# Waimairi Beach, Christchurch 1,101 council reports since June 2015, the 74th busiest suburb in the city. 906 photographs on record. 1,340 people at the 2023 Census, 1,070 to the square kilometre across 1.3 km². https://www.chch.live/waimairi-beach ## 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 Waimairi Beach is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is located north-east of the city. It is east of Parklands and north of North New Brighton. The word "waimairi" translates to "listless stream". Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waimairi_Beach), 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 Rent: too few new bonds for a median this quarter, last published about **$725 a week**. Median and quartiles of weekly rents on new private bonds (Tenancy Services), new bonds only, not the whole stock. ## 2023 Census snapshot About 1,293 people and 468 occupied private households, grouped from 9 SA1 areas in Waimairi Beach. This exact statistical-area match is close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it. - Under 15: about 19% (240 people) - 65 and over: about 19% (246 people) - Born overseas: about 19% of stated birthplace - European ethnicity: about 95% of ethnicity responses - Māori ethnicity: about 10% of ethnicity responses - Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 2% of ethnicity responses - Asian ethnicity: about 2% of ethnicity responses - Households with internet: about 92% of stated households - Households with two or more vehicles: about 74% 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 (906 on record) - [1 Marine Pde](https://www.chch.live/report/9071564) - [Canterbury](https://www.chch.live/report/9071420) - [Canterbury](https://www.chch.live/report/9066733) - [1 Torrey Pines](https://www.chch.live/report/9053956) - [Aston Dr](https://www.chch.live/report/9048478) - [8 Broadpark Road, Waimairi Beach](https://www.chch.live/report/9026633) [906 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=waimairi-beach) ## The record on Waimairi Beach - Waimairi Beach enters the written record in 20 December 1920, [“NEW BRIGHTON TRUTS. (Grey River Argus, 20 December 1920)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA19201220.2.23.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past). - “Waimairi Beach” appears somewhere in 18 of the archive’s records. - A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance. - The first report here: roading/streets, 6 June 2015, at 105. - Its busiest day was 21 March 2018, 21 reports in a single day. - The street that keeps coming up is [Broadpark Road](https://www.chch.live/street/waimairi-beach/broadpark-road), reported on 134 separate days. - For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Coastal ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/coastal), the [Coastal-Burwood-Linwood community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/coastal-burwood-linwood) is its local layer. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards). ## How fast the council fixes things here (1,354 finished jobs on record) The median council work order pinned in Waimairi Beach 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 4 months or longer. 69 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 21 October 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 - [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/9071564), 11 Oct 2026 · 1 Marine Pde, “Dead seal ? Bird flu ? Bury remove ?” - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9071420), 11 Oct 2026 · Canterbury, “This has been leaking for a long time now, wonder how many ltrs wasted and they want to charge homeowners for excess…” - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9066733), 10 Oct 2026 · Canterbury, “Oil spill in carpark” - [Animal - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9053956), 8 Oct 2026 · 1 Torrey Pines, “This unregistered red Volvo car belongs to a homeless person who is living in it , along with his cat . The vehicle is…” - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9048478), 7 Oct 2026 · Aston Dr - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9026633), 4 Oct 2026 · 8 Broadpark Road, “women's public toilet - latch broken and unusable” - [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/8980774), 25 Sept 2026 · 53 Aston Dr, “Damage to Soccer goal.” - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8978294), 24 Sept 2026 · 9 Aston Dr, “Looks like water pipe is about to burst. Leaking under the grass causing a big bulge and water on footpath” - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8977871), 24 Sept 2026 · 9 Aston Drive, “water leak grass verge mounding up . it's about to blow Actually op no 7 letterbox” - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8966028), 22 Sept 2026 · 9031 Marine Parade, “broken bottles/ glass and cans on trail. on top of hill, next to the shelter. dangerous for dogs paws and bike tyres” - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8959003), 21 Sept 2026 · 24 Fishermans Rest, “the kerb is broken and the drain is exposed” - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8953429), 20 Sept 2026 · Canterbury, “Mattress dumped on beach” ## Reports per year - 2015, 15 - 2016, 22 - 2017, 44 - 2018, 76 - 2019, 58 - 2020, 54 - 2021, 93 - 2022, 150 - 2023, 133 - 2024, 177 - 2025, 177 ## What gets reported - Trees & parks, 328 - Rubbish & dumping, 234 - Roads & footpaths, 155 - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 152 - Water & drains, 