# Parklands, Christchurch

4,951 council reports since June 2015, the 29th busiest suburb in the city. 3,981 photographs on record.
10,420 people at the 2023 Census, 1,853 to the square kilometre across 5.6 km².

https://www.chch.live/parklands

## Live source links

Link-outs to the source’s own live pages, chch.live does not copy their live values or source text.

- [Christchurch City Council What’s On](https://www.ccc.govt.nz/news-and-events/whats-on)
- [Christchurch City Libraries events](https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/events/)

## The encyclopaedia on it

Parklands is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is located north east of the city centre near Bottle Lake Forest.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parklands%2C_New_Zealand), a tertiary source
Population: Stats NZ 2023 Census Statistical Area 2 counts summed over the suburb’s own areas, as Wikipedia maps them; the area is measured from the suburb boundary.

## Living here

New bonds here ran at about **$579 a week** in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half $510–$631, across 30 bonds, down 3% on a year ago. That’s about **$29 a week above** the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the Parklands, Waitikiri and Queenspark areas combined, approximately this suburb.
- 3-bedroom house, $615 a week · 12 new bonds
- 1-bedroom house, $575 a week · 9 new bonds

Median and quartiles of weekly rents on new private bonds (Tenancy Services), new bonds only, not the whole stock.

## 2023 Census snapshot

About 10,152 people and 3,627 occupied private households, grouped from 66 SA1 areas in Waitikiri, Queenspark, Parklands. Several statistical areas are combined here, so this is a grouped proxy rather than a count for one suburb boundary.

- Under 15: about 20% (2,058 people)
- 65 and over: about 15% (1,566 people)
- Born overseas: about 16% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 89% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 15% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 5% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 5% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet: about 90% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles: about 66% of stated households

Ethnicity is a multiple-response measure, so those percentages are not meant to add to 100%. Stats NZ uses fixed random rounding to base 3; unavailable or confidential cells are left out, not treated as zero.

[individuals](https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/120766-2023-census-totals-by-topic-for-individuals-by-statistical-area-1-part-1/) · [households](https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/120765-2023-census-totals-by-topic-for-households-by-statistical-area-1/) · [geography](https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/table/111243/) · [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

## As reported (3,981 on record)
- [44 Pohutukawa Crescent, Parklands](https://www.chch.live/report/9071163)
- [210 Queenspark Drive, Parklands](https://www.chch.live/report/9069218)
- [77 Queenspark Dr](https://www.chch.live/report/9062623)
- [22 Sylvia Street, Parklands](https://www.chch.live/report/9055032)
- [526 Bower Avenue, Parklands](https://www.chch.live/report/9053860)
- [601 Bower Ave](https://www.chch.live/report/9048853)

[3,981 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=parklands)

## The record on Parklands
- Parklands enters the written record in 11 December 1875, [“Page 3 Advertisements Column 6 (Auckland Star, 11 December 1875)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18751211.2.30.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Parklands” appears somewhere in 62 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 16 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: roading/streets, 6 June 2015, at 15.
- Its busiest day was 25 August 2020, 25 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Queenspark Drive](https://www.chch.live/street/parklands/queenspark-drive), reported on 518 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Coastal ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/coastal), the [Coastal-Burwood-Linwood community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/coastal-burwood-linwood) is its local layer. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## How fast the council fixes things here (8,881 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Parklands took **5 days** to resolve, the city-wide median is 3 days, so this ground runs slower than the city as a whole.
The slowest tenth of finished jobs waited 3 months or longer.
245 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 22 July 2019.

Work orders, not resident reports, the council’s MyCouncilTicket stream, and one job can appear in both. A median counts only finished jobs; open ones are named as open, never averaged in. [The ticket roll](https://www.chch.live/fixed) · [the whole city’s fix times](https://www.chch.live/trends#fix).

## Alcohol rules on this ground

2 sensitive sites stand here, Parkview Parua, Queenspark Te Hua Mānuka, and the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m of them.

The council’s bylaw zones and the Local Alcohol Policy’s buffer list. A ban rules drinking in public places; it says nothing about whether a premises may sell, that is the licence register’s job.

