# a, Redcliffs, Christchurch

No council reports on record, but the archive knows the street: 2 places on the heritage register carry the name.

https://www.chch.live/street/redcliffs/a

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5598&lon=172.7357&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5598&lon=172.7357&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5598&lon=172.7357&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5598&lon=172.7357&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Clean CC BY decades only; NZAM-covered spots stay out. [RetroLens](https://retrolens.co.nz/) holds more Crown aerials.*

## On the register
- [Commercial Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/9), 186 Main Road
- [Te Ana o Hineraki/Moa Bone Point Cave and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/140), 8A Balmoral Lane

## In the written record

*Leads and citations, not verified history, documents a search ties to the name (60,621 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).*
- [LAST- NIGHT'S MEETING. (New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator, 15 December 1841)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZGWS18411215.2.9), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 15 Dec 1841
- [METROPOLITAN ANTI-CORN LAW ASSOCIATION. (New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, 13 June 1843)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZCPNA18430613.2.15), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 13 Jun 1843
- [Original deeds in favour of the brothers Deans of their property at Dean's Bush, Riccarton, near Christchurch](https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/50819), [Hocken Digital Collections](https://www.chch.live/collection/hocken-digital-collections), 1 Jan 1847
- [Original deeds in favour of the brothers Deans of their property at Dean's Bush, Riccarton, near Christchurch](https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/50820), [Hocken Digital Collections](https://www.chch.live/collection/hocken-digital-collections), 1 Jan 1847
- [THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. (New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, 26 April 1848)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZSCSG18480426.2.9), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 26 Apr 1848
- [THE "Wellington Independent." Wednesday, August 22, 1849. (Wellington Independent, 22 August 1849)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WI18490822.2.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 22 Aug 1849
- [Untitled (Daily Southern Cross, 28 September 1849)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18490928.2.8), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 28 Sept 1849
- [Christchurch NZ, 1852-1921](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/398881), [Kura Heritage Collections Online](https://www.chch.live/collection/kura-heritage-collections-online), 1 Jan 1850
- [Avon River, Christchurch, 1852](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/402480), [Kura Heritage Collections Online](https://www.chch.live/collection/kura-heritage-collections-online), 1 Jan 1850
- [Family portrait](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/smyth-family-collection/ccl-cs-80260), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1850
- [Holy Trinity Church, Lyttelton](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/411071), [Kura Heritage Collections Online](https://www.chch.live/collection/kura-heritage-collections-online), 1 Jan 1850
- [A Good Deed](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2010/ccl-cs-66628), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1850

## Heard on the wire

*Public posts that name the street, relayed, not verified.*
- [Audit and Risk Management Committee — 10 am, 16 Oct 2026](https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/RedirectToDoc.aspx?URL=Open/2026/10/ARCM_20261016_AGN_10796_AT_WEB.htm), The council · Christchurch City Council, 16 Oct 2026
- [Dog Control Act Hearings Panel, 16 Oct 2026](https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/RedirectToDoc.aspx?URL=Open/2026/10/DCAH_20261016_AGN_11932_AT_WEB.htm), The council · Christchurch City Council, 16 Oct 2026
- [Waihoro Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote Community Board — 4 pm, 15 Oct 2026](https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/RedirectToDoc.aspx?URL=Open/2026/10/SCBCC_20261015_AGN_11375_AT_WEB.htm), The council · Christchurch City Council, 15 Oct 2026
- [Workshop - Annual Plan/Long-Term Plan — 9.30 am, 15 Oct 2026](https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/RedirectToDoc.aspx?URL=Open/2026/10/WCAP_20261015_AGN_11775_AT_WEB.htm), The council · Christchurch City Council, 15 Oct 2026
- [I'm not familiar with all of Christchurch. But can someone list all areas from less desirable to most desirable? I'm thinking of buying a house.](https://www.reddit.com/r/chch/comments/1x5kwuj/which_areas_should_i_avoid/), r/chch · StandOk9112, 14 Oct 2026

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is a?**

In [Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs), Christchurch, New Zealand.

**What is on record for a?**

No council reports, but 2 heritage-register places carry the name.

**What heritage places are on a?**

[Commercial Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/9), [Te Ana o Hineraki/Moa Bone Point Cave and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/140).

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=redcliffs&street=a · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Redcliffs&street=a