Wainoni, Christchurch

Living here rent · the ground · the day-to-day

The ground: 6% of the outline went into the residential red zone; the February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over 85% of it, the rest of the watch is drawn further down.

Day to day it holds 1 school, 5 parks, 1 place of worship, 5 tracks and 11 bus stops, each is counted further down.

Lately the record’s mostly graffiti & vandalism, 352 reports in the year to 12 October 2026, the newest 9 October 2026.

One for the quiz, Its busiest day on record was 27 April 2016, 21 reports in a single day.

2023 Census snapshot SA1 areas grouped here

About the suburb

Wainoni is one of the eastern suburbs of Christchurch. It is a lower socio-economic area.

As reported 1,629 on record

1,629 photographs
on the wall →

The suburb, back then 11 in the archive

11 photographs
from back when →

Placed by the record’s locality join or the name in its own title, a lead, not a claim each frame stood here.

The shape of it outline © OpenStreetMap · recent reports, pinned

Lately the newest reports

9 Oct 2026 Public Toilet220 Pages Road

The public loo block at cowels stadium is getting a bit broken. The toilet seat is broken and the other one is wooden. That seems extremely unsanitary. Both…

8 Oct 2026 Graffiti on a fence, building or structure319 Pages Road

graffiti on wall

8 Oct 2026 Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet80 Shortland Street

graffiti on a structure

8 Oct 2026 Dumped Rubbish21 Shortland Street

dumped rubbish

7 Oct 2026 General Request36 Bickerton Street

Hi, this is the garden outside our house at 36 Bickerton Street, we take a pride in our garden and have to look at this mess everyday, can something please be…

5 Oct 2026 Water General875D Avonside Dr

Water supply issue. No water. Sent request to Christchurch city Council. Urgently need water supply for toilet facilities at the Rowing clubs.

3 Oct 2026 Graffiti on a fence, building or structure169 Pages Rd

Tag on fence

2 Oct 2026 Poles and Signage - General839 Avonside Drive

Bollard damaged, presumably for vehicles to gain access to riverbank.

2 Oct 2026 Litter285 Pages Road

glass on bike lane

1 Oct 2026 Roads - General3 Pannell Avenue

dodgy traffic management

1 Oct 2026 Pavement - Damaged15 Wildwood Ave

Foot path needs repair as one has slumped and the other raises

30 Sept 2026 Bus Shelter Issue48 Wainoni Rd

Smashed glass in the bus stop shed located in Wainoni Rd cor Cuffs Rd.

How fast the council fixes things here 3,120 finished jobs on record

The median council work order pinned in Wainoni took 3 days to resolve, the city-wide median is 3 days, so this ground runs faster than the city as a whole. The slowest tenth waited 3 months or longer. 121 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 10 December 2019.

Work orders, not the resident reports above, 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 · the whole city’s fix times.

Alcohol rules on this ground

2 sensitive sites stand here, Haeata Community Campus, He Waka Tapu, and the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m of them.

The council’s bylaw zones and the Local Alcohol Policy’s buffer list, read from the Regulatory open-data service. A ban rules drinking in public places; it says nothing about whether a premises may sell, that is the licence register’s job.

Schools here 1

• Haeata Community CampusComposite · decile 1 · EQI 545

Zoned for Chisnallwood Intermediate · Christchurch Adventist School · Haeata Community Campus · Hillview Christian School · Marian College · Middleton Grange School · and 6 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws from, not how well it teaches.

The green here 5

• Porritt ParkSports ground · 11 ha
• Shortland Playgroundplayground, 14 pieces
• Bickerton Reserve
• Mchaffies Reserveplayground, 26 pieces
• Cuffs Road Playgroundplayground, 15 pieces

Parks and reserves in the council’s open data, a park lands in the suburb its centre falls inside. The whole roll is at /parks.

Where the suburb worships 1

• Celebration Centre Churchan evangelical church · 81 Bickerton Street

Places of worship in the open map’s record, one lands in the suburb its building stands in. The whole roll is at /worship.

