# Hoon Hay, Christchurch

5,078 council reports since June 2015, the 26th busiest suburb in the city. 4,024 photographs on record.
9,480 people at the 2023 Census, 2,457 to the square kilometre across 3.9 km².

https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay

## 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/)
- [CCC mountain-bike track status](https://ccc.govt.nz/transport/getting-around/cycling/find-a-ride/trackstatus)
- [Christchurch Adventure Park trail information](https://christchurchadventurepark.com/trail-information)

## The encyclopaedia on it

Hoon Hay is an outer suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located at the base of the Port Hills and about 5 kilometres southwest of Cathedral Square. The area was named by Captain Wickham Talbot Harvey, a captain of the British Royal 10th Hussars, who moved to the area in 1852 and named it after the farm in Hoon, Derbyshire where he grew up. Harvey only stayed in the area for four years, before a fire destroyed his property and prompted him to return to the United Kingdom. Further fires in the following years destroyed the woodland which was on the property, including several large tōtara, causing it to be converted into farmland. Remnants of this forest remain visible in the area, including

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoon_Hay), 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 **$573 a week** in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half $518–$639, across 33 bonds, down 2% on a year ago. That’s about **$23 a week above** the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the Hoon Hay West, Hoon Hay East and Hoon Hay South areas combined, approximately this suburb.
- 3-bedroom house, $643 a week · 12 new bonds
- 2-bedroom house, $525 a week · 6 new bonds
- 1-bedroom house, $650 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 8,628 people and 3,090 occupied private households, grouped from 57 SA1 areas in Hoon Hay East, Hoon Hay South, Hoon Hay West. Several statistical areas are combined here, so this is a grouped proxy rather than a count for one suburb boundary.

- Under 15: about 21% (1,803 people)
- 65 and over: about 14% (1,206 people)
- Born overseas: about 22% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 79% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 14% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 8% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 10% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet: about 85% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles: about 56% 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 (4,024 on record)
- [Canterbury](https://www.chch.live/report/9083937)
- [9 Rowley Ave](https://www.chch.live/report/9081562)
- [286 Hoon Hay Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9078436)
- [152 Sparks Road, Hoon Hay](https://www.chch.live/report/9076209)
- [8 Maryhill Avenue, Hoon Hay](https://www.chch.live/report/9074734)
- [1 McCarthy St](https://www.chch.live/report/9074420)

[4,024 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=hoon-hay)

## The suburb, back then (8 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.*
- [Aerial photomosaic of Hoon Hay Valley Road](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-53791475), 1926 · Canterbury Stories
- [Aerial photomosaic of Sparks Road and Hoon Hay Road](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-53791399), 1926 · Canterbury Stories
- [Haymaking at 158 Hoon Hay Road](https://www.chch.live/then/1930s#p-48594616), 1930 · Canterbury Stories
- [Hoon Hay Valley (PB0610/87)](https://www.chch.live/then/1930s#p-1401593), 1938 · V.C. Browne & Son NZ Aerial Photograph Collection
- [Hoon Hay, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1960s#p-23235328), 1963 · TAPUHI
- [Hoon Hay, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1960s#p-22705242), 1963 · TAPUHI
- [Hoon Hay. Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1960s#p-22784342), 1963 · TAPUHI
- [Hoon Hay, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1970s#p-22484335), 1974 · TAPUHI

