# Mount Pleasant, Christchurch

3,486 council reports since June 2015, the 42nd busiest suburb in the city. 2,536 photographs on record.
4,050 people at the 2023 Census, 1,094 to the square kilometre across 3.7 km².

https://www.chch.live/mount-pleasant

## 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

Mount Pleasant (Tauhinukorokio) is a coastal suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. The suburb is located on the northern flank of the mountain Tauhinukorokio/Mount Pleasant in the Port Hills. It takes its name from the English version of the mountain's name.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pleasant%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

New bonds here ran at about **$700 a week** in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half $610–$800, across 15 bonds, down 3% on a year ago. That’s about **$150 a week above** the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the “Mount Pleasant” statistical area, close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.
- 1-bedroom house, $673 a week · 12 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 3,909 people and 1,572 occupied private households, grouped from 26 SA1 areas in Mount Pleasant. This exact statistical-area match is close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.

- Under 15: about 16% (612 people)
- 65 and over: about 24% (921 people)
- Born overseas: about 25% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 94% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 6% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 1% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 4% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet: about 92% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles: about 71% 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 (2,536 on record)
- [40 McCormacks Bay Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9066506)
- [75 Mount Pleasant Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9061704)
- [67 Saint Andrews Hill Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9039632)
- [107A Major Hornbrook Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9037878)
- [17B Basil Pl](https://www.chch.live/report/9030492)
- [Main Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9024065)

[2,536 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=mount-pleasant)

## The suburb, back then (7 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.*
- [Group at Mount Pleasant, Redcliffs, Lyttelton explosion](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-48502585), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Mount Pleasant accommodation houseArchive 1054](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-53078485), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Aerial photomosaic of Bridle Path and Mount Pleasant Road](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-53791450), 1926 · Canterbury Stories
- [Aerial photomosaic of Heathcote Valley and Mount Pleasant](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-53791447), 1926 · Canterbury Stories
- [Aerial photomosaic of Mount Pleasant and Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-53791459), 1926 · Canterbury Stories
- [Heathcote Valley from Mount Pleasant](https://www.chch.live/then/1940s#p-46097553), 1940 · Canterbury Stories
- [Woolston, Mount Pleasant area, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1950s#p-22808607), 1950 · TAPUHI

## The record on Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant enters the written record in 17 January 1852, [“Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 17 January 1852)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520117.2.15.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Mount Pleasant” appears somewhere in 187 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: roading/streets, 9 June 2015, at 81 Cannon Hill Crescent.
- Its busiest day was 10 October 2022, 45 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Mount Pleasant Road](https://www.chch.live/street/mount-pleasant/mount-pleasant-road), reported on 217 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Heathcote ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/heathcote), the [Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/spreydon-cashmere-heathcote) is its local layer. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## How fast the council fixes things here (6,995 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Mount Pleasant took **6 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.
171 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 18 September 2020.

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, Mt Pleasant School, and the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 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
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9066506), 10 Oct 2026 · 40 McCormacks Bay Rd, “Yesterday 9th Oct witnessed driver off loading this rubbish on the side of Mc Cormacks bay road in broad daylight about…”
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9061704), 9 Oct 2026 · 75 Mount Pleasant Rd, “Burst pipe outside 74 Mt pleasant road”
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9039632), 6 Oct 2026 · 67 Saint Andrews Hill Rd, “This CCC water meter is leaking, and it has created an under-runner and is causing subsidence in our property”
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9037878), 5 Oct 2026 · 107A Major Hornbrook Rd, “A neighbour is repeatedly parking on the grass berm directly outside our property. We live at 105 major hornbrook with…”
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9030492), 4 Oct 2026 · 17B Basil Pl, “A sink hole has appeared in the footpath outside 23 Basil Place. It seems to have been caused by the trench that was…”
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/9024065), 3 Oct 2026 · Main Rd, “Spray paint vandalism on coastal pathway”
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8998201), 28 Sept 2026 · 186 Mount Pleasant Rd, “Our red bins were not emptied today, affects all the bins put out along the side of our road I checked. Perhaps the…”
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8996795), 28 Sept 2026 · 18 Te Awakura Tce, “Political party advertising billboard obscuring a council street sign”
- [Sediment - Construction](https://www.chch.live/report/8995262), 28 Sept 2026 · 52 Santa Maria Ave, “Silt from building work coming through stormwater from property up the hill at 38 Santa Maria ave”
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8990401), 27 Sept 2026 · 13 Madeley Rd, “Two half broken dead branches which could fall on top of someone or something especially in strong winds”
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8988764), 27 Sept 2026 · 18 Soleares Avenue, “storm water drain and underground outlet is full of gravel and can't drain properly. please can a vacuum truck empty…”
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8988729), 27 Sept 2026 · 14 Soleares Avenue, “this drain is full or gravel and overflows with each rain event. could a vacuum truck pass clear it out and upstream…”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 57
- 2016, 98
- 2017, 137
- 2018, 205
- 2019, 273
- 2020, 208
- 2021, 303
- 2022, 471
- 2023, 508
- 2024, 488
- 2025, 444

