29 Desmond Street
4 council reports since August 2022, 3 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 15 Desmond Street, 10 reports on file.
On the register here
- Dwelling and Setting, 16 Helmores Lane (237m)
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
- Little Hagley Park, 148 m to the edge · Botanic · 7 ha
- Mona Vale, 201 m to the edge · Botanic · 5 ha
- Hagley Park North, 220 m to the edge · Sports ground · 91 ha
- Millbrook Reserve, 260 m to the edge · Botanic
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
On the doorstep
- The Preservatory, 337 m away · Cafés
- Holmwood Dairy, 342 m away · Supermarkets
- Le Panier, 345 m away · Bakeries
- Mona Vale Homestead & Gardens Venue, 357 m away · Cafés
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Fendalton Rd near Wood Ln, 107 m away · route 29
- Fendalton Rd near Holmwood Rd, 135 m away · route 29
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Merivale, 95 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Merivale, 175 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Merivale, 209 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Merivale, 242 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Merivale, 253 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
Photographed here 3 on record
What’s on record
Rubbish and Bins - General, 22 Nov 2024 Our bin wasn’t collected.
Rubbish and Bins - General, 19 Jan 2024 Bin must have been eaten up by the truck. It was out on pavement and now it’s gone.
- Rubbish and Bins - General, 17 Sept 2023
Pit and Equipment - General, 11 Aug 2022 Hello Council person Could consideration be given to replacing this damaged cover ? It’s a tripping hazard. ??
Elsewhere on Desmond Street
- 15 Desmond Street, 10 reports
- 20 Desmond Street, 7 reports
- 4 Desmond Street, 4 reports
- 27 Desmond Street, 4 reports
- 10 Desmond Street, 4 reports
- 24 Desmond Street, 2 reports
- 19 Desmond Street, 2 reports
- 14 Desmond 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.
Desmond 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
4 council reports on record since August 2022, most often rubbish and bins - general (3), pit and equipment - general (1).
Merivale, Christchurch, on Desmond Street.
The heritage register names a place at or beside it, Dwelling and Setting.
Little Hagley Park, 148 m to its edge, 7 ha.


