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North New Brighton, Christchurch

4,452 council reports since June 2015, the 36th busiest suburb in the city. 3,594 photographs on record. 4,220 people at the 2023 Census, 2,114 to the square kilometre across 2.0 km².

Reports, all time
4,452
In the year to 14 Oct 2026
471
Busiest in Christchurch
36th
Photographs
3,594

The record also holds about $560 a week to rent 2023 Census snapshot 3,594 photographs 4 old photographs 2 schools 4 parks 1 place of worship 2 tracks 54.7% of the outline mapped liquefied graded mostly TC3 in 2011 the mapped tsunami reach covers 17% of the outline the Ngāi Tahu schedule covers 5% of the outline ecological sites over 4% of the outline landscape schedules over 5% of the outline high flood hazard over 2% of the outline setback strips over 0% of the outline 1,835 SCIRT photographs filed on this ground 4.1 km of cycleway crosses the outline 4 remembered names on this ground 8 drawn rules bind this ground 3 parcels on the dangerous-work register 92 parcels of made ground 1 parcels with a cleanup on file the 2019 model grades this ground mostly high 21 council structures on the register 22 recreation register records 1,348 trees on the register the plan’s word on this ground 8% of the outline reserved 1 place on the heritage schedule 5 epicentres inside the outline 54 injury crashes 963 recorded victimisations 26 bus stops 21 businesses the council’s fix times alcohol ban over 27% of the outline 1 heritage place 40 documents 5 mentions on the wire

See it on the map Its decade, charted

Living here rent · the ground · the day-to-day

$560/week middle half $488–$595

New bonds here ran at about $560 a week in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half of them between $488 and $595, across 21 bonds lodged: flat on a year ago. That’s about $10 a week above the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the North Beach area, which takes in this coast with its neighbours.

By dwelling type and bedrooms, April–June 2026 quarter
  • 1-bedroom house, $565 a week · 12 new bonds

Median and quartiles of weekly rents on new private bonds, by quarter. New bonds are fresh lodgements, not the whole rental stock; under five bonds the rent is withheld, and counts are randomly rounded. Source: Tenancy Services rental bond data: provisional while the bond system migrates.

The ground: the February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over 55% of it; the 2011 grading filed it mostly TC3, the rest of the watch is drawn further down.

Day to day it holds 2 schools, 4 parks, 1 place of worship, 2 tracks and 26 bus stops, each is counted further down.

Lately the record’s mostly graffiti & vandalism, 471 reports in the year to 14 October 2026, the newest 13 October 2026.

One for the quiz, Its busiest day on record was 24 March 2023, 25 reports in a single day.

2023 Census snapshot SA1 areas grouped here

People
4,107
Under 15
20%
65 and over
15%
Occupied households
1,650

About 4,107 people and 1,650 occupied private households in the “North Beach” statistical area, grouped from 27 SA1 areas. Nearby statistical areas stand in for this place, so this is a proxy rather than a count for the suburb boundary.

More of the 2023 Census
  • Born overseas18% of stated birthplace
  • European ethnicity89% of ethnicity responses
  • Māori ethnicity17% of ethnicity responses
  • Pacific Peoples ethnicity4% of ethnicity responses
  • Asian ethnicity4% of ethnicity responses
  • Households with internet83% of stated households
  • Households with two or more vehicles52% of stated households

Ethnicity is a multiple-response measure, so those percentages are not meant to add to 100%.

Stats NZ’s 2023 Census uses fixed random rounding to base 3. Unavailable or confidential cells are left out, not treated as zero. individuals · households · geography · CC BY 4.0.

About the suburb

North New Brighton is a suburb on the northern side of Christchurch city. It was originally known as North Beach and was readily accessible from Christchurch city by tram. It was renamed North New Brighton in 1953. A large sports centre and swimming pool is on the same locale as the former Queen Elizabeth II Park. The centre was rebuilt and opened in 2018.

the encyclopaedia’s version · Wikipedia · population: Stats NZ 2023 Census SA2 counts; the area is measured from the suburb outline

As reported 3,594 on record

2 Marriotts Road, North New Brighton81 Ascot Avenue, North New Brighton1 Marriotts Road, North New Brighton103 Marriotts Road, North New Brighton93 Marine Parade, North New Brighton17 Leverett Pl 3,594 photographs
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The suburb, back then 4 in the archive

The Winsor family bach, Fleming Street, North Beach, 1920The Winsor family bach, Fleming Street, North Beach, 1920s, 1920North New Brighton, Christchurch, 1972Queen Elizabeth Park, North New Brighton, Christchurch, 1972 4 photographs
from back when →

Placed by the record’s locality join or the name in its own title, a lead, not a claim each frame stood here.