## What gets reported
- Water & drains, 993
- Roads & footpaths, 878
- Trees & parks, 671
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 438
- Rubbish & dumping, 292
- Everything else, 90
- Vehicles & parking, 87
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 29

## Exactly what people say
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 495
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 442
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 302
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 253
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 215
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 161
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 140
- [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 118

## On the heritage register (2)
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/287), 178 Moncks Spur Road
- [Former Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/138), 2A Main Road

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Mount Pleasant Road](https://www.chch.live/street/mount-pleasant/mount-pleasant-road), reported on 217 separate days
- [Cannon Hill Crescent](https://www.chch.live/street/mount-pleasant/cannon-hill-crescent), reported on 206 separate days
- [Major Hornbrook Road](https://www.chch.live/street/mount-pleasant/major-hornbrook-road), reported on 187 separate days
- [McCormacks Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/street/mount-pleasant/mccormacks-bay-road), reported on 173 separate days
- [Main Road](https://www.chch.live/street/mount-pleasant/main-road), reported on 162 separate days
- [Soleares Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/mount-pleasant/soleares-avenue), reported on 97 separate days
- [Saint Andrews Hill Road](https://www.chch.live/street/mount-pleasant/saint-andrews-hill-road), reported on 92 separate days
- [Te Awakura Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/mount-pleasant/te-awakura-terrace), reported on 82 separate days

## Schools (1)
- [Mt Pleasant School](https://www.chch.live/school/3443-mt-pleasant-school), Full Primary · decile 10 · EQI 393

Decile and Equity Index describe the community a school draws from, never how well it teaches.

Zoned for [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) · [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school) · [Marian College](https://www.chch.live/school/343-marian-college) · [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) · [Te Aratai College](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college) · and 3 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (17)
- [John Britten Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1526-john-britten-reserve), Regional · 35 ha
- [Drayton Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1552-drayton-reserve), 9 ha
- [Old School Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1275-old-school-reserve), 3 ha · playground, 66 pieces
- [Cannon Hill Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1697-cannon-hill-reserve), 3 ha
- [King Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1701-king-park), 2 ha · playground, 10 pieces
- [Scott Park Ferrymead](https://www.chch.live/park/1619-scott-park-ferrymead), 2 ha
- [Cresswell Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1815-cresswell-reserve)
- [Soleares Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1565-soleares-playground), playground, 8 pieces
- [The Brae](https://www.chch.live/park/1682-the-brae)
- [Major Hornbrook Reserve No. 2](https://www.chch.live/park/1168-major-hornbrook-reserve-no-2)
- [Ridgeview Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1356-ridgeview-reserve)
- [Parnham Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/933-parnham-reserve), playground, 14 pieces
- [Morten Settlement Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1649-morten-settlement-reserve)
- [Major Hornbrook Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1061-major-hornbrook-reserve)
- [Harakeke Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1401-harakeke-reserve)
- [Te Awakura Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1264-te-awakura-reserve)
- [Hilltop Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1677-hilltop-reserve), Regional

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

## Where the suburb worships (1)
- [The Church of the Ascension Anglican Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/the-church-of-the-ascension-anglican-church), an Anglican church · 39 Major Hornbrook Road

