# Wainui, Christchurch

388 council reports since July 2015, the 92nd busiest suburb in the city. 275 photographs on record.

https://www.chch.live/wainui

## 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/)

## 2023 Census snapshot

About 813 people and 348 occupied private households, grouped from 6 SA1 areas in Akaroa Harbour. 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 10% (81 people)
- 65 and over: about 38% (309 people)
- Born overseas: about 24% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 92% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 8% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 1% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 4% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet: about 81% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles: about 63% 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 (275 on record)
- [328 Wainui Main Road, Wainui 7582](https://www.chch.live/report/8857006)
- [Wainui Main Road, Wainui 7582](https://www.chch.live/report/8849331)
- [24 French Farm Valley Rd, French Farm 7582](https://www.chch.live/report/8762941)
- [328 Wainui Main Road, Wainui 7582](https://www.chch.live/report/8739297)
- [158–172 Wainui Main Rd, French Farm 7582](https://www.chch.live/report/8690545)
- [95 Bossu Rd, French Farm 7582](https://www.chch.live/report/8681029)

[275 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=wainui)

## The suburb, back then (15 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.*
- [Akaroa Heads from Wainui BeachJan Shuttleworth collection](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-51787236), 1907 · Canterbury Stories
- [Akaroa Heads looking from Wainui BeachJan Shuttleworth collection](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-51787259), 1907 · Canterbury Stories
- [Wainui Co-Operative Dairy Factory and Post and Telephone OfficeJan Shuttleworth collection](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-51787387), 1909 · Canterbury Stories
- [Wainui Wharf and headsJan Shuttleworth collection](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-51787340), 1909 · Canterbury Stories
- [Wainui heads looking southeastJan Shuttleworth collection](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-51787357), 1909 · Canterbury Stories
- [Boats at Wainui Wharf](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-51786265), 1911 · Canterbury Stories
- [Ol’ Wainui boat beside Church Street Wharf in AkaroaJan Shuttleworth collection](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-51787540), 1911 · Canterbury Stories
- [Ol’ Wainui boat beside the Main Wharf in AkaroaJan Shuttleworth collection](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-51787513), 1911 · Canterbury Stories
- [Ol’ Wainui boat in Akaroa HarbourJan Shuttleworth collection](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-51787543), 1911 · Canterbury Stories
- [Ol’ Wainui boat in Akaroa HarbourJan Shuttleworth collection](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-51787516), 1911 · Canterbury Stories

[…and 5 more across the archive](https://www.chch.live/then)

## The record on Wainui
- Wainui enters the written record in 26 October 1859, [“Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 26 October 1859)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18591026.2.18.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Wainui” appears somewhere in 580 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 31 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: roading/streets, 14 July 2015, at 205 Bossu Rd.
- Its busiest day was 17 February 2026, 8 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Wainui Main Road](https://www.chch.live/street/wainui/wainui-main-road), reported on 168 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Banks Peninsula ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/banks-peninsula), the [Banks Peninsula community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/banks-peninsula) is its local layer. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## How fast the council fixes things here (771 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Wainui took **2 weeks** 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.
37 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 4 August 2022.

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
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8857006), 3 Sept 2026 · 328 Wainui Main Road, “Why is this shoulder of the road closed? Cones have been here for weeks. What is happening?”
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8849331), 2 Sept 2026 · Wainui Main Road, “pot hole just near Alpaca Farm Tours sign on Wainui Main Rd”
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8762941), 18 Aug 2026 · 24 French Farm Valley Rd, “Give way sign broken off”
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8739297), 13 Aug 2026 · 328 Wainui Main Road, “Road repairs today. Unsatisfactory, broken already”
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/8690545), 5 Aug 2026 · 158–172 Wainui Main Rd, “Tree blocking a lane”
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8681029), 3 Aug 2026 · 95 Bossu Rd, “Potholes developing and soft unsealed verge. This is creating an uneven road surface which can destabilise forklift…”
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8666390), 31 Jul 2026 · 330–372 Wainui Main Rd, “Pot holes in road. Very dangerous to traffic and pedestrians alike”
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8654960), 29 Jul 2026 · 195 Wainui Valley Rd, “All these photos are taken on Wainui Valley Rd from the intersection of Donovan’s Rd uphill. These need to be collected…”
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8583252), 16 Jul 2026 · 20 Cemetery Road, “Broken tarseal outside New house on Cemetery Rd. Getting bigger and bigger”
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8527528), 6 Jul 2026 · Wainui Main Road, “The new 5 knot buoy that should be 50m off the Wainui boat ramp, has drifted north to be almost at the other 5 knot…”
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8522151), 5 Jul 2026 · 141 Wainui Valley Rd, “There is a difficult to remove foliage obstruction on the left side of road just before the intersection of Wainui…”
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8486183), 28 Jun 2026 · 51 Tikao Bay Road, “just past Tikao Bay Rd, towards Wainui on left. Broken road side Busy road”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 1
- 2017, 2
- 2018, 5
- 2019, 3
- 2020, 9
- 2021, 14
- 2022, 37
- 2023, 87
- 2024, 69
- 2025, 98