## The record on Hoon Hay
- Hoon Hay enters the written record in 16 July 1853, [“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).
- “Hoon Hay” appears somewhere in 229 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: roading/streets, 5 June 2015, at 15.
- Its busiest day was 25 May 2017, 26 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Hoon Hay Road](https://www.chch.live/street/hoon-hay/hoon-hay-road), reported on 471 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Spreydon ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/spreydon), the [Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/spreydon-cashmere-heathcote) is its local layer. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## How fast the council fixes things here (9,134 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Hoon Hay took **4 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 8 weeks or longer.
158 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 22 November 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, Hoon Hay Te Kura Koaka, Our Lady of the Assumption School, Spreydon School, Te Komanawa Rowley School, Te Kura Tuarua o Horomaka Hillmorton High 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
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9083937), 13 Oct 2026 · Canterbury, “No padlock on chain”
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9081562), 13 Oct 2026 · 9 Rowley Ave
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9078436), 12 Oct 2026 · 286 Hoon Hay Rd, “Broken cap on the grey burrier phone cables thing”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9076209), 12 Oct 2026 · 152 Sparks Road, “mattress and base and old fridge left on the street, in front of white fence 152a/b Sparks Road, they are constantly…”
- [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/9074734), 12 Oct 2026 · 8 Maryhill Avenue, “I saw a dead hedgehog on the Avenue, I’ve moved it onto the grass verge near 8 Maryhill Ave, Hoon Hay. Please come to…”
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9074420), 12 Oct 2026 · 1 McCarthy St, “Graffiti on bus timetable”
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/9072744), 11 Oct 2026 · 75 Mathers Road, “tagging that is offensive and def not appropriate for the kids that play here often please remove ASAP. THANKS HEAPS”
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/9064573), 10 Oct 2026 · 16 Tekoa Place, “Bad road damage requiring repair.”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9063883), 9 Oct 2026 · 61 Mathers Rd, “Mainly clothing plus a TV”
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9052339), 8 Oct 2026 · 8 Barrowclough St, “Car has been abandoned no warrant or rego”
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9050118), 7 Oct 2026 · 8 Pablo Place, “As both a cyclist and walker thru the Alleyway in McBeath Ave / Pablo Place I have had a number of near misses with…”
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9049558), 7 Oct 2026 · 14 Maryhill Ave, “Leaking water meter”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 42
- 2016, 78
- 2017, 177
- 2018, 242
- 2019, 428
- 2020, 264
- 2021, 428
- 2022, 535
- 2023, 751
- 2024, 832
- 2025, 729

## What gets reported
- Water & drains, 1,324
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1,059
- Roads & footpaths, 1,006
- Rubbish & dumping, 847
- Trees & parks, 475
- Vehicles & parking, 223
- Everything else, 91
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 51

## Exactly what people say
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 661
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 649
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 465
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 401
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 282
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 231
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 176
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 155

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Hoon Hay Road](https://www.chch.live/street/hoon-hay/hoon-hay-road), reported on 471 separate days
- [Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/street/hoon-hay/sparks-road), reported on 359 separate days
- [Mathers Road](https://www.chch.live/street/hoon-hay/mathers-road), reported on 260 separate days
- [Rowley Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/hoon-hay/rowley-avenue), reported on 167 separate days
- [Hendersons Road](https://www.chch.live/street/hoon-hay/hendersons-road), reported on 166 separate days
- [Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/street/hoon-hay/cashmere-road), reported on 139 separate days
- [Rydal Street](https://www.chch.live/street/hoon-hay/rydal-street), reported on 127 separate days
- [McCarthy Street](https://www.chch.live/street/hoon-hay/mccarthy-street), reported on 101 separate days

## Schools (4)
- [Hoon Hay Te Kura Kōaka](https://www.chch.live/school/3379-hoon-hay-te-kura-koaka), Contributing · decile 8 · EQI 416
- [Our Lady of the Assumption School (Chch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3461-our-lady-of-the-assumption-school-chch), Full Primary · decile 10 · EQI 401
- [Te Kura o Mōkihi Spreydon School](https://www.chch.live/school/3512-te-kura-o-mokihi-spreydon-school), Contributing · decile 3 · EQI 453
- [Te Kōmanawa Rowley School](https://www.chch.live/school/3492-te-komanawa-rowley-school), Contributing · decile 1 · EQI 535