The record on North New Brighton

Lately the newest reports

Litter, a report photo
Litter93 Marine Parade

We have collected a bunch of rubbish from along the beach, and on the dunes and in bushes. We have bagged it together and left it next to the rubbish bin at…

Reports per year down 27% 2024→2025

What gets reported

Graffiti & vandalism 2,067
Rubbish & dumping 696
Roads & footpaths 605
Trees & parks 488
Water & drains 317
Vehicles & parking 145
Everything else 99
Animals & pests 33 Noise 2

Streets that keep coming up each a street page

Every street the archive knows in North New Brighton →

Exactly what people say

How fast the council fixes things here 6,090 finished jobs on record

The median council work order pinned in North New Brighton took 3 days to resolve, the city-wide median is 3 days, so this ground runs faster than the city as a whole. The slowest tenth waited 3 months or longer. 197 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 16 December 2019.

Work orders, not the resident reports above, 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 · the whole city’s fix times.

Alcohol rules on this ground one ban zone reaches in

Queen Elizabeth II (QEII) Park. A public drinking ban, applies for a 24-hour period on the day of the Large-Scale Event, commencing at 12am and concluding at 11:59pm, covers about 27% of North New Brighton.

3 sensitive sites stand here, Avonside Girls' High School, Rawhiti School, Shirley Boys’ High School - Ngā Tama o Ōruapaeroa, and the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m of them.

The council’s bylaw zones and the Local Alcohol Policy’s buffer list, read from the Regulatory open-data service. A ban rules drinking in public places; it says nothing about whether a premises may sell, that is the licence register’s job.

The suburb today

Schools here 2

Zoned for Avonside Girls' High School · Christchurch Adventist School · Emmanuel Christian School · Haeata Community Campus · Marian College · Middleton Grange School · and 8 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws from, not how well it teaches.

The green here 4

Parks and reserves in the council’s open data, a park lands in the suburb its centre falls inside. The whole roll is at /parks.

Where the suburb worships 1

Places of worship in the open map’s record, one lands in the suburb its building stands in. The whole roll is at /worship.

The tracks through here 2

Tracks in the council’s open data, a line belongs to every suburb it passes through. The whole network is at /tracks.

The ground that moved

The February 2011 survey drew mapped ground failure over 54.7% of this outline, about 109 hectares. A patch is a footprint, not a finding about an address; the count for the whole city is at /liquefaction.

The 2011 grading filed 220.2% of this outline, about 440 hectares, mostly TC3, with TC3 312 ha · TC2 128 ha. A graded area files under the suburb its middle sits in, and a category is a verdict for a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the grades are drawn at /technical-categories.

The mapped tsunami extent covers 17% of this outline, about 35 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 drawn at /tsunami.

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. A listing records the work, not a soil test; the whole register is drawn at /hazards.

The files record 92 parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 30 hectares, mostly sand, engineered fill, buried topsoil, 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 whole layer is drawn at /fill.

1 parcel inside this outline carries a cleanup on the file. A cleanup on the file is the register’s word, not a clearance; the whole register is drawn at /remediated.

The 2019 liquefaction study put 37% of this outline in the high class. A class is the model’s verdict on a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the whole study is drawn at /vulnerability.

The council’s structure register stands 21 assets on this ground, 12 boardwalks, 3 ramps, 3 shelters, 3 sets of steps, sited at North Beach, Queen Elizabeth Ii Park -Facil, Queen Elizabeth Ii Park. The register’s site names are its own labels for the ground an asset stands in; the layer is drawn at the map.

The recreation register keeps 22 records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 18 disc golf, 2 rugby, 1 football, 1 aussie rules. Seasons and surfaces are the register’s record, not this week’s draw; the layer is drawn at the map.

The register counts 1,348 living trees inside this outline, 5 carrying a protection, mostly Karo, Silver Birch, Kowhai. The file remembers 743 trees felled here. A tree record is the register’s word on what stands or stood; the whole canopy is drawn at /trees.

The plan files 53% of this outline under Residential Suburban, 56% residential, the rest mostly Open Space Metropolitan Facilities 24%, Transport 13%. A zone is a permission, not a description, the mix is read from a sampled join of the plan’s polygons; the whole district is drawn at /zones.

The plan reserves about 16 hectares of this outline, 8%, under 2 designations, mostly learning. A designation is a claim on the ground, not a build date, the mix is read from a sampled join; the whole register is drawn at /designations.

The plan’s heritage schedule protects 1 place by name in this suburb, Dwelling and Setting. A setting is the ground the item stands in, each files under the suburb holding its centroid; the whole schedule is at /heritage.

The plan’s schedule of sites significant to Ngāi Tahu covers 5% of this outline, about 11 hectares, ngā tūranga tūpuna. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a catalogue. The whole schedule is drawn at /cultural.

The plan’s ecological schedules cover 4% of this outline, about 8 hectares across 1 scheduled site, all protected under Schedule A. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a survey. The whole ledger is drawn at /ecology.

The plan’s landscape schedules cover 5% of this outline, about 11 hectares across 2 scheduled areas, and 21% of it sits inside the coastal environment. Shares read from a sampled join; a protection overlay, not a ranking of views. The kept view is drawn at /landscape.

