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Anthony Harper

Lawyer · Christchurch Centre, Christchurch

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Checked12 October 2026
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Anthony Harper

Lawyer · Christchurch Centre, Christchurch

Where you stand#70of 216 lawyers
Overall health6.8/10across the eight areas
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Anthony Harper is a Christchurch law firm established in 1865 with offices on Worcester Boulevard. It provides full-service legal advice for Canterbury businesses, property owners, developers and private clients, specialising in commercial and corporate law, property and construction, employment, dispute resolution, and trusts and succession planning across the South Island and New Zealand.

Anthony Harper is a law firm founded in Christchurch in 1865, based on Worcester Boulevard. It serves clients across Canterbury, the South Island and throughout New Zealand, advising businesses, property owners, developers and individuals. The firm presents itself as one of the region's longest-established legal practices with a permanent Christchurch presence.

The Christchurch team covers commercial and corporate law, property transactions, construction and infrastructure projects, banking and finance, rural and agribusiness matters, employment and health and safety issues, dispute resolution, and trusts and succession planning. These areas are cited consistently in the firm's public materials as core specialisations for local and national clients.

Customers' reviews referenced by the firm indicate a generally positive experience, with comments noting professional service, friendly staff and recommendations from past clients. Overall ratings average around 4.4, and reviewers use terms such as excellent, professional and recommend when describing their dealings with the firm. The firm's client-facing details and office location also draw occasional mentions of helpful service and approachable teams.

With more than 160 years in Canterbury, Anthony Harper highlights deep local knowledge and long-standing relationships in its practice. Its combination of a full-service offering and a focus on regional matters positions the firm as a locally established option for commercial, property and private client legal work in Christchurch and the wider South Island.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Anthony Harper's Google Business Listing shows a very healthy setup with a 9.5 out of 10 health score. Key strengths include a claimed listing, an open-for-business status, and a website link and phone number clearly listed for customers. The description is strong and aligned with the firm's services, while room for improvement remains in elevating the listing description further.

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 two opportunities

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    Category fitYour categories cover less of this market than nearly every competitor, so someone searching for a job you actually do is shown a list your listing was never entered into.
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    Description lengthYour description is one of the fuller ones in this market, which means a customer comparing you side by side has more of your case in front of them than most.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 5 of them.
9.7Strong
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4.4 ★★★★★ (14)
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From the business

Anthony Harper is one of Canterbury's longest-established law firms, founded in Christchurch in 1865. From our Worcester Boulevard office, we advise businesses, property owners, developers and private clients across the South Island and throughout New Zealand. Our Christchurch team specialises in commercial and corporate law, property and construction, employment, dispute resolution, and trusts and succession planning. We're consistently ranked in leading international legal directories and recognised for handling complex, high-value transactions and cases. With more than 160 years of history in Canterbury, we bring deep local knowledge and long-standing relationships to every matter we work on.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Anthony Harper shows an above-average health score for Google reviews, indicating overall solid performance with room to improve in engagement and rating consistency. The strongest finding is the solid review volume and decent listing confidence, while the main area to address is improving the response rate to reviews to build trust with customers.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    Response rateNone of your reviews have a reply, which means a customer reading them sees your happiest and your angriest customers with nothing from you in between.
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    Star ratingYour rating sits below what half the businesses here carry, which gives a customer choosing between three of you a reason to pick one of the others.
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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.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
6.2Good
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4.4★★★★★14 reviews
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Google reviewsChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #82 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

Anthony Harper's Maps search health is rated 1.7 out of 10, indicating low visibility in Google Maps. The top opportunities focus on increasing aggregate maps presence and boosting borough-level results. Notable keywords performing well include personal injury and legal services terms in local Christchurch areas, which can guide local-optimisation efforts.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou appear in a handful of Maps searches across the suburbs around you, far fewer than most businesses here.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches, but below most businesses in your suburb, so a customer looking from a nearby street is shown someone else first.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
1.9Room to grow
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1Seen in 7 searches across Christchurch, top three in none
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Map positionsChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #176 for map positions
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Where customers find you

The health of Anthony Harper in the Citations & Social Presence area is 4.5 out of 10, indicating moderate overall visibility and trust across tested profiles and directories. A key finding is that LinkedIn presence is established on both personal and company pages, which supports professional reach, while gaps exist in other platforms that limit reach to potential clients.

