# 144A 144A, Beckenham

1 report on record since January 2016 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/beckenham/144a-144a

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

## Reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/112292), 13 Jan 2016

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/112292), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00112292/0

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

## The street it is on
- [A, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/beckenham/a)

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5618&lon=172.6461&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5618&lon=172.6461&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5618&lon=172.6461&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5618&lon=172.6461&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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
- [Southern Districts Cricket Club](https://www.chch.live/business/southern-districts-cricket-club-beckenham), 56 m away · Clubs
- [Beckenham Bowling Club](https://www.chch.live/business/beckenham-bowling-club-beckenham), 383 m away · Sports centres

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

## The bus nearby
- Centaurus Rd near St Martins Rd, 339 m away · [the Orbiter (anticlockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oa)
- Centaurus Rd near St Martins Rd, 353 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
- [This Tree Was Planted in Loving Memory of Lynn Taylor 1950](https://www.chch.live/plaque/33695-beckenham-park), 96 m away, “This tree was planted in loving memory of Lynn Taylor 1950 - 2005 who loved Beckenham and…” · 2008
- [Arbor Day 1950 Planted to Commemorate the Centennial](https://www.chch.live/plaque/33904-beckenham-park), 101 m away, “ARBOR DAY 1950 PLANTED TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENNIAL OF CANTERBURY” · 2008
- [Planted by Beckenham Town Women'S Guild Coronation Year 1953](https://www.chch.live/plaque/33759-beckenham-park), 104 m away, “PLANTED BY BECKENHAM TOWN WOMEN'S GUILD CORONATION YEAR 1953” · 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: $2,770,000, land $2,390,000, improvements $380,000 · 45,669 m² · ref 22580/25700 · 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.*
- [Beckenham Te Kura o Puroto](https://www.chch.live/school/3291-beckenham-te-kura-o-puroto), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2021
- [St Peter's School Te Kura Haoika](https://www.chch.live/school/3542-st-peter-s-school-te-kura-haoika), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026
- [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026

## Bin day (Tuesdays)

Bins go out Tuesday, 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 95% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 22% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 95% 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.

### 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_
- **In the South Colombo alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: At all times, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- **Inside a bottle-store buffer around Beckenham Te Kura o Puroto**, [Bottle-store buffer](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Restriction on the location of new bottle stores, the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m 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 Beckenham ran about **$620 a week**, $70 above the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/beckenham#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Cashmere ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/cashmere), the [Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/spreydon-cashmere-heathcote) 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, Former Beckenham Library and Setting
*161 m away · 65 Sandwich Road · located to ±11 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/461)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Beckenham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1276-beckenham-park), you are in it · Sports ground · 5 ha · playground, 34 pieces
- [Heathcote Riverbank True Left](https://www.chch.live/park/1326-heathcote-riverbank-true-left), 149 m to the edge · 4 ha
- [Palatine Native Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1499-palatine-native-reserve), 259 m to the edge
- [Waimea Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1006-waimea-reserve), 310 m to the edge
- [Palatine Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1258-palatine-reserve), 360 m to the edge · playground, 38 pieces

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

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-520-beckenham), 146 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-548-saint-martins), 173 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-530-beckenham), 200 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-551-saint-martins), 319 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-573-saint-martins), 351 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 144A 144A?**

1 council report on record since January 2016, most often graffiti (1).

**What school is 144A 144A zoned for?**

[Beckenham Te Kura o Puroto](https://www.chch.live/school/3291-beckenham-te-kura-o-puroto), [St Peter's School Te Kura Haoika](https://www.chch.live/school/3542-st-peter-s-school-te-kura-haoika) and [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), and inside the region-wide zone of Cashmere High School, Hagley Community College, 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=-43.56175791439915,172.64612065480213)

**Which suburb is 144A 144A in?**

Beckenham, Christchurch, on A.

**What stood at 144A 144A before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [Former Beckenham Library and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/461).

**What is the nearest park to 144A 144A?**

[Beckenham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1276-beckenham-park), the address is inside it, 5 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=beckenham&address=144a-144a