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

Zoned for [Cashmere High School](https://www.chch.live/school/340-cashmere-high-school) · [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) · [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-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) · and 9 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (5)
- [Hoon Hay Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1073-hoon-hay-park), Sports ground · 10 ha · playground, 59 pieces
- [Gainsborough Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/915-gainsborough-reserve), playground, 10 pieces
- [Rydal Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1708-rydal-reserve), playground, 3 pieces
- [Kaiwara Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1186-kaiwara-reserve), playground, 28 pieces
- [Hoon Hay Scouts Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1218-hoon-hay-scouts-reserve)

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

## Where the suburb worships (4)
- [Light of All Nations Ministries International](https://www.chch.live/worship/light-of-all-nations-ministries-international), a church · 20 Tankerville Road
- [Our Lady of the Assumption](https://www.chch.live/worship/our-lady-of-the-assumption), a Catholic church · 170 Hoon Hay Road
- [Rowley Ave Bible Chapel](https://www.chch.live/worship/rowley-ave-bible-chapel), a Brethren church · 26 Rowley Avenue
- [](https://www.chch.live/worship/unnamed-way-1298726613), a place of worship

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

## The tracks through here (6)
- [Walk and bike track through Hoon Hay](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-366-cashmere), 3.0 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hoon Hay](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-400-cracroft), 2.6 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hoon Hay](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-335-hoon-hay), 677 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hoon Hay](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-338-hoon-hay), 196 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hoon Hay](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-352-spreydon), 192 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hoon Hay](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-345-hoon-hay), 78 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 29.6% of this outline, about 114 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 8.3% of this outline, about 32 hectares, mostly **TC3**, with TC3 29 ha · TC2 3 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 29.0% of this outline, about 112 hectares, across 4 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 flood map draws **12%** of this outline inside **high flood hazard** ground, about 45 hectares across **2** mapped areas. The broader flood-management watch covers **43%** of it, Heathcote River. **9** ponding spots are mapped here, where the models expect water to sit. 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 water-margin layers cross this outline, **60** classified reaches, the plan calling **Ballintines Drain** and **Stilwells Drain**
           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, **11%** 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 **3,184** photographs on this ground, 2000–2016, stormwater work mostly. Each frame is a receipt the dig left behind, a work log, not a survey of what stands now. The whole record: [rebuild](https://www.chch.live/rebuild).
The pedal network threads this ground, **7.6 km** of cycleway crosses the outline, 1.9 km of it separated from the traffic, [Nor'West Arc](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/nor-west-arc), [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, **1** inscribed plaque, [Hoon Hay Park](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311042-hoon-hay-park) 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, **9** drawn instruments, 9 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).
**3** parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly vehicle refuelling, service and repair, cemeteries and waste recycling, treatment and disposal, 3 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 **80** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 17 hectares, mostly engineered fill, mixed fill with rubbish, gravel, 5 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).
The 2019 liquefaction study put **75%** of this outline in the **medium** 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 **6** assets on this ground, 3 bridges, 1 ramp, 1 shelter, 1 jetty, sited at Spreydon Domain, Hoon Hay Childrens Library, Hoon Hay Park. 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 **12** records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 6 rugby, 3 ki o rahi, 1 skateboard, 1 petanque. 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 **829** living trees inside this outline, **70** veterans among them, 16 carrying a protection, mostly Yoshino Cherry, Purple-leaf Cherry Plum, Manna Ash. The file remembers **411** 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**, **59%** residential, the rest mostly Rural Urban Fringe 18%, Transport 13%. 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 **20 hectares** of this outline, **5%** , under 4 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).