Strengths

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    LinkedIn CompanyWe can see your LinkedIn Company listing (https://linkedin.com/company/anthony-harper-lawyers) found via: Google search results, Your website.
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    LinkedIn ProfileWe can see your LinkedIn Profile listing (https://linkedin.com/in/anne-wilson-3473b1108) found via: Your website.
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    Top Lawyers ListingWe can see your Top Lawyers Listing listing (https://toplawyers.co.nz/anthony-harper-christchurch-christchurch) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

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    Having a Facebook page at allWe could not find an active Facebook Profile page for your business, so anyone who goes there to check your hours, read your posts or send a message lands on nothing.
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    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 3
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
16 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
4.6Room to grow
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Listings and socialChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #117 for listings and social
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Your Facebook page

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    Facebook pageCriticalWe could not find an active Facebook Profile page for your business, so anyone who goes there to check your hours, read your posts or send a message lands on nothing. Shown at a typical score for this market.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 1 of them.
5.1Room to grow
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Facebook pageChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #106 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Anthony Harper shows a very high on-page SEO health score of 9.5 out of 10, indicating solid technical optimisation for the homepage. Key strengths include a title tag within the ideal 50-60 character range, a valid favicon, and a relevant meta description that clearly outlines page content. The page size is well managed and loads efficiently for visitors.

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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    The shape of your link profileYour links come from about as wide a range of sites as anything in this market, and the mix of link types looks entirely natural.
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    Page titleYour home page headline fits a search result exactly, so the whole line reads to someone scanning a page of results rather than cutting off mid-phrase.

Top three opportunities

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    Pages linking to youMore pages link to you than half the businesses here, so search engines have a reasonable number of routes into your site.
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    Links to your siteMore sites link to you than half the businesses here, so your pages carry reasonable weight when search engines weigh you against the businesses beside you.
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    On-page scoreYour home page passes more of these checks than most sites in this market: it opens fast, it says what it is, and there is real text on it for Google to read.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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How people find you on Google

Anthony Harper's website shows strong health with a high overall traffic and keyword footprint. The health score is 8.0 out of 10, indicating solid traffic and visibility. Key strengths include very high organic traffic value and top-10 percent organic traffic locally, suggesting value-rich content and solid user interest. Focus should remain on maintaining rankings while monitoring paid activity.

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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Founded in Christchurch in 1865, Anthony Harper offers full-service commercial legal advice. Christchurch 8140 P: +64 3 379 0920 Email: [email protected]

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Google search and trafficChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
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Your hours against demand

Anthony Harper's published hours largely match midday weekday demand, with strong alignment around Tuesday 12-1pm, Wednesday 12pm and Thursday 10-11am. There are clear missed opportunities on weekend and early-morning peaks: Saturday 10am, Sunday 1-2pm and Friday 8am when searches are relatively high but the firm is closed. No low-demand open hours were flagged, so current hours avoid obvious inefficiencies.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    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.
3.4Room to grow
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Anthony Harper
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Hours 1
Monday8:30am-5:30pm
Tuesday8:30am-5:30pm
Wednesday8:30am-5:30pm
Thursday8:30am-5:30pm
Friday8:30am-5:30pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Popular times Sunday · Christchurch Centre
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Opening hoursChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #143 for opening hours
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The next step

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01Google listing2 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page1 opportunity

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#70of 216 Christchurch lawyers
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Christchurch lawyersOverall · 216 businesses
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