# 7 Retreat Road, Avonside

1 report on record since November 2021 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/avonside/7-retreat-road

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

## Reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1975940), 29 Nov 2021

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1975940), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01975940/1_iBvv70.jpg

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

## Also reported on Retreat Road
- [11 Retreat Road](https://www.chch.live/avonside/11-retreat-road), 80 reports
- [1 Retreat Road](https://www.chch.live/avonside/1-retreat-road), 34 reports
- [6 Retreat Road](https://www.chch.live/avonside/6-retreat-road), 19 reports
- [13 Retreat Road](https://www.chch.live/avonside/13-retreat-road), 17 reports
- [79 Retreat Road](https://www.chch.live/avonside/79-retreat-road), 15 reports
- [67A Retreat Road](https://www.chch.live/avonside/67a-retreat-road), 15 reports
- [58 Retreat Road](https://www.chch.live/avonside/58-retreat-road), 15 reports
- [31 Retreat Road](https://www.chch.live/avonside/31-retreat-road), 14 reports
- [Retreat Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/avonside/retreat-road)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5216&lon=172.6613&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5216&lon=172.6613&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5216&lon=172.6613&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
- [Riverlution Cafe](https://www.chch.live/business/riverlution-cafe-richmond), 119 m away · Cafés
- [The Green Lab - Riverlution](https://www.chch.live/business/the-green-lab-riverlution-richmond), 265 m away · Cafés
- [Woodham Road Medical Centre](https://www.chch.live/business/woodham-road-medical-centre-christchurch), 373 m away · Business
- [npd](https://www.chch.live/business/npd-richmond), 382 m away · Petrol stations

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

## The bus nearby
- Stanmore Rd near Warwick St, 395 m away · [route 60](https://www.chch.live/buses/60), [the Orbiter (clockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oc)
- Woodham Rd near Avonside Dr, 396 m away · [the Orbiter (clockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oc)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [1932 – 1992 This Tåtara Was Planted to Commemorate](https://www.chch.live/plaque/59089-avebury-park), 218 m away, “1932 – 1992 This tÅtara was planted to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Founding o…” · 2009
- [Donated by N.Z. Founders Society Inc. Canterbury Branch](https://www.chch.live/plaque/59101-avebury-park), 226 m away, “Donated by N.Z. Founders Society Inc. Canterbury Branch September 2007” · 2009

*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: $190,000, land $48,000, improvements $142,000 · 1,283 m² · ref 22361/14300 · 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: 46% 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.

### Water
- **This land flooded in 2011-2014**, [Has flooded before](https://www.chch.live/floods) · 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce

### [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).

## The street’s crash record

NZTA’s record names Retreat Road in 4 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

## 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).

## What was here, MED Substation and Setting
*right here · 11 Retreat Road · located to ±5 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/290)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Dwelling and Setting, Avebury
*199 m away · 9 Eveleyn Couzins Avenue · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/440)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Avon Riverbank True Right](https://www.chch.live/park/1890-avon-riverbank-true-right), 37 m to the edge · 11 ha
- [Avebury Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1019-avebury-park), 119 m to the edge · Botanic · playground, 8 pieces
- [Richmond Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1205-richmond-playground), 413 m to the edge · playground, 14 pieces
- [Retreat Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/957-retreat-reserve), 440 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 Avonside](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-54-avonside), 27 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Avonside](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-50-dallington), 72 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Avonside](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-52-richmond), 96 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Avonside](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-37-richmond), 100 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Avonside](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-587-richmond), 399 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 Retreat Road?**

1 council report on record since November 2021, most often graffiti (1).

**What school is 7 Retreat Road 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=-43.52160679940862,172.66134659946968)

**Which suburb is 7 Retreat Road in?**

Avonside, Christchurch, on [Retreat Road](https://www.chch.live/street/avonside/retreat-road).

**What stood at 7 Retreat Road before?**

The heritage register names 2 places at or beside it, [MED Substation and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/290), [Dwelling and Setting, Avebury](https://www.chch.live/place/440).

**What is the nearest park to 7 Retreat Road?**

[Avon Riverbank True Right](https://www.chch.live/park/1890-avon-riverbank-true-right), 37 m to its edge, 11 ha.

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