GeoNet’s catalogue puts 18 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M4.5 in 2011. An epicentre is where the instruments placed the break, not a measure of the shaking here; the whole catalogue is counted at [sequence](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 (3)
- [Flying Books](https://www.chch.live/memorial/flying-books), artwork · Joshua Findlater;Luke Findlater
- [Cashmere Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/cashmere-stream), waterway · 5.0 km
- [Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River](https://www.chch.live/river/opawaho-heathcote-river), waterway · 30.7 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.*
- [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 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 24 December 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18531224.2.4.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1853-12-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 18 February 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540218.2.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-02-18T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 12 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 18 February 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540218.2.19.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-02-18T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 25 March 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540325.2.4.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 01 April 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540401.2.4.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 08 April 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540408.2.4.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-04-08T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 08 April 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540408.2.3.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-04-08T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 15 April 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540415.2.4.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-04-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 22 April 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540422.2.4.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-04-22T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Hoon Hay
- [Onion Weed seen — Hoon Hay Rd, Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405901771), iNaturalist · urewerawhio, 5 Oct 2026
- [Coprinellus sect. Domestici seen — Rose St near Hoon Hay Rd, Somerfield, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/400648808), iNaturalist · adamduchac, 16 Sept 2026
- [Family and Christchurch police appeal for missing Hoon Hay woman](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxPaS12akZnbU5fQWoyRk9nU09hX3F1SmU4OFY5N3B3NF8tRXRUWWw4ZC1RSHlCWmJHWndWam9wTEVzcFpueFpNbGRsZ00xX2pDQ29VNTYzZFNfVzV5NENDNklncU5TbFI0MkZ2b3J1Q0ZUdGhLUlRyeG40SFljNTR1VnY2T21iQlA3QkN6MXQ4MUI3LXM3Tmw3dUJWWWpYV29TNDFnZHNtZzYtZkE?oc=5), The news · RNZ, 15 Sept 2026
- [Family ‘extremely worried’ after woman goes missing on morning walk in Hoon Hay](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMitwFBVV95cUxPNnVrWXhhMzAtdU43LUo5dnBoUFZHRVk4SldyWENEYWxzRjhHZ0lGaGlyb0t1ZG5qV016cGcyMzEtRWozVEwzT1VrNUF5aGdjR0t4aDZFdEpaMmFMT1IyZEIwTHBoS2Rfb2RWaF9GNER4Sm95YVhjY0tuRG91WWhITl9oZjhINy1NeUxNTVdsVU1tVGZkdkNiZng0M1ROZTJFY2VQOUtpMUg4RGZPQnI3VjlGMWdVWEk?oc=5), The news · The Press, 15 Sept 2026
- [Woman missing from Hoon Hay in Christchurch found safe and well](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMitwFBVV95cUxPNnVrWXhhMzAtdU43LUo5dnBoUFZHRVk4SldyWENEYWxzRjhHZ0lGaGlyb0t1ZG5qV016cGcyMzEtRWozVEwzT1VrNUF5aGdjR0t4aDZFdEpaMmFMT1IyZEIwTHBoS2Rfb2RWaF9GNER4Sm95YVhjY0tuRG91WWhITl9oZjhINy1NeUxNTVdsVU1tVGZkdkNiZng0M1ROZTJFY2VQOUtpMUg4RGZPQnI3VjlGMWdVWEk?oc=5), The news · The Press, 15 Sept 2026

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

## The crash record (112 injury crashes)

112 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 2 people killed, 29 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Hoon Hay Road at Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/hoon-hay-road-and-sparks-road), 8 injury crashes.

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

## The crime record (1,255 recorded victimisations)

1,255 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 36 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=hoon-hay)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## The buses through it (33 stops)

