# Redcliffs, Christchurch

2,455 council reports since July 2015, the 57th busiest suburb in the city. 1,812 photographs on record.
2,150 people at the 2023 Census, 1,134 to the square kilometre across 1.9 km².

https://www.chch.live/redcliffs

## 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/)
- [CCC mountain-bike track status](https://ccc.govt.nz/transport/getting-around/cycling/find-a-ride/trackstatus)
- [Christchurch Adventure Park trail information](https://christchurchadventurepark.com/trail-information)

## The encyclopaedia on it

Redcliffs is an outer coastal suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redcliffs), 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 **$700 a week** in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half $560–$1,050, across 9 bonds, up 10% on a year ago. That’s about **$150 a week above** the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the “Redcliffs” statistical area, close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.

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

## 2023 Census snapshot

About 2,061 people and 891 occupied private households, grouped from 12 SA1 areas in Redcliffs. This exact statistical-area match is close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.

- Under 15: about 13% (264 people)
- 65 and over: about 27% (552 people)
- Born overseas: about 26% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 92% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 7% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 1% 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 63% 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 (1,812 on record)
- [Barnett Park 200A Main Road, Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/report/9058746)
- [8 Raekura Place, Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/report/9056008)
- [30 Raekura Pl](https://www.chch.live/report/9054221)
- [138–140 McCormacks Bay Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9053851)
- [18 Omeo Cres](https://www.chch.live/report/9053151)
- [128 Main Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9052284)

[1,812 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=redcliffs)

## The suburb, back then (33 in the archive)

*Placed by the record’s locality join or the name in its own title, a lead, not a claim each frame stood here.*
- [Exterior view of houses in Redcliffs and Papanui](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-48502558), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Group at Mount Pleasant, Redcliffs, Lyttelton explosion](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-48502585), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Views of Rakaia Gorge, Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-48502570), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Sailing boat on the estuary at Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-64777766), 1910 · Canterbury Stories
- [Monks Bay, Redcliffs, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-29844449), 1912 · Te Papa Collections Online
- [One of the popular suburbs of Christchurch - a view of Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-38084213), 1912 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [A training ship for sea-scouts: the schooner Annie Hill anchored at Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-43276325), 1922 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [Decorated for the opening ceremony: a view of the training ship Sea Scout, anchored off Redcliffs, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-43276641), 1922 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [Sunset over Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-64773836), 1922 · Canterbury Stories
- [The Sea Scout at Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-64773839), 1922 · Canterbury Stories

[…and 23 more across the archive](https://www.chch.live/then)

## The record on Redcliffs
- Redcliffs enters the written record in 2 August 1876, [“WAIMATE ROAD BOAED. (Timaru Herald, 02 August 1876)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18760802.2.12), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Redcliffs” appears somewhere in 402 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: parks, 12 July 2015, at 202.
- Its busiest day was 17 November 2022, 20 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Main Road](https://www.chch.live/street/redcliffs/main-road), reported on 393 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Heathcote ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/heathcote), the [Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/spreydon-cashmere-heathcote) is its local layer. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## How fast the council fixes things here (3,995 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Redcliffs 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.
112 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 21 October 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

One sensitive site stands here, Te Raekura Redcliffs School, and the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m of it.

