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Little Hiraya Studio

Photography studio · Riccarton, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 194 Christchurch photography businesses.

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Checked13 October 2026
Your marketChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Little Hiraya Studio

Photography studio · Riccarton, Christchurch

Where you stand#93of 194 photography businesses
Overall health5.2/10across the eight areas

Going well

04Listings and social9.907Google search and traffic9.905Facebook page9.8

Where we can help

03Map positions4.202Reviews3.608Opening hours3.001Google listing1.806Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Little Hiraya Studio is a Riccarton, Christchurch-based event hire provider that offers marquees, premium furniture and event styling. They describe their service as all-inclusive, aiming to manage multiple vendors so clients can focus on the event. The company highlights marquee and furniture hire alongside decor and styling for weddings, conferences and other events.

Little Hiraya Studio is based in Riccarton, Christchurch and presents itself as an event hire provider offering marquees, furniture and styling. The studio's web content frames its offering around marquee hire under the stars and premium furniture suited to a variety of events.

Services described include marquee and furniture hire, full decor and styling, and broader all-inclusive event support. The site emphasises delivering a complete package so clients do not need to manage multiple vendors, and it mentions staging and conference styling among the options available.

They state that their approach aims to be seamless and uncomplicated, so clients can be guests at their own events. The website language highlights contemporary and premium furniture, bold styling choices and an intent to provide follow-through from planning to delivery.

Locally, Little Hiraya Studio positions itself as a Christchurch-based option for organisers seeking an end-to-end event hire service that covers marquees, furniture and decor. The practical offer is an all-in-one hire and styling solution intended to reduce coordination for clients planning weddings, conferences or other gatherings.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Little Hiraya Studio shows a very low overall Google Business Listing health score of 1.3 out of 10, meaning there are several critical gaps that could hinder customer discovery. The most important finding is that key listing fields are incomplete, particularly the website, phone number, and listing status, which reduce accessibility and trust.

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

  • 1
    WebsiteYour listing has no website link, so a customer who wants to check your prices or your work before ringing has nowhere to go from Google.
  • 2
    PhoneYour listing has no phone number, so the call button a customer expects to tap is not there and the ones in a hurry ring someone else.
  • 3
    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.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
1.8Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Little Hiraya Studio
Little Hiraya Studio✓✓
0.0 ★★★★★ (0)
Photography studio · Riccarton
Directions No website 21
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
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No description yet3
Google listingChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Little Hiraya Studio has a very low Google Business health score overall, indicating caution for potential customers. The business should focus on gathering more positive reviews and swiftly addressing negative feedback, while improving response to existing reviews to build trust.

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together put you at the bottom of this market - either the rating is low, or there are too few reviews behind it for anyone to trust it.
  • 2
    Star ratingYou have no star rating yet, so a customer scanning results sees an empty space where every other business shows a number.
  • 3
    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.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
3.6Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Google reviewsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #125 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Little Hiraya Studio shows a modest overall health on Google Maps with a score of 4.2 out of 10, indicating below-average visibility. The top finding is strong performance for terms like photography studio in riccarton and portrait studio in riccarton, suggesting room to expand visibility in nearby suburbs and related services to lift overall rankings.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    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.
4.2Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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photography studio
1Top three for "photography studio" in 1 suburb, seen in 3
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Selfie Studio - Riccarton4.7 ★ (3) · Photography studio
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Dhrumil Desai Photography5.0 ★ (29) · Photography studio
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Little Hiraya Studio20.0 ★ (0) · Photography studio
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The Best Passport Photo and Portrait Studio4.9 ★ (393) · Photography studio
Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #113 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Little Hiraya Studio shows a very high health score for social presence and directory listings, indicating strong brand visibility and trust. The strongest current strengths are outstanding Instagram, Facebook and TikTok profiles, with high trust marks and consistent branding. A notable area for improvement is expanding presence on professional and local directories to boost discoverability beyond social channels.

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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    Tiktok ProfileWe found your Tiktok 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

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    LinkedIn CompanyWe could not find an active LinkedIn Company listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
16 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
9.9Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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InstagramlittlehirecompLittle Hiraya Studio | Instagram✓
Tiktok@littlehirecompLittle Hiraya Studio | Tiktok✓
FacebooklittlehirecompLittle Hiraya Studio | Facebook✓
YellowNo listing found1
NeighbourlyNo listing found2
LinkedInNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #3 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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    People following your pageYours is one of the largest local followings in this market.
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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.

Top opportunity

  • 1
    What your page says about youYour intro is shorter than half the pages here.
8 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 4 of them.
9.8Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
facebook
littlehirecomp✓
6K followers ✓
Christchurch's leading event hire company. Premium event furniture, styling and design services.1
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🌐 thelittlehirecompany.co.nz✓
☎ +64 3-925 9655
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Facebook pageChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #5 for your Facebook page
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06Your websiteMarketbase business report

Your website

Little Hiraya Studio shows above-average on-page health with a 7.0/10 overall. The most notable strengths are a valid favicon, relevant meta description, an SEO-friendly URL, an H1 tag, and a strong title tag, which support clear indexing and user understanding.

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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    Separate sites linking to youMore separate websites link to you than almost any business in this market - a spread built over years that a competitor cannot buy their way into.
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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

  • 1
    Meta descriptionThe summary under your name in search results is either too brief to say anything or long enough that Google cuts it mid-sentence.
  • 2
    On-page scoreThe basics on your home page are half in place: it opens and it reads, but enough checks still fail that a customer on a phone away from wifi notices the wait before they notice the business.
  • 3
    Domain Age ScoreYour domain has been registered longer than about half the businesses here, which means it has had time to collect the links and mentions a newer address has not.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
🔒thelittlehirecompany.co.nz3✓✓
✓Separate sites linking to you
1Meta description
2On-page score
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How people find you on Google

Little Hiraya Studio shows very strong overall website traffic health with a 9.7/10. The most notable strengths are organic traffic value and organic SERP coverage, placing in the top local percentiles. Paid traffic metrics remain solid, with room to improve through data-driven tweaks and retargeting strategies.

Strengths

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    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth more than almost any business in this market - an enquiry stream with no cost per click behind it.
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    Monthly search visitsYour site draws more visitors from search than almost any business in this market - a stream of enquiries arriving at no cost per visit.
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    Search terms you rank forYour site appears for more search terms than almost any business in this market, so there are more ways to find you than to find anyone else here.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    What you spend on adsYour paid search activity is smaller than most businesses advertising here.
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    Monthly ad visitsYou are getting a small number of visitors from paid search, fewer than most businesses advertising here.
  • 3
    Search terms you advertise onYour ads cover fewer search terms than most businesses advertising here, so there are few searches where you appear at the top.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing all of them.
9.9Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Little Hiraya StudioNot in these results✓
✓✓About 1,794 visits a month from search, across 678 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Your hours against demand

Little Hiraya Studio has no published opening hours, so alignment with Christchurch demand patterns cannot be directly measured. The lack of hours is itself a missed opportunity to capture peak search windows and to avoid low-demand times. Adding clear, commercially sensible hours would help match availability to when clients search for marquee and event hire services.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandWe could not measure your hours against local demand, which almost always means your listing shows no opening hours at all.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
3.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Hours
No opening hours listed1
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You are #137 for opening hours
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01Google listing3 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#93of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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Christchurch photographyOverall · 194 businesses
You are #93 overall
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