# Richmond Hill, Christchurch

323 council reports since June 2015, the 94th busiest suburb in the city. 244 photographs on record.

https://www.chch.live/richmond-hill

## 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

Richmond Hill is a hillside suburb above Sumner in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_Hill%2C_New_Zealand), a tertiary source

## 2023 Census snapshot

About 78 people and 30 occupied private households, grouped from 2 SA1 areas in Port Hills. A wider statistical area stands in for this suburb, so this is a proxy rather than a count for the suburb boundary.

- Under 15: about 12% (9 people)
- 65 and over: about 12% (9 people)
- Born overseas: about 23% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 92% of ethnicity responses

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 (244 on record)
- [131 Richmond Hill Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9048581)
- [28 Richmond Hill Road, Richmond Hill](https://www.chch.live/report/8961470)
- [140 Richmond Hill Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/8929900)
- [89 Richmond Hill Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/8873728)
- [72 Richmond Hill Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/8700457)
- [89 Richmond Hill Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/8700442)

[244 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=richmond-hill)

## The suburb, back then (3 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.*
- [Aerial photomosaic of Evans Pass Road and Richmond Hill](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-53791456), 1926 · Canterbury Stories
- [Aerial photomosaic of Richmond Hill and Evans Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-53791453), 1926 · Canterbury Stories
- ['Gangster Ball' held by the Richmond Hill Golf Club, Christchurch: many original costumes seen at a most successful function](https://www.chch.live/then/1930s#p-43280639), 1935 · Kura Heritage Collections Online

## The record on Richmond Hill
- Richmond Hill enters the written record in 24 September 1862, [“Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Otago Daily Times, 24 September 1862)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18620924.2.3.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Richmond Hill” appears somewhere in 28 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: roading/streets, 9 June 2015, at 14.
- Its busiest day was 24 February 2022, 3 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Richmond Hill Road](https://www.chch.live/street/richmond-hill/richmond-hill-road), reported on 161 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 (702 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Richmond Hill 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.
18 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 15 December 2021.

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).

## Lately
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9048581), 7 Oct 2026 · 131 Richmond Hill Rd, “The hedge etc belonging to 131 Richmond Hill Road has grown over a significant portion of the footpath on Sanscrit…”
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8961470), 22 Sept 2026 · 28 Richmond Hill Road, “please remove cut tree fronds also remove lower ones”
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8929900), 16 Sept 2026 · 140 Richmond Hill Rd, “Water leak. Kinda fast.”
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8873728), 6 Sept 2026 · 89 Richmond Hill Rd, “Hole in road, Richmond Hill Road. Outside address on photo! Very dangerous for cyclists!”
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8700457), 6 Aug 2026 · 72 Richmond Hill Rd, “Potholes opening in road”
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8700442), 6 Aug 2026 · 89 Richmond Hill Rd, “Road seal is breaking up”
- [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/8526358), 6 Jul 2026 · 54 Richmond Hill Rd, “Street Light out”
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8470821), 24 Jun 2026 · 137 Richmond Hill Rd, “This morning on my daily walked I slipped over on this footpath which is covered in lichen outside 2 properties 137…”
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8439442), 19 Jun 2026 · 18 Sanscrit Pl, “Footpath overgrown with vegetation!!! This is the second time I’ve asked. Please do something this time!! Thanks”
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8439168), 19 Jun 2026 · 189 Richmond Hill Rd, “Road sign has fell down”
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8410902), 14 Jun 2026 · 6 Whiterock Ln, “Flax has overgrown pathway”
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8325150), 28 May 2026 · 65 Richmond Hill Rd, “Footpath overgrown by weeds from public land.”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 5
- 2016, 3
- 2017, 8
- 2018, 17
- 2019, 27
- 2020, 14
- 2021, 34
- 2022, 47
- 2023, 45
- 2024, 51
- 2025, 36

## What gets reported
- Water & drains, 117
- Roads & footpaths, 98
- Trees & parks, 65
- Rubbish & dumping, 15
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 12
- Vehicles & parking, 8
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 5
- Everything else, 3

## Exactly what people say
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 67
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 52
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 37
- [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 20
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 15
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 11
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 11
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 11

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Richmond Hill Road](https://www.chch.live/street/richmond-hill/richmond-hill-road), reported on 161 separate days
- [Teviotdale Way](https://www.chch.live/street/richmond-hill/teviotdale-way), reported on 7 separate days
- [Sanscrit Place](https://www.chch.live/street/richmond-hill/sanscrit-place), reported on 5 separate days
- [Nayland Street](https://www.chch.live/street/richmond-hill/nayland-street), reported on 4 separate days
- [Whiterock Lane](https://www.chch.live/street/richmond-hill/whiterock-lane), reported on 3 separate days
- [De Thier Lane](https://www.chch.live/street/richmond-hill/de-thier-lane), reported on 3 separate days
- [Sowerby Place](https://www.chch.live/street/richmond-hill/sowerby-place), reported on 2 separate days
- [Elworthy Way](https://www.chch.live/street/richmond-hill/elworthy-way), reported on 2 separate days

