17 Cox Street
2 council reports since July 2024, 2 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 22 Cox Street, 11 reports on file.
On the register here
- Elmwood School War Memorial and Setting, 1/76 Leinster Road (157m)
- Dwelling and Setting, 61 Leinster Road (224m)
From the air, then
Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Each frame is cut from Environment Canterbury’s historic imagery MapServer for that decade, only where the Footprints layer names a CC BY survey (NZAM-covered spots stay out). RetroLens holds more Crown aerials →
The green nearby
- Merivale Reserve, 134 m to the edge · playground, 7 pieces
- Elmwood Park, 339 m to the edge · Sports ground · 7 ha · playground, 38 pieces
- Merivale Village Green, 483 m to the edge
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
On the doorstep
- Elmwood Players, 98 m away · Cinemas & theatres
- Repertory Theatre, 101 m away · Cinemas & theatres
- Public tennis court, 189 m away · Sports centres
- Studio 125 Gallery, 344 m away · Galleries
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Merivale, 310 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Merivale, 331 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Merivale, 374 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Merivale, 470 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
The named ground
Named water within 500 m of this address, measured to the line or the edge; Named places within 1.5 km of this address; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.
Renting nearby
new bonds in Merivale ran about $604 a week, $54 above the city median of $550, the suburb page keeps the rent record →.
What gets reported here
- Sewer - Leak / Blockage, 1
- Damaged Asset – CCC contractor, 1
Photographed here 2 on record
What’s on record
Damaged Asset – CCC contractor, 14 Aug 2025 Normal
Sewer - Leak / Blockage, 11 Jul 2024 Water seems to be leaking. Water mains is behind this bush at flat 1 17 cox street. Left hand side flat. There are earthworks happening next
Elsewhere on Cox Street
- 22 Cox Street, 11 reports
- 67 Cox Street, 3 reports
- 7 Cox Street, 2 reports
- 54 Cox Street, 2 reports
- 34 Cox Street, 2 reports
- 21 Cox Street, 2 reports
- 16 Cox Street, 2 reports
- 14 Cox Street, 2 reports
The civic layer
This ground votes in Fendalton ward, the Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood community board is its local layer. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre. The whole roll is at /wards.
Cox Street, the whole record → · Everything about Merivale → · What stood on this ground → · On the map → · From the air, RetroLens holds the Crown’s aerials back to 1936; search the address there →
Questions, answered briefly
2 council reports on record since July 2024, most often sewer - leak / blockage (1), damaged asset – ccc contractor (1).
Merivale, Christchurch, on Cox Street.
The heritage register names 2 places at or beside it, Elmwood School War Memorial and Setting, Dwelling and Setting.
Merivale Reserve, 134 m to its edge.

