%** of this outline, about 33 hectares across **3** scheduled sites, all of it protected under Schedule A. 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 **2%** of this outline, about 20 hectares across **1** scheduled area. Shares read from a sampled join; a protection overlay, not a ranking of views. The kept view: [landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape).
The plan’s flood map draws **4%** of this outline inside **high flood hazard** ground, about 46 hectares across **2** mapped areas. The broader flood-management watch covers **2%** of it, Lower Styx 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 1,151 hectares across **9** mapped overlays, **95%** 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, **62** classified reaches, the plan calling **Otukaikino Creek** and **Styx River**
           by name, **4%** of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding **10 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 rebuild’s cameras filed **231** photographs on this ground, 2011–2013, 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, **18.2 km** of cycleway crosses the outline, [Wheels to Wings](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/wheels-to-wings). 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, **1** inscribed plaque, [Roto Kohatu](https://www.chch.live/plaque/90517-roto-kohatu) 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, **6** drawn instruments, 2 of them dog rules, 4 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).
**11** parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly chemical manufacture, application and bulk storage, cemeteries and waste recycling, treatment and disposal, mineral extraction, refining and reprocessing, storage and use, 4 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 **135** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 77 hectares, mostly engineered fill, pitrun, silt, 7 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).
**3** parcels inside this outline carry a cleanup on the file, about 12 hectares, 2 marked verified. 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 **60%** of this outline in the **possible** class. 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 **38** assets on this ground, 13 bridges, 10 boardwalks, 9 sets of steps, 3 jetties, sited at Roto Kohatu, Harewood Nursery, Smacks Creek Riverbank Reserve, Benmore Gardens 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 **31** records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 17 touch rugby, 6 rugby, 4 hockey, 3 football. 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 **1964** living trees inside this outline, **20** veterans among them, 80 carrying a protection, mostly Yoshino Cherry, Silver Birch, Canadian Poplar. The file remembers **609** 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 **26%** of this outline under **Rural Waimakariri**, **7%** residential, the rest mostly Rural Urban Fringe 24%, Rural Quarry 9%. 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 **105 hectares** of this outline, **9%** , under 3 designations, mostly movement. 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 **4** places by name in this suburb, **1** graded highly significant, **Harewood Crematorium, Chapel and Setting**, **St James' Church and Setting**, **St James' 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 1 magnitude-3+ epicentre inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M3.2 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 (6)
- [Harewood Crematorium and Memorial Gardens](https://www.chch.live/cemetery/harewood-crematorium-and-memorial-gardens), cemetery
- [Lake Rua](https://www.chch.live/lake/lake-rua), lake · Rua
- [Lake Tahi](https://www.chch.live/lake/lake-tahi), lake · Tahi
- [Sawyers Arms Rd](https://www.chch.live/landfills), old dump · 1962–1986
- [Shipleys Pit? Owned by Harewood piggeries & operation was ta](https://www.chch.live/landfills), old dump · 1968–1983
- [Smacks Creek](https://www.chch.livenull), waterway · 0.4 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](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, 01 March 1851)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18510301.2.13), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1851-03-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [RURAL SECTIONS CHOSEN. (Lyttelton Times, 22 March 1851)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18510322.2.16), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1851-03-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [RURAL SECTIONS CHOSEN. (Lyttelton Times, 29 March 1851)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18510329.2.11), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1851-03-29T00:00:00.000Z
- [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
- [RURAL SECTIONS CHOSEN. (Lyttelton Times, 26 April 1851)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18510426.2.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1851-04-26T00:00:00.000Z
- [RURAL SECTIONS CHOSEN. (Lyttelton Times, 03 May 1851)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18510503.2.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1851-05-03T00:00:00.000Z
- [The Lyttelton Times. (Lyttelton Times, 03 April 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520403.2.9), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 11 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 01 May 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520501.2.16.4.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 07 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520807.2.3.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-08-07T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520814.2.3.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-08-14T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Harewood
- [Feral Pigeon seen — Harewood Rd near Cotswold Ave, Bishopdale, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407650601), iNaturalist · beetlebug89, 12 Oct 2026
- [bristly oxtongue seen — Harewood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/406951678), iNaturalist · luxarah, 9 Oct 2026
- [shepherd's-purse seen — Harewood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/406950341), iNaturalist · luxarah, 9 Oct 2026
- [catchweed bedstraw seen — Harewood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/406949925), iNaturalist · luxarah, 9 Oct 2026
- [broad-leaved dock seen — Harewood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/406947402), iNaturalist · luxarah, 9 Oct 2026

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

## The crash record (194 injury crashes)

194 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 7 people killed, 38 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Harewood Road at Wooldridge Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/harewood-road-and-wooldridge-road), 17 injury crashes.