The plan’s flood map draws 2% of this outline inside high flood hazard ground across 2 mapped areas. The broader flood-management watch covers 15% of it, Avon River. Shares read from a sampled join; a model’s map, not a promise. The waiting water is drawn at /flood-hazard.

The plan’s water-margin layers cross this outline, 4 classified reaches, the plan calling Preece Drain and Kate Sheppard Stream by name, 0% of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding 7 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 reaches, strips and held edges are mapped at /water-margin.

The rebuild’s cameras filed 1,835 photographs on this ground, 2011–2016, 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 is drawn at /rebuild.

The pedal network threads this ground, 4.1 km of cycleway crosses the outline. A segment counts under every suburb its path enters; the whole network is drawn at /cycleways.

The remembered names stand on this ground, 4 inscribed plaques, Queen Elizabeth Ii Park, Broad Park, North Beach among the grounds. The plaque is the register’s pin, not a surveyed spot; the whole roll is kept at /plaques.

The rulebook binds this ground, 8 drawn instruments, 2 of them dog rules, 1 alcohol ban, 2 camping zones, a certified self-contained van can stay the night at City Coastal Restricted Zone; the other zone bans it outright, 3 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 whole rulebook is drawn at /rules.

GeoNet’s catalogue puts 5 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M3.9 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, the live record is /quakes, and the story in plain language is the earthquakes explainer.

The crash record 54 injury crashes

54 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside North New Brighton's outline, 17 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner that keeps appearing: Britannia Street at Pandora Street, 4 injury crashes.

the suburb’s crashes on the map →

The crime record 963 recorded victimisations

963 victimisations on the Police record inside North New Brighton’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 59 a year per 1,000 residents. Up 4% on the year before. Reported is not all, how much never reaches the record depends on the offence.

the suburb on the crime map →

The buses through it 26 stops

26 Metro stops inside North New Brighton's outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by route 135, route 80, route 60.

Every route in the record →

Businesses here 21 in the directory

21 premises in North New Brighton across 12 kinds, from OpenStreetMap, the council’s licensed-premises register and its 2024 Find Christchurch directory. Each kind below opens at this suburb’s shelf.

Among them, the ones the record says most about:

The whole directory →

Before any of that

On the register here

  1. Dwelling and Setting14 Fleming Street

Documents 40

What the archive’s sources say about North New Brighton, titled for it, turned up by a search for one of its places, or carrying its name in the text. These are leads and citations: the originals live at the provider, linked from each row.

CHRISTCHURCH. June 18. (North Otago Times, 19 June 1880)North Otago Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
CHRISTCHURCH. (North Otago Times, 03 February 1885)North Otago Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
CHRISTCHURCH. (North Otago Times, 15 May 1885)North Otago Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
CHRISTCHURCH. (North Otago Times, 20 May 1885)North Otago Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
CHRISTCHURCH. (North Otago Times, 06 January 1887)North Otago Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 28 July 1887)Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 17 October 1887)Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 08 November 1887)Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 09 November 1887)Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 21 November 1887)Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held

The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →

The wire on North New Brighton 5 lately

White-faced Heron seen — Taiora/QEII, North New Brighton, Christchurch 8083, New ZealandiNaturalist · seamusmoran ·
Cypress-leaved Plait-moss seen — Beach Rd near Bower Ave, North New Brighton, Christchurch 8083, New ZealandiNaturalist · aldwinromeo ·
Ivy-leaved toadflax seen — Beach Rd near Bower Ave, North New Brighton, Christchurch 8083, New ZealandiNaturalist · aldwinromeo ·
common groundsel seen — Beach Rd near Bower Ave, North New Brighton, Christchurch 8083, New ZealandiNaturalist · aldwinromeo ·
Glebionis seen — Beach Rd near Bower Ave, North New Brighton, Christchurch 8083, New ZealandiNaturalist · aldwinromeo ·

The whole wire →

20 more documents came up in searches for North New Brighton's places and have not been read yet, a lead is a search result, not a fact, until somebody reads it.

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Questions, answered briefly

What is North New Brighton?

North New Brighton is a suburb on the northern side of Christchurch city. The public record holds 4,452 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.

How many people live in North New Brighton?

4,220 people at the 2023 Census, 2,114 per square kilometre across 2.0 km².

How many people does the 2023 Census count for North New Brighton?

About 4,107 people and 1,650 occupied private households (nearby SA1s): grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

What gets reported in North New Brighton?

4,452 reports on record, most often graffiti & vandalism (2,067), rubbish & dumping (696), roads & footpaths (605). 471 of them in the year to 14 October 2026.

How many crashes has North New Brighton had?

54 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 17 seriously hurt, nobody killed. The suburb’s crashes, mapped →

Did earthquakes strike under North New Brighton?

GeoNet’s catalogue puts 5 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside the suburb’s mapped outline since the September 2010 mainshock, the biggest a M3.9 in 2011. An epicentre is where the instruments placed the break, not a measure of the shaking felt here. The whole sequence, counted → · The story, in plain language →

Every suburb in Christchurch → · Its decade, charted → · the whole A–Z →