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Shear Havoc

Hairdresser · Bryndwr, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 498 Christchurch hair salons & barbers.

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Checked13 October 2026
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Shear Havoc

Hairdresser · Bryndwr, Christchurch

Where you stand#31of 498 hair salons & barbers
Overall health9.4/10across the eight areas
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What AI tells people about you

Shear Havoc is Christchurch's first dedicated children's hair salon, located in Bryndwr. The salon specialises in haircuts for babies, toddlers and older children in a child-focused space with fun styling chairs, a play area and a comfy waiting sofa for adults. Owner Wendy brings decades of hairdressing experience and a patient approach to working with nervous little clients.

Shear Havoc is a children's hair salon in Bryndwr, Christchurch, described as the city's first salon designed entirely for kids. The space is arranged for families, with fun styling chairs for little clients, a designated play area and a comfy sofa where parents can relax with a coffee and a magazine while children have their hair cut.

The salon focuses on haircuts for children from babies up to teens and highlights experience in handling young clients. Owner and hairdresser Wendy has over 30 years in the industry, including time in the UK, and the team says they tailor their approach to children of different ages and reactions. The website notes they understand one size does not fit all when it comes to kids' haircuts.

Customers consistently mention patience, calm handling and a welcoming environment in reviews. Families report hairdressers taking time to settle nervous children, using distraction and reassurance techniques, and sometimes offering keepsakes such as a photo, certificate or lock of hair after a first haircut. The salon is described as clean and comfortable, with staff praised for gentle, child-focused service.

Locally, Shear Havoc presents as a specialist place for parents seeking a child-centred haircut experience in Christchurch. Its combination of a dedicated kids' layout, experienced staff and family-friendly waiting facilities distinguishes it within the Bryndwr neighbourhood.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Shear Havoc shows a very healthy Google Business Listing with an overall health score of 8.7 out of 10. The profile has key essentials complete, including a live open/closed status, website link, listing title, claimed status and a contact phone number. Two notable strengths are solid listing completeness and a strong base of photos and description.

Strengths

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    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
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    ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.
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    NameYour business name is showing on the listing, so a customer searching for you by name finds you, and everything else on the listing hangs off it.

Top three opportunities

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    Description lengthYour description gives a reader more than most listings here do, so a customer choosing between three of you gets more of your case than of theirs.
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    Photos on the listingYou have more photos on your listing than half the businesses here, so a customer arriving has enough to look at that they stay on it.
  • 3
    Category fitYour categories cover this market better than the middle of the field, so you appear in most of the searches your competitors appear in.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
8.4Strong
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4.8 ★★★★★ (151)
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From the business

Welcome to Shear Havoc, the first dedicated children’s only hair salon in Christchurch. The salon has been especially designed to cater for children of all ages and also their parents. There are a couple of fun, cool styling chairs for the little people as well as a designated play area while you wait. Adults can relax on a comfy sofa with a coffee and a magazine while we take care of your small persons hair!

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Shear Havoc shows a moderate health score with room for improvement in Google reviews. The business has solid review volume and a good response rate but can raise engagement further. Ratings are mid-pack and trending toward the top quartile, indicating steady progress and continued momentum in customer perception.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    Response rateYou have replied to a small share of your reviews, so most customers reading your page still see feedback about you with no voice from you anywhere on it.
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    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together sit ahead of half the field here, so a customer has enough to go on and no reason to hesitate.
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    Star ratingYour rating sits ahead of half the businesses here, so the number is not pushing anyone away.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
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4.8★★★★★151 reviews
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Neha G.★ · 7 months ago

Lack of professionalism. She cut the hair without even asking. She also cut the sides without permission and ask for apologies later.

Response from the owner1

I don’t normally reply to reviews on my salon but this one feels a little one sided and unfair. I did ask how you wanted your son’s hair cut and I was shown a photo in which he was facing forward. It...

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Mary S.★ · a year ago

Im dissapointed seeing my son's hair. Just uneven everywhere.

Response from the owner

Hey Mary, really sorry to hear that you were unhappy with your son’s haircut. We always endeavour to do our very best but sometimes it can be quite tough as some kids can go through a phase of really...

Google reviewsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Overall health is mid-range, indicating reasonable visibility on Google Maps but room for improvement. Top results show the business ranking well for child-focused hair services in Bryndwr, with strong positions for hair salon and unisex hairdresser in Bryndwr, and barber shop in nearby areas. Opportunities lie in lifting aggregate maps score and strengthening borough presence to move into the top tier.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across fewer of the surrounding suburbs than half the businesses here, so someone two suburbs over searching for your service is shown your competitors and never sees your name.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches more often than the middle of your suburb, so a customer searching nearby is likely to see you in the first handful.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
5.3Room to grow
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1Top three for "hair salon" in 1 suburb, seen in 3
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The Hair Factory4.7 ★ (28) · Hairdresser
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Jung Hair Studio4.9 ★ (35) · Hairdresser
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Shear Havoc24.8 ★ (151) · Hairdresser
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Jeong Hair Salon4.7 ★ (29) · Hairdresser
Map positionsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #235 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Health is very high at 8.7/10, indicating strong presence across key platforms. The strongest findings are the outstanding Instagram and Facebook profiles, which show a trusted, high-quality social footprint, plus an updated Fresha profile and category page that support local service discovery.

