# Little River, Christchurch

643 council reports since September 2015, the 83rd busiest suburb in the city. 476 photographs on record.
1,280 people at the 2023 Census, 7 to the square kilometre across 195 km².

https://www.chch.live/little-river

## 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

Little River is a town on Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury region of New Zealand.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_River%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 **$435 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 1,287 people and 516 occupied private households, grouped from 9 SA1 areas in Banks Peninsula South. A wider statistical area stands in for this suburb, so this is a proxy rather than a count for the suburb boundary.


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 (476 on record)
- [37–65 Breitmeyers Rd, Little River 7591](https://www.chch.live/report/8846283)
- [Canterbury, Little River 7591](https://www.chch.live/report/8822747)
- [4237B Christchurch Akaroa Road, Little River 7591](https://www.chch.live/report/8821995)
- [5165–5205 Christchurch-Akaroa Rd, French Farm 7591](https://www.chch.live/report/8804383)
- [17 Wairewa Pa Road, Banks Peninsula, Little River 7591](https://www.chch.live/report/8787585)
- [Canterbury, Little River 7591](https://www.chch.live/report/8786202)

[476 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=little-river)

## The suburb, back then (16 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.*
- [Five unidentified men using the ablutions at Little River](https://www.chch.live/then/1880s#p-48496324), 1886 · Canterbury Stories
- [Five unidentified men using the ablutions at Little River](https://www.chch.live/then/1880s#p-48496201), 1886 · Canterbury Stories
- [Nine unidentified men in front of Little River Hotel](https://www.chch.live/then/1880s#p-48495913), 1886 · Canterbury Stories
- [Nine unidentified men in front of Little River Hotel](https://www.chch.live/then/1880s#p-48496213), 1886 · Canterbury Stories
- [Unidentified man in front of a Māori whare in Little River](https://www.chch.live/then/1880s#p-48496330), 1886 · Canterbury Stories
- [Little River Railway Station](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-51786187), 1906 · Canterbury Stories
- [Wairewa Pā at Little River](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-51787009), 1906 · Canterbury Stories
- [Little River](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-51785860), 1908 · Canterbury Stories
- [Little River Railway Station](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-51786823), 1908 · Canterbury Stories
- [Little River School](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-51786619), 1908 · Canterbury Stories

[…and 6 more across the archive](https://www.chch.live/then)

## The record on Little River
- Little River enters the written record in 31 March 1855, [“JURY LIST. (Lyttelton Times, 31 March 1855)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18550331.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Little River” appears somewhere in 849 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: graffiti, 2 September 2015, at 4236 Christchurch Akaroa Rd.
- Its busiest day was 23 July 2023, 8 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Christchurch Akaroa Road](https://www.chch.live/street/little-river/christchurch-akaroa-road), reported on 129 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Banks Peninsula ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/banks-peninsula), the [Banks Peninsula community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/banks-peninsula) is its local layer. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## How fast the council fixes things here (1,158 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Little River took **2 weeks** 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 5 months or longer.
53 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 6 October 2019.

Work orders, not resident reports, the council’s MyCouncilTicket stream, and one job can appear in both. A median counts only finished jobs; open ones are named as open, never averaged in. [The ticket roll](https://www.chch.live/fixed) · [the whole city’s fix times](https://www.chch.live/trends#fix).

## Alcohol rules on this ground

One sensitive site stands here, Little River School, and the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 50 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 Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8846283), 1 Sept 2026 · 37–65 Breitmeyers Rd, “The road is essentially now just mud, there is no road metal on the surface.”
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8822747), 28 Aug 2026 · Canterbury, “FYI—Blocked culvert. Not emergency”
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8821995), 28 Aug 2026 · 4237B Christchurch Akaroa Road, “our sealed carpark needs a sweep please”
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8804383), 25 Aug 2026 · 5165–5205 Christchurch-Akaroa Rd, “Please can you arrange removal of this tag - many thanks!”
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/8787585), 22 Aug 2026 · 17 Wairewa Pa Road, “tree still in river”
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8786202), 22 Aug 2026 · Canterbury, “Whenever there is rain this drain backs up and floods over.”
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8780483), 21 Aug 2026 · 315 Western Valley Road, “This vehicle has left the road and demolished the barrier. The abutment has also been hit possibly undermining the…”
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8776890), 20 Aug 2026 · 4237 Christchurch Akaroa Road, “There are potholes in the parking area outside the Little River Cafe and also the Gallery which fill with water after a…”
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8768933), 19 Aug 2026 · 20 Barclays Road, “noticed half of barclays road has had a thick dump of shingle, why hasn't the other half of street not been been done…”
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/8747082), 15 Aug 2026 · 4313 Christchurch-Akaroa Rd, “Kia ora, can the back board at the basketball half court in Little River get repainted please.”
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8709978), 8 Aug 2026 · 63 Hillview Rd, “This large pothole in the last bit of hillview road outside number 67 has been an ongoing issue for a few years. Can…”
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8663941), 30 Jul 2026 · 4297–4313 Christchurch-Akaroa Rd, “Fallen cabbage trees and leftover February flood debris in river, potential to create blockage under bridge especially…”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 3
- 2016, 4
- 2017, 15
- 2018, 11
- 2019, 16
- 2020, 24
- 2021, 37
- 2022, 57
- 2023, 118
- 2024, 99
- 2025, 134

