# 91B Merrin Street, Avonhead

2 reports on record since November 2022 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/avonhead/91b-merrin-street

## What gets reported here
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/trees), 1
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 1

## Reported here
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7567184), 17 Jan 2026
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/2788688), 9 Nov 2022

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7567184), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07567184/public/1_l5usyxgthdgk.jpg

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

## Also reported on Merrin Street
- [2 Merrin Street](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/2-merrin-street), 6 reports
- [95 Merrin Street](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/95-merrin-street), 5 reports
- [61 Merrin Street](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/61-merrin-street), 5 reports
- [41 Merrin Street](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/41-merrin-street), 5 reports
- [39 Merrin Street](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/39-merrin-street), 5 reports
- [98 Merrin Street](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/98-merrin-street), 4 reports
- [40A Merrin Street](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/40a-merrin-street), 4 reports
- [74 Merrin Street](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/74-merrin-street), 3 reports
- [Merrin Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/avonhead/merrin-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5097&lon=172.5537&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5097&lon=172.5537&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5097&lon=172.5537&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
- [Avonhead Vets](https://www.chch.live/business/avonhead-vets-avonhead), 242 m away · Vets
- [Bakers Delight Avonhead](https://www.chch.live/business/bakers-delight-avonhead), 247 m away · Business
- [Avonhead Shopping Centre](https://www.chch.live/business/avonhead-shopping-centre-avonhead), 266 m away · Malls
- [Subway Avonhead Mall](https://www.chch.live/business/subway-avonhead-mall-avonhead), 278 m away · Fast food

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

## The bus nearby
- Avonhead Mall, 14 m away · [route 130](https://www.chch.live/buses/130)
- Avonhead Mall, 26 m away · [route 130](https://www.chch.live/buses/130)

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $760,000, land $750,000, improvements $10,000 · 2,746 m² · ref 21883/58100 · 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.*
- [Merrin School](https://www.chch.live/school/3434-merrin-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from May 2021
- [Burnside High School](https://www.chch.live/school/319-burnside-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2022
- [Our Lady of Victories](https://www.chch.live/school/3463-our-lady-of-victories), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026

## Bin day (Thursdays)

Bins go out Thursday, 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)
- **No moderate-to-severe liquefaction damage in any modelled scenario**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 0% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 0% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Technical category TC1**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Future land damage from liquefaction is unlikely _Foundations: Standard foundations for concrete slabs and timber floors acceptable. Minor additional foundation works may be required eg more reinforcing_

### [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_

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 Merrin Street in 29 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 7 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Avonhead ran about **$596 a week**, $46 above the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/avonhead#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Waimairi ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/waimairi), the [Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/fendalton-waimairi-harewood) 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
- [Cricklewood Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1751-cricklewood-reserve), 11 m to the edge
- [Westgrove Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1666-westgrove-park), 164 m to the edge · playground, 12 pieces
- [Merrin Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/917-merrin-reserve), 191 m to the edge
- [Avonhead Park](https://www.chch.live/park/980-avonhead-park), 298 m to the edge · Sports ground · 23 ha
- [Briar Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1484-briar-reserve), 314 m to the edge

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Avonhead Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/facility/cemetery-66), 252 m away · Cemetery

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 91B Merrin Street?**

2 council reports on record since November 2022, most often trees - general (1), overgrown vegetation (1).

**What school is 91B Merrin Street zoned for?**

[Merrin School](https://www.chch.live/school/3434-merrin-school), [Burnside High School](https://www.chch.live/school/319-burnside-high-school) and [Our Lady of Victories](https://www.chch.live/school/3463-our-lady-of-victories), 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=-43.50972669906542,172.55365304965048)

**Which suburb is 91B Merrin Street in?**

Avonhead, Christchurch, on [Merrin Street](https://www.chch.live/street/avonhead/merrin-street).

**What stood at 91B Merrin Street before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.50972669906542&lon=172.55365304965048)

**What is the nearest park to 91B Merrin Street?**

[Cricklewood Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1751-cricklewood-reserve), 11 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=avonhead&address=91b-merrin-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Avonhead&street=merrin-street