## What gets reported
- Roads & footpaths, 151
- Water & drains, 93
- Trees & parks, 66
- Vehicles & parking, 27
- Everything else, 23
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 15
- Rubbish & dumping, 8
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 5

## Exactly what people say
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 46
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 45
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 24
- [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 20
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/problems/potholes), 20
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 18
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/problems/trees), 17
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 13

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Wainui Main Road](https://www.chch.live/street/wainui/wainui-main-road), reported on 168 separate days
- [Wainui Valley Road](https://www.chch.live/street/wainui/wainui-valley-road), reported on 32 separate days
- [Bossu Road](https://www.chch.live/street/wainui/bossu-road), reported on 20 separate days
- [French Farm Valley Road](https://www.chch.live/street/wainui/french-farm-valley-road), reported on 17 separate days
- [Cemetery Road](https://www.chch.live/street/wainui/cemetery-road), reported on 11 separate days
- [Seaview Lane](https://www.chch.live/street/wainui/seaview-lane), reported on 10 separate days
- [Jubilee Road](https://www.chch.live/street/wainui/jubilee-road), reported on 10 separate days
- [Moores Road](https://www.chch.live/street/wainui/moores-road), reported on 5 separate days

Zoned for [Aidanfield Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/82-aidanfield-christian-school) · [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) · [Duvauchelle School](https://www.chch.live/school/3332-duvauchelle-school) · [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) · [Villa Maria College](https://www.chch.live/school/326-villa-maria-college), the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (6)
- [Stanbury Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1598-stanbury-reserve), 2 ha
- [Wainui Domain](https://www.chch.live/park/1711-wainui-domain)
- [Wainui Main Road Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1113-wainui-main-road-reserve)
- [Wainui Boat Ramp](https://www.chch.live/park/1052-wainui-boat-ramp)
- [French Farm Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1548-french-farm-reserve)
- [Wainui Esplanade Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1055-wainui-esplanade-reserve)

A park lands in the suburb its centre falls inside, a centroid call, not a containment claim.

## The civic shelf (1)
- [Wainui Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/facility/cemetery-68), Cemetery
The flood record drew water over 20.9% of this outline, about 1,956 hectares, across 1 named event. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the record is at [floods](https://www.chch.live/floods).
No named slope-hazard band reaches this outline. The broad remaining-instability overlay covers **68%** 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 **53%** of this outline, about 4,968 hectares, ngā tūranga tūpuna, wāhi tapu/wāhi taonga, ngā wai. A silent-file precinct covers **31%** of it besides, sensitive ground the plan flags without naming the sites. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a catalogue. The whole schedule: [cultural](https://www.chch.live/cultural).
The plan’s ecological schedules cover **1%** of this outline, about 99 hectares across **2** scheduled sites, **1%** of it Schedule B, identified on private land but not yet protected. 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 **68%** of this outline, about 6,359 hectares across **22** scheduled areas, **21%** of it outstanding, the plan’s strongest landscape standing, and **19%** of it sits inside the coastal environment. **2** main ridgelines run through, the skyline itself is protected. 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, **185** classified reaches, **2%** 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 plan’s allowed shape holds this outline, **2** hill density lines hold the high ground low. The shape is the plan’s permission, not a survey of what stands. The allowed shape: [density](https://www.chch.live/density).
The rebuild’s cameras filed **2** photographs on this ground, roading 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 remembered names stand on this ground, **1** inscribed plaque, [Wainui Wharf Anchor](https://www.chch.live/plaque/2872-wainui-wharf-anchor) among the grounds. The plaque is the register’s pin, not a surveyed spot; the whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).
The rulebook binds this ground, **12** drawn instruments, 10 of them dog rules, 2 camping zones, French Farm Prohibited Area and Wainui Prohibited Area ban camping outright; the outline sits inside the takiwā of Te Runanga o Onuku and Wairewa Runanga. The bylaw is the instrument, this the map of it, the rulebook: [rules](https://www.chch.live/rules).
**4** parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly explosives and ordinances production, storage and use, 2 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 **2** 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 council’s structure register stands **10** assets on this ground, 4 boat ramps, 4 jetties, 2 bridges, sited at Wainui, French Farm Bay, Wainui Domain, Jones Bay. 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 **2** records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 2 tennis. 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 **47** living trees inside this outline, **5** veterans among them, mostly Pohutukawa, Babylon Weeping Willow, Common Alder. The file remembers **13** 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 **65%** of this outline under **Rural Banks Peninsula**, the rest mostly Papakainga Kainga Nohoanga 2%, Open Space Natural 1%, 68% of the outline fell inside a mapped zone. 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).
The plan’s heritage schedule protects **1** place by name in this suburb, **1** graded highly significant, **Dwelling and Setting**. A setting is the ground the item stands in, each files under the suburb holding its centroid. The schedule is at [heritage](https://www.chch.live/heritage).
GeoNet’s catalogue puts 2 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M4.2 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 (28)
- [Anchorage Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/anchorage-bay), bay
- [French Farm Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/french-farm-bay), bay · Te Rautahi
- [Lucas Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/lucas-bay), bay · Whakakuru
- [Mat Wight Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/mat-wight-bay), bay · Tītoki
- [Ōhinepaka Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/ohinepaka-bay), bay · Ōhinepaka
- [Petit Carenage Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/petit-carenage-bay), bay · Ōpakia
- [Te Monene](https://www.chch.live/coast/te-monene), bay
- [Tikao Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/tikao-bay), bay · Tikao
- [Titoki / Little Tikao Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/titoki-little-tikao-bay), bay · Tikao
- [Wainui Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/cemetery/wainui-cemetery), cemetery
- [Jacobs Ladder](https://www.chch.live/rock/jacobs-ladder), crag
- [Cape Three Points](https://www.chch.live/coast/cape-three-points), headland · Ngāmautaurua
- [Ohae](https://www.chch.live/coast/ohae), headland
- [Ōpukutahi](https://www.chch.live/coast/opukutahi), headland
- [Otutereinga](https://www.chch.live/coast/otutereinga), headland