## Lately
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9075842), 12 Oct 2026 · 1 Titirangi Cres, “As per councils awareness our street had a reserve working bee. The council gave us three large garden bags which we…”
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9071163), 11 Oct 2026 · 44 Pohutukawa Crescent, “Overgrown tree. Tree branches are top heavy and dangerous hanging over our driveway and vehicle. The leaves have caused…”
- [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/9069218), 11 Oct 2026 · 210 Queenspark Drive, “Dead duck in queensparl reserve behind the netball court, dont want the kids to see it, unsure how it's died”
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9062623), 9 Oct 2026 · 77 Queenspark Dr, “Broken playground”
- [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/9055032), 8 Oct 2026 · 22 Sylvia Street, “Building company putting cones out to block parking without a TMP. doing it on and off constantly to make their lives…”
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9053860), 8 Oct 2026 · 526 Bower Avenue, “car has no registration , no current Wof, been in that parked position for over a year”
- [Animal - Domestic](https://www.chch.live/report/9048931), 7 Oct 2026 · 14 Foresters Crescent, “dog on the loose in crofts lane park, parklands. dark Grey dog, big breed bull dog type.”
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9048853), 7 Oct 2026 · 601 Bower Ave
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9047735), 7 Oct 2026 · 21 Valecrest Avenue, “Our driveway curb edge has severly raised. I raised this quite some time ago and it's disappointing this hasn't had…”
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9045825), 7 Oct 2026 · 8 Milkers Gate, “lots of fully grown weeds in the gardens”
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9043849), 6 Oct 2026 · 601 Bower Ave, “Lets get this fixed, busy park down to one toilet”
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9040047), 6 Oct 2026 · 452–460 Prestons Rd, “Graffiti on fence and road sign”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 34
- 2016, 64
- 2017, 139
- 2018, 194
- 2019, 279
- 2020, 510
- 2021, 508
- 2022, 636
- 2023, 629
- 2024, 694
- 2025, 698

## What gets reported
- Trees & parks, 1,316
- Roads & footpaths, 1,048
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 958
- Rubbish & dumping, 653
- Water & drains, 572
- Everything else, 207
- Vehicles & parking, 119
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 59

## Exactly what people say
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 735
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 537
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 526
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 297
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 254
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 217
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 194
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 187

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Queenspark Drive](https://www.chch.live/street/parklands/queenspark-drive), reported on 518 separate days
- [Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/parklands/bower-avenue), reported on 274 separate days
- [Rothesay Road](https://www.chch.live/street/parklands/rothesay-road), reported on 120 separate days
- [Titirangi Crescent](https://www.chch.live/street/parklands/titirangi-crescent), reported on 92 separate days
- [Inwoods Road](https://www.chch.live/street/parklands/inwoods-road), reported on 92 separate days
- [Broadhaven Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/parklands/broadhaven-avenue), reported on 89 separate days
- [Cottonwood Street](https://www.chch.live/street/parklands/cottonwood-street), reported on 83 separate days
- [Mairehau Road](https://www.chch.live/street/parklands/mairehau-road), reported on 80 separate days

## Schools (2)
- [Parkview Pārua](https://www.chch.live/school/3470-parkview-parua), Full Primary · decile 6 · EQI 477
- [Queenspark Te Hua Mānuka](https://www.chch.live/school/3479-queenspark-te-hua-manuka), Full Primary · decile 8 · EQI 453

Decile and Equity Index describe the community a school draws from, never how well it teaches.