## What gets reported
- Roads & footpaths, 251
- Trees & parks, 160
- Water & drains, 145
- Everything else, 32
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 22
- Rubbish & dumping, 17
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 11
- Vehicles & parking, 5

## Exactly what people say
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 66
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 64
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 39
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/problems/flooding), 39
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 36
- [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 35
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/problems/trees), 35
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/trees), 26

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Christchurch Akaroa Road](https://www.chch.live/street/little-river/christchurch-akaroa-road), reported on 129 separate days
- [Western Valley Road](https://www.chch.live/street/little-river/western-valley-road), reported on 55 separate days
- [Okuti Valley Road](https://www.chch.live/street/little-river/okuti-valley-road), reported on 54 separate days
- [Council Hill Road](https://www.chch.live/street/little-river/council-hill-road), reported on 32 separate days
- [Reynolds Valley Road](https://www.chch.live/street/little-river/reynolds-valley-road), reported on 19 separate days
- [Barclays Road](https://www.chch.live/street/little-river/barclays-road), reported on 18 separate days
- [Montgomerys Road](https://www.chch.live/street/little-river/montgomerys-road), reported on 17 separate days
- [Poranui Beach Road](https://www.chch.live/street/little-river/poranui-beach-road), reported on 15 separate days

## Schools (1)
- [Little River School](https://www.chch.live/school/3418-little-river-school), Full Primary · decile 9 · EQI 423

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) · [Duvauchelle School](https://www.chch.live/school/3332-duvauchelle-school) · [Middleton Grange School](https://www.chch.live/school/335-middleton-grange-school) · [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), the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (13)
- [Te Oka Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1661-te-oka-reserve), Regional · 912 ha
- [Birdlings Flat](https://www.chch.live/park/974-birdlings-flat), Regional · 90 ha · playground, 11 pieces
- [Awa-Iti Domain](https://www.chch.live/park/1705-awa-iti-domain), 5 ha
- [Heritage Park Little River](https://www.chch.live/park/1324-heritage-park-little-river), 5 ha · playground, 26 pieces
- [Morice Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1236-morice-reserve), Sports ground · 2 ha
- [Little River Education House](https://www.chch.live/park/1440-little-river-education-house), 1 ha
- [Okuti Esplanade Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/924-okuti-esplanade-reserve)
- [Little River Esplanade Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1228-little-river-esplanade-reserve)
- [Little River Bowling Green](https://www.chch.live/park/964-little-river-bowling-green)
- [Whites Streamside Strip](https://www.chch.live/park/1198-whites-streamside-strip)
- [Okuti Valley Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1652-okuti-valley-reserve)
- [Okuti Valley Streamside Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1641-okuti-valley-streamside-reserve)
- [Western Valley Streamside Esplanade](https://www.chch.live/park/1272-western-valley-streamside-esplanade)

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

## The civic shelf (6)
- [Little River Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/facility/cemetery-60), Cemetery
- [Little River Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-36), Library · State Highway 75, Little River
- [Little River Service Cen](https://www.chch.live/facility/service-centre-14), Service centre
- [Birdlings Flat Transfer Station](https://www.chch.live/facility/transfer-station-30), Transfer station
- [Little River Recycling Depot](https://www.chch.live/facility/transfer-station-27), Transfer station
- [Western Valley Road Collection Point](https://www.chch.live/facility/transfer-station-34), Transfer station

## Where the suburb worships (1)
- [St Andrew's Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/st-andrew-s-church), a church · 32 Upper Church Road

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

## The marae standing here (1)
- [Wairewa Marae](https://www.chch.live/marae/wairewa), papatipu marae · wharenui Te Makō · 4345 Christchurch–Akaroa Road, Little River

