# Park maintenance in Christchurch

32,733 reports filed under 3 related headings in the council’s public record since 2015, 2,366 in the year to 13 October 2026. Maintenance requests for parks and reserves, including playground equipment.

Filed by residents through the council’s reporting channel and relayed here as lodged. A report is somebody’s word that the problem was there, the record is the reporting, not a count of verified fixes.

Report yours the way every one of these was filed, Snap Send Solve: https://www.snapsendsolve.com.

## Year by year

| Year | Reports |
| --- | ---: |
| 2015 | 467 |
| 2016 | 1,353 |
| 2017 | 1,858 |
| 2018 | 2,356 |
| 2019 | 3,687 |
| 2020 | 4,633 |
| 2021 | 5,771 |
| 2022 | 4,296 |
| 2023 | 2,308 |
| 2024 | 2,006 |
| 2025 | 2,224 |
| 2026 | 1,774 |

## Where it gets reported

- [Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city), 95
- [Halswell](https://www.chch.live/halswell), 41
- [New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton), 35
- [Burwood](https://www.chch.live/burwood), 34
- [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton), 33
- [Burnside](https://www.chch.live/burnside), 29
- [Woolston](https://www.chch.live/woolston), 25
- [Linwood](https://www.chch.live/linwood), 24
- [Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/cashmere), 23
- [Dallington](https://www.chch.live/dallington), 23

_Suburb is read from the report’s own address text, recent record, ranked._

## The latest on file

- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9084664), 140 New Brighton Road, Burwood · 13 Oct 2026
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9084531), 295 Ilam Rd · 13 Oct 2026
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9084221), 2 Scarborough Rd · 13 Oct 2026
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9083937), Canterbury · 13 Oct 2026
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9082963), 58 Esplanade · 13 Oct 2026
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9081536), 53 Studholme Street, Somerfield · 13 Oct 2026
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9081231), 21 Araucana Way, Burwood · 13 Oct 2026
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9081228), Quaifes Road Springlands Quaifes Road, Halswell · 13 Oct 2026

## Other problems on the record

- [Overgrown vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 13,644
- [Trees](https://www.chch.live/problems/trees), 8,233
- [Public toilets](https://www.chch.live/problems/public-toilets), 2,025
- [Graffiti & tagging](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 155,340
- [Road damage & street signage](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 59,621
- [Illegal dumping & dumped rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 55,822


## Questions, answered briefly

**How many Park maintenance reports are there in Christchurch?**

32,733 in the council’s published record, filed by residents since 2015, the busiest year was 2021 with 5,771; 2,366 in the year to 13 October 2026.

**Where is Park maintenance reported most in Christchurch?**

Christchurch Central City tops the recent record, read from each report’s own address text, so it is the reporting pattern, not a claim the problem is worst there.

**How do residents report Park maintenance in Christchurch?**

Through the council’s reporting channel, the same channel every report on this page came through (Snap Send Solve). Each report is somebody’s word the problem was there.

**Where does this record come from?**

Christchurch City Council’s public reports layer, resident-filed reports under the heading this page counts. Counts describe reporting, not verified inspections or fixes.

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HTML: https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance
Source: Christchurch City Council, public reports layer (gis.ccc.govt.nz, Snap Send Solve)