# McLeans Island, Christchurch 228 council reports since June 2015, the 92nd busiest suburb in the city. 169 photographs on record. 200 people at the 2023 Census, 4 to the square kilometre across 56 km². https://www.chch.live/mcleans-island ## The encyclopaedia on it McLeans Island is a rural area north and northwest of Christchurch city, and south of Waimakariri River. — Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLeans_Island), 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. ## On the heritage register (2) - [Dwelling and Setting, Former Tiptree Farm](https://www.chch.live/place/214), 63 Savills Road - [Historic Structure](https://www.chch.live/place/630) ## The streets that keep coming up - [Conservators Road](https://www.chch.live/street/mcleans-island/conservators-road), reported on 54 separate days - [McLeans Island Road](https://www.chch.live/street/mcleans-island/mcleans-island-road), reported on 47 separate days - [Chattertons Road](https://www.chch.live/street/mcleans-island/chattertons-road), reported on 8 separate days - [Pound Road](https://www.chch.live/street/mcleans-island/pound-road), reported on 4 separate days - [MCLEANS ISLAND ROAD HAREWOOD](https://www.chch.live/street/mcleans-island/mcleans-island-road-harewood), reported on 3 separate days - [McArthurs Road](https://www.chch.live/street/mcleans-island/mcarthurs-road), reported on 2 separate days - [Miners Road](https://www.chch.live/street/mcleans-island/miners-road), reported on 2 separate days ## The green here (1) - [Mcleans Grassland Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1074-mcleans-grassland-park), Regional · 158 ha A park lands in the suburb its centre falls inside, a centroid call, not a containment claim. ## The civic shelf (1) - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/facility/public-toilet-217), Public toilet ## The tracks through here (6) - [Adventure Trailbike](https://www.chch.live/track/orv-49-adventure-trailbike), 21.5 km · orv - [Day Walk](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-1199-day-walk), 9.0 km · walk · bike - [Adventure Mountain Bike](https://www.chch.live/track/bike-1220-adventure-mountain-bike), 8.4 km · bike - [Adventure Mountain Bike](https://www.chch.live/track/bike-1221-adventure-mountain-bike), 4.8 km · bike - [Adventure Mountain Bike](https://www.chch.live/track/bike-1263-adventure-mountain-bike), 918 m · bike - [Adventure Mountain Bike](https://www.chch.live/track/bike-1264-adventure-mountain-bike), 66 m · bike A track belongs to every suburb its line passes through. ## The ground that moved The February 2011 survey drew mapped ground failure over 0.0% of this outline. 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 plan’s ecological schedules cover **10%** of this outline, about 535 hectares across **4** 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 **30%** of this outline, about 1,673 hectares across **2** scheduled areas, **6%** 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 **2%** of this outline inside **high flood hazard** ground, about 100 hectares across **2** mapped areas. 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 **85%** of this outline, about 4,718 hectares across **9** mapped overlays, **37%** 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, **27** classified reaches, the plan calling **Middle Stream** and **Waimakariri River South Branch** by name, **5%** 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 rulebook binds this ground, **3** drawn instruments, 2 of them dog rules, 1 bottle-store buffer; 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 chemical manufacture, application and bulk storage, cemeteries and waste recycling, treatment and disposal, explosives and ordinances production, storage and use, 1 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 **1** parcel of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 12 hectares. 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 **49%** of this outline in the **possible** 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 register counts **19** living trees inside this outline, **2** veterans among them, 19 carrying a protection, mostly Kowhai, English Oak, Radiata Pine (w). The file remembers **2** 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 **43%** of this outline under **Rural Waimakariri**, the rest mostly Open Space Water and Margins 21%, Open Space McLeans Island 14%, 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 reserves about **167 hectares** of this outline, **3%**, under 2 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). GeoNet’s catalogue puts 2 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M4.3 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 (4) - [Kiwi](https://www.chch.live/memorial/kiwi), artwork - [Turtoise](https://www.chch.live/memorial/turtoise), artwork - [Waimak Production Site](https://www.chch.live/rock/waimak-production-site), quarry - [Waimakariri River](https://www.chch.live/river/waimakariri-river), waterway · 160.8 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.