The tracks through here 5

• Walk and bike track through Wainoni3.9 km · Christchurch · walk · bike
• Walk and bike track through Wainoni3.7 km · Christchurch · walk · bike
• Walk and bike track through Wainoni1.5 km · Christchurch · walk · bike
• Walk and bike track through Wainoni1.3 km · Christchurch · walk · bike
• Walk and bike track through Wainoni811 m · Christchurch · walk · bike

Tracks in the council’s open data, a line belongs to every suburb it passes through. The whole network is at /tracks.

The names on this ground 1

The February 2011 survey drew mapped ground failure over 84.9% of this outline, about 122 hectares. A patch is a footprint, not a finding about an address; the count for the whole city is at /liquefaction.

The Crown’s 2011 classification drew 5.7% of this outline, about 8 hectares inside the residential red zone. A mapped area files under the suburb its middle sits in, and a classification is the record of a decision, not a finding about an address; the whole line is drawn at /redzone.

The 2011 grading filed 3.5% of this outline, about 5 hectares, mostly TC3. A graded area files under the suburb its middle sits in, and a category is a verdict for a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the grades are drawn at /technical-categories.

The flood record drew water over 12.9% of this outline, about 19 hectares, across 1 named event. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the whole record is drawn at /floods.

8 parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly chemical manufacture, application and bulk storage, vehicle refuelling, service and repair, cemeteries and waste recycling, treatment and disposal, 4 still doing the work. A listing records the work, not a soil test; the whole register is drawn at /hazards.

The files record 60 parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 9 hectares, mostly sand, mixed fill with rubbish, pitrun, 3 carry fill the file can’t vouch for. A record is the file’s word on what was laid, not a fresh survey; the whole layer is drawn at /fill.

2 parcels inside this outline carry a cleanup on the file. A cleanup on the file is the register’s word, not a clearance; the whole register is drawn at /remediated.

The 2019 liquefaction study put 67% of this outline in the high class, and 4 assessed areas here carry the free-face flag for possible lateral spreading. A class is the model’s verdict on a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the whole study is drawn at /vulnerability.

The council’s structure register stands 12 assets on this ground, 5 ramps, 3 jetties, 2 boat ramps, 1 shelter, sited at Porritt Park, Cuthberts Green - Facilities. The register’s site names are its own labels for the ground an asset stands in; the layer is drawn at the map.

The register counts 777 living trees inside this outline, 7 veterans among them, 28 carrying a protection, mostly Pin Oak, Upright English Oak, Chinese Elm. The file remembers 408 trees felled here. A tree record is the register’s word on what stands or stood; the whole canopy is drawn at /trees.

The plan files 37% of this outline under Residential Suburban, 47% residential, the rest mostly Specific Purpose (Otakaro Avon River Corridor) 16%, Industrial General 13%. A zone is a permission, not a description, the mix is read from a sampled join of the plan’s polygons; the whole district is drawn at /zones.

The plan reserves about 8 hectares of this outline, 6%, under 1 designation, mostly learning. A designation is a claim on the ground, not a build date, the mix is read from a sampled join; the whole register is drawn at /designations.

The plan’s exceptions touch 3% of this outline, 2 qualifying matters, mostly infrastructure, residential. A matter narrows how the density rule applies, it does not forbid; the mix is read from a sampled join, and the cultural-significance areas are the plan’s own unnamed ones. The whole register is drawn at /matters.

The plan’s schedule of sites significant to Ngāi Tahu covers 2% of this outline, ngā wai. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a catalogue. The whole schedule is drawn at /cultural.

The plan’s ecological schedules cover 2% of this outline across 1 scheduled site, all protected under Schedule A. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a survey. The whole ledger is drawn at /ecology.

The plan’s landscape schedules cover 1% of this outline across 1 scheduled area. Shares read from a sampled join; a protection overlay, not a ranking of views. The kept view is drawn at /landscape.