115 - Vehicles & parking, 53 - Everything else, 49 - [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 12 ## Exactly what people say - [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 142 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 113 - [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 95 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 79 - [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 70 - [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 53 - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 50 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 47 ## The streets that keep coming up - [Broadpark Road](https://www.chch.live/street/waimairi-beach/broadpark-road), reported on 134 separate days - [Aston Drive](https://www.chch.live/street/waimairi-beach/aston-drive), reported on 125 separate days - [Beach Road](https://www.chch.live/street/waimairi-beach/beach-road), reported on 80 separate days - [Larnach Street](https://www.chch.live/street/waimairi-beach/larnach-street), reported on 68 separate days - [Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/waimairi-beach/bower-avenue), reported on 40 separate days - [Eastwood Rise](https://www.chch.live/street/waimairi-beach/eastwood-rise), reported on 30 separate days - [Marine Parade](https://www.chch.live/street/waimairi-beach/marine-parade), reported on 24 separate days - [Orlando Crescent](https://www.chch.live/street/waimairi-beach/orlando-crescent), reported on 21 separate days Zoned for [Avonside Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/324-avonside-girls-high-school) · [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) · [Emmanuel Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1168-emmanuel-christian-school) · [Haeata Community Campus](https://www.chch.live/school/704-haeata-community-campus) · [Mairehau High School](https://www.chch.live/school/320-mairehau-high-school) · [Marian College](https://www.chch.live/school/343-marian-college) · and 6 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary. ## The green here (5) - [Waimairi Beach Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1474-waimairi-beach-park), Regional · 61 ha - [Broad Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1409-broad-park), 2 ha · playground, 109 pieces - [Eastwood Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1814-eastwood-reserve), 1 ha - [Aston Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/923-aston-reserve), playground, 27 pieces - [Sandpiper Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1533-sandpiper-reserve) A park lands in the suburb its centre falls inside, a centroid call, not a containment claim. ## The tracks through here (1) - [Walk and bike track through Waimairi Beach](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-172-bottle-lake), 3.3 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 2.4% of this outline. 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 mapped tsunami extent covers **17%** of this outline, about 21 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 ecological schedules cover **12%** of this outline, about 15 hectares 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 **12%** of this outline, about 15 hectares across **4** scheduled areas, and **44%** 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). No high-hazard flood area covers this outline. The broader flood-management watch covers **12%** of it, Avon River. 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, 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 rebuild’s cameras filed **573** photographs on this ground, 2011–2013, 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 pedal network threads this ground, **0.1 km** of cycleway crosses the outline. A segment counts under every suburb its path enters; the whole network: [cycleways](https://www.chch.live/cycleways). The rulebook binds this ground, **3** drawn instruments, 2 of them dog rules, 1 camping zone, a certified self-contained van can stay the night at City Coastal Restricted Zone; 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). **1** parcel inside this outline sits on the hazardous-activities register, mostly chemical manufacture, application and bulk storage, 1 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 **41** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 18 hectares, mostly sand, engineered fill. 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 2019 liquefaction study put **85%** of this outline in the **possible** 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 **7** assets on this ground, 3 boardwalks, 2 shelters, 2 sets of steps, sited at Waimairi Beach Park, Broad Park, Bottle Lake Forest. 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 **1** record inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 1 netball. 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 **153** living trees inside this outline, 1 carrying a protection, mostly Cabbage tree, Karo, Southern Magnolia. The file remembers **104** 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 **37%** of this outline under **Specific Purpose (Burwood Landfill & Resource Recovery Park)**, **24%** residential, the rest mostly Residential Suburban 24%, Open Space Natural 14%. 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 1 magnitude-3+ epicentre inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M3.0 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 (1) - [Burwood MSW Landfill](https://www.chch.live/landfills), old dump 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.