28 Roche Avenue
11 council reports since November 2023, 10 carrying a photograph. The most-reported address on Roche Avenue.
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
- Hillary Reserve, 7 m to the edge · playground, 13 pieces
- Hansons Reserve, 277 m to the edge · playground, 42 pieces
- Vicki Reserve, 322 m to the edge · playground, 4 pieces
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
On the doorstep
- The Pawn Shop, 234 m away · Pawnbroker
- Supercheap Auto, 237 m away · Car parts
- Westmeat, 239 m away · Butchers
- Consulate-General of the People's Republic of China, 243 m away · Diplomatic
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton, 217 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton, 287 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton, 290 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton, 296 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton, 395 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
What gets reported here
Photographed here 10 on record
What’s on record
Rubbish and Bins - General, 5 Dec 2025 Rubbish and trollies dumped. Walkway blocked.
Dumped Rubbish, 1 Dec 2025 Large tv box and various small items in trolleys
Pavement - Damaged, 4 Aug 2025 Alleyway to Hillary reserve path is very damaged. Reported months ago and nothing done yet
Dumped Rubbish, 4 Aug 2025 Dumped rubbish in park
Dumped Rubbish, 14 Jul 2025
Pavement - Damaged, 20 Jan 2025 Pavement broken up by tree roots bumpy and a hazard for people walking here. Reported months ago and nothing done.
Accessibility, 20 Jan 2025 I think this broken fence is a safety issue. While it is the owner's responsibility, can council send them a letter asking them to fix it?
Dumped Rubbish, 20 Jan 2025 Dumped metal in park
Dumped Rubbish, 5 Dec 2024 Heaps of rubbish dumped in alley way off Roche ave. This is an ongoing issue, maybe the council could set up a program with local residents
Park - General Request, 8 Nov 2024 Fence on either side of alleyway to park is in unsafe condition. Needs maintenance
- Graffiti, 8 Nov 2023
Elsewhere on Roche Avenue
- 30B Roche Avenue, 5 reports
- 30A Roche Avenue, 5 reports
- 4 Roche Avenue, 4 reports
- 36 Roche Avenue, 4 reports
- 2 Roche Avenue, 3 reports
- 8A Roche Avenue, 2 reports
- 8 Roche Avenue, 2 reports
- 5-7 Roche Avenue, 2 reports
The civic layer
This ground votes in Riccarton ward, the Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton 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.
Roche Avenue, the whole record → · Everything about Upper 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
11 council reports on record since November 2023, most often dumped rubbish (5), pavement - damaged (2), rubbish and bins - general (1).
Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, on Roche Avenue.
Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, the record around this ground →
Hillary Reserve, 7 m to its edge.