The plan’s flood map draws 4% of this outline inside high flood hazard ground, about 6 hectares across 2 mapped areas. The broader flood-management watch covers 22% of it, Avon River. Shares read from a sampled join; a model’s map, not a promise. The waiting water is drawn at /flood-hazard.

The plan’s water-margin layers cross this outline, 9 classified reaches, the plan calling Porrit Park Loop and Avon River by name, 3% of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding 30 m off the bank, and an esplanade line holds a public edge here. The margin is the plan’s drawing, not a survey of the bank; the reaches, strips and held edges are mapped at /water-margin.

The plan’s allowed shape holds this outline, 10% of it inside the residential overlays, the densest standing Suburban. The shape is the plan’s permission, not a survey of what stands; the allowed shape is drawn at /density.

The rebuild’s cameras filed 1,450 photographs on this ground, 2011–2016, stormwater work mostly. Each frame is a receipt the dig left behind, a work log, not a survey of what stands now; the whole record is drawn at /rebuild.

The pedal network threads this ground, 5.9 km of cycleway crosses the outline, Te Ara Ōtākaro Avon River Trail. A segment counts under every suburb its path enters; the whole network is drawn at /cycleways.

The remembered names stand on this ground, 5 inscribed plaques, Bickerton Reserve, Cuthberts Green, Porritt Park among the grounds. The plaque is the register’s pin, not a surveyed spot; the whole roll is kept at /plaques.

The rulebook binds this ground, 5 drawn instruments, 1 of them dog rules, 4 bottle-store buffers; the outline sits inside the takiwā of Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga. The bylaw is the instrument, this the map of it, the whole rulebook is drawn at /rules.

GeoNet’s catalogue puts 2 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M4.0 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, the live record is /quakes, and the story in plain language is the earthquakes explainer.

• Avon River / Ōtākarowaterway · 29.2 km

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.

The crash record 105 injury crashes

105 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside Wainoni's outline, 2 people killed, 19 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: Pages Road at Shortland Street, 14 injury crashes.

the suburb’s crashes on the map →

The crime record 570 recorded victimisations

570 victimisations on the Police record inside Wainoni’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 50 a year per 1,000 residents. Down 30% on the year before. Reported is not all, how much never reaches the record depends on the offence.

the suburb on the crime map →

The buses through it 11 stops

11 Metro stops inside Wainoni's outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by route 80, route 5.

• Pages Rd near Breezes Rd
• Pages Rd near Ottawa Rd near Pages Rd
• Pages Rd near Ottawa Rd near Pages Rd
• Pages Rd near Shortland St near Pages Rd
• Pages Rd near Shortland St near Pages Rd
• Wainoni Rd near Cuffs Rd near Wainoni Rd
• Wainoni Rd near Cuffs Rd near Wainoni Rd
• Wainoni Rd near Ottawa Rd near Wainoni Rd
• Wainoni Rd near Ottawa Rd near Wainoni Rd
• Wainoni Rd near Pannell Ave near Wainoni Rd
• Wainoni Rd near Pannell Ave near Wainoni Rd

Every route in the record →

Businesses here 29 in the directory

29 premises in Wainoni across 12 kinds, from OpenStreetMap, the council’s licensed-premises register and its 2024 Find Christchurch directory. Each kind below opens at this suburb’s shelf.

• Fast food10
• Cafés4
• Dairies & convenience3
• Bottle stores2
• Clubs2
• Sports centres2
• Bars & pubs1
• Car repair1
• Delis1
• Hairdressers1
• Petrol stations1
• Physio1

Among them, the ones the record says most about:

• Curry DeluxeFast food
• Wainoni Fish SupplyFast food
• Minnellis HairHairdressers

The whole directory →

Documents 40

What the archive’s sources say about Wainoni, titled for it, turned up by a search for one of its places, or carrying its name in the text. These are leads and citations: the originals live at the provider, linked from each row.

The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →

The wire on Wainoni 5 lately

The whole wire →

Next door

Compare Wainoni with Dallington · Aranui · Avonside · Avondale · Bromley · Linwood, same record, side by side.

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