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

## The crime record (1,171 recorded victimisations)

1,171 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 220 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=harewood)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## The buses through it (12 stops)

12 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by [route 125](https://www.chch.live/buses/125), [route 107](https://www.chch.live/buses/107), [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8).
- Gardiners Rd near Sawyers Arms Rd near Gardiners Rd
- Gardiners Rd near Sawyers Arms Rd near Gardiners Road
- Gardiners Rd near Smacks Cl near Gardiners Rd
- Gardiners Rd near Smacks Cl near Gardiners Rd
- Harewood Rd near Crofton Rd
- Harewood Rd near Nunweek Blvd near Harewood Rd
- Harewood Rd near Nunweek Blvd near Harewood Rd
- Harewood Rd near Trafford St
- Harewood Rd near Waimakariri Rd near Harewood Rd
- Harewood Rd near Waimakariri Rd near Harewood Rd
- Harewood Rd near Wooldridge Rd near Harewood Rd
- Harewood Rd near Wooldridge Rd near Harewood Rd

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

## Businesses here (39 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.

- [Fast food](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fast-food#in-harewood), 7
- [Cafés](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cafe#in-harewood), 4
- [Petrol stations](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fuel#in-harewood), 4
- [Attractions](https://www.chch.live/businesses/attraction#in-harewood), 2
- [B&Bs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bnb#in-harewood), 2
- [Garden centres](https://www.chch.live/businesses/garden-centre#in-harewood), 2
- [Bakeries](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bakery#in-harewood), 1
- [Bars & pubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bar#in-harewood), 1
- [Bottle stores](https://www.chch.live/businesses/liquor#in-harewood), 1
- [Campgrounds](https://www.chch.live/businesses/campground#in-harewood), 1
- [Car washes](https://www.chch.live/businesses/car-wash#in-harewood), 1
- [Clubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/club#in-harewood), 1
- [Dairies & convenience](https://www.chch.live/businesses/dairy#in-harewood), 1
- [Firewood](https://www.chch.live/businesses/firewood#in-harewood), 1
- [Fruit & veg](https://www.chch.live/businesses/greengrocer#in-harewood), 1
- [Guest houses](https://www.chch.live/businesses/guest-house#in-harewood), 1
- [Hairdressers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hairdresser#in-harewood), 1
- [Hardware](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hardware#in-harewood), 1
- [Laundromats](https://www.chch.live/businesses/laundromat#in-harewood), 1
- [Research](https://www.chch.live/businesses/office-research#in-harewood), 1
- [Restaurants](https://www.chch.live/businesses/restaurant#in-harewood), 1
- [Storage](https://www.chch.live/businesses/storage#in-harewood), 1
- [Venues & events](https://www.chch.live/businesses/venue#in-harewood), 1
- [Wineries](https://www.chch.live/businesses/winery#in-harewood), 1

The ones the record says most about:

- [Copenhagen Bakery](https://www.chch.live/business/copenhagen-bakery-harewood), Bakeries
- [Prime Kitchen Takeaways](https://www.chch.live/business/prime-kitchen-takeaways-harewood), Fast food
- [The Highway Inn](https://www.chch.live/business/the-highway-inn-harewood), Bars & pubs
- [The Little Big Tree Company & The Little Big Trellis Company](https://www.chch.live/business/the-little-big-tree-company-the-little-big-trellis-company-harewood), Garden centres
- [@ The Mat](https://www.chch.live/business/the-mat-harewood), Laundromats
- [Z](https://www.chch.live/business/z-harewood), Petrol stations

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

## Next door
- [Bishopdale](https://www.chch.live/bishopdale)
- [Christchurch Airport](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport)
- [Casebrook](https://www.chch.live/casebrook)
- [Burnside](https://www.chch.live/burnside)
- [Northcote](https://www.chch.live/northcote)
- [Bryndwr](https://www.chch.live/bryndwr)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Harewood with [Bishopdale](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=bishopdale&b=harewood) · [Christchurch Airport](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=christchurch-airport&b=harewood) · [Casebrook](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=casebrook&b=harewood) · [Burnside](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=burnside&b=harewood) · [Northcote](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=harewood&b=northcote) · [Bryndwr](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=bryndwr&b=harewood), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Harewood?**

Harewood is a northwestern suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. The public record holds 2,068 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.

**How many people live in Harewood?**

1,390 people at the 2023 Census, 121 per square kilometre across 12 km².

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

About 1,329 people and 501 occupied private households: grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

**What gets reported in Harewood?**

2,068 reports on record, most often trees & parks (571), roads & footpaths (524), rubbish & dumping (476). 308 of them in the year to 13 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Harewood had?**

194 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 7 people killed, 38 seriously hurt. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=harewood)

**What schools are in Harewood?**

One school in the Ministry’s directory, Harewood School.

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