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
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9058746), 9 Oct 2026 · Barnett Park 200A Main Road, “concrete around drain near Moa preschool coming away from asphalt”
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9056008), 8 Oct 2026 · 8 Raekura Place, “Broken playground equipment”
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9054221), 8 Oct 2026 · 30 Raekura Pl, “There is usually a padlock on this gate with CCC and the Pottery Club having the key. This lock is gone and now the…”
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9053851), 8 Oct 2026 · 138–140 McCormacks Bay Rd, “There is no tap in the public loo on the park - toilets could do with a good clean”
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9053151), 8 Oct 2026 · 18 Omeo Cres, “5 years of illegally parked motorhome & still waiting for its removal, fine. And here it is again. PBM129. Can Omeo…”
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9052284), 8 Oct 2026 · 128 Main Rd, “Grass at the park is totally overgrown with weeds, also the gardens need spraying”
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9001249), 29 Sept 2026 · 111 Bay View Rd, “Barnett Park fence is damaged has a temp fix in place needs permanent repair”
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8998954), 29 Sept 2026 · Canterbury, “O Taos for a long time now at public toilets Mac bay. ??”
- [Sign Poles](https://www.chch.live/report/8992376), 28 Sept 2026 · Mt Pleasant Terminus, “bus stop sign bent over”
- [Animal - Domestic](https://www.chch.live/report/8980026), 25 Sept 2026 · Canterbury, “Sheep amongst new plantings in Barnett Park. Eating bark of established plants so these are likely to die”
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8978149), 24 Sept 2026 · 18A Augusta St, “Our water metre has been played with and they turned down the pressure then broke off the tap. Now the house pressure…”
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8972080), 23 Sept 2026 · 39 Beachville Road, “Is the council planning on spraying the weeds that are growing up the seawall on the Coastal Pathway, Beachville Rd…”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 22
- 2016, 42
- 2017, 57
- 2018, 78
- 2019, 110
- 2020, 153
- 2021, 214
- 2022, 351
- 2023, 418
- 2024, 396
- 2025, 363

## What gets reported
- Water & drains, 757
- Trees & parks, 482
- Roads & footpaths, 457
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 304
- Rubbish & dumping, 214
- Vehicles & parking, 113
- Everything else, 92
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 34

## Exactly what people say
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 471
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 208
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 192
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 186
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 138
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 85
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 82
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 82

## On the heritage register (4)
- [Commercial Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/9), 186 Main Road
- [Monck's Cave and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/476), 2 Moncks Spur Road
- [Redcliffs Tram/Bus Shelter, Wall and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/139)
- [Te Ana o Hineraki/Moa Bone Point Cave and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/140), 8A Balmoral Lane

The register’s own page for the area: [Redcliffs on the heritage register](https://www.chch.live/history/redcliffs)

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Main Road](https://www.chch.live/street/redcliffs/main-road), reported on 393 separate days
- [Beachville Road](https://www.chch.live/street/redcliffs/beachville-road), reported on 191 separate days
- [Glenstrae Road](https://www.chch.live/street/redcliffs/glenstrae-road), reported on 145 separate days
- [McCormacks Bay Road](https://www.chch.live/street/redcliffs/mccormacks-bay-road), reported on 119 separate days
- [Moncks Spur Road](https://www.chch.live/street/redcliffs/moncks-spur-road), reported on 103 separate days
- [Celia Street](https://www.chch.live/street/redcliffs/celia-street), reported on 89 separate days
- [Omeo Crescent](https://www.chch.live/street/redcliffs/omeo-crescent), reported on 39 separate days
- [Augusta Street](https://www.chch.live/street/redcliffs/augusta-street), reported on 37 separate days

## Schools (1)
- [Te Raekura Redcliffs School](https://www.chch.live/school/3483-te-raekura-redcliffs-school), Full Primary · decile 10 · EQI 400

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

Zoned for [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) · [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school) · [Marian College](https://www.chch.live/school/343-marian-college) · [Middleton Grange School](https://www.chch.live/school/335-middleton-grange-school) · [St Thomas of Canterbury College](https://www.chch.live/school/331-st-thomas-of-canterbury-college) · [Te Aratai College](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college) · and 2 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (11)
- [Barnett Park Conservation](https://www.chch.live/park/1492-barnett-park-conservation), Regional · 34 ha
- [Barnett Park Sports Grounds](https://www.chch.live/park/1021-barnett-park-sports-grounds), Sports ground · 8 ha · playground, 15 pieces
- [Redcliffs Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1468-redcliffs-park), Sports ground · 2 ha
- [Augusta Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1600-augusta-reserve)
- [Balmoral Hill Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1614-balmoral-hill-reserve), playground, 8 pieces
- [Rapanui Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1034-rapanui-reserve)
- [Glenstrae Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1551-glenstrae-reserve), playground, 4 pieces
- [Moncks Cave Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1796-moncks-cave-reserve)
- [Challenger Lane Walkway](https://www.chch.live/park/1681-challenger-lane-walkway)
- [Glenstrae Road Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1461-glenstrae-road-reserve)
- [Kildare Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1197-kildare-reserve)