Zoned for [Avonside Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/324-avonside-girls-high-school) · [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) · [Emmanuel Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1168-emmanuel-christian-school) · [Haeata Community Campus](https://www.chch.live/school/704-haeata-community-campus) · [Mairehau High School](https://www.chch.live/school/320-mairehau-high-school) · [Marian College](https://www.chch.live/school/343-marian-college) · and 7 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (37)
- [Queenspark Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1516-queenspark-reserve), Sports ground · 7 ha · playground, 84 pieces
- [Parklands Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1342-parklands-reserve), Sports ground · 6 ha · playground, 50 pieces
- [Broadhaven Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1501-broadhaven-reserve), Sports ground · 4 ha · playground, 57 pieces
- [Arthur Adcock Memorial Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1445-arthur-adcock-memorial-reserve), Sports ground · 4 ha
- [Rothesay Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/966-rothesay-reserve), 3 ha
- [Titirangi Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1283-titirangi-reserve), 2 ha · playground, 28 pieces
- [Putake Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1660-putake-reserve), 2 ha
- [Snellings Waterway Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1574-snellings-waterway-reserve), 2 ha
- [Waitikiri Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1901-waitikiri-square), playground, 41 pieces
- [Crofts Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1255-crofts-reserve), playground, 4 pieces
- [Pohutukawa Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/956-pohutukawa-reserve)
- [Reka Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1417-reka-reserve)
- [Arden Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1623-arden-reserve), playground, 19 pieces
- [Bluestone Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1908-bluestone-drainage-reserve)
- [Limes Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1332-limes-reserve)
- [Waitikiri Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1714-waitikiri-reserve)
- [Alpine View Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1848-alpine-view-drainage-reserve)
- [Cottonwood Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1057-cottonwood-reserve), playground, 3 pieces
- [Monterey Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1080-monterey-reserve)
- [Rockport Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1778-rockport-reserve)
- [Copperfield Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1065-copperfield-reserve), playground, 30 pieces
- [Lamorna Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1750-lamorna-reserve)
- [Royal Park Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1370-royal-park-reserve), playground, 14 pieces
- [Curzon Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1170-curzon-reserve), playground, 3 pieces
- [Evergreen Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1756-evergreen-reserve), playground, 6 pieces
- [Lakebridge Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1879-lakebridge-drainage-reserve)
- [Bancroft Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1208-bancroft-reserve)
- [Ashwood Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1721-ashwood-reserve), playground, 3 pieces
- [Timberlands Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1319-timberlands-drainage-reserve)
- [Inwoods Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1462-inwoods-reserve)
- [Waterstock 1 Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1150-waterstock-1-drainage-reserve)
- [Bolero Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1030-bolero-reserve), playground, 3 pieces
- [Waterstock 4 Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1921-waterstock-4-drainage-reserve)
- [Waterstock 3 Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1090-waterstock-3-drainage-reserve)
- [Mataroa Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1478-mataroa-reserve)
- [Bower Avenue Landscape Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1104-bower-ave-landscape-reserve)
- [Waterstock 2 Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1404-waterstock-2-drainage-reserve)

A park lands in the suburb its centre falls inside, a centroid call, not a containment claim.

## The civic shelf (1)
- [Parklands Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-34), Library · 46 Queenspark Drive, Parklands, Christchurch 8083

## Where the suburb worships (1)
- [Parklands Baptist Community Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/parklands-baptist-community-church), a Baptist church · 180 Queenspark Drive

The whole roll is at [/worship](https://www.chch.live/worship).

## The tracks through here (8)
- [Walk and bike track through Parklands](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-48-shirley), 5.7 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Parklands](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-57-parklands), 3.9 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Parklands](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-98-parklands), 1.5 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Parklands](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-107-parklands), 1.4 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Parklands](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-47-parklands), 1.1 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Parklands](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-55-parklands), 983 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Parklands](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-108-burwood), 768 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Parklands](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-96-parklands), 160 m · walk · bike

A track belongs to every suburb its line passes through.

