# What stood on this ground? The heritage register’s answer within 250m of -43.53337, 172.63935, 5 places on record, nearest first. A register listing is a lead to follow, not by itself a claim. Distances are to each place’s recorded pin, not its boundary. The point falls inside [Christchurch Central](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city) and in the [Central ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/central), Jake McLellan's seat, measured against the drawn boundaries, not the side its address is described as. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards). The nearest break GeoNet recorded sits 50m from this point, a M4.6 on 26 December 2010, 7 km deep, labelled "Within 5 km of Christchurch" ([its record at GeoNet](https://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/3436956)). 11 magnitude-3+ epicentres sit within a kilometre, the biggest inside five kilometres a M4.7 on 26 December 2010, 5 km deep. An epicentre is where the instruments placed the break, not where the shaking was felt; the whole catalogue is at [sequence](https://www.chch.live/sequence) and the story in plain language is [the earthquakes explainer](https://www.chch.live/how-nz-works/canterbury-earthquakes). The Crown’s 2011 classification left this point outside the residential red zone. The whole boundary is at [redzone](https://www.chch.live/redzone). The district plan files this ground as **City centre zone** (CCZ), the mixed use family. A zone is a permission, not a description, the whole district’s zoning is at [zones](https://www.chch.live/zones). The 2011 grading never reached this point, the categories ran over the flat residential land. The grades are at [technical-categories](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories). The nearest mapped fault trace sits 21.8km from this point, part of the Greendale Fault. A drawn trace is the record of where the ground broke or deformed, not a prediction for this address, the mapped faults are at [faults](https://www.chch.live/faults). No recorded dump under this point, the council’s landfill layer keeps the old tips on the books and this isn’t one. The ones that are, from 1880 on: [landfills](https://www.chch.live/landfills). No recorded flood patch reaches this point, the layer keeps the water it saw and never drew it here. The ground it did draw: [floods](https://www.chch.live/floods). No air-noise contour covers this point The ground is zoned *Category 1, Higher Noise Level Entertainment and Hospitality Precincts*, the central city’s graded night. And inside the *Outer Noise Insulation, CMUA*, where the walls must answer the loud. The quiet lines: [noise](https://www.chch.live/noise). The central-city walking catchment reaches this far, the ten-minute city the plan draws. The allowed shape: [density](https://www.chch.live/density). The rebuild photographed this ground, **1229** SCIRT frames within a few hundred metres, 2010–2016, stormwater work mostly. The nearest is about 19 m away, an access shot from 2011-12-18, [the frame itself](https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/image/SCIRT/Photos/Manhole_Photos/CivilSolutionNZWWAccessFTMH2748520111219 075516.jpg). A work log filed as the dig went on, not a survey of what stands today. The whole record: [rebuild](https://www.chch.live/rebuild). The cycleway layer files a **shared path** about **41 m** from this point. Within a short walk the layer files 9.6 km of network, 2.2 km of it separated from the traffic. The books' record, not today’s cones, the whole network: [cycleways](https://www.chch.live/cycleways). The plaque register puts a dedication about **70 m** from this point, it reads “Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / The Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015 / (Māori text and English translation describing the prow at Arapawa (Marlborough Sounds), the stern at Motu Pōhue (Bluff), Rakiura as the anchor stone of Māui's vessel; concluding: ‘Again, ready is the Canoe Bailer of Tahu.’) / Lewis Tamihana Gardiner / Te Arawa, Ngāi Awa, Whānau Ä€panui, Ngāi Tahu”, standing on Bailer, commissioned 2015. 10 inscribed plaques stand within a short walk, across 4 named grounds. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques). The rules on this ground, no alcohol here (Central City, Central City, Central City), in force around the clock; the dog rules name this ground, Central City (leashed); Central City (leashed); Central City (leashed); Central City (leashed); freedom camping is managed here, Christchurch Urban Restricted Area, Christchurch Urban Restricted Area, Christchurch Urban Restricted Area; inside the takiwā of Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga. The bylaw is the instrument, this is the register’s drawing of it, thinned to ~4 m. The whole rulebook: [rules](https://www.chch.live/rules). ## The marae and the old grounds The nearest marae on the roll is [Te Puna Wānaka](https://www.chch.live/marae/te-puna-wanaka), wharenui Te Mātauranga Māori, 650m from this point (Ara Institute of Canterbury — the tertiary whare on the city campus). The nearest named ground the plan schedules is **Puāri Pā**, Victoria Square and north along the river, 472m away, the Waitaha settlement on the Ōtākaro bank — the oldest village the city centre covers, and later the market where Ngāi Tūāhuriri sold produce. The whole roll: [maraes](https://www.chch.live/maraes), a record of what the file says, not a claim on this point. No hazardous-activities listing reaches this point, the register keeps the parcels where contaminating work ran, and this isn’t one. The ones that are: [hazards](https://www.chch.live/hazards). No fill parcel reaches this point, the files keep the ground that was made, and this isn’t filed as made. The parcels that are: [fill](https://www.chch.live/fill). The rockfall survey’s nearest pin sits 3.4km from this point, a rock that came down in the shakes. A pin is where the survey saw the rock, not a promise about the slope, the survey: [boulders](https://www.chch.live/boulders). The file says soil removed, managed in place under a long-term plan, "Subject To OSMP", in 2024, a verified record. A cleanup on the file is the register’s word, not a clearance, the register: [remediated](https://www.chch.live/remediated). ## What the model says The 2019 liquefaction vulnerability study draws this ground as **Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability**, River plain and channel deposits, observed performance variable and uncertainty in liquefaction performance due to effects of layered silty soil profiles. A district-scale screening read, not a finding about an address, the study itself says site-specific analysis confirms a parcel. The whole study: [vulnerability](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability). ## The armour The nearest engineered defence sits 4.4km away, a rock cable installed 2011. Nearly all are the emergency works the quake years left standing; the file’s condition rating is its own word, not a fresh inspection. The register: [defences](https://www.chch.live/defences). ## The canopy The register counts **135** notable trees within half a kilometre of this point, **15** veterans, 124 carrying a protection, the nearest is **Golden Ash** (*excelsior*), 2 m tall, a crown 3 m across, carrying a resource consent protection, on private land, 233m away. A tree record is the register’s word on what stands, not a fresh survey. The canopy: [trees](https://www.chch.live/trees). ## What the record says ### [159 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/place/560) 34m from your point 21 unread leads ### [Triangle Reserve and Setting, 192F High Street](https://www.chch.live/place/472) 57m from your point 20 unread leads ## On the register nearby - [159 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/place/560), 34m · 159 Manchester Street - [Triangle Reserve and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/472), 57m · 192F High Street - [Triangle Reserve and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/413), 60m · 220F High Street - [Commercial Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/558), 71m · 225 High Street - [Commercial Building and Setting, Former Wellington Woollen Mills Manufacturing Company](https://www.chch.live/place/132), 133m · 96 Lichfield Street ## How this answer is made The register this asks is the district-plan heritage schedule and the Heritage New Zealand list, scheduled places, not everything that stood here. If the record has this ground wrong, the corrections door is open: https://www.chch.live/corrections --- HTML: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.53337191315272&lon=172.63934858494432&radius=250 Map: https://www.chch.live/map?mode=places#-43.53337191315272,172.63934858494432,18 Data: https://api.chch.live/before?lat=-43.53337191315272&lon=172.63934858494432&radius=250