# 7 Lowe Street, Addington

5 reports on record since December 2022.

https://www.chch.live/addington/7-lowe-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 4
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3962920), 28 Nov 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3701789), 15 Sept 2023
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/3685215), 11 Sept 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2865453), 3 Dec 2022
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2865448), 3 Dec 2022

## Also reported on Lowe Street
- [38 Lowe Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/38-lowe-street), 27 reports
- [36 Lowe Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/36-lowe-street), 9 reports
- [7A Lowe Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/7a-lowe-street), 8 reports
- [28 Lowe Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/28-lowe-street), 5 reports
- [20–38 Lowe Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/20%E2%80%9338-lowe-street), 5 reports
- [18 Lowe Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/18-lowe-street), 5 reports
- [5 Lowe Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/5-lowe-street), 4 reports
- [30E Lowe Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/30e-lowe-street), 4 reports
- [Lowe Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/addington/lowe-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5389&lon=172.6094&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5389&lon=172.6094&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5389&lon=172.6094&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5389&lon=172.6094&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
- [Animates](https://www.chch.live/business/animates-addington), 101 m away · Pet shops
- [NZ Blood](https://www.chch.live/business/nz-blood-addington), 118 m away · Blood Donation
- [Number One Shoes](https://www.chch.live/business/number-one-shoes-addington), 122 m away · Shoes
- [Coastal Pacific Train](https://www.chch.live/business/coastal-pacific-train-addington), 131 m away · Attractions

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

## The bus nearby
- Mandeville St, 381 m away · [route 140](https://www.chch.live/buses/140)
- Mandeville St, 434 m away · [route 140](https://www.chch.live/buses/140)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Addington Water Tower Ipenz Recognises This Engineering](https://www.chch.live/plaque/6957-christchurch-railway-station-r), 145 m away, “ADDINGTON WATER TOWER IPENZ RECOGNISES THIS ENGINEERING WORK AS AN IMPORTANT PART OF N.Z.’…” · 2008

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

## 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.*
- [Wharenui School](https://www.chch.live/school/3591-wharenui-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2017
- [Kirkwood Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3396-kirkwood-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from May 2022
- [Sacred Heart School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3270-sacred-heart-school-christchurch), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026
- [Riccarton High School](https://www.chch.live/school/334-riccarton-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2020

## 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 69% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 18% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 69% in the worst modelled scenario.

### Water
- **Inside the modelled 50-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 50 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Avon catchment · 50 Year
- **Inside the modelled 200-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 200 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Avon catchment · 200 Year · climate change modelled to 2123

### What has been here
- **A listed activity was formerly carried out here**, [Land-use history](https://www.chch.live/history) · Vehicle refuelling, service and repair (HAIL Group F) _This is the HAIL register, a record that an activity from the Hazardous Activities and Industries List took place, not a finding that the land is contaminated. The council has not verified this, which is true of 898 of its 906 entries._

### [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_
- **In the Riccarton-Ilam alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: At all times, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- **In the Addington alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: On New Zealand Trotting Cup Day (the second Tuesday in November each year) from 9am to 10pm.

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 Lowe Street in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=lowe-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 [Riccarton ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/riccarton), the [Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/halswell-hornby-riccarton) 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 Railway Workshops Water Tower and Setting
*147 m away · 66H Clarence Street · located to ±11 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/27)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/5390

## The green nearby
- [Christchurch Railway Station Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/961-christchurch-railway-station-reserve), 140 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Hagley Park South](https://www.chch.live/park/1812-hagley-park-south), 245 m to the edge · Sports ground · 71 ha
- [Longley Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1249-longley-reserve), 338 m to the edge · playground, 51 pieces
- [Walsall Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1773-walsall-reserve), 475 m to the edge

*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-364-addington), 86 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Addington](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-404-addington), 129 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Addington](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-392-addington), 235 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Addington](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-259-upper-riccarton), 271 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Addington](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-396-riccarton), 287 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 7 Lowe Street?**

5 council reports on record since December 2022, most often graffiti (4), damaged road (1).

**What school is 7 Lowe Street zoned for?**

[Wharenui School](https://www.chch.live/school/3591-wharenui-school), [Kirkwood Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3396-kirkwood-intermediate), [Sacred Heart School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3270-sacred-heart-school-christchurch) and [Riccarton High School](https://www.chch.live/school/334-riccarton-high-school), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Middleton Grange School (Year 1-8), Middleton Grange School (Year 9-10), 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=-43.53886187807235,172.609404866026)

**Which suburb is 7 Lowe Street in?**

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

**What stood at 7 Lowe Street before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [Former Addington Railway Workshops Water Tower and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/27).

**What is the nearest park to 7 Lowe Street?**

[Christchurch Railway Station Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/961-christchurch-railway-station-reserve), 140 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=addington&address=7-lowe-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Addington&street=lowe-street