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) · [Sumner School](https://www.chch.live/school/3546-sumner-school) · and 2 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (2)
- [Greenwood Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1909-greenwood-park), Regional · 279 ha
- [Sanscrit Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1444-sanscrit-reserve), playground, 8 pieces

A park lands in the suburb its centre falls inside, a centroid call, not a containment claim.
The mapped tsunami extent covers **1%** of this outline. 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 **3%** of this outline, mass movement management area 2, rockfall management area 2. The broad remaining-instability overlay covers **95%** 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 59 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).
The plan’s landscape schedules cover **33%** of this outline, about 19 hectares across **1** scheduled area, **33%** of it outstanding, the plan’s strongest landscape standing, and **3%** 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 water-margin layers cross this outline, **14** classified reaches, the plan calling **Richmond Hill Waterway** and **Richmond Hill Road Drain**
           by name, **5%** of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding **10 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 rebuild’s cameras filed **141** photographs on this ground, 2011–2014, 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 rulebook binds this ground, **3** drawn instruments, 2 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).
The files record **3** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline. 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 **408** rocks inside this outline across 8 survey pins, **400** came down, 8 still wobble easy. 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).
The 2019 liquefaction study put **98%** of this outline in the **"unlikely"** class. 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 **5** assets on this ground, 4 sets of steps, 1 boardwalk, sited at Greenwood Park, Sanscrit Reserve, Ridgeway Linkage Reserve. Site names are the register’s own labels; the layer is drawn on [the map](https://www.chch.live/map?layer=structures).
The register counts **49** living trees inside this outline, 3 carrying a protection, mostly Fierce Toothed Lancewood, Akiraho, Pohutukawa. The file remembers **17** 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 **51%** of this outline under **Residential Hills**, **51%** residential, the rest mostly Rural Port Hills 41%, Transport 9%. 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 10 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M5.3 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).

## Documents that name it

*These are leads, not verified claims, search ties, not read sources.*
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Otago Daily Times, 24 September 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18620924.2.3.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1862-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [News of the Week. FROM THE DAILY TIMES. (Otago Witness, 28 January 1865)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18650128.2.34), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1865-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [MARRIED. (Nelson Evening Mail, 22 August 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM18660822.2.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1866-08-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [KICHMOND SILVER MINING COMPANY. (Auckland Star, 29 June 1877)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18770629.2.27), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1877-06-29T00:00:00.000Z
- [LINWOOD (Star, 04 July 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18870704.2.28.7), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1887-07-04T00:00:00.000Z
- [LINWOOD (Star, 05 July 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18870705.2.31.1.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1887-07-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [PUPIL TEACHERS' EXAMINATION. (Star, 05 February 1891)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18910205.2.15), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1891-02-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 15 February 1893)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18930215.2.36.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1893-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [PUPIL-TEACHERS' EXAMINATIONS. (Star, 24 January 1895)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18950124.2.32), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1895-01-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH. March 16. (North Otago Times, 18 March 1895)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NOT18950318.2.13.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1895-03-18T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Richmond Hill
- [Red-purple Ragwort seen — Marriner St near Richmond Hill Wlk, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/401390515), iNaturalist · jackmansd, 19 Sept 2026

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

## The crash record (1 injury crash)

1 crash that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Richmond Hill Road at Nayland Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=richmond-hill-rd&suburb=richmond-hill), 1 injury crash.

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

## The crime record (34 recorded victimisations)

34 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 109 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=richmond-hill)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## Businesses here (1 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.

- [Clubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/club#in-richmond-hill), 1

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

## Next door
- [Sumner](https://www.chch.live/sumner)
- [Clifton](https://www.chch.live/clifton)
- [Moncks Bay](https://www.chch.live/moncks-bay)
- [Scarborough](https://www.chch.live/scarborough)
- [Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs)
- [te-onepoto-taylors-mistake](https://www.chch.live/te-onepoto-taylors-mistake)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Richmond Hill with [Sumner](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=richmond-hill&b=sumner) · [Clifton](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=clifton&b=richmond-hill) · [Moncks Bay](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=moncks-bay&b=richmond-hill) · [Scarborough](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=richmond-hill&b=scarborough) · [Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=redcliffs&b=richmond-hill) · [te-onepoto-taylors-mistake](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=richmond-hill&b=te-onepoto-taylors-mistake), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Richmond Hill?**

Richmond Hill is a hillside suburb above Sumner in Christchurch, New Zealand. The public record holds 323 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.

**How many people does the 2023 Census count for Richmond Hill?**

About 78 people and 30 occupied private households (wider SA2 stand-in): grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

**What gets reported in Richmond Hill?**

323 reports on record, most often water & drains (117), roads & footpaths (98), trees & parks (65). 42 of them in the year to 12 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Richmond Hill had?**

1 injury crash on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=richmond-hill)

Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?name=Richmond%20Hill · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Richmond%20Hill