Northwood, Christchurch
2,309 council reports since June 2015, the 59th busiest suburb in the city. 1,774 photographs on record. 4,460 people at the 2023 Census, 705 to the square kilometre across 6.3 km².
The record also holds about $530 a week to rent· 2023 Census snapshot· 1,774 photographs· 1 old photograph· 17 parks· 6 names on the map· 4.5% of the outline mapped liquefied· graded mostly TC2 in 2011· the record drew water over 1% of the outline· the Ngāi Tahu schedule covers 1% of the outline· ecological sites over 12% of the outline· landscape schedules over 11% of the outline· high flood hazard over 6% of the outline· noise overlays over the whole outline· setback strips over 12% of the outline· 4% of the outline inside the plan’s density overlays· 587 SCIRT photographs filed on this ground· 6.3 km of cycleway crosses the outline· 20 remembered names on this ground· 7 drawn rules bind this ground· 5 parcels on the dangerous-work register· 130 parcels of made ground· 2 parcels with a cleanup on file· the 2019 model grades this ground mostly possible· 44 council structures on the register· 8 recreation register records· 2,148 trees on the register· the plan’s word on this ground· 5% of the outline reserved· 2 epicentres inside the outline· 54 injury crashes· 757 recorded victimisations· 12 bus stops· 21 businesses· the council’s fix times· 40 documents· 5 mentions on the wire
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Living here rent · the ground · the day-to-day
New bonds here ran at about $530 a week in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half of them between $437 and $611, across 15 bonds lodged, down 23% on a year ago. That’s about $20 a week below the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the Northwood and Clearwater areas combined, approximately this suburb.
By dwelling type and bedrooms, April–June 2026 quarter
- 1-bedroom house, $530 a week · 15 new bonds
Median and quartiles of weekly rents on new private bonds, by quarter; suburb figures are a bond-weighted blend of the areas. 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 5% of it; the 2011 grading filed it mostly TC2, the rest of the watch is drawn further down.
Day to day it holds 17 parks and 12 bus stops, each is counted further down.
Lately the record’s mostly trees & parks, 413 reports in the year to 12 October 2026, the newest 10 October 2026.
One for the quiz, Its busiest day on record was 27 February 2023, 10 reports in a single day.
2023 Census snapshot SA1 areas grouped here
About 4,287 people and 1,695 occupied private households in the “Northwood” and “Clearwater” areas, grouped from 31 SA1 areas. Several statistical areas are combined here, so this is a grouped proxy rather than a count for one suburb boundary.
More of the 2023 Census
- Born overseas24% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity82% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity5% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity1% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity16% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet91% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles69% 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
Northwood is a suburb on the northern outskirts of Christchurch city. It was developed in 2000 as a subdivision of Belfast on land previously used for apple orchards. The name "Northwood" was accepted at a meeting of the Shirley-Papanui Community Board on 2 February 2000.
As reported 1,774 on record
The suburb, back then 1 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.
The shape of it outline © OpenStreetMap · recent reports, pinned
The record on Northwood
- Northwood enters the written record on 29 July 1863, “PORT OF NAPIER. (Hawke's Bay Herald, 29 July 1863)”, Papers Past.
- “Northwood” appears somewhere in 60 of the archive’s records, title, description or body.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance, not by phrase.
- The first report the feed ever carried here: roading/streets, 9 June 2015, at 19.
- Its busiest day on record was 27 February 2023, 10 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is Hussey Road, reported on 121 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside Harewood ward, the Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood community board is its local layer. The whole roll is at /wards.
Lately the newest reports
when you stand on the grass it is all squishy and soaking wet. the grass lifts like it's floating.
by bridge near entrance
womens toilet needs an overhaul, not flushable, someone has blocked it bad
Water bubbling up out of this stormwater grate Unsure where it’s coming from
this sign has been vandalized to cover the "no dogs" message. it needs yo be rectified
been out of order for weeks. scholl hols in park must be very limiting for families.
A trail of broken glass along the middle of the road. Neighbours don’t have driveway access to this street so no one is clearing it for traffic.