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

## The tracks through here (4)
- [Walk and bike track through Mount Pleasant](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), 6.6 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Mount Pleasant](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-171-clifton), 4.0 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Mount Pleasant](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-162-ferrymead), 1.1 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Mount Pleasant](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-169-mount-pleasant), 140 m · 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 2.6% of this outline, about 10 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 Crown’s 2011 classification drew 0.3% of this outline inside the residential red zone. A mapped area files under the suburb its middle sits in, and a classification is the record of a decision, not a finding about an address; the whole line is at [redzone](https://www.chch.live/redzone).
The 2011 grading filed 2.8% of this outline, about 10 hectares, mostly **TC2**. 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 flood record drew water over 0.8% of this outline, across 1 named event. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the record is at [floods](https://www.chch.live/floods).
The mapped tsunami extent covers **3%** of this outline, about 9 hectares. The sea’s modelled reach, not a prediction, the plan’s inundation line, not the evacuation zones; the share is read from a sampled join. The whole extent is at [tsunami](https://www.chch.live/tsunami).
The plan’s slope-hazard bands cover **1%** of this outline, rockfall management area 1, mass movement management area 2. The broad remaining-instability overlay covers **92%** 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 **84%** of this outline, about 309 hectares, ngā tūranga tūpuna. 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 **1%** of this outline across **1** scheduled site, 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 **25%** of this outline, about 94 hectares across **2** scheduled areas, **22%** of it outstanding, the plan’s strongest landscape standing, and **15%** of it sits inside the coastal environment. 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 **3%** of it, McCormacks Bay. 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, **61** classified reaches, the plan calling **Mt Pleasant Waterway** and **Mt Pleasant Waterway Branch**
           by name, **8%** of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding **20 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 **5,077** photographs on this ground, 2010–2016, 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 pedal network threads this ground, **7.7 km** of cycleway crosses the outline, [Rapanui Shag Rock](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/rapanui-shag-rock), [Te Ara Ihutai Coastal Pathway](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/te-ara-ihutai-coastal-pathway). A segment counts under every suburb its path enters; the whole network: [cycleways](https://www.chch.live/cycleways).
The remembered names stand on this ground, **9** inscribed plaques, [Mccormacks Bay](https://www.chch.live/plaque/61827-mccormacks-bay), [Old School Reserve](https://www.chch.live/plaque/56189-old-school-reserve), [The Brae](https://www.chch.live/plaque/54096-the-brae) 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, **13** drawn instruments, 11 of them dog rules, 2 bottle-store buffers; 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).
The files record **152** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 23 hectares, mostly loess, engineered fill, compacted hardfill, 4 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 **1,000** rocks inside this outline across 176 survey pins, **823** came down, 34 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).
The 2019 liquefaction study put **94%** of this outline in the **"unlikely"** class. 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 puts **3** engineered rockfall defences inside this outline, 2 mesh drapes, 1 rock cable. Nearly all are the emergency works the quake years left standing; the register is at [defences](https://www.chch.live/defences).
The council’s structure register stands **19** assets on this ground, 7 boardwalks, 5 sets of steps, 4 bridges, 1 ramp, sited at Drayton Reserve, Mccormacks Bay, Ridgeview Reserve, King Park. 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 **5** records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 3 tennis, 1 basketball, 1 rugby. 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 **514** living trees inside this outline, **2** veterans among them, 20 carrying a protection, mostly Pohutukawa, Cabbage tree, Kowhai. The file remembers **261** 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 **48%** of this outline under **Residential Hills**, **59%** residential, the rest mostly Transport 14%, Open Space Natural 11%. 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 **2 hectares** of this outline, **1%** , under 1 designation, mostly learning. 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).
The plan’s heritage schedule protects **2** places by name in this suburb, **Dwelling and Setting**, **Former Dwelling and Setting**. 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 33 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M4.1 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 (1)
- [McCormacks Bay NW end](https://www.chch.live/landfills), old dump · 1936–1949

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.*
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 17 January 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520117.2.15.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-01-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 24 January 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520124.2.10.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-01-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 31 January 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520131.2.17.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-01-31T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 11 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520814.2.20.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 09 October 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18521009.2.23.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-10-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 02 August 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540802.2.9.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-08-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [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
- [Untitled (Lyttelton Times, 19 May 1855)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18550519.2.14), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1855-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 15 August 1855)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18550815.2.10.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1855-08-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 18 August 1855)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18550818.2.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1855-08-18T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Mount Pleasant
- [Korimako (Bellbird) seen — Mount Pleasant, Christchurch 8081, Aotearoa](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405395581), iNaturalist · blett, 3 Oct 2026
- [Licorice plant seen — CPFM+FF, Mount Pleasant, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/403173899), iNaturalist · lindsay_main, 25 Sept 2026
- [Mount Pleasant, South Carolina](https://www.flickr.com/photos/auvet/55546570679/), Flickr · jimmywayne, 24 Sept 2026
- [Mount Pleasant, South Carolina Originally constructed in 1726 but was burned by the British in 1782 and the Union burned the interior in 1865, the original walls still stood. It was restored in 1874…](https://www.flickr.com/photos/auvet/55546509848/), Flickr · jimmywayne, 24 Sept 2026
- [Morena from Ōtautahi and Whakaraupō. I had to get up early this morning to get up in the hills and swap over batteries in some of my bird recorders on the way to work. Here's Christchurch City at…](https://mastodon.nz/@joncounts/117011359987996103), Fediverse · Jon Sullivan, 31 Jul 2026

