# 3 Smith Street, Akaroa

1 report on record since January 2025 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/akaroa/3-smith-street

## What gets reported here
- [Sewer - Leak / Blockage](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 1

## Reported here
- [Sewer - Leak / Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/5746281), 23 Jan 2025

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Sewer - Leak / Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/5746281), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05746281/public/1_orgjjidi82s4.jpg

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

## Also reported on Smith Street
- [21 Smith Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/21-smith-street), 3 reports
- [4 Smith Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/4-smith-street), 2 reports
- [7 Smith Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/7-smith-street), 1 report
- [Smith Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/akaroa/smith-street)

## On the doorstep
- [Garthowen Bed and Breakfast](https://www.chch.live/business/garthowen-bed-and-breakfast-akaroa), 49 m away · B&Bs
- [Maison de la Mer](https://www.chch.live/business/maison-de-la-mer-akaroa), 65 m away · B&Bs
- [Tini Bar & Eatery](https://www.chch.live/business/tini-bar-eatery-akaroa), 108 m away · Restaurants
- [Tīni Gin Bar & Eatery](https://www.chch.live/business/tini-gin-bar-eatery-akaroa), 140 m away · Bars & pubs

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Whaling Tripot / Used by / Capt Hempleman / Peraki / 1836](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310848-akaroa-beach), 80 m away, “WHALING TRIPOT / USED BY / CAPT HEMPLEMAN / PERAKI / 1836”
- [In Loving Memory of / Peter and Jan Sisson](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310847-akaroa-beach), 94 m away, “In Loving Memory of / Peter and Jan Sisson”
- [In Memory of Ted Armstrong a Loyal Member and Friend](https://www.chch.live/plaque/4979-cenotaph-war-memorial), 98 m away, “In Memory of Ted Armstrong A Loyal Member and Friend (on drinking fountain)” · 2008

*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: $1,250,000, land $650,000, improvements $600,000 · 739 m² · ref 23961/19800 · 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.*

## Bin day (Mondays)

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

This address is on the council’s Week One 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

### Water
- **This land flooded in 2008**, [Has flooded before](https://www.chch.live/floods) · 2008 Akaroa Basin Harbour Settlements Study
- **Blue tsunami evacuation zone**, [Tsunami evacuation](https://www.chch.live/tsunami) · Evacuate zone after long or strong earthquake or in any official advisory or warning of greater than 0.3m wave height at coast _Zone includes sea, rivers, beaches, lagoons and estuaries._

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 civic layer

This ground votes in [Banks Peninsula ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/banks-peninsula), the [Banks Peninsula community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/banks-peninsula) 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).

## The green nearby
- [Akaroa Beach](https://www.chch.live/park/1774-akaroa-beach), 62 m to the edge · 1 ha
- [Cenotaph War Memorial](https://www.chch.live/park/1828-cenotaph-war-memorial), 96 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Rue Balguerie Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1732-rue-balguerie-reserve), 150 m to the edge
- [Rue Balguerie Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1290-rue-balguerie-playground), 158 m to the edge · Botanic · playground, 4 pieces
- [Stanley Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1663-stanley-park), 192 m to the edge · 7 ha

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Akaroa Collection Point](https://www.chch.live/facility/transfer-station-35), 431 m away · Transfer station
- [Akaroa Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-35), 470 m away · Library · 2 Selwyn Ave

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 3 Smith Street?**

1 council report on record since January 2025, most often sewer - leak / blockage (1).

**What school is 3 Smith Street zoned for?**

[Aidanfield Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/82-aidanfield-christian-school), [Middleton Grange School (Year 11-13)](https://www.chch.live/school/335-middleton-grange-school-year-11-13), [Villa Maria College](https://www.chch.live/school/326-villa-maria-college), [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) and [St Thomas of Canterbury College](https://www.chch.live/school/331-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=-43.806802019898846,172.9670286927098)

**Which suburb is 3 Smith Street in?**

Akaroa, Christchurch, on [Smith Street](https://www.chch.live/street/akaroa/smith-street).

**What stood at 3 Smith Street before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.806802019898846&lon=172.9670286927098)

**What is the nearest park to 3 Smith Street?**

[Akaroa Beach](https://www.chch.live/park/1774-akaroa-beach), 62 m to its edge, 1 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=akaroa&address=3-smith-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Akaroa&street=smith-street