## The ground that moved
The February 2011 survey drew mapped ground failure over 37.8% of this outline, about 213 hectares. A patch is a footprint, not a finding about an address; the count for the whole city is at [liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction).
The 2011 grading filed 28.2% of this outline, about 159 hectares, mostly **TC2**. A category is a verdict for a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the grades are at [technical-categories](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories).
The flood record drew water over 6.8% of this outline, about 38 hectares, across 1 named event. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the record is at [floods](https://www.chch.live/floods).
The plan’s schedule of sites significant to Ngāi Tahu covers **4%** of this outline, about 23 hectares, ngā tūranga tūpuna. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a catalogue. The whole schedule: [cultural](https://www.chch.live/cultural).
No high-hazard flood area covers this outline. The broader flood-management watch covers **6%** of it, Avon River, Lower Styx River. Shares read from a sampled join; a model’s map, not a promise. The waiting water: [flood-hazard](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard).
The plan’s water-margin layers cross this outline, **26** classified reaches, the plan calling **Putake Drain** and **Snellings Drain**
           by name, **1%** of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding **7 m** off the bank. The margin is the plan’s drawing, not a survey of the bank. The drawn water: [water-margin](https://www.chch.live/water-margin).
The plan’s allowed shape holds this outline, **2%** of it inside the residential overlays, the densest standing **Suburban**. The shape is the plan’s permission, not a survey of what stands. The allowed shape: [density](https://www.chch.live/density).
The rebuild’s cameras filed **3,945** photographs on this ground, 2011–2017, wastewater work mostly. Each frame is a receipt the dig left behind, a work log, not a survey of what stands now. The whole record: [rebuild](https://www.chch.live/rebuild).
The pedal network threads this ground, **5.7 km** of cycleway crosses the outline. A segment counts under every suburb its path enters; the whole network: [cycleways](https://www.chch.live/cycleways).
The remembered names stand on this ground, **8** inscribed plaques, [Parklands Reserve](https://www.chch.live/plaque/47297-parklands-reserve), [Alpine View Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/plaque/115129-alpine-view-drainage-reserve), [Broadhaven Reserve](https://www.chch.live/plaque/44143-broadhaven-reserve) among the grounds. The plaque is the register’s pin, not a surveyed spot; the whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).
The rulebook binds this ground, **5** drawn instruments, 2 of them dog rules, 1 alcohol ban, 2 bottle-store buffers; the outline sits inside the takiwā of Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga. The bylaw is the instrument, this the map of it, the rulebook: [rules](https://www.chch.live/rules).
**8** parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly chemical manufacture, application and bulk storage, vehicle refuelling, service and repair, 4 still doing the work. A listing records the work, not a soil test; the register is at [hazards](https://www.chch.live/hazards).
The files record **244** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 113 hectares, mostly sand, engineered fill, silt, 2 carry fill the file can’t vouch for. A record is the file’s word on what was laid, not a fresh survey; the layer is at [fill](https://www.chch.live/fill).
**2** parcels inside this outline carry a cleanup on the file. A cleanup on the file is the register’s word, not a clearance; the register is at [remediated](https://www.chch.live/remediated).
The 2019 liquefaction study put **37%** of this outline in the **high** class, and 1 assessed area here carry the free-face flag for possible lateral spreading. A class is the model’s verdict on a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the study is at [vulnerability](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability).
The council’s structure register stands **15** assets on this ground, 5 bridges, 4 viewing platforms, 3 sets of steps, 1 ramp, sited at Titirangi Reserve, Bluestone Drainage Reserve, Rockport Reserve, Snellings Reserve. Site names are the register’s own labels; the layer is drawn on [the map](https://www.chch.live/map?layer=structures).
The recreation register keeps **57** records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 24 disc golf, 8 football, 7 touch rugby, 4 tennis. Seasons and surfaces are the register’s record, not this week’s draw; the layer is drawn on [the map](https://www.chch.live/map?layer=recreation).
The register counts **3120** living trees inside this outline, **11** veterans among them, 23 carrying a protection, mostly Tarata / Lemonwood, Ribbonwood, Ash. The file remembers **1609** trees felled here. A tree record is the register’s word on what stands or stood; the canopy is at [trees](https://www.chch.live/trees).
The plan files **40%** of this outline under **Residential Suburban**, **43%** residential, the rest mostly Rural Urban Fringe 15%, Transport 14%. A zone is a permission, not a description, the mix is a sampled read of the plan’s polygons; the district’s zoning is at [zones](https://www.chch.live/zones).
GeoNet’s catalogue puts 4 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M3.5 in 2015. An epicentre is where the instruments placed the break, not a measure of the shaking here; the whole catalogue is counted at [sequence](https://www.chch.live/sequence), and the story in plain language is [the earthquakes explainer](https://www.chch.live/how-nz-works/canterbury-earthquakes).

