Withells Island Reserve
4 ha
From the air
Where it sits
Its centre falls inside New Brighton, suburb membership is a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline.
The camping bylaw names this ground, City Coastal Restricted Zone: city Coastal Restricted Zone – certified self-contained, 4 night max stay per 30 days, move once. The zone drawings sit at /rules.
More green in New Brighton
- Rawhiti Domain, Sports ground · 61 ha
- New Brighton Beach, Regional · 10 ha
- Cockayne Reserve, Regional · 6 ha
- Bower Park, Sports ground · 4 ha
- Thomson Park, Sports ground · 2 ha
- New Brighton Beach Developed, Regional · 2 ha
- New Brighton Mall Playground
What’s built on this ground
No playground is on the register here, the asset layers name none for this ground.
Also on the register: 1 seat (1 seat).
The register’s site tag names this park, and its pins stand inside the drawn outline, two views of the same ground.
The tracks through it
Track lines whose drawn course enters the park’s outline, measured against the line itself, not a buffer around it.
- Walk and bike track through Bexley, 415 m · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through New Brighton, 264 m · walk · bike
The reports on this ground
248 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Rubbish & dumping and Graffiti & vandalism, 197 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the whole park.
Abandoned Vehicle, Withells Island Reserve - section held by Christchurch City Council 80 Owles Terrace, New Brighton, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 10 October 2026
Dumped Rubbish, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 5 September 2026
Dumped Rubbish, 29F Wairoa Street, Bexley, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 1 September 2026
Dumped Rubbish, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 30 August 2026
Dumped Rubbish, 107 Union Street, New Brighton, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 29 August 2026
Facility - General Request, 29F Wairoa St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 4 July 2026
Park - General Request, 75 Union Street, New Brighton, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 30 May 2026
Dumped Rubbish, 119 Union Street, New Brighton, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 5 April 2026
Dumped Rubbish, Withells Island Reserve - section held by Christchurch City Council 80 Owles Terrace, New Brighton, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 17 March 2026
Park - General Request, 75 Union Street, New Brighton, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 12 March 2026
Hazard, vehicle, 60 Owles Terrace, New Brighton, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 11 March 2026
Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art, 24 Admirals Way, New Brighton, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 9 January 2026
Environment Canterbury / Canterbury Maps, Parks layer · refreshed 10 October 2026.
What stood on this ground before → · On the map →
Questions, answered briefly
4 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.
Its centre falls inside New Brighton, a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline.
A park or reserve.
2 lines enter the drawn outline, listed above, measured against the line itself, not a buffer.