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

## Where the suburb worships (2)
- [Port Hills Uniting Parish (Redcliffs Union Methodist & Presbyterian Church)](https://www.chch.live/worship/port-hills-uniting-parish-redcliffs-union-methodist-presbyterian-church), a Methodist–Presbyterian cooperating church · 4 Augusta Street
- [St Andrew's Anglican Church - Redcliffs / Sumner Redcliffs Anglican Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/st-andrew-s-anglican-church-redcliffs-sumner-redcliffs-anglican-church), an Anglican church · 148 Main Road

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

## The tracks through here (1)
- [Walk and bike track through Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-171-clifton), 4.0 km · 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 14.6% of this outline, about 28 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 Crown’s 2011 classification drew 5.7% of this outline, about 11 hectares inside the residential red zone. A mapped area files under the suburb its middle sits in, and a classification is the record of a decision, not a finding about an address; the whole line is at [redzone](https://www.chch.live/redzone).
The 2011 grading filed 17.3% of this outline, about 33 hectares, mostly **TC2**, with TC3 14 ha · TC2 19 ha. 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 46.9% of this outline, about 89 hectares, across 2 named events. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the record is at [floods](https://www.chch.live/floods).
The mapped tsunami extent covers **24%** of this outline, about 45 hectares. The sea’s modelled reach, not a prediction, the plan’s inundation line, not the evacuation zones; the share is read from a sampled join. The whole extent is at [tsunami](https://www.chch.live/tsunami).
The plan’s slope-hazard bands cover **14%** of this outline, about 26 hectares, rockfall management area 1, cliff collapse management area 2, rockfall management area 2. The broad remaining-instability overlay covers **55%** of it besides, the plan’s background watch over the hill country. Shares read from a sampled join; a management overlay, not a prediction. The whole watch: [slope](https://www.chch.live/slope).
The plan’s schedule of sites significant to Ngāi Tahu covers **100%** of this outline, about 190 hectares, ngā tūranga tūpuna, wāhi tapu/wāhi taonga. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a catalogue. The whole schedule: [cultural](https://www.chch.live/cultural).
The plan’s ecological schedules cover **2%** of this outline across **1** scheduled site, all of it protected under Schedule A. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a survey. The whole ledger: [ecology](https://www.chch.live/ecology).
The plan’s landscape schedules cover **23%** of this outline, about 43 hectares across **2** scheduled areas, **20%** of it outstanding, the plan’s strongest landscape standing, and **31%** of it sits inside the coastal environment. Shares read from a sampled join; a protection overlay, not a ranking of views. The kept view: [landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape).
The plan’s flood map draws **3%** of this outline inside **high flood hazard** ground, about 5 hectares across **3** mapped areas. The broader flood-management watch covers **18%** of it, Moncks Redcliffs, McCormacks Bay. 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, **22** classified reaches, the plan calling **Glenstrae Stream Drain** and **Balmoral Drain**
           by name, **9%** of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding **20 m** off the bank, and an esplanade line holds a public edge here. 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, **1%** of it inside the residential overlays, the densest standing **Hills**. 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 **2,207** photographs on this ground, 2010–2017, stormwater 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, **6.7 km** of cycleway crosses the outline, [Te Ara Ihutai Coastal Pathway](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/te-ara-ihutai-coastal-pathway). 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, **15** inscribed plaques, [Barnett Park Sports Grounds](https://www.chch.live/plaque/57466-barnett-park-sports-grounds), [Redcliffs Public Library](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310979-redcliffs-public-library), [Mccormacks Bay](https://www.chch.live/plaque/61804-mccormacks-bay) 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, **8** drawn instruments, 7 of them dog rules, 1 bottle-store buffer; 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).
**7** parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly cemeteries and waste recycling, treatment and disposal, chemical manufacture, application and bulk storage, vehicle refuelling, service and repair, 2 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 **88** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 16 hectares, mostly engineered fill, loess, mixed fill with rubbish, 3 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).
The rockfall survey mapped **242** rocks inside this outline across 44 survey pins, **234** came down. A pin may stand for a cluster and marks where the survey saw the rock, not where it is now; the survey is at [boulders](https://www.chch.live/boulders).
**1** parcel inside this outline carries 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 **68%** of this outline in the **"unlikely"** class, and 2 assessed areas 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 register puts **1** engineered rockfall defence inside this outline, 1 rock cable. Nearly all are the emergency works the quake years left standing; the register is at [defences](https://www.chch.live/defences).
The council’s structure register stands **32** assets on this ground, 21 sets of steps, 4 bridges, 4 boardwalks, 2 ramps, sited at Barnett Park Conservation, Glenstrae Reserve, Barnett Park Sports Grounds, Drayton 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 **18** records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 7 touch rugby, 5 football, 3 rugby, 2 cricket. 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 **396** living trees inside this outline, 13 carrying a protection, mostly Pohutukawa, Kowhai, Norfolk island pine. The file remembers **159** 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 **42%** of this outline under **Residential Hills**, **59%** residential, the rest mostly Open Space Natural 19%, Residential Suburban 16%. 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).
The plan reserves about **2 hectares** of this outline, **1%** , under 1 designation, mostly learning. A designation is a claim on the ground, not a build date, the mix is a sampled read; the register is at [designations](https://www.chch.live/designations).
The plan’s exceptions touch **6%** of this outline, 13 qualifying matters, mostly section 6. A matter narrows how the density rule applies, it does not forbid; the mix is a sampled read, and the cultural-significance areas are the plan’s own unnamed ones. The register is at [matters](https://www.chch.live/matters).
The plan’s heritage schedule protects **3** places by name in this suburb, **2** graded highly significant, **Monck's Cave and Setting**, **Te Ana o Hineraki/Moa Bone Point Cave and Setting**, **Commercial Building and Setting**. A setting is the ground the item stands in, each files under the suburb holding its centroid. The schedule is at [heritage](https://www.chch.live/heritage).
GeoNet’s catalogue puts 18 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M6.0 in 2011. 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)
- [McCormacks Bay South end](https://www.chch.live/landfills), old dump · ?–1950
- [Redcliffs Park](https://www.chch.live/landfills), old dump · 1948–1953

