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April and Aster Hair Studio

Hairdresser · Mairehau, 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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April and Aster Hair Studio

Hairdresser · Mairehau, Christchurch

Where you stand#91of 498 hair salons & barbers
Overall health8.2/10across the eight areas
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What AI tells people about you

April and Aster Hair Studio is a colour and cut salon in Mairehau, Christchurch. The studio focuses on personalised hair colour, including balayage, and technical precision. Customers commonly note a calm, sensory-friendly atmosphere and friendly service from stylist Kim, making appointments feel relaxed and confidence-building.

April and Aster Hair Studio is a hair salon located in Mairehau, Christchurch, that describes itself as a colour and cut specialist. The studio presents a focus on personalised treatments and technical precision, aiming to deliver hair that looks and feels healthy.

The salon highlights colour services and cut work, with balayage mentioned by customers and the studio emphasising expert care from an experienced stylist. Website material references refined techniques, personalised approaches, and a haircraft-focused ethos that blends creativity with technical skill.

Customers commonly report a relaxed, sensory-friendly environment and friendly interactions with the stylist, often naming Kim or Kimberley. Review themes describe consistent satisfaction with colour work, particularly balayage, and note a calm atmosphere that helps clients feel seen and confident during appointments.

Locally, April and Aster Hair Studio presents as a neighbourhood salon in Mairehau that combines specialist colour and cutting services with a deliberately gentle, client-focused experience. Clients seeking careful colour work, personalised styling and a relaxed studio environment are the typical fit for this Christchurch salon.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

April and Aster Hair Studio has a solid overall health rating, reflecting a well-assembled Google listing but room for cleanup and enhancements. The strongest points include a claimed listing, a visible phone number, and a link to the website for easy access. The profile would benefit from a complete description and a logo to strengthen branding.

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 lengthThere is no real description on your listing, so when someone finds you on Google there is nothing in your own words telling them what you do.
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    LogoYour listing has no logo, so in a list of local results yours is the one with a blank space where every competitor has a mark.
  • 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.
5.4Room to grow
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5.0 ★★★★★ (17)
Hairdresser · Mairehau3
Open 4 days · late Tue ✓
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Google listingChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

April and Aster Hair Studio shows a very healthy Google review profile, with a health score of 9.2 out of 10. The top finding is an outstanding star rating in the top 10% and high customer satisfaction, while the listing has solid, above-quartile review growth and an excellent response rate among engaged businesses.

Strengths

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    Star ratingYour rating is among the highest in this market and it does its own selling - a customer sees it before they read anything else.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together sit behind half the businesses here, so a customer weighing three listings has slightly less reason to trust yours.
  • 2
    Review countYour review count sits under the middle of this market, so you are readable to a customer without yet being convincing.
  • 3
    Response rateYou answer nearly all your reviews, which is more than almost anyone in this market, and a customer reading the page sees a two-sided conversation rather than a scoreboard.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
8.2Strong
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5.0★★★★★17 reviews 2
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Jade J.★★★★★ · a month ago

Every time I get my hair done it’s always a 10/10. The vibes are always so good and relaxing and Kim is always lovely. It’s an amazing feeling knowing you’ll love your hair every time!

Response from the owner3

Thank you so much for your beautiful words! So happy to hear you love the vibe and it’s always an absolute pleasure having you in the studio! We enjoy the chats and laughs!

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Steffanny V.★★★★★ · a month ago

After 7 years living in New Zealand, I had been searching for someone who could truly do a great balayage for me… and I finally found Kimberly. I hadn’t had much luck before, but she created the best balayage I’ve ever had. She took care o...

Response from the owner

Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience and kind words- they mean the world to us , we are pleased to hear your enjoying your hair and we look forward to having you back in the...

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

Where you show up on the map

April and Aster Hair Studio shows a health score of 4.0 out of 10 for Google Maps search, indicating below-average visibility. Top opportunities focus on improving aggregate maps visibility and strengthening the borough presence. The business already ranks well for several local keywords such as unisex hairdresser in Mairehau and hair salon in Mairehau, which provides a foundation to build from as listings gain more prominence.