Strengths

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    Having a Facebook page at allWe found your Facebook Profile page, and the trail is strong enough that nobody would question it is yours - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    Instagram ProfileWe found your Instagram Profile page, and the trail between you and it is unambiguous - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    Fresha ProfileWe can see your Fresha Profile listing (https://fresha.com/shear-havoc-clyde-road-christchurch-eXnlPx) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

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    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
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    Yellow ProfileWe could not find an active Yellow Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
  • 3
    Neighbourly ProfileWe could not find an active Neighbourly Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
14 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
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FacebookShearHavocShear Havoc | Facebook✓
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Family Company Studioshear-havocShear Havoc | Family Company Studio
Infobelshear_havocShear Havoc | Infobel
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TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #52 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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    Where your page link pointsThe link on your page goes to a domain that is yours, so a visitor who came for the photos leaves on your terms and the enquiry lands in your inbox rather than someone else's.
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    A page address you choseThe address on your page carries your business name, so a customer told about you at a barbecue can find the page by typing what they heard.
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    A phone numberA phone number shows on your page, so the person who found you on Facebook before they found your website can ring straight from it.

Top three opportunities

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    People following your pageMore people follow your page than most in this market, which means a post can travel past your own customers when one of them shares it into a local group.
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    Recommendations on your pageMore customers have recommended you than at most pages in this market, and depth like that reads as a business that has been doing this a while.
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    What your page says about youYour intro carries more detail than most pages in this market and is doing the work of a short landing page for the visitors who never reach your website.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
9.3Strong
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2.2K followers 1
Welcome to Christchurch's first dedicated kids only salon! We are making the business of getting your kids hair cuts fun and exciting so that it becomes less of a chore and more of an entertaining eve...3
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☎ +64 3-421 1425✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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Your website

Short executive summary of On-Page SEO for Shear Havoc: The overall health is very high, with a score of 9.8 out of 10, indicating strong technical on-page SEO performance and reassuring search visibility for the business and its customers.

Strengths

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    Domain HealthYour site answers cleanly over a secure connection, so a customer clicking through from Google lands where they expect with nothing in the way.
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    Meta descriptionYour search summary sits in the length that reads in full on most screens, which is as far as length alone can take it - a narrow phone still cuts the tail off a line this size.
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    Domain UniquenessYour web address is yours alone, so everything your site earns - links, mentions, search standing - accumulates under your name and stays with the business.

Top three opportunities

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    Separate sites linking to youFewer separate websites link to you than half the businesses here, which means when someone searches for what you do, the businesses with a longer list of vouchers are the ones on the page they actually read.
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    On-page scoreMost checks on your home page pass, so someone clicking through from a search gets a page that opens quickly and says what it is.
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    Pages linking to youFewer pages link to you than half the businesses here, which means a customer researching your trade reads someone else's explanation of it rather than yours.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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How people find you on Google

The website traffic health for Shear Havoc is solid, with a 7.4 out of 10 and a clear path for marginal gains. The strongest opportunities lie in paid traffic and sustaining organic momentum, while organic SERP visibility is already reasonable. Small, targeted paid campaigns paired with better landing pages can begin converting more visitors into potential customers.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    What you spend on adsWe can see no paid search activity for your site, which in most local markets is the norm rather than a gap.
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    Monthly ad visitsYour site receives no visitors from paid search, which for most local businesses in this market is the norm rather than a problem.
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    Search terms you advertise onYou are not covering any search terms with ads, which for most local businesses here is normal.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
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www.fresha.comShear Havoc - 288 Clyde Road, Bryndwr, Christchurch ...
www.facebook.com196 Wairakei Drive, Bryndwr 🎉✂️Smiles all around – we love ...
www.shearhavoc.co.nzShear Havoc | Christchurch's Kids' Hair Salon

288 Clyde Rd, Bryndwr, Christchurch. Opening Hours. Tues - 9.30 - 5.00. Wed - 9.30 - 5.00. Thurs - 9.30 - 5.00. Fri - 9.30 - 5.00. Sat - 9.00 - 4.00. Facebook ... Read more

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Google search and trafficChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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Your hours against demand

Shear Havoc's opening hours partially align with local demand: 35 weekly hours are well timed to popular search windows, notably mid-morning and early afternoon slots on Tuesday and Saturday. However 36 high-demand hours remain closed, including several Monday midday slots and Sunday afternoon. There are no low-demand open hours, so current hours avoid obvious waste but miss key commercial opportunities.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    Hours aligned with demandYour hours cover some of the busy stretches but fewer than half the businesses here, which means someone ringing round on a Saturday morning reaches your competitors and your voicemail.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
5.8Room to grow
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Shear Havoc
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Hours 1
MondayClosed
Tuesday9:30am-5pm
Wednesday9:30am-5pm
Thursday9:30am-5pm
Friday9:30am-5pm
Saturday9am-4pm
SundayClosed
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#31of 498 Christchurch hair salons & barbers
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Christchurch hair salons & barbersOverall · 498 businesses
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