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.*
- [WAIMATE ROAD BOAED. (Timaru Herald, 02 August 1876)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18760802.2.12), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1876-08-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH RACES. (North Otago Times, 24 December 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NOT18831224.2.13), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1883-12-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [TELEGRAMS (Southland Times, 27 February 1894)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST18940227.2.13), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1894-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 13 December 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG18991213.2.4.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1899-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 30 December 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG18991230.2.3.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1899-12-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [Group at Mount Pleasant, Redcliffs, Lyttelton explosion](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/drayton-album/ccl-cs-55838), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories) · 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- [Views of Rakaia Gorge, Redcliffs](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/drayton-album/ccl-cs-55832), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories) · 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- [Christmas card containing photograph](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive524/ccl-cs-93230), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories) · 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- [Exterior view of houses in Redcliffs and Papanui](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/drayton-album/ccl-cs-55829), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories) · 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- [Moncks Bay, Tresillian Station house](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/drayton-album/ccl-cs-55833), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories) · 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z

## The wire on Redcliffs
- [Notoplana seen — Main Rd near Raekura Pl, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407411103), iNaturalist · marbattrick, 11 Oct 2026
- [Hairy-handed Crab seen — Main Rd near Raekura Pl, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407411039), iNaturalist · marbattrick, 11 Oct 2026
- [Blue Green Chiton seen — Main Rd near Raekura Pl, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407410990), iNaturalist · marbattrick, 11 Oct 2026
- [New Zealand Half Crab seen — Main Rd near Raekura Pl, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407410859), iNaturalist · marbattrick, 11 Oct 2026
- [Small Brown Sea Anemone seen — Main Rd near Raekura Pl, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407410704), iNaturalist · marbattrick, 11 Oct 2026

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

## The crash record (48 injury crashes)

48 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 1 person killed, 13 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Main Road at Augusta Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=main-rd&suburb=redcliffs), 8 injury crashes.