## The names on this ground (2)
- [Field of Daisies](https://www.chch.live/memorial/field-of-daisies), artwork · Ira Mitchell
- [Bottle Lake](https://www.chch.live/lake/bottle-lake), wetland

The named waterways, bays, headlands, monuments, summits and old sites OpenStreetMap puts inside this outline, a pin is the mapper’s own; a waterway belongs to every suburb it crosses. Every roll, counted: [geography](https://www.chch.live/geography).

## Documents that name it

*These are leads, not verified claims, search ties, not read sources.*
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 6 (Auckland Star, 11 December 1875)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18751211.2.30.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1875-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Wanganui Chronicle, 12 October 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC18781012.2.16.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1878-10-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [Untitled (Timaru Herald, 11 August 1885)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18850811.2.12), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1885-08-11T00:00:00.000Z
- [SPORTING. (Otago Daily Times, 11 October 1888)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18881011.2.21), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1888-10-11T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 7 (Otago Daily Times, 09 December 1895)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18951209.2.44.7), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1895-12-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [OVERLAND PASSENGERS. (Otago Daily Times, 11 August 1896)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18960811.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1896-08-11T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Auckland Star, 08 December 1896)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18961208.2.57.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1896-12-08T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Otago Daily Times, 04 October 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18991004.2.2.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1899-10-04T00:00:00.000Z
- [The Star. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1907. THE DOMAIN. (Star, 15 February 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19070215.2.34), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1907-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [RECREATION GROUNDS. (Poverty Bay Herald, 29 January 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19090129.2.25.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1909-01-29T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Parklands
- [Swamp Crane Fly seen — Mairehau Rd near Medina Cres, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407771317), iNaturalist · seamusmoran, 12 Oct 2026
- [unarmed stick-insect seen — Mairehau Rd near Medina Cres, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407771279), iNaturalist · seamusmoran, 12 Oct 2026
- [unarmed stick-insect seen — Mairehau Rd near Tapiri St, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407771246), iNaturalist · seamusmoran, 12 Oct 2026
- [Common Pill Woodlouse seen — Mairehau Rd near Tapiri St, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407770103), iNaturalist · seamusmoran, 12 Oct 2026
- [Large Hover Fly seen — Mairehau Rd near Tapiri St, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407769564), iNaturalist · seamusmoran, 12 Oct 2026

[The whole wire](https://www.chch.live/wire)

## The crash record (94 injury crashes)

94 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 18 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Mairehau Road at Inwoods Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=mairehau-rd&suburb=parklands), 6 injury crashes.

- [Every crash it holds](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=parklands)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crashes)

## The crime record (1,289 recorded victimisations)

1,289 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 32 a year per 1,000 residents. Reported is not all, how much never reaches the record depends on the offence.

- [The suburb on the crime map](https://www.chch.live/crime?grain=suburb&area=parklands)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## The buses through it (40 stops)

40 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7), [route 135](https://www.chch.live/buses/135), [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80).
- Bluestone Dr near Alpine View
- Bower Ave near Crofts Ln near Bower Ave
- Bower Ave near Crofts Ln near Bower Ave
- Broadhaven Ave near Anglesea Ave
- Broadhaven Ave near Ferngrove Pl near Broadhaven Ave
- Broadhaven Ave near Ferngrove Pl near Broadhaven Ave
- Broadhaven Ave near Inwoods Rd
- Broadhaven Ave near Jacaranda Pl
- Broadhaven Ave near Queenspark Dr
- Burwood Rd near Rothesay Rd near Burwood Rd
- Burwood Rd near Rothesay Rd near Burwood Rd
- Inwoods Rd near Jade Pl near Inwoods Rd
- Inwoods Rd near Jade Pl near Inwoods Rd
- Mairehau Rd near Daytona Pl
- Mairehau Rd near Inwoods Rd near Mairehau Rd
- Mairehau Rd near Inwoods Rd near Mairehau Rd

- [Every route in the record](https://www.chch.live/buses)

## Businesses here (53 in the directory)

From OpenStreetMap, the council’s licensed-premises register and its 2024 Find Christchurch directory, each kind opens at this suburb’s shelf.