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.*
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 26 October 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18591026.2.18.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1859-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 14 December 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18591214.2.21.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1859-12-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 17 December 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18591217.2.14.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1859-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 07 January 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600107.2.14.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1860-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 14 January 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600114.2.28.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1860-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 28 January 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600128.2.14.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1860-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 13 April 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610413.2.26.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1861-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 17 April 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610417.2.20.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1861-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [PROVINCIAL COUNCIL. (Lyttelton Times, 04 December 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611204.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1861-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
- [PROVINCIAL COUNCIL. (Lyttelton Times, 21 December 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611221.2.13), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1861-12-21T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Wainui
- [Paphies seen — Wainui 7582, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407794660), iNaturalist · timcurran, 13 Oct 2026
- [Greenhoods seen — Wainui 7582, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407464248), iNaturalist · simonbulman, 11 Oct 2026
- [Common Rock Crab seen — Wainui 7582, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407462553), iNaturalist · timcurran, 11 Oct 2026
- [Waratah Anemone seen — Wainui 7582, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407462428), iNaturalist · timcurran, 11 Oct 2026
- [life seen — Wainui 7582, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407462040), iNaturalist · timcurran, 11 Oct 2026

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

## The crash record (24 injury crashes)

24 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 13 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner that keeps appearing: [State Highway 75 at Wainui Main Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=sh-75&suburb=wainui), 6 injury crashes.

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

## The crime record (18 recorded victimisations)

18 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly burglary, about 6 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=wainui)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## Businesses here (9 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.

- [B&Bs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bnb#in-wainui), 4
- [Wineries](https://www.chch.live/businesses/winery#in-wainui), 2
- [Attractions](https://www.chch.live/businesses/attraction#in-wainui), 1
- [Campgrounds](https://www.chch.live/businesses/campground#in-wainui), 1
- [Venues & events](https://www.chch.live/businesses/venue#in-wainui), 1

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

## Next door
- [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa)
- [Duvauchelle](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle)
- [Little River](https://www.chch.live/little-river)
- [Pigeon Bay](https://www.chch.live/pigeon-bay)
- [Okains Bay](https://www.chch.live/okains-bay)
- [Le Bons Bay](https://www.chch.live/le-bons-bay)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Wainui with [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=akaroa&b=wainui) · [Duvauchelle](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=duvauchelle&b=wainui) · [Little River](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=little-river&b=wainui) · [Pigeon Bay](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=pigeon-bay&b=wainui) · [Okains Bay](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=okains-bay&b=wainui) · [Le Bons Bay](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=le-bons-bay&b=wainui), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Wainui?**

A suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, the public record holds 388 council reports for it, the first filed in July 2015.

**How many people does the 2023 Census count for Wainui?**

About 813 people and 348 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 Wainui?**

388 reports on record, most often roads & footpaths (151), water & drains (93), trees & parks (66). 75 of them in the year to 13 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Wainui had?**

24 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 13 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=wainui)

Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?name=Wainui · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Wainui