# Kennedys Bush, Christchurch

912 council reports since June 2015, the 79th busiest suburb in the city. 709 photographs on record.
1,450 people at the 2023 Census, 97 to the square kilometre across 15 km².

https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush

## 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

Kennedys Bush is a south-western suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedys_Bush), 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 **$730 a week** in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half $660–$740, across 15 bonds, up 1% on a year ago. That’s about **$180 a week above** the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the “Kennedys Bush” statistical area, close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.
- 1-bedroom house, $720 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 1,713 people and 621 occupied private households, grouped from 13 SA1 areas in Kennedys Bush, Halswell South East. This exact statistical-area match is close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.

- Under 15: about 18% (312 people)
- 65 and over: about 17% (294 people)
- Born overseas: about 26% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 87% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 4% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 1% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 12% 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 (709 on record)
- [394 Worsleys Road, Kennedys Bush](https://www.chch.live/report/9081164)
- [255 Kennedys Bush Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9073431)
- [109 Old Tai Tapu Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9041733)
- [CH2H+QV Kurashiki Garden Songpa Street, Kennedys Bush](https://www.chch.live/report/9030081)
- [Kennedys Bush Road, Kennedys Bush](https://www.chch.live/report/9015452)
- [900 Cashmere Road, Halswell](https://www.chch.live/report/9003448)

[709 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=kennedys-bush)

## The suburb, back then (3 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.*
- [Waterfalls at Murray Aynsley and Kennedys Bush](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-48502534), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Waterfalls in the Port Hills and Kennedys Bush](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-48502564), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Waterfalls on Port Hills and Kennedys Bush](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-48502528), 1900 · Canterbury Stories

## The record on Kennedys Bush
- Kennedys Bush enters the written record in 22 March 1872, [“CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 22 March 1872)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18720322.2.8.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Kennedys Bush” appears somewhere in 12 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: roading/streets, 12 June 2015, at 10.
- Its busiest day was 18 March 2018, 6 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Kennedys Bush Road](https://www.chch.live/street/kennedys-bush/kennedys-bush-road), reported on 236 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).

## How fast the council fixes things here (1,711 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Kennedys Bush took **5 days** to resolve, the city-wide median is 3 days, so this ground runs slower than the city as a whole.
The slowest tenth of finished jobs waited 4 months or longer.
58 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 23 September 2021.

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).

## Lately
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9081164), 13 Oct 2026 · 394 Worsleys Road, “The new laid seal is being ripped up by boy racers, not sure why it was laid with out a speed bump to stop burnouts…”
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/9073431), 11 Oct 2026 · 255 Kennedys Bush Rd, “This is the third time in a couple of years that our metal driveway panels have had to be repaired and most recently…”
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/9071862), 11 Oct 2026 · 107–111 Old Tai Tapu Rd, “Numerous potholes on both sides of the road. One particularly big hole at the end of a new patch of seal to watch for”
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9041733), 6 Oct 2026 · 109 Old Tai Tapu Rd, “Bin is not fully emptied”
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9030081), 4 Oct 2026 · CH2H+QV Kurashiki Garden Songpa Street, “broken gate letting possible stock out”
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9015452), 1 Oct 2026 · Kennedys Bush Road, “The hook has gone to shut the gate”
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9003448), 29 Sept 2026 · 900 Cashmere Road, “Have noticed an increasing number of mountain bikers using the Hillside walking track at the Quarry Park. Need of more/…”
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8984686), 26 Sept 2026 · Halswell Quarry Kennedys Bush Road, “a power cable is protruding from the ground”
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8979389), 24 Sept 2026 · 568 Cashmere Road, “car that had previously crashed into the ditch around the corner to the left but has now been broken into and left…”
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8968029), 23 Sept 2026 · 568 Cashmere Road, “a stolen car that is being cannibalism, which needs removing.”
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8961549), 22 Sept 2026 · 568 Cashmere Road, “Abandoned car”
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8951033), 20 Sept 2026 · 70 Hoon Hay Valley Rd, “This car was crashed into the ditch corner of hoon hay Rd and cashmere Rd last week, they then parked it in the valley…”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 6
- 2016, 22
- 2017, 22
- 2018, 39
- 2019, 58
- 2020, 43
- 2021, 66
- 2022, 107
- 2023, 135
- 2024, 132
- 2025, 160

## What gets reported
- Roads & footpaths, 251
- Trees & parks, 190
- Water & drains, 136
- Rubbish & dumping, 123
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 115
- Everything else, 52
- Vehicles & parking, 26
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 18