33 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by [route 60](https://www.chch.live/buses/60), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44), [the Orbiter (anticlockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oa), [the Orbiter (clockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oc).
- Cashmere Rd near Kaiwara St near Cashmere Rd
- Cashmere Rd near Kaiwara St near Cashmere Rd
- Cashmere Rd near Mavin Rd near Cashmere Rd
- Cashmere Rd near Mavin Rd near Cashmere Rd
- Cashmere Rd near Penruddock Rse
- Hendersons Rd near Rowley Ave near Hendersons Rd
- Hendersons Rd near Rowley Ave near Hendersons Rd
- Hendersons Road
- Hendersons Road
- Hoon Hay Rd
- Hoon Hay Rd near Barossa Ln
- Hoon Hay Rd near Blakiston St
- Hoon Hay Rd near Cashmere Rd near Hoon Hay Rd
- Hoon Hay Rd near Cashmere Rd near Hoon Hay Rd
- Hoon Hay Rd near Lewis St near Hoon Hay Rd
- Hoon Hay Rd near Lewis St near Hoon Hay Rd

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

## Businesses here (28 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-hoon-hay), 6
- [Cafés](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cafe#in-hoon-hay), 4
- [Bars & pubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bar#in-hoon-hay), 3
- [Dairies & convenience](https://www.chch.live/businesses/dairy#in-hoon-hay), 3
- [Hairdressers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hairdresser#in-hoon-hay), 2
- [Restaurants](https://www.chch.live/businesses/restaurant#in-hoon-hay), 2
- [Car repair](https://www.chch.live/businesses/car-repair#in-hoon-hay), 1
- [Clubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/club#in-hoon-hay), 1
- [Doctors & clinics](https://www.chch.live/businesses/doctor#in-hoon-hay), 1
- [Florists](https://www.chch.live/businesses/florist#in-hoon-hay), 1
- [Garden centres](https://www.chch.live/businesses/garden-centre#in-hoon-hay), 1
- [Petrol stations](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fuel#in-hoon-hay), 1
- [Pharmacies](https://www.chch.live/businesses/pharmacy#in-hoon-hay), 1
- [Supermarkets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/supermarket#in-hoon-hay), 1

The ones the record says most about:

- [Cracroft Fresh Fried](https://www.chch.live/business/cracroft-fresh-fried-hoon-hay), Fast food
- [Oderings](https://www.chch.live/business/oderings-hoon-hay), Garden centres
- [The Kiwi Kebab](https://www.chch.live/business/the-kiwi-kebab-hoon-hay), Fast food
- [Hoon Hay Automotive](https://www.chch.live/business/hoon-hay-automotive-hoon-hay), Car repair
- [Urban Eatery - Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/business/urban-eatery-cashmere-hoon-hay), Restaurants

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

## Next door
- [Hillmorton](https://www.chch.live/hillmorton)
- [Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/spreydon)
- [Westmorland](https://www.chch.live/westmorland)
- [Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/somerfield)
- [Cracroft](https://www.chch.live/cracroft)
- [Middleton](https://www.chch.live/middleton)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Hoon Hay with [Hillmorton](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=hillmorton&b=hoon-hay) · [Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=hoon-hay&b=spreydon) · [Westmorland](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=hoon-hay&b=westmorland) · [Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=hoon-hay&b=somerfield) · [Cracroft](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=cracroft&b=hoon-hay) · [Middleton](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=hoon-hay&b=middleton), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Hoon Hay?**

Hoon Hay is an outer suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located at the base of the Port Hills and about 5 kilometres southwest of Cathedral Square. The public record holds 5,078 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.

**How many people live in Hoon Hay?**

9,480 people at the 2023 Census, 2,457 per square kilometre across 3.9 km².

**How many people does the 2023 Census count for Hoon Hay?**

About 8,628 people and 3,090 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 Hoon Hay?**

5,078 reports on record, most often water & drains (1,324), graffiti & vandalism (1,059), roads & footpaths (1,006). 735 of them in the year to 14 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Hoon Hay had?**

112 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 2 people killed, 29 seriously hurt. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=hoon-hay)

**What schools are in Hoon Hay?**

4 schools in the Ministry’s directory, Hoon Hay Te Kura Kōaka, Our Lady of the Assumption School (Chch), Te Kura o Mōkihi Spreydon School, and 1 more.

Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?name=Hoon%20Hay · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Hoon%20Hay