The whole roll is at [/maraes](https://www.chch.live/maraes).
The flood record drew water over 17.7% of this outline, about 3,445 hectares, across 2 named events. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the record is at [floods](https://www.chch.live/floods).
No named slope-hazard band reaches this outline. The broad remaining-instability overlay covers **81%** 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 schedule of sites significant to Ngāi Tahu covers **13%** of this outline, about 2,528 hectares, ngā tūranga tūpuna, ngā wai, wāhi tapu/wāhi taonga. A silent-file precinct covers **5%** of it besides, sensitive ground the plan flags without naming the sites. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a catalogue. The whole schedule: [cultural](https://www.chch.live/cultural).
The plan’s ecological schedules cover **10%** of this outline, about 1,896 hectares across **9** scheduled sites, **4%** of it Schedule B, identified on private land but not yet protected. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a survey. The whole ledger: [ecology](https://www.chch.live/ecology).
The plan’s landscape schedules cover **89%** of this outline, about 17,383 hectares across **18** scheduled areas, **16%** of it outstanding, the plan’s strongest landscape standing, and **5%** of it sits inside the coastal environment. **3** main ridgelines run through, the skyline itself is protected. Shares read from a sampled join; a protection overlay, not a ranking of views. The kept view: [landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape).
No high-hazard flood area covers this outline. The broader flood-management watch covers **2%** of it, Lake Forsyth. 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, **419** classified reaches, the plan calling **Opuahou Stream** and **Okuti River**
           by name, **9%** of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding **20 m** off the bank. 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, **3** hill density lines hold the high ground low. 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 **11** photographs on this ground, 2011–2012, 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, **16** inscribed plaques, [Heritage Park Little River](https://www.chch.live/plaque/2391-heritage-park-little-river), [Little River Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/plaque/1588-little-river-cemetery), [Little River Bowling Green](https://www.chch.live/plaque/2672-little-river-bowling-green) 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, **15** drawn instruments, 13 of them dog rules, 1 camping zone, a certified self-contained van can stay the night at Little River Restricted Area, 1 bottle-store buffer; the outline sits inside the takiwā of Rapaki Runanga, Te Runanga o Koukourarata, Te Runanga o Onuku and Wairewa Runanga. The bylaw is the instrument, this the map of it, the rulebook: [rules](https://www.chch.live/rules).
**2** parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly vehicle refuelling, service and repair, chemical manufacture, application and bulk storage. A listing records the work, not a soil test; the register is at [hazards](https://www.chch.live/hazards).
The files record **4** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, mostly mixed fill, 1 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 rockfall survey mapped **3** rocks inside this outline across 3 survey pins, **1** came down. 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).
The council’s structure register stands **6** assets on this ground, 4 bridges, 1 ramp, 1 set of steps, sited at Awa-Iti Domain, Heritage Park Little River, Te Oka 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 **14** records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 4 tennis, 2 bowls, 2 cricket, 2 netball. 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 **485** living trees inside this outline, **115** veterans among them, 145 carrying a protection, mostly Common Lime, English Oak, Crack Willow. The file remembers **140** 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 **76%** of this outline under **Rural Banks Peninsula**, the rest mostly Open Space Natural 8%, Open Space Water and Margins 4%, 90% 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 **5** places by name in this suburb, **Former Little River Railway Station and Setting**, **Little River Library and Setting**, **Little River War Memorial Gates 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 4 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M4.0 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 (28)
- [Little River Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/cemetery/little-river-cemetery), cemetery
- [Wairewa Urupā](https://www.chch.live/cemetery/wairewa-urupa), cemetery
- [Coffin Rock](https://www.chch.live/rock/coffin-rock), crag
- [Little River Crag](https://www.chch.live/rock/little-river-crag), crag
- [Screaming Whippets Crag](https://www.chch.live/rock/screaming-whippets-crag), crag
- [Snuffle Nose](https://www.chch.live/coast/snuffle-nose), headland
- [Lake Forsyth / Wairewa](https://www.chch.live/lake/lake-forsyth-wairewa), lake · Wairewa
- [Akaroa Harbour View](https://www.chch.live/summit/akaroa-harbour-view), lookout
- [1914/1919 War Memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/1914-1919-war-memorial), monument
- [Birdlings Flat](https://www.chch.live/landfills), old dump · ?–1995
- [Oruaka Pā](https://www.chch.live/site/oruaka-pa), old site
- [Devils Gap](https://www.chch.live/summit/devils-gap), summit · 735 m
- [French Hill](https://www.chch.live/summit/french-hill), summit · Puha
- [High Bare Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/high-bare-peak), summit · 756 m
- [Mount Fitzgerald](https://www.chch.live/summit/mount-fitzgerald), summit · 826 m

