# 4B Murfitt Place, Broomfield

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

https://www.chch.live/broomfield/4b-murfitt-place

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

## Reported here
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1763163), 1 Sept 2021

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1763163), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01763163/1_4CPdcx.jpg

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

## Also reported on Murfitt Place
- [14A Murfitt Place](https://www.chch.live/broomfield/14a-murfitt-place), 3 reports
- [14 Murfitt Place](https://www.chch.live/broomfield/14-murfitt-place), 2 reports
- [Murfitt Place, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/broomfield/murfitt-place)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5321&lon=172.5425&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5321&lon=172.5425&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5321&lon=172.5425&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
- [Riccarton Park and Function Centre](https://www.chch.live/business/riccarton-park-and-function-centre-broomfield), 227 m away · Venues & events
- [Riccarton Rotary Market](https://www.chch.live/business/riccarton-rotary-market-broomfield), 246 m away · Marketplace

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

## The bus nearby
- Buchanans Rd near Peebles Dr, 268 m away · [route 130](https://www.chch.live/buses/130)
- Buchanans Rd near Peebles Dr, 287 m away · [route 130](https://www.chch.live/buses/130)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Peebles Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310843-peebles-reserve), 158 m away, “Wigram Lions Club donated this seat / to the Christchurch community / in memory of (illegi…”

*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: $940,000, land $940,000, improvements $0 · 7,805 m² · ref 23415/80753 · 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.*
- [Riccarton High School](https://www.chch.live/school/334-riccarton-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2020
- [Our Lady of Victories](https://www.chch.live/school/3463-our-lady-of-victories), Primary, years 1–8, 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)
- **No moderate-to-severe liquefaction damage in any modelled scenario**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 0% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 0% in the worst modelled scenario.

### [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 Riccarton Racecourse alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: Applies from 7am to 12 midnight, Saturday of Cup Week (New Zealand Cup Day).

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 Broomfield ran about **$600 a week**, $50 above the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/broomfield#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Hornby ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/hornby), the [Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/halswell-hornby-riccarton) 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, Riccarton Racecourse Tea House and Setting
*156 m away · 165J Racecourse Road · located to ±24 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/556)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/5330

## The green nearby
- [Showgate Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1922-showgate-reserve), 19 m to the edge
- [Peebles Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1223-peebles-reserve), 140 m to the edge · playground, 40 pieces
- [Buchanans Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1832-buchanans-reserve), 194 m to the edge · playground, 3 pieces
- [Paparua Stream Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1477-paparua-stream-reserve), 366 m to the edge
- [Kinross Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1888-kinross-reserve), 394 m to the edge · playground, 4 pieces

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 4B Murfitt Place?**

1 council report on record since September 2021, most often parks (1).

**What school is 4B Murfitt Place zoned for?**

[Riccarton High School](https://www.chch.live/school/334-riccarton-high-school) and [Our Lady of Victories](https://www.chch.live/school/3463-our-lady-of-victories), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Middleton Grange School (Year 1-8), Middleton Grange School (Year 9-10), 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=-43.532071198648325,172.54253979938798)

**Which suburb is 4B Murfitt Place in?**

Broomfield, Christchurch, on [Murfitt Place](https://www.chch.live/street/broomfield/murfitt-place).

**What stood at 4B Murfitt Place before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [Riccarton Racecourse Tea House and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/556).

**What is the nearest park to 4B Murfitt Place?**

[Showgate Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1922-showgate-reserve), 19 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=broomfield&address=4b-murfitt-place · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Broomfield&street=murfitt-place
