# 7 Bowie Place, Avonside

1 report on record since March 2026 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/avonside/7-bowie-place

## What gets reported here
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 1

## Reported here
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7903839), 14 Mar 2026

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7903839), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07903839/public/1_9w56kbjitom.jpg

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

## Also reported on Bowie Place
- [32 Bowie Place](https://www.chch.live/avonside/32-bowie-place), 1 report
- [20 Bowie Place](https://www.chch.live/avonside/20-bowie-place), 1 report
- [16 Bowie Place](https://www.chch.live/avonside/16-bowie-place), 1 report
- [12 Bowie Place](https://www.chch.live/avonside/12-bowie-place), 1 report
- [Bowie Place, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/avonside/bowie-place)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5207&lon=172.6696&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5207&lon=172.6696&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5207&lon=172.6696&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.*

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $220,000, land $220,000, improvements $0 · 6,206 m² · ref 22361/34600 · 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 (Thursdays)

Bins go out Thursday, 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 100% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 62% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 100% 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.
- **Liquefaction was mapped here after the September 2010 earthquake**, [Liquefied in September 2010](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.
- **In the residential red zone**, [Residential red zone](https://www.chch.live/redzone) · Land repair would be prolonged and uneconomic. Land here was zoned after the 2010-11 earthquakes and almost all of it has since been cleared.
- **Built on fill: sand**, [Made ground](https://www.chch.live/fill) · 1.37 m deep · No NZS 4431 certificate and no record of engineering supervision

### Water
- **This land flooded in 2011-2014**, [Has flooded before](https://www.chch.live/floods) · 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce
- **Inside the modelled 10-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 10 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Avon catchment · 10 Year · A 10-year event is one expected about once a decade, not a rare one.
- **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
- **In the coastal inundation hazard zone from 2065**, [Coastal inundation](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Inside the mapped coastal inundation zone in 8 modelled scenarios, covering 2065–2120 (RCP 8.5+, RCP 8.5, RCP 4.5, RCP 2.6). _Source: Coastal Hazard Assessment for Christchurch and Banks Peninsula (2017) Stage 2 Peer Review Panel Revision report_

### What has been here
- **A listed activity was formerly carried out here**, [Land-use history](https://www.chch.live/history) · Cemeteries and waste recycling, treatment and disposal (HAIL Group G) _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_
- **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
- [Avon Riverbank True Right](https://www.chch.live/park/1890-avon-riverbank-true-right), 65 m to the edge · 11 ha
- [Retreat Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/957-retreat-reserve), 221 m to the edge
- [Woodham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1540-woodham-park), 324 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha · playground, 22 pieces
- [Sullivan Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1757-sullivan-park), 474 m to the edge · 1 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-54-avonside), 57 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Avonside](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-50-dallington), 109 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 Bowie Place?**

1 council report on record since March 2026, most often dumped rubbish (1).

**What school is 7 Bowie 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=-43.52067499868617,172.66960300061885)

**Which suburb is 7 Bowie Place in?**

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

**What stood at 7 Bowie Place before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.52067499868617&lon=172.66960300061885)

**What is the nearest park to 7 Bowie Place?**

[Avon Riverbank True Right](https://www.chch.live/park/1890-avon-riverbank-true-right), 65 m to its edge, 11 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=avonside&address=7-bowie-place · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Avonside&street=bowie-place
