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Makawe

Barber shop · 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
Your marketChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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Makawe

Barber shop · Bryndwr, Christchurch

Where you stand#468of 498 hair salons & barbers
Overall health0.6/10across the eight areas

Going well

04Listings and social6.5

Where we can help

05Facebook page2.901Google listing1.508Opening hours1.502Reviews0.803Map positions0.707Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Makawe is a hair salon located in the Bryndwr suburb of Christchurch. It provides hair services in a neighbourhood setting, offering cuts and styling for local clients. The salon focuses on everyday hair needs for residents and visitors in Bryndwr, presenting a local option for routine hair care and personal grooming in Christchurch.

Makawe is a hair salon based in the Bryndwr suburb of Christchurch. It operates as a neighbourhood salon serving local clients and visitors from nearby areas. The location positions the salon within a residential part of Christchurch, making it accessible for people looking for convenient hair services close to home.

As a business in the Hair Salons and Barbers category, Makawe offers hair services typical of a salon environment. Services centre on cutting and styling, with an emphasis on routine grooming and personal hair care. The salon presents itself as a place for clients to have their hair attended to by salon staff in a standard haircare setting.

Clients who visit Makawe can expect to receive hair-focused services in a local salon environment. Appointments and walk-in visits both suit people seeking haircuts and styling in Bryndwr. The salon aims to serve the everyday hair needs of the community, providing practical care rather than specialised medical or cosmetic procedures.

Makawe's local character is defined by its Bryndwr location and its role as a community hair salon in Christchurch. It functions as a convenient option for residents seeking routine hair services nearby. For people in and around Bryndwr, Makawe represents a local place to go for standard salon haircare and styling.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Makawe's Google Business listing shows a low overall health score despite correct basics like a listed title, claimed status, a phone number and a full address. The two strongest findings are that the listing is claimed and the full address is present, while opportunities include adding a website link, main image, logo, more photos, and refining the description to better engage local clients.

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
    Description lengthYour description is far shorter than what most businesses here have written, which means a customer comparing listings gets a line from you and three paragraphs from the business beside you.
  • 3
    Main imageYour listing has no main image, so the first picture a customer sees is whichever one Google chose for you.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
1.5Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Barber shop · Bryndwr
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OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
From the business

It's a hair salon

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Google listingChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Makawe shows a very low health score on Google Business reviews, indicating significant room for improvement in customer perception. The top findings point to no response to reviews, a minimal overall rating, and very few existing reviews, which together undermine trust among potential local clients.

Strengths

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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.
0.8Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Google reviewsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Makawe shows a very low overall health on Google Maps performance, indicating limited visibility across maps searches. The strongest finding is the business ranking for a targeted keyword in Bryndwr, with barber shop in bryndwr sitting at position 15, which demonstrates local potential if the borough presence improves.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

  • 1
    Maps visibility across the city groupYou appear in a handful of Maps searches across the suburbs around you, far fewer than most businesses here.
  • 2
    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.
0.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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barber shop
1Seen in 1 search across Christchurch, top three in none
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NZ FLAMES Barber4.9 ★ (277) · Barber shop
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The Patiala Cuts - Wairakei Rd4.6 ★ (194) · Barber shop
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Hairway Barbers @Savanna Hair Solutions5.0 ★ (5) · Barber shop
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Canterbury Cutz4.3 ★ (88) · Barber shop
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Map positionsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #465 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Makawe shows an average overall health score of 5.0 out of 10 for social and local presence. The most notable finding is a very strong Facebook profile, with high trust. There are opportunities to improve on TikTok, GrabOne, Neighbourly, and Neighbourly directory listings to broaden local reach and engage new customers.

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

  • 1
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 2
    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
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Wedding Guidemakawe-bespoke-hair-by-toniMakawe | Wedding Guide
Facebookmakawe.rotoruaMakawe | Facebook✓
Instagrammakawe.rotoruaMakawe | Instagram✓
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
FreshaNo listing found3
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You are #173 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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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.
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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

  • 1
    Where your page link pointsNothing in your page details points at a website, so a visitor who has read your posts and wants prices, hours or a booking form has nowhere to go next but back to search - where your competitors are waiting.
  • 2
    Recommendations on your pageA couple of recommendations have landed on the page, fewer than most here.
  • 3
    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.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
2.9Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
facebook
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597 followers 3
Kia Ora! -Toni Austin - owner operator -14c Pandora ave -All service enquiries welcome -Best contact through Messenger/instagram 📲 0211647869
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★ 1 reviews · recommended 2
☎ +64 21 164 7869✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #352 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Domain HealthYour website did not come back healthy when we tried it, and anyone clicking through from your Google listing is meeting whatever we met.
  • 2
    Domain UniquenessWe could not find a domain registered to your business, which means there is no address of your own for a customer to go to and nothing for your Google listing to link to.
  • 3
    Domain Age ScoreWe could not read how long your domain has been registered, or it is only weeks old.
3 checks on your website. You're seeing all of them.
-Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Google Mapsgoogle.com › mapsMakawe - Bryndwr, Christchurch
Your websiteNo website of your own1
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How people find you on Google

Strengths

Your first one is close. Sort an opportunity below and it moves up here.

Where we can help

Nothing to sort here.
0 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing all of them.
0.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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No ads from you on any search
MakaweNot in these results
Google search and trafficChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #212 for Google search and traffic
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Makawe has no published opening hours, so alignment with local demand cannot be measured directly. Strong alignment cannot be identified without hours. Missed opportunities are likely because being closed on the profile makes the salon invisible during popular search times. Practical next steps: publish accurate hours and prioritise adding weekend and evening availability if trade patterns support it.

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.
1.5Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Makawe
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Hours
No opening hours listed1
Popular times Saturday · Bryndwr
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Opening hoursChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #423 for opening hours
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The next step

Your top opportunities, in one place.

These are your top 18 opportunities, from the 44 checks we run on every business. Tick any of them to see where it takes you.

01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#468of 498 Christchurch hair salons & barbers
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Christchurch hair salons & barbersOverall · 498 businesses
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