Reports per year down 17% 2024→2025
What gets reported
Exactly what people say
How fast the council fixes things here 4,363 finished jobs on record
The median council work order pinned in Northwood took 10 days to resolve, the city-wide median is 3 days, so this ground runs slower than the city as a whole. The slowest tenth waited 4 months or longer. 162 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 3 November 2018.
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.
The suburb today
Schools here
Zoned for Christchurch Adventist School · Emmanuel Christian School · Marian College · Middleton Grange School · Papanui High School · Pūtahi Belfast School · and 8 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.
The green here 17
- Styx Mill Conservation ReserveRegional · 63 ha
- Englefield Reserve5 ha · playground, 39 pieces
- Northwood ParkSports ground · 3 ha
- Glen Oaks Reserve2 ha
- Waterford Reserve2 ha · playground, 71 pieces
- O'neill Reserve
- Kaputone Headwaters Reserve
- Brookwater Reserve
The first eight of 17, 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.
The names on this ground 6
The February 2011 survey drew mapped ground failure over 4.5% of this outline, about 29 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 18.1% of this outline, about 115 hectares, mostly TC2, with TC3 31 ha · TC2 83 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 flood record drew water over 0.8% of this outline, about 5 hectares, across 1 named event. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the whole record is drawn at /floods.
5 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. A listing records the work, not a soil test; the whole register is drawn at /hazards.
The files record 130 parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 75 hectares, mostly engineered fill, silt, topsoil, 3 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.
2 parcels inside this outline carry 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 90% of this outline in the possible 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 44 assets on this ground, 21 bridges, 7 shelters, 4 ramps, 4 boardwalks, sited at Groynes, Styx Mill Conservation Reserve, Waterford Reserve, Englefield Reserve. 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 8 records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 3 rugby, plus a marked dog exercise area and 4 pieces of dog-agility gear. Seasons and surfaces are the register’s record, not this week’s draw; the layer is drawn at the map.
The register counts 2,148 living trees inside this outline, 6 veterans among them, 23 carrying a protection, mostly Pin Oak, Sweet Gum, Southern Magnolia. The file remembers 512 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 32% of this outline under Specific Purpose (Golf Resort), 21% residential, the rest mostly Rural Urban Fringe 19%, Residential Suburban 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 31 hectares of this outline, 5%, under 5 designations, mostly movement. 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 schedule of sites significant to Ngāi Tahu covers 1% of this outline, ngā wai. 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 12% of this outline, about 76 hectares across 3 scheduled sites, 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 11% of this outline, about 69 hectares across 2 scheduled areas. 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 6% of this outline inside high flood hazard ground, about 38 hectares across 2 mapped areas. The broader flood-management watch covers 9% of it, Lower Styx 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 noise overlays cover all of this outline, about 633 hectares across 3 mapped overlays, 69% 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 are drawn at /noise.
The plan’s water-margin layers cross this outline, 55 classified reaches, the plan calling Styx River and Harts Creek by name, 12% 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 reaches, strips and held edges are mapped at /water-margin.
The plan’s allowed shape holds this outline, 4% of it inside the residential overlays, the densest standing Suburban. The shape is the plan’s permission, not a survey of what stands; the allowed shape is drawn at /density.
The rebuild’s cameras filed 587 photographs on this ground, 2010–2014, wastewater 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, 6.3 km of cycleway crosses the outline, 1.1 km of it separated from the traffic, Northern Line. A segment counts under every suburb its path enters; the whole network is drawn at /cycleways.
The remembered names stand on this ground, 20 inscribed plaques, Groynes, Styx Mill Conservation Reserve, Northwood Park 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, 7 drawn instruments, 6 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 whole rulebook is drawn at /rules.
GeoNet’s catalogue puts 2 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M3.2 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, the live record is /quakes, and the story in plain language is the earthquakes explainer.
- Contemplation Pointlookout
- organic rubbish, channel sludgeold dump
- Kā Pūtahiwaterway · 10.6 km
- Otukaikino Creekwaterway · 8.6 km
- Ōtūkaikino Streamwaterway · 3.9 km
- Styx Riverwaterway · 19.8 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.
The crash record 54 injury crashes
54 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside Northwood's outline, 1 person killed, 10 seriously hurt.
The corner that keeps appearing: State Highway 1S at Clearwater Avenue, 8 injury crashes.