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

## The crime record (268 recorded victimisations)

268 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 33 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=redcliffs)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## The buses through it (8 stops)

8 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3), [route 140](https://www.chch.live/buses/140).
- Main Rd near Augusta St near Main Rd
- Main Rd near Augusta St near Main Rd
- Main Rd near Celia St near Main Rd
- Main Rd near Celia St near Main Rd
- Main Rd near Raekura Pl near Main Rd
- Main Rd near Raekura Pl near Main Rd
- Mt Pleasant
- Mt Pleasant Terminus

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

## Businesses here (22 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.

- [Bars & pubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bar#in-redcliffs), 2
- [Bottle stores](https://www.chch.live/businesses/liquor#in-redcliffs), 2
- [Doctors & clinics](https://www.chch.live/businesses/doctor#in-redcliffs), 2
- [Restaurants](https://www.chch.live/businesses/restaurant#in-redcliffs), 2
- [B&Bs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bnb#in-redcliffs), 1
- [Beauty](https://www.chch.live/businesses/beauty#in-redcliffs), 1
- [Butchers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/butcher#in-redcliffs), 1
- [Cafés](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cafe#in-redcliffs), 1
- [Clothing](https://www.chch.live/businesses/clothes#in-redcliffs), 1
- [Clubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/club#in-redcliffs), 1
- [Dairies & convenience](https://www.chch.live/businesses/dairy#in-redcliffs), 1
- [Dentists](https://www.chch.live/businesses/dentist#in-redcliffs), 1
- [Fast food](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fast-food#in-redcliffs), 1
- [Hairdressers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hairdresser#in-redcliffs), 1
- [Petrol stations](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fuel#in-redcliffs), 1
- [Pharmacies](https://www.chch.live/businesses/pharmacy#in-redcliffs), 1
- [Supermarkets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/supermarket#in-redcliffs), 1
- [Vets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/vet#in-redcliffs), 1

The ones the record says most about:

- [Money Bags](https://www.chch.live/business/money-bags-redcliffs), Restaurants

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

## Next door
- [Moncks Bay](https://www.chch.live/moncks-bay)
- [Mount Pleasant](https://www.chch.live/mount-pleasant)
- [Clifton](https://www.chch.live/clifton)
- [Southshore](https://www.chch.live/southshore)
- [Richmond Hill](https://www.chch.live/richmond-hill)
- [Ferrymead](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Redcliffs with [Moncks Bay](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=moncks-bay&b=redcliffs) · [Mount Pleasant](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=mount-pleasant&b=redcliffs) · [Clifton](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=clifton&b=redcliffs) · [Southshore](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=redcliffs&b=southshore) · [Richmond Hill](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=redcliffs&b=richmond-hill) · [Ferrymead](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=ferrymead&b=redcliffs), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Redcliffs?**

Redcliffs is an outer coastal suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. The public record holds 2,455 council reports for it, the first filed in July 2015.

**How many people live in Redcliffs?**

2,150 people at the 2023 Census, 1,134 per square kilometre across 1.9 km².

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

About 2,061 people and 891 occupied private households: grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

**What gets reported in Redcliffs?**

2,455 reports on record, most often water & drains (757), trees & parks (482), roads & footpaths (457). 325 of them in the year to 12 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Redcliffs had?**

48 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 1 person killed, 13 seriously hurt. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=redcliffs)

**What schools are in Redcliffs?**

One school in the Ministry’s directory, Te Raekura Redcliffs School.

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