# Stoddart Point Reserve

Community · 22 ha

https://www.chch.live/park/1274-stoddart-point-reserve

## Where it sits
Its centre falls inside [Diamond Harbour](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour), suburb membership is a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline.

Centre: [the pin on the map](https://www.chch.live/map?lat=-43.62444602289249&lon=172.74141047842434)

The camping bylaw names this ground, Diamond Harbour Restricted Area: two nights in certified self-contained vehicles only. [The zone drawings](https://www.chch.live/rules).

## More green in Diamond Harbour
- [Coastal Cliff Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1346-coastal-cliff-reserve), 18 ha
- [Black Point Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1327-black-point-reserve), 1 ha
- [Purau Foreshore](https://www.chch.live/park/1616-purau-foreshore), 1 ha
- [Laurenson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1184-laurenson-park)
- [Jervois Close Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1320-jervois-close-park)
- [Kirk Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1352-kirk-park)
- [Rawhiti Street Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1271-rawhiti-street-park)
- [Purau Esplanade Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1644-purau-esplanade-reserve)

## The register on this ground
Heritage-register places whose pin falls inside the park’s drawn outline, the pin is a point, not a boundary.
- [Dwelling and Setting, Stoddart's Cottage](https://www.chch.live/place/323), 18 Purau Avenue

## What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 6 pieces of play equipment (1 balance-swinging beam, 1 slide, 1 climbing-wall, 1 spring, 1 track glyde and 1 ladders) plus 1 modular unit on a marked playground ground.

Also on the register: 26 seats (18 benches and 8 seats), 10 picnic tables and 1 drinking fountain (bottle filler and dog bowl).

The register’s commission dates run 2008 to 2026.

The register’s site tag names this park, and its pins stand inside the drawn outline, two views of the same ground.

## Sport and dogs on this ground

The recreation register marks 2 playing surfaces on this ground, Cricket and Rugby, graded senior on grass, 2 run a winter or summer booking season.

The register books them by name, Senior Cricket 1 and Senior Rugby Union 1.

The summer window runs October to March; the winter window runs April to August; match days land on Saturday; training runs Monday to Friday.

The register names this park, and its record centroids sit inside the drawn outline, two views of the same ground.

## The plaques on this ground
Inscribed plaques whose pin stands inside the park’s drawn outline, the remembered names the register keeps here.
- [Diamond Harbour Cemetery plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311021-diamond-harbour-cemetery), Diamond Harbour Cemetery · 2025
- [In Appreciation of and With Thanks for / the Life](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310946-diamond-harbour-cemetery), Diamond Harbour Cemetery · 2017
- [In Loving Memory / Malcolm Peter Walker](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310944-diamond-harbour-cemetery), Diamond Harbour Cemetery · 2019
- [In Loving Memory / Malcolm Peter Walker](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310945-diamond-harbour-cemetery), Diamond Harbour Cemetery · 2019
- [In Memory of a Special Lady / Glenys Marilyn Martin](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310941-diamond-harbour-cemetery), Diamond Harbour Cemetery · 2012
- [Rest a While on John'S Seat and Find Peace](https://www.chch.live/plaque/5430-diamond-harbour-cemetery), Diamond Harbour Cemetery · 2008
- [Rest Awhile on / Johns Seat / and Find Peace](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310942-diamond-harbour-cemetery), Diamond Harbour Cemetery · 1899
- [To Honour Ann Thornton’S Vision](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310943-diamond-harbour-cemetery), Diamond Harbour Cemetery · 2017
- [Tree Planted in Memory](https://www.chch.live/plaque/5443-stoddart-point-reserve), Stoddart Point Reserve · 2008

## The civic shelf inside
Facilities whose point falls inside the park’s drawn outline, the ground in use.
- [Diamond Harbour Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-38), Library

## The reports on this ground
218 reports pinned inside the drawn outline, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9059790), Stoddards Rd, Canterbury, Diamond Harbour 8972, New Zealand
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/9048614), Stoddards Rd, Canterbury, Diamond Harbour 8972, New Zealand
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/9022309), [2D Waipapa Avenue, Diamond Harbour 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/2d-waipapa-avenue)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9001851), [20B Purau Avenue, Banks Peninsula, Diamond Harbour 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/20b-purau-avenue)
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/8989793), [2L Waipapa Avenue, Banks Peninsula, Diamond Harbour 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/2l-waipapa-avenue)
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8855941), [2D Waipapa Avenue, Diamond Harbour 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/2d-waipapa-avenue)
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8772782), [20A Purau Avenue, Diamond Harbour 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/20a-purau-avenue)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8763648), [2D Waipapa Ave, Canterbury, Diamond Harbour 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/2d-waipapa-avenue)
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8758128), [2D Waipapa Avenue, Diamond Harbour 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/2d-waipapa-avenue)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8675308), [2 Waipapa Avenue, Diamond Harbour 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/2-waipapa-avenue)
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8584073), [2A Waipapa Ave, Canterbury, Diamond Harbour 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/2a-waipapa-avenue)
- [Animal - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8495895), Stoddards Rd, Canterbury, Diamond Harbour 8972, New Zealand

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.62444602289249&lon=172.74141047842434

## Questions, answered briefly

**How big is Stoddart Point Reserve?**

22 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

**Where is Stoddart Point Reserve?**

Its centre falls inside Diamond Harbour, a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline.

**What kind of place is Stoddart Point Reserve?**

A park or reserve.

**Where does this record come from?**

Environment Canterbury’s open Parks layer, kind, size and suburb read straight from it.

Data: https://api.chch.live/park?id=1274 · layer refreshed 10 October 2026
