70 Matai Street West
7 council reports since August 2024, 7 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 35A Matai Street West, 13 reports on file.
From the air, then
Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Each frame is cut from Environment Canterbury’s historic imagery MapServer for that decade, only where the Footprints layer names a CC BY survey (NZAM-covered spots stay out). RetroLens holds more Crown aerials →
The green nearby
- Mona Vale, 168 m to the edge · Botanic · 5 ha
- Avon River Esplanade Reserve, 216 m to the edge
- Daresbury Park, 425 m to the edge · playground, 5 pieces
- Mandeville Reserve, 431 m to the edge
- Riccarton Bush, 473 m to the edge · 12 ha
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
On the doorstep
- Ashleigh Court Motel, 72 m away · Motels
- Britten Stables, 133 m away · B&Bs
- Greatstay Bed and Breakfast, 211 m away · B&Bs
- Mona Vale Homestead, 293 m away · Restaurants
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Kilmarnock St near Harakeke St, 158 m away · route 130
- Kilmarnock St near Harakeke St, 172 m away · route 130
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Riccarton, 8 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Riccarton, 8 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Riccarton, 145 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Riccarton, 166 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Riccarton, 195 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
The named ground
Named water within 500 m of this address, measured to the line or the edge; Named places within 1.5 km of this address; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.
The remembered names nearby
- Mona Vale Rose Garden - Opened 1994, 222 m away ·
Mona Vale Rose Garden - opened 1994 / Contributions for the purchase of roses in this gard
· 2009 - In Memory of / Sean J. Courtney & / Bernard T. Courtney, 232 m away ·
In Memory of / Sean J. Courtney & / Bernard T. Courtney / Mates enjoying the view
· 2009 - To the People of Canterbury / 'The Mighty Kauri', 233 m away ·
To the people of Canterbury / 'The mighty Kauri' / Donated by / Harry & Beth (illegible) /
· 2009
Inscribed plaques within two hundred and fifty metres, the register’s pins, not surveyed spots. The whole roll is at /plaques.
Renting nearby
new bonds in Riccarton ran about $544 a week, about the city median, the suburb page keeps the rent record →.
What gets reported here
- Water Leak, 7
Photographed here 7 on record
What’s on record
Water Leak, 13 Sept 2024 Out side 70 Matai St West, water leaking out from the asphalt where it meets the gutter.
Water Leak, 12 Sept 2024 There is a potable water leak under the pavement. There is reasonable flow from under the AC and the berm is also saturated.
Water Leak, 5 Sept 2024 Water seeping up into the gutter. Has been leaking for weeks.
Water Leak, 5 Sept 2024 Water leaking from out under seal
Water Leak, 23 Aug 2024 Coming out of cycleway surface. Steady flow
Water Leak, 21 Aug 2024
Water Leak, 14 Aug 2024 Leaking pipe under the bike path. Steady flow down the gutter to I the drain
Elsewhere on Matai Street West
- 35A Matai Street West, 13 reports
- 23 Matai Street West, 10 reports
- 25A Matai Street West, 7 reports
- 48 Matai Street West, 6 reports
- 92A Matai Street West, 5 reports
- 60 Matai Street West, 5 reports
- 86 Matai Street West, 4 reports
- 55 Matai Street West, 4 reports
The street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names Matai Street West in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The civic layer
This ground votes in Fendalton ward, the Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood community board is its local layer. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre. The whole roll is at /wards.
Matai Street West, the whole record → · Everything about Riccarton → · What stood on this ground → · On the map → · From the air, RetroLens holds the Crown’s aerials back to 1936; search the address there →
Questions, answered briefly
7 council reports on record since August 2024, most often water leak (7).
Riccarton, Christchurch, on Matai Street West.
Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, the record around this ground →
Mona Vale, 168 m to its edge, 5 ha.






