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Thomas Harre Barrister

Criminal justice attorney · Christchurch Centre, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 216 Christchurch lawyers.

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Checked12 October 2026
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Thomas Harre Barrister

Criminal justice attorney · Christchurch Centre, Christchurch

Where you stand#157of 216 lawyers
Overall health2.7/10across the eight areas

What you have

01Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.01ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.01NameYour 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.

Where we can help

05Facebook page5.101Google listing3.907Google search and traffic3.508Opening hours2.703Map positions2.604Listings and social2.402Reviews2.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Thomas Harre Barrister is a Christchurch-based barrister specialising in criminal defence, human rights law and appeals. He represents people facing serious criminal charges, accepts private instructions and legal aid, and handles refugee and immigration matters including cases involving human trafficking and forced labour. He practises from Christchurch and is able to appear in matters around New Zealand.

Thomas Harre Barrister is a criminal defence and human rights barrister based in Christchurch Central City. He represents people facing serious criminal charges at trial and on appeal, and accepts both private instructions and legal aid. He is able to appear in cases around New Zealand and lists Christchurch as his primary practice location.

His practice areas include criminal defence for serious matters such as murder, sexual offending, drug offending and serious violence, alongside work in human rights law and appeals. He also practises in refugee and immigration law with particular experience in cases involving human trafficking and forced labour. His background includes academic research in transnational criminal law and procedural questions related to fair trial rights.

Customer feedback shows clear dissatisfaction in recent reviews, with reviewers expressing concerns about service and reliability. The review themes indicate clients and contacts have at times been unhappy with aspects of courtroom attendance and communication. These themes are reflected in a low average rating on public review listings.

Locally, Thomas Harre Barrister is distinguished by a combined practice of courtroom criminal defence, human rights and refugee law supported by academic research into trafficking and procedural law. He provides both publicly funded and private representation and offers availability to appear in proceedings across New Zealand from his Christchurch base.

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Your Google listing

Thomas Harre Barrister shows a moderate health on Google Business Listing with room for improvement. Most important findings: the listing already includes a clear title, open status, claimed status, a website link and a phone number, but lacks a logo and has minimal photos and a basic description. Addressing photos, logo, and description would strengthen visibility and credibility.

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.
  • ✓
    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
    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.
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    Photos on the listingYou have no photos on your listing, or close to none, so a customer scrolling past sees a blank where every other business shows their work.
  • 3
    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.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
3.9Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Criminal justice attorney · Christchurch Centre
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From the business

Barrister specialising in human rights law, criminal defence, and appeals.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Thomas Harre Barrister displays a low overall health score on Google reviews, with room for improvement in rating confidence and service engagement. The business has started collecting reviews but has not yet responded to any, which can affect customer trust. Building more reviews and initiating responses are the key near-term steps.

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
    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.
  • 3
    Star ratingYour rating sits well below what customers here are used to seeing, and it is the first number they compare when two businesses look otherwise equal.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
2.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Google reviewsChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #172 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Thomas Harre Barrister shows a low overall health score of 2.5 out of 10 in Google Maps, indicating room for improvement in visibility. The business ranks well for several criminal law related keywords in the Harewood-Christchurch area, with top positions for "barrister in harewood-christchurch airport" and "criminal law attorney in harewood-christchurch airport." Focus should be on aligning the Maps listing with the suburb spelling and enhancing maps-based presence to climb out of the low bracket.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility in your own suburbWe are not seeing you in Maps searches in your own suburb, which is the search a customer standing a street away actually makes.
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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.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
2.6Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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2Seen in 17 searches across Christchurch, top three in none
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Ethan Huda Barrister5.0 ★ (16) · Criminal justice attorney
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Matt Smit Barrister5.0 ★ (14) · Criminal justice attorney
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Alpers & Co4.8 ★ (41) · Criminal justice attorney
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Lawhub4.4 ★ (42) · Criminal justice attorney
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Map positionsChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #161 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Thomas Harre Barrister shows a low health score for citations and social presence, indicating limited active profiles. The most notable finding is a LinkedIn profile that is present and up to date, which supports professional credibility. Key opportunities include establishing Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and local directory listings to improve visibility and trust among local clients.

Strengths

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    Top Lawyers ListingWe can see your Top Lawyers Listing listing (https://toplawyers.co.nz/thomas-harre-barrister-christchurch) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    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 4 of them.
2.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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FacebookNo account found1
InstagramNo account found2
TiktokNo account found3
Listings and socialChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #165 for listings and social
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Your Facebook page

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    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
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Facebook pageChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #106 for your Facebook page
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Your website

The on-page SEO health for Thomas Harre Barrister shows an above-average score of 5.8 out of 10, with several solid foundations in place. Strengths include an outstanding on-page SEO score and relevant title tag as well as a well-balanced text-to-page size ratio and a concise page size. Key opportunities focus on refining the title tag and meta description lengths, adding a favicon, and reducing render-blocking resources.

Strengths

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    On-page scoreFew sites in this market clear these checks as completely as yours: fast to open, readable, and accurate about itself to Google and to the person who lands on it.
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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.
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    Page load speedYour home page appears in under three seconds, so someone tapping through from a search result meets your business rather than a blank screen while they decide whether to wait.

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.
  • 2
    Domain HealthYour site answers, but something did not check out - an insecure link, a redirect chain, a domain shared with other businesses, or a listing pointing at a social page.
  • 3
    Domain Age ScoreYour domain is younger than most businesses here.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
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How people find you on Google

Thomas Harre Barrister shows a below-average health score for Website Traffic, with room to grow both paid and organic visibility. The top opportunities focus on starting small paid campaigns with targeted landing pages and conversion tracking, while continuing to strengthen organic performance through better meta tags, mobile responsiveness and improved navigation.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    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.
3.5Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Thomas Harre BarristerNot in these results
31About 5 visits a month from search, across 5 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #140 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Thomas Harre Barrister's published hours align strongly with Christchurch search patterns. The practice is open during multiple high-demand weekday lunch and mid-morning slots, creating good coverage when potential clients are most active. There are no closed hours during peak demand. A small amount of open time falls in low-demand windows that could be reviewed to tighten hours and improve commercial efficiency.

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.
2.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Thomas Harre Barrister
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Hours 1
Monday12am-12am
Tuesday12am-12am
Wednesday12am-12am
Thursday12am-12am
Friday12am-12am
Saturday12am-12am
Sunday12am-12am
Popular times Friday · Christchurch Centre
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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#157of 216 Christchurch lawyers
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