# Waiwetu Reserve

Community · 3875 m²

https://www.chch.live/park/1335-waiwetu-reserve

## Where it sits
Its centre falls inside [Fendalton](https://www.chch.live/fendalton), 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=-43.51404769107442&lon=172.59381326047892)

## More green in Fendalton
- [Riccarton Bush](https://www.chch.live/park/1543-riccarton-bush), 12 ha
- [Fendalton Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1051-fendalton-park), Sports ground · 5 ha
- [Jeffreys Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1704-jeffreys-reserve), 1 ha
- [Daresbury Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1012-daresbury-park)
- [Idris Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1562-idris-reserve)

## What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 3 pieces of play equipment (2 see-saws and 1 swing) on a marked playground ground, the highest rated fall 1 m.

Also on the register: 2 seats (2 seats).

The register’s commission dates run 1998 to 2009.

The register’s site tag names this park, and its pins stand 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.
- [Bet’S Bench Elizabeth 'Betty' Turner September 1928 — March](https://www.chch.live/plaque/40005-waiwetu-reserve), Waiwetu Reserve · 2006
- [Together Again Edward 'Eddie' Turner March 1925 — 2006](https://www.chch.live/plaque/40006-waiwetu-reserve), Waiwetu Reserve · 2009

## The reports on this ground
53 reports pinned inside the drawn outline, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9090280), [30 Jeffreys Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/30-jeffreys-road)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8788912), [30 Jeffreys Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/30-jeffreys-road)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8710308), [30B Jeffreys Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/30b-jeffreys-road)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7413725), [30 Jeffreys Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/30-jeffreys-road)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7405155), [30 Jeffreys Road, Fendalton, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/30-jeffreys-road)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7059721), [23 Thornycroft St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/23-thornycroft-street)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6939683), [30B Jeffreys Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/30b-jeffreys-road)
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6641268), [23 Thornycroft St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/23-thornycroft-street)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6432454), [30 Jeffreys Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/30-jeffreys-road)
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/6430459), [53 Waiwetu Street, Fendalton, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/53-waiwetu-street)
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/6385114), [23 Thornycroft St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/23-thornycroft-street)
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/6381632), [23 Thornycroft St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/23-thornycroft-street)

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.51404769107442&lon=172.59381326047892

## Questions, answered briefly

**How big is Waiwetu Reserve?**

3,875 m² by the layer’s own polygon.

**Where is Waiwetu Reserve?**

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

**What kind of place is Waiwetu 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=1335 · layer refreshed 10 October 2026