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

## The crash record (54 injury crashes)

54 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 1 person killed, 15 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Main Road at McCormacks Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=main-rd&suburb=mount-pleasant), 8 injury crashes.

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

## The crime record (357 recorded victimisations)

357 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 23 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=mount-pleasant)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## The buses through it (44 stops)

44 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by [route 140](https://www.chch.live/buses/140), [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3).
- Madeley Rd near Major Hornbrook Rd near Madeley Rd
- Madeley Rd near Major Hornbrook Rd near Madeley Rd
- Main Rd
- Main Rd near Mccormacks Bay Rd
- Main Rd near St Andrews Hill Rd
- Main Rd near Te Awakura Tce
- Main Rd near The Brae
- Major Hornbrook Rd near Belleview Tce near Major Hornbrook Rd
- Major Hornbrook Rd near Belleview Tce near Major Hornbrook Rd
- Major Hornbrook Rd near Billys Trk near Major Hornbrook Rd
- Major Hornbrook Rd near Billys Trk near Major Hornbrook Rd
- Major Hornbrook Rd near Billys Trk near Major Hornbrook Rd
- Major Hornbrook Rd near Billys Trk near Major Hornbrook Rd
- Major Hornbrook Rd near Freeman St near Major Hornbrook Rd
- Major Hornbrook Rd near Freeman St near Major Hornbrook Rd
- Major Hornbrook Rd near Muritai Tce near Major Hornbrook Rd

- [Every route in the record](https://www.chch.live/buses)

## Businesses here (9 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.

- [Cafés](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cafe#in-mount-pleasant), 2
- [Markets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/market#in-mount-pleasant), 2
- [Restaurants](https://www.chch.live/businesses/restaurant#in-mount-pleasant), 2
- [B&Bs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bnb#in-mount-pleasant), 1
- [Bottle stores](https://www.chch.live/businesses/liquor#in-mount-pleasant), 1
- [Doctors & clinics](https://www.chch.live/businesses/doctor#in-mount-pleasant), 1

The ones the record says most about:

- [Barista Binks](https://www.chch.live/business/barista-binks-mount-pleasant), Cafés
- [Chilli Flakes Indian Restaurant](https://www.chch.live/business/chilli-flakes-indian-restaurant-mount-pleasant), Restaurants
- [Chilli Flakes Indian Restaraunt](https://www.chch.live/business/chilli-flakes-indian-restaraunt-mount-pleasant), Restaurants

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

## Next door
- [Ferrymead](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead)
- [Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs)
- [Heathcote Valley](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley)
- [Moncks Bay](https://www.chch.live/moncks-bay)
- [Clifton](https://www.chch.live/clifton)
- [Southshore](https://www.chch.live/southshore)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Mount Pleasant with [Ferrymead](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=ferrymead&b=mount-pleasant) · [Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=mount-pleasant&b=redcliffs) · [Heathcote Valley](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=heathcote-valley&b=mount-pleasant) · [Moncks Bay](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=moncks-bay&b=mount-pleasant) · [Clifton](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=clifton&b=mount-pleasant) · [Southshore](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=mount-pleasant&b=southshore), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Mount Pleasant?**

Mount Pleasant (Tauhinukorokio) is a coastal suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. The public record holds 3,486 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.

**How many people live in Mount Pleasant?**

4,050 people at the 2023 Census, 1,094 per square kilometre across 3.7 km².

**How many people does the 2023 Census count for Mount Pleasant?**

About 3,909 people and 1,572 occupied private households: grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

**What gets reported in Mount Pleasant?**

3,486 reports on record, most often water & drains (993), roads & footpaths (878), trees & parks (671). 401 of them in the year to 12 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Mount Pleasant had?**

54 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 1 person killed, 15 seriously hurt. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=mount-pleasant)

**What schools are in Mount Pleasant?**

One school in the Ministry’s directory, Mt Pleasant School.

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