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Shortland Reserve

From the air

aerial view of Shortland Reserve and the ground around it
From the air, LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0

Where it sits

Its centre falls inside Aranui, suburb membership is a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline.

More green in Aranui

What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 2 pieces of play equipment (1 swing and 1 slide) on a marked playground ground.

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

The register’s commission dates run 1998 to 2011.

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

The register’s photograph of the equipmentThe register’s photograph of the equipment

The reports on this ground

15 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Trees & parks and Graffiti & vandalism, 12 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the whole park.

  • Playground Equipment, 174 Shortland Street, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 10 November 2025
  • Dumped Rubbish, 174 Shortland Street, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 5 April 2024
  • Overgrown Vegetation, 176 Shortland Street, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 31 October 2023
  • Playground Equipment, 176 Shortland Street, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 30 June 2023
  • Graffiti, 178 Shortland Street, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 23 June 2023
  • Parks, Aranui, Canterbury, 8061, New Zealand · 13 December 2021
  • Parks, FPH2+5F Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand · 9 December 2021
  • Parks, FPH2+4C Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand · 11 March 2021
  • Parks, 178 Shortland Street, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 4 November 2020
  • Parks, 176 Shortland Street, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 28 April 2020
  • Parks, 176 Shortland Street, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 28 April 2020
  • Parks, 173 Shortland Street, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 26 February 2020

Environment Canterbury / Canterbury Maps, Parks layer · refreshed 10 October 2026.

What stood on this ground before → · On the map →

Questions, answered briefly

How big is Shortland Reserve?

709 m² by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Shortland Reserve?

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

What kind of place is Shortland 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.