# Mona Vale

Botanic · 5 ha

https://www.chch.live/park/946-mona-vale

## Where it sits
Its centre falls inside [Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/riccarton), 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=-43.52290273664899&lon=172.60838943750437)

## More green in Riccarton
- [Harrington Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1035-harrington-park), Sports ground · 1 ha
- [Shand Crescent Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/935-shand-crescent-reserve)
- [Paeroa Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1226-paeroa-reserve)
- [Picton Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1007-picton-reserve)
- [Mandeville Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1739-mandeville-reserve)
- [Clarence Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1027-clarence-reserve)
- [Avon River Esplanade Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1511-avon-river-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.
- [Former Dwelling and Setting, Mona Vale](https://www.chch.live/place/64), 63 Fendalton Road
- [Mona Vale Gatehouse and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/65), 65 Fendalton Road
- [Mona Vale Lodge and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/152), 40 Mona Vale Avenue
- [Mona Vale Bath House and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/320)

## 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: 40 seats (34 seats and 6 benches), 3 picnic tables, 1 drinking fountain and 2 water features.

The register’s commission date puts the gear in 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.
- [Armillary Sphere](https://www.chch.live/plaque/72941-alister-john-macleod-memorial), Alister John Macleod Memorial · 2009
- [Donated by / Ikebana International / Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/plaque/73448-mona-vale), Mona Vale · 2009
- [Dorothy Anne Reuhman / Esteemed Committee Member](https://www.chch.live/plaque/73159-mona-vale), Mona Vale · 2009
- [Eros](https://www.chch.live/plaque/72838-eros), Eros · 2009
- [In Loving Memory of / Adair / Donated by His Wife Hilde](https://www.chch.live/plaque/73369-mona-vale), Mona Vale · 2009
- [In Loving Memory of / Betty Gee / 1918 - 2003](https://www.chch.live/plaque/72978-mona-vale), Mona Vale · 2009
- [In Loving Memory of / Gretta Cooper](https://www.chch.live/plaque/73453-mona-vale), Mona Vale · 2009
- [In Loving Memory of / Kathleen a. Wills](https://www.chch.live/plaque/73363-mona-vale), Mona Vale · 2009
- [In Me / Dora Sparrow'S Love](https://www.chch.live/plaque/73149-mona-vale), Mona Vale · 2009
- [In Memory of / Bryan / Donated by / Steffano Webb Family](https://www.chch.live/plaque/73243-mona-vale), Mona Vale · 2009
- [In Memory of / Neil James Cherry](https://www.chch.live/plaque/73379-mona-vale), Mona Vale · 2009
- [In Memory of / Sean J. Courtney & / Bernard T. Courtney](https://www.chch.live/plaque/73016-mona-vale), Mona Vale · 2009
- [Margaret Webb / 10 May 1914 — August 2001](https://www.chch.live/plaque/73374-mona-vale), Mona Vale · 2009
- [Mona Vale plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/72715-mona-vale), Mona Vale · 2009
- [Mona Vale plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/73378-mona-vale), Mona Vale · 2009
- [Mona Vale Rose Garden - Opened 1994](https://www.chch.live/plaque/73003-mona-vale), Mona Vale · 2009
- [The Doreen Holland / Seat for Dreaming](https://www.chch.live/plaque/73068-mona-vale), Mona Vale · 2009
- [The Gazebo / This Gazebo Was Constructed in 1979](https://www.chch.live/plaque/72879-mona-vale), Mona Vale · 2009
- [The Macleod Garden / in Memory of / Alastair John Macleod](https://www.chch.live/plaque/72943-alister-john-macleod-memorial), Alister John Macleod Memorial · 2009
- [Thelma Sylvia / Mathias](https://www.chch.live/plaque/73057-mona-vale), Mona Vale · 2009
- [This Rimu Tree Was Given / As a Tribute to My Father](https://www.chch.live/plaque/72961-mona-vale), Mona Vale · 2009
- [To Commemorate / Jamie Gough'S / 21st Birthday 13-9-2005](https://www.chch.live/plaque/72959-mona-vale), Mona Vale · 2009
- [To Commemorate / Mrs Hilda Carlson'S 100th Birthday](https://www.chch.live/plaque/73088-mona-vale), Mona Vale · 2009
- [To the People of Canterbury / 'The Mighty Kauri'](https://www.chch.live/plaque/73259-mona-vale), Mona Vale · 2009
- [Years of Happy / Treasured Memories / Moira Bennett / Sept](https://www.chch.live/plaque/72884-mona-vale), Mona Vale · 2009

## The reports on this ground
98 reports pinned inside the drawn outline, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8971166), [8 Fendall Ln, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/8-fendall-lane)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8740059), [44 Matai St East, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/44-matai-st-east)
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8444449), [44 Matai St East, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/44-matai-st-east)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8343741), Mona Vale Garden Park 40 Mona Vale Avenue, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8338129), [8 Fendall Ln, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/8-fendall-lane)
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8249077), [40 Mona Vale Avenue, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/40-mona-vale-avenue)
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/7950672), [44 Matai St East, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/44-matai-st-east)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7869591), [40 Mona Vale Avenue, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/40-mona-vale-avenue)
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7782040), [44 Matai St East, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/44-matai-st-east)
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7766372), Fernery, Matai Street East, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7684878), ??????, ????????? 8011, ????????
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7643910), Fernery, Rose Garden Matai Street East, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.52290273664899&lon=172.60838943750437

## Questions, answered briefly

**How big is Mona Vale?**

5 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

**Where is Mona Vale?**

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

**What kind of place is Mona Vale?**

Botanic.

**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=946 · layer refreshed 10 October 2026