* - [Tiptree Cottage - List No. 282](https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/282/Tiptree%20Cottage), The New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero · 1862-00-00T00:00:00 - [HOTEL ARRIVALS. (Auckland Star, 18 November 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18781118.2.3), Papers Past · 1878-11-18T00:00:00.000Z - [FOOTBALL. (Wanganui Chronicle, 18 June 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC18970618.2.10), Papers Past · 1897-06-18T00:00:00.000Z - [THE CHRISTCHURCH BOWLING TOURNAMENT. (Nelson Evening Mail, 17 January 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19010117.2.20.3.8), Papers Past · 1901-01-17T00:00:00.000Z - [BOWLING. (Wanganui Herald, 17 January 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WH19010117.2.24), Papers Past · 1901-01-17T00:00:00.000Z - [CHRISTCHURCH BOWLING TOURNAMENT. (Marlborough Express, 18 January 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MEX19010118.2.3), Papers Past · 1901-01-18T00:00:00.000Z - [NEW ZEALAND TROTTING ASSOCIATION. (Colonist, 21 September 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19040921.2.15.2), Papers Past · 1904-09-21T00:00:00.000Z - [M. A. P. (Grey River Argus, 01 April 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA19050401.2.11), Papers Past · 1905-04-01T00:00:00.000Z - [Personal. (Taranaki Herald, 08 April 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TH19050408.2.35), Papers Past · 1905-04-08T00:00:00.000Z - [Makatote Viaduct. (Taranaki Herald, 05 July 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TH19050705.2.44), Papers Past · 1905-07-05T00:00:00.000Z ## The crash record (52 injury crashes) 52 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 14 seriously hurt, nobody killed. The corner that keeps appearing: [Pound Rd at McLeans Island Rd](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=pound-rd&suburb=mcleans-island), 14 injury crashes. - [Every crash it holds](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=mcleans-island) - [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crashes) ## The buses through it (2 stops) 2 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by [route 120](https://www.chch.live/buses/120), [route 130](https://www.chch.live/buses/130), [route 140](https://www.chch.live/buses/140), [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44), [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 820](https://www.chch.live/buses/820). - NTA - NTA - [Every route in the record](https://www.chch.live/buses) ## Businesses here (19 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-mcleans-island), 6 - [Clubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/club#in-mcleans-island), 5 - [Golf courses](https://www.chch.live/businesses/golf-course#in-mcleans-island), 3 - [Business](https://www.chch.live/businesses/business#in-mcleans-island), 1 - [Cafés](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cafe#in-mcleans-island), 1 - [Museums](https://www.chch.live/businesses/museum#in-mcleans-island), 1 - [Restaurants](https://www.chch.live/businesses/restaurant#in-mcleans-island), 1 - [Venues & events](https://www.chch.live/businesses/venue#in-mcleans-island), 1 - [The whole directory](https://www.chch.live/businesses) ## Next door - [Yaldhurst](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst) - [Christchurch Airport](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport) - [Russley](https://www.chch.live/russley) - [Harewood](https://www.chch.live/harewood) - [Broomfield](https://www.chch.live/broomfield) - [Avonhead](https://www.chch.live/avonhead) Compare McLeans Island with [Yaldhurst](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=mcleans-island&b=yaldhurst) · [Christchurch Airport](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=christchurch-airport&b=mcleans-island) · [Russley](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=mcleans-island&b=russley) · [Harewood](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=harewood&b=mcleans-island) · [Broomfield](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=broomfield&b=mcleans-island) · [Avonhead](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=avonhead&b=mcleans-island), same record, side by side. ## Questions, answered briefly **What is McLeans Island?** McLeans Island is a rural area north and northwest of Christchurch city, and south of Waimakariri River. The public record holds 228 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015. **How many people live in McLeans Island?** 200 people at the 2023 Census, 4 per square kilometre across 56 km². **What gets reported in McLeans Island?** 228 reports on record, most often rubbish & dumping (128), roads & footpaths (55), trees & parks (16). 16 of them in the last twelve months. **How many crashes has McLeans Island had?** 52 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 14 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=mcleans-island) **What stood in McLeans Island before?** The heritage register holds 2 places here, [Dwelling and Setting, Former Tiptree Farm](https://www.chch.live/place/214), [Historic Structure](https://www.chch.live/place/630). The written record goes back further: [the shelf, for the name →](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=%22McLeans%20Island%22) **Does McLeans Island have buses?** 2 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, served by 120, 130, 140, 3. Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?name=McLeans%20Island · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=McLeans%20Island