## Exactly what people say
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 87
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 77
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 64
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 61
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/problems/potholes), 56
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 52
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 51
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 43

## On the heritage register (4)
- [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)
- [Remaining Former Halswell Quarry Crusher Buildings, Foundations, Retaining Walls and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/435)

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Kennedys Bush Road](https://www.chch.live/street/kennedys-bush/kennedys-bush-road), reported on 236 separate days
- [Hoon Hay Valley Road](https://www.chch.live/street/kennedys-bush/hoon-hay-valley-road), reported on 48 separate days
- [Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/street/kennedys-bush/cashmere-road), reported on 46 separate days
- [Old Tai Tapu Road](https://www.chch.live/street/kennedys-bush/old-tai-tapu-road), reported on 43 separate days
- [Old Taitapu Road](https://www.chch.live/street/kennedys-bush/old-taitapu-road), reported on 12 separate days
- [Kitcheners Knoll Road](https://www.chch.live/street/kennedys-bush/kitcheners-knoll-road), reported on 12 separate days
- [Rock Hill Drive](https://www.chch.live/street/kennedys-bush/rock-hill-drive), reported on 11 separate days
- [Whincops Road](https://www.chch.live/street/kennedys-bush/whincops-road), reported on 9 separate days

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) · [Te Puna Wai o Waipapa - Hagley College](https://www.chch.live/school/336-te-puna-wai-o-waipapa-hagley-college) · and 4 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (4)
- [Kennedys Bush](https://www.chch.live/park/1064-kennedys-bush), Regional · 134 ha
- [Halswell Quarry Park](https://www.chch.live/park/927-halswell-quarry-park), Regional · 56 ha
- [Quarry Hill Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1112-quarry-hill-reserve), 2 ha · playground, 9 pieces
- [Stowe Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1561-stowe-drainage-reserve)

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

## The tracks through here (3)
- [Walk and bike track through Kennedys Bush](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-266-kennedys-bush), 2.9 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Kennedys Bush](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-402-cashmere), 2.8 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Kennedys Bush](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-319-kennedys-bush), 2.1 km · 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 5.7% of this outline, about 84 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 10.1% of this outline, about 150 hectares, mostly **TC3**. A category is a verdict for a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the grades are at [technical-categories](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories).
The plan’s slope-hazard bands cover **4%** of this outline, about 59 hectares, rockfall management area 1. The broad remaining-instability overlay covers **70%** 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 landscape schedules cover **50%** of this outline, about 746 hectares across **3** scheduled areas, **45%** of it outstanding, the plan’s strongest landscape standing. Shares read from a sampled join; a protection overlay, not a ranking of views. The kept view: [landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape).
The plan’s flood map draws **5%** of this outline inside **high flood hazard** ground, about 71 hectares across **5** mapped areas. The broader flood-management watch covers **12%** of it, Lansdowne, Halswell, Heathcote River. **1** ponding spot is 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 **Mokomoko Stream** and **Green Stream**
           by name, **6%** of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding **30 m** off the bank, and an esplanade line holds a public edge here. The margin is the plan’s drawing, not a survey of the bank. The drawn water: [water-margin](https://www.chch.live/water-margin).
The rebuild’s cameras filed **55** photographs on this ground, 2011–2013, 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 remembered names stand on this ground, **32** inscribed plaques, [Halswell Quarry Park](https://www.chch.live/plaque/89609-halswell-quarry-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, **6** drawn instruments, 6 of them dog rules; the outline sits inside the takiwā of Rapaki Runanga and Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga. The bylaw is the instrument, this the map of it, the rulebook: [rules](https://www.chch.live/rules).
The files record **50** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, mostly loess, engineered fill, silt. 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 rockfall survey mapped **11** rocks inside this outline across 3 survey pins, **2** came down, 5 still wobble easy. A pin may stand for a cluster and marks where the survey saw the rock, not where it is now; the survey is at [boulders](https://www.chch.live/boulders).
**1** parcel inside this outline carries a cleanup on the file, 1 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 **74%** of this outline in the **"unlikely"** class, 91% of the outline fell inside an assessed area. 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 **31** assets on this ground, 12 bridges, 10 shelters, 6 sets of steps, 2 viewing platforms, sited at Halswell Quarry Park, Kennedys Bush, Quarry Hill 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 **2** records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 1 petanque, plus a marked dog exercise area. 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 **185** living trees inside this outline, **6** veterans among them, 9 carrying a protection, mostly Fastigated Hornbeam, Ribbonwood, Kowhai. The file remembers **110** 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 **42%** of this outline under **Rural Port Hills**, **9%** residential, the rest mostly Rural Urban Fringe 21%, Open Space Natural 18%, 91% 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’s heritage schedule protects **4** places by name in this suburb, **1** graded highly significant, **Former Halswell Quarry**, **Former Dwelling and setting, Halswell Quarry Manager's Residence, Garden and Garage**, **Former Halswell Quarry Singlemen’s Quarters and Setting** among them. A setting is the ground the item stands in, each files under the suburb holding its centroid. The schedule is at [heritage](https://www.chch.live/heritage).
GeoNet’s catalogue puts 65 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M4.3 in 2011. An epicentre is where the instruments placed the break, not a measure of the shaking here; the whole catalogue is counted at [sequence](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)
- [Lookout Rock](https://www.chch.live/summit/lookout-rock), lookout
- [Old Halswell Quarry](https://www.chch.live/rock/old-halswell-quarry), quarry
- [Brice Creek](https://www.chch.live/river/brice-creek), waterway · 1.8 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