The crime record 757 recorded victimisations
757 victimisations on the Police record inside Northwood’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 44 a year per 1,000 residents. Up 21% on the year before. Reported is not all, how much never reaches the record depends on the offence.
The buses through it 12 stops
12 Metro stops inside Northwood's outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by route 107, route 27.
- Hussey Rd
- Hussey Rd near Millpark Tce
- Hussey Rd near Springvale Gdns near Hussey Rd
- Hussey Rd near Springvale Gdns near Hussey Rd
- Northwood
- Northwood Blvd near Main North Rd
- Northwood Blvd near Mounter Ave
- Northwood Blvd near O'Neill Ave
- O'Neill Ave near Beechwood Dr near O'Neill Ave
- O'Neill Ave near Beechwood Dr near O'Neill Ave
- Saracen Ave near Handel Cl
- Saracen Ave near Mahlet St
Businesses here 21 in the directory
21 premises in Northwood across 13 kinds, from OpenStreetMap, the council’s licensed-premises register and its 2024 Find Christchurch directory. Each kind below opens at this suburb’s shelf.
- Restaurants4
- Attractions3
- Cafés2
- Hotels2
- Motels2
- B&Bs1
- Bars & pubs1
- Bottle stores1
- Campgrounds1
- Real estate1
- Supermarkets1
- Venues & events1
- Wineries1
Among them, the ones the record says most about:
Before any of that
Documents 40
What the archive’s sources say about Northwood, 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.
…sengers miss monteith mrs werayss mr and mrs chapman the lord bishop of wellington messrs northwood j smith nelson and samuel pittal v janisch agent july 28 hirondelle brigantine 95 tons j bedford for…Hawke's Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
…an 1 case capt harrison 11 packages mr neal passengers cant alien messrs matthews neal j northwood jmarshall j cullen gaisford lewis butcher lannay 1 soldier 14th regt 1 woman and 3 children maltby c…Hawke's Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
…fc paper we glean the following par ticulars with reference to scores of 200 and over for northwood v freshwater e w collins 338 nofc out for clifton v thornbury w g grace 259 for thornbury v sncyd-pa…Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
…ood nmny falls one mile race lst prize 5 2nd prize 1 10s jrd prize 10s russell 1 julian 2 northwood d e george made the running for the first half mile when julian and russell came to the front russel…Taranaki Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
…s and put together 159 runs harrison heading tho list wilh 3i bewley 2s davies 18 adam 1g northwood 15 g bayly 12 the colts mads 41 in their first innings and 70 in the second innings sarten with slow…Taranaki Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
…ifications and prove the work can be done for the 1000 specified affiliation case richard northwood a constable of the ac force stationed at pukearuhe has been adjudged by the new plymouth bench to pa…Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
…y to w boble at suckling boot factory 5864 wanted general servant apply mrs 2j j buckling northwood papanu or at factory 8t asaph street 8866 wanted a good decond-hand bicycle about 50in apply stating…Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
…e catholic church in england has lost one of its foremost lay champions in mr w g ward of northwood park and weston manor in the isle of wight who died after prolonged and acute sufferings on thursday…New Zealand Tablet · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
…missionary masterton l isitt napier john lewis thomas jones hastings scandinavian mission northwood a home missionary mauricevilie edwd neilson palmerston north otter cristopherson chairman of the dis…Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
…dublin quaker family took to wife ellen susannah neave daughter of joseph james neave of northwood a minister of the society of friends in sydney and of ellen clara neave a marriage among the society…Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →
The wire on Northwood 5 lately
Next door
Compare Northwood with Belfast · Casebrook · Redwood · Coutts Island · Northcote · Harewood, same record, side by side.
Questions, answered briefly
Northwood is a suburb on the northern outskirts of Christchurch city. The public record holds 2,309 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.
4,460 people at the 2023 Census, 705 per square kilometre across 6.3 km².
About 4,287 people and 1,695 occupied private households (combined SA2s): grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.
2,309 reports on record, most often trees & parks (942), roads & footpaths (560), water & drains (256). 413 of them in the year to 12 October 2026.
54 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 1 person killed, 10 seriously hurt. The suburb’s crashes, mapped →
GeoNet’s catalogue puts 2 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside the suburb’s mapped outline since the September 2010 mainshock, the biggest a M3.2 in 2010. 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 →