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.*
- [JURY LIST. (Lyttelton Times, 31 March 1855)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18550331.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1855-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- [The Lyttelton Times. (Lyttelton Times, 31 August 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18590831.2.11), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1859-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
- [Provincial Council. (Lyttelton Times, 29 October 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18591029.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1859-10-29T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 26 December 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18601226.2.17.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1860-12-26T00:00:00.000Z
- [The Lyttelton Times. (Lyttelton Times, 05 January 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610105.2.8), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1861-01-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 09 March 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610309.2.22.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1861-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 11 May 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610511.2.21.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1861-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 22 May 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610522.2.20.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1861-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 25 May 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610525.2.20.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1861-05-25T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 01 June 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610601.2.26.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1861-06-01T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Little River
- [Pohowera (Banded Dotterel) seen — Coates Rd, Little River, Canterbury, NZ](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407936431), iNaturalist · indsbirds, 13 Oct 2026
- [Something seen — Bossu Rd, Little River, Canterbury, NZ](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407936262), iNaturalist · indsbirds, 13 Oct 2026
- [Something seen — Coates Rd, Little River, Canterbury, NZ](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407936035), iNaturalist · indsbirds, 13 Oct 2026
- [Pohowera (Banded Dotterel) seen — Poranui Beach Rd, Little River, Canterbury, NZ](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407935649), iNaturalist · indsbirds, 13 Oct 2026
- [Fungi Including Lichens seen — Little River 7591, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407923392), iNaturalist · jandkmorison, 13 Oct 2026

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

## The crash record (92 injury crashes)

92 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 5 people killed, 35 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: [State Highway 75 at Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/sh-75-and-summit-road), 7 injury crashes, 1 fatal.

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

## The crime record (52 recorded victimisations)

52 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 10 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=little-river)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## Businesses here (26 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.

- [Attractions](https://www.chch.live/businesses/attraction#in-little-river), 3
- [Campgrounds](https://www.chch.live/businesses/campground#in-little-river), 3
- [Restaurants](https://www.chch.live/businesses/restaurant#in-little-river), 3
- [Guest houses](https://www.chch.live/businesses/guest-house#in-little-river), 2
- [Petrol stations](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fuel#in-little-river), 2
- [Vets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/vet#in-little-river), 2
- [B&Bs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bnb#in-little-river), 1
- [Bars & pubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bar#in-little-river), 1
- [Bike shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bike-shop#in-little-river), 1
- [Cafés](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cafe#in-little-river), 1
- [Clubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/club#in-little-river), 1
- [Dairies & convenience](https://www.chch.live/businesses/dairy#in-little-river), 1
- [Galleries](https://www.chch.live/businesses/gallery#in-little-river), 1
- [Gift shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/gift#in-little-river), 1
- [Hostels](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hostel#in-little-river), 1
- [Hotels](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hotel#in-little-river), 1
- [Museums](https://www.chch.live/businesses/museum#in-little-river), 1

The ones the record says most about:

- [Little River Cafe & Store](https://www.chch.live/business/little-river-cafe-store-little-river), Dairies & convenience
- [Junction Coffee & Eats](https://www.chch.live/business/junction-coffee-eats-little-river), Cafés
- [SiloStay](https://www.chch.live/business/silostay-little-river), Hotels

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

## Next door
- [Wainui](https://www.chch.live/wainui)
- [Pigeon Bay](https://www.chch.live/pigeon-bay)
- [Duvauchelle](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle)
- [Ataahua](https://www.chch.live/ataahua)
- [Port Levy](https://www.chch.live/port-levy)
- [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Little River with [Wainui](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=little-river&b=wainui) · [Pigeon Bay](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=little-river&b=pigeon-bay) · [Duvauchelle](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=duvauchelle&b=little-river) · [Ataahua](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=ataahua&b=little-river) · [Port Levy](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=little-river&b=port-levy) · [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=akaroa&b=little-river), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Little River?**

Little River is a town on Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. The public record holds 643 council reports for it, the first filed in September 2015.

**How many people live in Little River?**

1,280 people at the 2023 Census, 7 per square kilometre across 195 km².

**How many people does the 2023 Census count for Little River?**

About 1,287 people and 516 occupied private households (wider SA2 stand-in): grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

**What gets reported in Little River?**

643 reports on record, most often roads & footpaths (251), trees & parks (160), water & drains (145). 158 of them in the year to 13 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Little River had?**

92 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 5 people killed, 35 seriously hurt. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=little-river)

**What schools are in Little River?**

One school in the Ministry’s directory, Little River School.

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