* - [NEW BRIGHTON TRUTS. (Grey River Argus, 20 December 1920)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA19201220.2.23.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1920-12-20T00:00:00.000Z - [TROTTING (Evening Post, 18 December 1922)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19221218.2.116.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1922-12-18T00:00:00.000Z - [TROTTING. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 18 December 1923)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19231218.2.50.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1923-12-18T00:00:00.000Z - [NEW BRIGHTON MEETING (Evening Post, 18 December 1923)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19231218.2.22.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1923-12-18T00:00:00.000Z - [TROTTING (Evening Post, 18 December 1928)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19281218.2.35.10), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1928-12-18T00:00:00.000Z - [BODIES RECOVERED (Evening Post, 03 March 1930)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19300303.2.82), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1930-03-03T00:00:00.000Z - [NEW BRIGHTON REHANDICAPS (Evening Post, 19 January 1931)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19310119.2.123.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1931-01-19T00:00:00.000Z - [NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 09 October 1931)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19311009.2.20.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1931-10-09T00:00:00.000Z - [N.Z. GOLF COUNCIL (Evening Post, 05 April 1933)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19330405.2.16), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1933-04-05T00:00:00.000Z - [NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 25 September 1934)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19340925.2.27.15), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1934-09-25T00:00:00.000Z ## The wire on Waimairi Beach - [Tōrea (South Island Pied Oystercatcher) seen — Waimairi Beach, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405938370), iNaturalist · urewerawhio, 5 Oct 2026 [The whole wire](https://www.chch.live/wire) ## The crash record (3 injury crashes) 3 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed. The corner that keeps appearing: [Aston Drive at Ballance Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=aston-dr&suburb=waimairi-beach), 1 injury crash. - [Every crash it holds](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=waimairi-beach) - [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crashes) ## The crime record (149 recorded victimisations) 149 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 29 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=waimairi-beach) - [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 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80). - Aston Dr near Ballance St - Aston Dr near Beach Rd near Aston Dr - Aston Dr near Beach Rd near Aston Dr - Aston Dr near Orlando Cres - Aston Dr near Torres Pines near Aston Dr - Aston Dr near Torres Pines near Aston Dr - North Shore near Aston Dr - North Shore near Aston Dr - [Every route in the record](https://www.chch.live/buses) ## Next door - [North New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/north-new-brighton) - [Parklands](https://www.chch.live/parklands) - [New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton) - [Burwood](https://www.chch.live/burwood) - [Avondale](https://www.chch.live/avondale) - [Bottle Lake](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake) [Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Waimairi Beach with [North New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=north-new-brighton&b=waimairi-beach) · [Parklands](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=parklands&b=waimairi-beach) · [New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=new-brighton&b=waimairi-beach) · [Burwood](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=burwood&b=waimairi-beach) · [Avondale](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=avondale&b=waimairi-beach) · [Bottle Lake](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=bottle-lake&b=waimairi-beach), same record, side by side. ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Waimairi Beach?** Waimairi Beach is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. The public record holds 1,101 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015. **How many people live in Waimairi Beach?** 1,340 people at the 2023 Census, 1,070 per square kilometre across 1.3 km². **How many people does the 2023 Census count for Waimairi Beach?** About 1,293 people and 468 occupied private households: grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM. **What gets reported in Waimairi Beach?** 1,101 reports on record, most often trees & parks (328), rubbish & dumping (234), roads & footpaths (155). 139 of them in the year to 14 October 2026. **How many crashes has Waimairi Beach had?** 3 injury crashes 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=waimairi-beach) **Does Waimairi Beach have buses?** 8 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, served by 80. Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?name=Waimairi%20Beach · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Waimairi%20Beach