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

## Documents that name it

*These are leads, not verified claims, search ties, not read sources.*
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 22 March 1872)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18720322.2.8.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1872-03-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH CATHOLIC SCHOOLS. (New Zealand Tablet, 31 December 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZT18801231.2.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1880-12-31T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (New Zealand Tablet, 04 January 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZT18840104.2.29), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1884-01-04T00:00:00.000Z
- [The New House. (Bush Advocate, 09 December 1890)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BA18901209.2.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1890-12-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [SECOND EDITION. (Bush Advocate, 17 March 1892)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BA18920317.2.18), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1892-03-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [N.Z. RIFLE ASSOCIATION. (Bush Advocate, 17 January 1893)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BA18930117.2.12), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1893-01-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES (Evening Post, 02 November 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18981102.2.38), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1898-11-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [Waterfalls on Port Hills and Kennedys Bush](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/drayton-album/ccl-cs-55818), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories) · 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- [Waterfalls in the Port Hills and Kennedys Bush](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/drayton-album/ccl-cs-55831), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories) · 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- [Waterfalls at Murray Aynsley and Kennedys Bush](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/drayton-album/ccl-cs-55822), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories) · 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z

## The wire on Kennedys Bush
- [speedwells seen — Kennedys Bush, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407782615), iNaturalist · aldwinromeo, 13 Oct 2026
- [Mallows seen — Kennedys Bush, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407782598), iNaturalist · aldwinromeo, 13 Oct 2026
- [Anoteropsis seen — Kennedys Bush, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407782577), iNaturalist · aldwinromeo, 13 Oct 2026
- [White Banded House Jumper seen — Kennedys Bush, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407782558), iNaturalist · aldwinromeo, 13 Oct 2026
- [Hedgemustards seen — Kennedys Bush, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407782511), iNaturalist · aldwinromeo, 13 Oct 2026

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

## The crash record (16 injury crashes)

16 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 3 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Cashmere Road at Hoon Hay Valley Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=cashmere-rd&suburb=kennedys-bush), 3 injury crashes.

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

## The crime record (178 recorded victimisations)

178 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 26 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=kennedys-bush)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## Businesses here (5 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-kennedys-bush), 2
- [Museums](https://www.chch.live/businesses/museum#in-kennedys-bush), 1
- [Storage](https://www.chch.live/businesses/storage#in-kennedys-bush), 1
- [Wineries](https://www.chch.live/businesses/winery#in-kennedys-bush), 1

The ones the record says most about:

- [The Bicycle Thief](https://www.chch.live/business/the-bicycle-thief-kennedys-bush), Restaurants

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

## Next door
- [Westmorland](https://www.chch.live/westmorland)
- [Halswell](https://www.chch.live/halswell)
- [Cracroft](https://www.chch.live/cracroft)
- [Aidanfield](https://www.chch.live/aidanfield)
- [Hoon Hay](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay)
- [Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/cashmere)

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Kennedys Bush?**

Kennedys Bush is a south-western suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. The public record holds 912 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.

**How many people live in Kennedys Bush?**

1,450 people at the 2023 Census, 97 per square kilometre across 15 km².

**How many people does the 2023 Census count for Kennedys Bush?**

About 1,713 people and 621 occupied private households: grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

**What gets reported in Kennedys Bush?**

912 reports on record, most often roads & footpaths (251), trees & parks (190), water & drains (136). 154 of them in the year to 14 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Kennedys Bush had?**

16 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 3 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=kennedys-bush)

**What stood in Kennedys Bush before?**

The heritage register holds 4 places here, [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) among them. The written record goes back further: [the shelf, for the name →](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=%22Kennedys%20Bush%22)

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