- [Cafés](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cafe#in-parklands), 7
- [Fast food](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fast-food#in-parklands), 6
- [Restaurants](https://www.chch.live/businesses/restaurant#in-parklands), 6
- [Bottle stores](https://www.chch.live/businesses/liquor#in-parklands), 4
- [Bars & pubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bar#in-parklands), 3
- [Golf courses](https://www.chch.live/businesses/golf-course#in-parklands), 3
- [Beauty](https://www.chch.live/businesses/beauty#in-parklands), 2
- [Clubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/club#in-parklands), 2
- [Doctors & clinics](https://www.chch.live/businesses/doctor#in-parklands), 2
- [Pharmacies](https://www.chch.live/businesses/pharmacy#in-parklands), 2
- [Supermarkets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/supermarket#in-parklands), 2
- [ATMs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/atm#in-parklands), 1
- [Attractions](https://www.chch.live/businesses/attraction#in-parklands), 1
- [Audiologists](https://www.chch.live/businesses/audiologist#in-parklands), 1
- [Clothing](https://www.chch.live/businesses/clothes#in-parklands), 1
- [Dance studios](https://www.chch.live/businesses/dance-studio#in-parklands), 1
- [Gyms & fitness](https://www.chch.live/businesses/gym#in-parklands), 1
- [Hairdressers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hairdresser#in-parklands), 1
- [Lawyers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/lawyer#in-parklands), 1
- [Real estate](https://www.chch.live/businesses/real-estate#in-parklands), 1
- [Sports centres](https://www.chch.live/businesses/sports-centre#in-parklands), 1
- [Venues & events](https://www.chch.live/businesses/venue#in-parklands), 1

The ones the record says most about:

- [Subway](https://www.chch.live/business/subway-parklands), Fast food
- [One Good Horse](https://www.chch.live/business/one-good-horse-parklands), Restaurants
- [Open Book Cafe](https://www.chch.live/business/open-book-cafe-parklands), Cafés
- [The Turf](https://www.chch.live/business/the-turf-parklands), Bars & pubs
- [Wetlands Eatery](https://www.chch.live/business/wetlands-eatery-parklands), Cafés
- [Bay Audiology](https://www.chch.live/business/bay-audiology-parklands), Audiologists
- [Everest Indian Restaurant](https://www.chch.live/business/everest-indian-restaurant-parklands), Restaurants
- [Fresh Choice Parklands](https://www.chch.live/business/fresh-choice-parklands), Supermarkets
- [Jularky's Hair Studio](https://www.chch.live/business/jularky-s-hair-studio-parklands), Hairdressers
- [Unichem](https://www.chch.live/business/unichem-parklands), Pharmacies

- [The whole directory](https://www.chch.live/businesses)

## Next door
- [Waimairi Beach](https://www.chch.live/waimairi-beach)
- [North New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/north-new-brighton)
- [Bottle Lake](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake)
- [Burwood](https://www.chch.live/burwood)
- [Marshland](https://www.chch.live/marshland)
- [Avondale](https://www.chch.live/avondale)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Parklands with [Waimairi Beach](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=parklands&b=waimairi-beach) · [North New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=north-new-brighton&b=parklands) · [Bottle Lake](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=bottle-lake&b=parklands) · [Burwood](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=burwood&b=parklands) · [Marshland](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=marshland&b=parklands) · [Avondale](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=avondale&b=parklands), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Parklands?**

Parklands is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. The public record holds 4,951 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.

**How many people live in Parklands?**

10,420 people at the 2023 Census, 1,853 per square kilometre across 5.6 km².

**How many people does the 2023 Census count for Parklands?**

About 10,152 people and 3,627 occupied private households (combined SA2s): grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

**What gets reported in Parklands?**

4,951 reports on record, most often trees & parks (1,316), roads & footpaths (1,048), graffiti & vandalism (958). 719 of them in the year to 13 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Parklands had?**

94 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 18 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=parklands)

**What schools are in Parklands?**

2 schools in the Ministry’s directory, Parkview Pārua, Queenspark Te Hua Mānuka.

Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?name=Parklands · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Parklands