# 28 Poulson Street, Addington

3 reports on record since June 2020 · 3 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/addington/28-poulson-street

## What gets reported here
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 1
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 1

## Reported here
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8279797), 20 May 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8027180), 3 Apr 2026
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/1121930), 18 Jun 2020

## Photographed here (3 on record)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8279797), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08279797/public/1_i1ys96az0ssn.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8027180), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08027180/public/1_kvgjjh9zlyqo.jpg
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/1121930), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01121930/0_iHsg2v

[More photographs on the Addington wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=addington)

## Also reported on Poulson Street
- [31 Poulson Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/31-poulson-street), 36 reports
- [71 Poulson Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/71-poulson-street), 24 reports
- [43 Poulson Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/43-poulson-street), 22 reports
- [78 Poulson Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/78-poulson-street), 19 reports
- [76 Poulson Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/76-poulson-street), 17 reports
- [84 Poulson Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/84-poulson-street), 16 reports
- [80 Poulson Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/80-poulson-street), 14 reports
- [90 Poulson Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/90-poulson-street), 13 reports
- [Poulson Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/addington/poulson-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5452&lon=172.6144&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5452&lon=172.6144&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5452&lon=172.6144&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5452&lon=172.6144&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Clean CC BY decades only; NZAM-covered spots stay out. [RetroLens](https://retrolens.co.nz/) holds more Crown aerials.*

## On the doorstep
- [Jailhouse Accommodation](https://www.chch.live/business/jailhouse-accommodation-addington), 179 m away · Hostels
- [Card Merchant](https://www.chch.live/business/card-merchant-addington), 219 m away · Games
- [Augustine Outlet](https://www.chch.live/business/augustine-outlet-addington), 226 m away · Clothing
- [Mini Moocher](https://www.chch.live/business/mini-moocher-addington), 227 m away · Clothing

*Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.*

## The bus nearby
- [Addington Village](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=1012190), 285 m away · [route 120](https://www.chch.live/buses/120), [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7)
- [Addington Village](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=44108), 298 m away · [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7), [route 120](https://www.chch.live/buses/120)

*The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.*

## The remembered names nearby
- [Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) Was One of the Most Popular](https://www.chch.live/plaque/111863-mountfort-park), 227 m away, “Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) was one of the most popular English novelists of the Victori…” · 2013

*The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).*

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $430,000, land $230,000, improvements $200,000 · 237 m² · ref 22631/25700/A · roll last edited February 2026

A mass appraisal the council runs every three years to divide the rates bill, not a market price, and not a valuation of this house in particular.

## Enrolment zones this address sits inside

*Zones nest, a point is inside a primary, an intermediate and a secondary zone at once. The written scheme, not the polygon, decides.*
- [Addington Te Kura Taumatua](https://www.chch.live/school/3271-addington-te-kura-taumatua), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Apr 2024
- [Sacred Heart School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3270-sacred-heart-school-christchurch), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026
- [Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3318-christchurch-south-karamata-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from Jan 2024
- [Hillmorton High School (Year 7-8)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-7-8), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Oct 2025
- [Hillmorton High School (Year 9-13)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-9-13), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Oct 2025
- [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026

## Bin day (Tuesdays)

Bins go out Tuesday, by 6am.
- Green bin, Weekly
- Yellow bin, Fortnightly · Week Two
- Red bin, Fortnightly · Week Two

This address is on the council’s Week Two calendar, which of the red and yellow bins goes out alternates, and that alternation is not published as data, so the council’s collection calendar is the check.

## What the land record says

### [What the ground is](https://www.chch.live/ground)
- **Up to 47% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 4% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 47% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Technical category TC2**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Minor to moderate land damage from liquefaction is possible in future significant earthquakes _Foundations: Standard timber piled foundations or enhanced concrete foundations_

### [Rules on this land](https://www.chch.live/rules)
- **Christchurch / Ōtautahi Clean Air Zone**, [Clean air zone](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Open fires and older woodburners are restricted here under the Canterbury Air Regional Plan. A burner installed before 2001 cannot be replaced like for like.
- **In the Christchurch Airshed**, [Gazetted airshed](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A gazetted airshed is the area the national air quality standard is measured over, the 24-hour PM10 average that this one is allowed to breach once a year. _Zone A_
- **Inside a bottle-store buffer around Sacred Heart Girls' College**, [Bottle-store buffer](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Restriction on the location of new bottle stores, the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m of this site.
- **Inside a bottle-store buffer around The Salvation Army Bridge**, [Bottle-store buffer](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Restriction on the location of new bottle stores, the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m of this site.
- **Inside a bottle-store buffer around Areas of high deprivation**, [Bottle-store buffer](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Freeze on the issue of new off-licences, the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences a set distance of this site.

These are modelled boundaries, not findings on this house, for anything with money attached, the council’s LIM is the certified property file. [Request a LIM](https://ccc.govt.nz/consents-and-licences/property-information-and-lims/land-information-memorandum-lim) · [Natural Hazards Portal](https://www.naturalhazardsportal.govt.nz).

## The street’s crash record

NZTA’s record names Poulson Street in 7 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 3 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=poulson-street&suburb=addington)

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Addington ran about **$502 a week**, $48 below the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/addington#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Spreydon ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/spreydon), the [Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/spreydon-cashmere-heathcote) is its local layer. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## What was here, Former Addington Gaol, Wall and Setting
*203 m away · 15/336 Lincoln Road · located to ±69 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/134)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/7467

## The green nearby
- [Mountfort Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1219-mountfort-park), 148 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Addington Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1268-addington-park), 235 m to the edge · Sports ground · 3 ha · playground, 16 pieces
- [Jerrold Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1580-jerrold-reserve), 306 m to the edge
- [Cornelius O'connor Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1307-cornelius-o-connor-reserve), 419 m to the edge · playground, 39 pieces
- [Simeon Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1117-simeon-park), 430 m to the edge · 1 ha · playground, 20 pieces

*Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.*

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Addington](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-432-addington), 200 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Addington](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-439-addington), 250 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Addington](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-398-addington), 269 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Addington](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-444-addington), 315 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Addington](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-433-spreydon), 347 m to the line · walk · bike

*Lines passing within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.*

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 28 Poulson Street?**

3 council reports on record since June 2020, most often water leak (1), rubbish/recycling (1), overgrown vegetation (1).

**What school is 28 Poulson Street zoned for?**

[Addington Te Kura Taumatua](https://www.chch.live/school/3271-addington-te-kura-taumatua), [Sacred Heart School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3270-sacred-heart-school-christchurch), [Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3318-christchurch-south-karamata-intermediate), [Hillmorton High School (Year 7-8)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-7-8), [Hillmorton High School (Year 9-13)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-9-13) and [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Middleton Grange School (Year 11-13), Villa Maria College, Christchurch Adventist School, St Thomas of Canterbury College. Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary, and it is redrawn, sometimes at short notice. [These zones on the map →](https://www.chch.live/schools?at=-43.54515979500341,172.61439431467886)

**Which suburb is 28 Poulson Street in?**

Addington, Christchurch, on [Poulson Street](https://www.chch.live/street/addington/poulson-street).

**What stood at 28 Poulson Street before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [Former Addington Gaol, Wall and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/134).

**What is the nearest park to 28 Poulson Street?**

[Mountfort Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1219-mountfort-park), 148 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=addington&address=28-poulson-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Addington&street=poulson-street
