8 Red Checkers Place
2 council reports since January 2025, 1 carrying a photograph. The most-reported address on Red Checkers Place.
On the register here
- Former Canterbury Aviation Company Barracks and Setting (114m)
- Former RNZAF Station Wigram Instructional Building/Control Tower and Setting, 69 Corsair Drive (180m)
- Former RNZAF Station Wigram Hangar 4 and Setting, 95 Sioux Avenue (185m)
- Former RNZAF Station Wigram Hangar 5 and Setting, 75 Sioux Avenue (223m)
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
- Wigram Village Green, 100 m to the edge · 4 ha · playground, 9 pieces
- Sir Henry Wigram Reserve, 211 m to the edge
- Fanshaw Reserve, 315 m to the edge
- Bennington 3 Drainage Reserve, 324 m to the edge
- Mustang 1 Drainage Reserve, 330 m to the edge
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
On the doorstep
- Te Whakairinga Mutu / Air Force Museum, 242 m away · Museums
- Contact Café, 244 m away · Cafés
- Cafe at Air Force Museum, 249 m away · Cafés
- Air Force Museum of New Zealand, 250 m away · Attractions
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 named ground
the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.
Renting nearby
new bonds in Wigram ran about $697 a week, $147 above the city median of $550, the suburb page keeps the rent record →.
What gets reported here
- Noise - Animal, 1
- General Request, 1
Photographed here 1 on record
What’s on record
General Request, 19 Jun 2025 Fortress placed in front yard. Looks massive and dangerous for young children. Consent required for such a large structure? Front section o
- Noise - Animal, 15 Jan 2025
Dog constantly barking. Disturbing my ability to work at home
Elsewhere on Red Checkers Place
- 9 Red Checkers Place, 1 report
The civic layer
This ground votes in Hornby 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.
Red Checkers Place, the whole record → · Everything about Wigram → · 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
2 council reports on record since January 2025, most often noise - animal (1), general request (1).
Wigram, Christchurch, on Red Checkers Place.
The heritage register names 4 places at or beside it, Former Canterbury Aviation Company Barracks and Setting, Former RNZAF Station Wigram Instructional Building/Control Tower and Setting.
Wigram Village Green, 100 m to its edge, 4 ha.