# 23 Highbury Place, Avonside

1 report on record since April 2023.

https://www.chch.live/avonside/23-highbury-place

## What gets reported here
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1

## Reported here
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/3243332), 12 Apr 2023

## Also reported on Highbury Place
- [21 Highbury Place](https://www.chch.live/avonside/21-highbury-place), 3 reports
- [17 Highbury Place](https://www.chch.live/avonside/17-highbury-place), 3 reports
- [8 Highbury Place](https://www.chch.live/avonside/8-highbury-place), 2 reports
- [15 Highbury Place](https://www.chch.live/avonside/15-highbury-place), 2 reports
- [10 Highbury Place](https://www.chch.live/avonside/10-highbury-place), 2 reports
- [9 Highbury Place](https://www.chch.live/avonside/9-highbury-place), 1 report
- [6 Highbury Place](https://www.chch.live/avonside/6-highbury-place), 1 report
- [16 Highbury Place](https://www.chch.live/avonside/16-highbury-place), 1 report
- [Highbury Place, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/avonside/highbury-place)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5234&lon=172.6687&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5234&lon=172.6687&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5234&lon=172.6687&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
- [Wilding Park Tennis Centre](https://www.chch.live/business/wilding-park-tennis-centre-christchurch), 95 m away · Sports centres
- [Tennis Canterbury](https://www.chch.live/business/tennis-canterbury-christchurch), 140 m away · Clubs
- [Kai Means Food](https://www.chch.live/business/kai-means-food-avonside), 354 m away · Cafés
- [Brother Tip Tattoo & Art](https://www.chch.live/business/brother-tip-tattoo-art-christchurch), 357 m away · Tattoo & piercing

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

## The bus nearby
- Woodham Rd near Tancred St, 243 m away · [the Orbiter (anticlockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oa)
- Woodham Rd near Tancred St, 264 m away · [the Orbiter](https://www.chch.live/buses/or)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Woodham Park Opened 21st Nov](https://www.chch.live/plaque/53985-woodham-park), 205 m away, “WOODHAM PARK OPENED 21ST NOV. 1942 E.H. ANDREWS ESQ. MAYOR J.N. CLARKE ESQ. CHAIRMAN PARKS…” · 2003
- [Woodham Park / Opened 21st Nov](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310932-woodham-park), 206 m away, “WOODHAM PARK / OPENED 21ST NOV. 1942 / E. H. ANDREWS ESQ. / MAYOR / J. N. CLARKE ESQ. / CH…” · 2009
- [In Loving Memory of Geof Pearce](https://www.chch.live/plaque/54006-woodham-park), 223 m away, “In Loving Memory of GEOF PEARCE (text partially unclear)” · 2005

*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: $570,000, land $310,000, improvements $260,000 · 695 m² · ref 22361/62500 · 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.*
- [Linwood North School](https://www.chch.live/school/3415-linwood-north-school), Primary, years 1–6, in force from May 2017
- [Te Aratai College (Year 7&8)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-7-8), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2021
- [St Francis of Assisi Catholic School](https://www.chch.live/school/738-st-francis-of-assisi-catholic-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2027
- [Te Aratai College (Year 9-15)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-9-15), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2021
- [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026

## Bin day (Wednesdays)

Bins go out Wednesday, 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

### [What the ground is](https://www.chch.live/ground)
- **Up to 71% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 12% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 71% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Liquefaction was mapped here after the February 2011 earthquake**, [Liquefied in February 2011](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · The survey recorded this as certain. Mapped from aerial imagery and site visits after the event, this is a record of what happened, not a model of what might.
- **Technical category TC3**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Moderate to significant land damage from liquefaction is possible in future significant earthquakes _Foundations: Site-specific geotechnical investigation and specific engineering foundation design required eg deep pile foundations, innovative ground strengthening, etc_

### [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 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).

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Avonside ran about **$293 a week**, $257 below the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/avonside#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Burwood ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/burwood), the [Coastal-Burwood-Linwood community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/coastal-burwood-linwood) 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
- [Woodham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1540-woodham-park), 153 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha · playground, 22 pieces
- [Retreat Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/957-retreat-reserve), 192 m to the edge
- [Avon Riverbank True Right](https://www.chch.live/park/1890-avon-riverbank-true-right), 272 m to the edge · 11 ha

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

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Avonside](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-62-christchurch), 201 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Avonside](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-54-avonside), 280 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Avonside](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-50-dallington), 337 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 23 Highbury Place?**

1 council report on record since April 2023, most often water general (1).

**What school is 23 Highbury Place zoned for?**

[Linwood North School](https://www.chch.live/school/3415-linwood-north-school), [Te Aratai College (Year 7&8)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-7-8), [St Francis of Assisi Catholic School](https://www.chch.live/school/738-st-francis-of-assisi-catholic-school), [Te Aratai College (Year 9-15)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-9-15) and [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Marian College, Middleton Grange School (Year 11-13), Christchurch Adventist School. 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=-43.523391722420484,172.66865539494398)

**Which suburb is 23 Highbury Place in?**

Avonside, Christchurch, on [Highbury Place](https://www.chch.live/street/avonside/highbury-place).

**What stood at 23 Highbury Place before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.523391722420484&lon=172.66865539494398)

**What is the nearest park to 23 Highbury Place?**

[Woodham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1540-woodham-park), 153 m to its edge, 2 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=avonside&address=23-highbury-place · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Avonside&street=highbury-place