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 less often than half your suburb, so on a search from nearby you sit below businesses a customer would otherwise treat as equal.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
3.8Room to grow
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1Top three for "unisex hairdresser" in 1 suburb, seen in 1
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Transform Me4.9 ★ (32) · Hairdresser
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April and Aster Hair Studio25.0 ★ (17) · Hairdresser
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Hair Now4.8 ★ (23) · Hairdresser
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The Cutting Company4.5 ★ (70) · Hairdresser
Map positionsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #307 for map positions
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Where customers find you

April and Aster Hair Studio shows a healthy online presence with a health score of 7.6 out of 10. The strongest current strengths are outstanding Instagram and Facebook profiles, which support brand trust and audience engagement. A notable opportunity is to expand into TikTok and LinkedIn to reach broader or more professional audiences, while maintaining the solid Fresha listing.

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.

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
    Fresha ProfileWe could not find an active Fresha 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 5 of them.
6.5Good
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FacebookaprilandasterhairApril and Aster Hair Studio | Facebook✓
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Freshalp/en/bt/hair-salons/in/nz-christchurch/mairehauFound through search, not linked from anything you own3
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
FreshaNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #173 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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    An email addressCustomers can see an email address on the page, which gives the one who wants a quote in writing a route that does not depend on anyone picking up the phone.

Top three opportunities

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    A phone numberNo phone number is published on your Facebook page, so someone who found you there and wants to ring has to go hunting elsewhere or send a message and wait.
  • 2
    People following your pageYour following sits ahead of half the pages here, so an ordinary post reaches a real local audience without you paying for it.
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    Recommendations on your pageYour count sits above the middle of this market, so a visitor reading the page finds enough written by other people to stop needing anything written by you.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
6.8Good
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At April & Aster, hair is more than a style, it’s confidence, care, and connection. ➕ Step into a welcoming space where your story, beauty & strength are celebrated ➕ Step in & feel seen here ⬇️
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Facebook pageChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #161 for your Facebook page
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Your website

April and Aster Hair Studio shows a very high on-page SEO health score of 9.0 out of 10 for the homepage. The strongest findings include a perfect Title Tag in the 50-60 character range, a valid favicon, presence of an H1 tag, a secure HTTPS setup, and a compact page size under 256KB. Opportunities include improving the meta description length and reducing render-blocking resources to speed load times.

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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    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.
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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 youOnly a handful of separate websites link to yours, well behind most of this market.
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    The shape of your link profileYour links are piled onto a small number of sites for a profile this size, so they are doing less for you than the count suggests.
  • 3
    Meta descriptionYour search summary sits just outside a workable length, so a searcher either gets less than the space allows or loses the tail of it.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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Your websiteChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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How people find you on Google

The website health for April and Aster Hair Studio shows an above-average traffic picture, with a health score of 6.3 out of 10. The strongest finding is that organic traffic value is already above the 25th percentile and organic traffic total sits above the bottom 25%, indicating a solid foundation. The main opportunity is to establish paid traffic activity with small, targeted campaigns.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth less than most businesses here, which means the work coming in arrives through word of mouth and repeat customers rather than through people searching for what you do.
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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.
  • 3
    Monthly search visitsYour site draws fewer visitors from search than most businesses here, so most people looking for what you do are landing somewhere else.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
6.4Good
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2No ads from you on any search
April and Aster Hair StudioNot in these results
31About 54 visits a month from search, across 25 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #180 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

April and Aster Hair Studio's opening hours partly match local demand: several weekday lunchtime slots are open during strong demand, but key weekend midday peaks are missed. Tuesday 11am-2pm and Wednesday 12pm align with high search activity, while Saturday around midday and Monday 12pm are closed despite high demand. No open hours fall in low-demand windows, so inefficiency from unnecessary open hours is not evident.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandYour hours line up with demand worse than nearly every business here, which means a good share of your open time passes with nobody looking for what you do.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
2.8Room to grow
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April and Aster Hair Studio
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Hours 1
MondayClosed
Tuesday9am-7pm
Wednesday9am-6pm
Thursday9am-5pm
Friday9am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Opening hoursChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #357 for opening hours
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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#91of 498 Christchurch hair salons & barbers
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