# Riccarton ward, Christchurch

One of Christchurch City Council’s sixteen electoral wards, the ground that elects one councillor at each triennial election. Tyla Harrison-Hunt holds the seat (The People’s Choice), declared 16 October 2025; 15,242 electors enrolled, 26.2% of them returned a paper. The record inside its boundary: 24,630 council reports across 3 suburbs. Its community board is Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton.

## The suburbs inside it

- [Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/riccarton), 13,859 reports · about 11,200 people
- [Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton), 7,327 reports · about 8,190 people
- [Sockburn](https://www.chch.live/sockburn), 3,444 reports · about 4,680 people

A suburb belongs where its centre falls, ward edges do not always follow suburb lines, so an address near an edge can sit in the neighbouring ward. The boundary is the council’s own electoral layer.

## How long the council takes here

The median council work order in Riccarton ward took 3 days to resolve, 3rd fastest of 16 wards, on the jobs the council has finished. The slowest tenth waited 7 weeks or longer. 630 tickets are open in the ward now.

MyCouncilTicket, the council’s own work-order stream, 36,765 finished jobs counted inside this ward’s boundary. A median counts only closed work. The roll: [/fixed](https://www.chch.live/fixed) · the city’s fix times: [/trends](https://www.chch.live/trends#fix).

## The reports on its ground

29,722 council reports filed under the suburbs it centres on, most often rubbish and graffiti, 23,149 with a photograph. The newest:
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9087008), 58 Colman Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 2026-10-13
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9086891), 65A Peverel Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 2026-10-13
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9086859), 91 Matipo Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 2026-10-13
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9086681), 53 Maxwell Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 2026-10-13
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9086674), 2R Shand Crescent, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 2026-10-13
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9086545), 11 Reading Street, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 2026-10-13
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/9085553), 12 Lyndon Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 2026-10-13
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/9082947), 28 Riccarton Road, Riccarton, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 2026-10-13
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/9081790), 6 Brake St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 2026-10-13
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9081774), 14 Yaldhurst Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 2026-10-13
- [HAZ_TR_VEHICLE](https://www.chch.live/report/9081194), 376–386 Blenheim Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 2026-10-13
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9080338), 18 Suva St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 2026-10-12

## The crash record

1,522 crashes that hurt somebody on record across the suburbs it centres on, 16 people killed, 239 seriously hurt. The corner that keeps appearing: Blenheim Road at Matipo Street, 42 injury crashes.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is the Riccarton ward?**

One of Christchurch City Council’s sixteen electoral wards, the ground that elects one councillor at each triennial election. This page counts the public record inside its boundary: 24,630 council reports across 3 suburbs.

**Which suburbs are in the Riccarton ward?**

Riccarton, Upper Riccarton, Sockburn, a suburb counts where its centre falls; ward edges don’t always follow suburb lines.

**What community board covers the Riccarton ward?**

[Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/boards/halswell-hornby-riccarton), the board the ward’s councillor also sits on.

**Who represents the Riccarton ward?**

Tyla Harrison-Hunt (The People’s Choice), declared 16 October 2025. The council’s own [elected-members](https://ccc.govt.nz/the-council/mayor-councillors-and-community-boards/) list is the live record, a by-election can move the name between this site’s bakes.

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HTML: https://www.chch.live/wards/riccarton · board: https://www.chch.live/boards/halswell-hornby-riccarton
All wards: https://www.chch.live/wards
Source: Christchurch City Council electoral boundaries (ArcGIS OpenData/Electoral)