# 281 Wairakei Road, Bryndwr

5 reports on record since November 2016 · 4 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/bryndwr/281-wairakei-road

## What gets reported here
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 3
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/7100857), 25 Oct 2025
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1601581), 26 May 2021
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/966672), 3 Feb 2020
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/666883), 1 Apr 2019
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/190886), 7 Nov 2016

## Photographed here (4 on record)
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/7100857), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07100857/public/1_8hsobwaqkaf8.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1601581), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01601581/1_rl8Equ.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/666883), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00666883/0
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/190886), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00190886/0

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

## Also reported on Wairakei Road
- [291 Wairakei Road](https://www.chch.live/bryndwr/291-wairakei-road), 19 reports
- [216 Wairakei Road](https://www.chch.live/bryndwr/216-wairakei-road), 15 reports
- [169 Wairakei Road](https://www.chch.live/bryndwr/169-wairakei-road), 12 reports
- [100 Wairakei Road](https://www.chch.live/bryndwr/100-wairakei-road), 11 reports
- [144 Wairakei Road](https://www.chch.live/bryndwr/144-wairakei-road), 10 reports
- [204 Wairakei Road](https://www.chch.live/bryndwr/204-wairakei-road), 9 reports
- [160 Wairakei Road](https://www.chch.live/bryndwr/160-wairakei-road), 9 reports
- [131 Wairakei Road](https://www.chch.live/bryndwr/131-wairakei-road), 9 reports
- [Wairakei Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/bryndwr/wairakei-road)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4997&lon=172.5862&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4997&lon=172.5862&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4997&lon=172.5862&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4997&lon=172.5862&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
- [Easy Road Chinese Restaurant & Takeaway](https://www.chch.live/business/easy-road-chinese-restaurant-takeaway-bryndwr), 26 m away · Restaurants
- [NZ PostShop](https://www.chch.live/business/nz-postshop-bryndwr), 27 m away · Post offices
- [Unichem](https://www.chch.live/business/unichem-bryndwr), 29 m away · Pharmacies
- [Delishimoes Bakery](https://www.chch.live/business/delishimoes-bakery-bryndwr), 34 m away · Cafés

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

## The bus nearby
- Wairakei Rd near Greers Rd, 33 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)
- Wairakei Rd near Greers Rd, 57 m away · [route 17](https://www.chch.live/buses/17)

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

## 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.*
- [Wairakei School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3577-wairakei-school-christchurch), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jan 2019
- [Christ The King (Burnside)](https://www.chch.live/school/3316-christ-the-king-burnside), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2027
- [Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3323-wairarapa-cobham-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from Jan 2025
- [Burnside High School](https://www.chch.live/school/319-burnside-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2022
- [St Bede's College](https://www.chch.live/school/315-st-bede-s-college), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Apr 2025

## Bin day (Fridays)

Bins go out Friday, by 6am.
- Green bin, Weekly
- Yellow bin, Fortnightly · Week Two
- Red bin, Fortnightly · Week Two

This address is on the council’s Week Two 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 96% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 10% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 96% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Technical category TC2**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Minor to moderate land damage from liquefaction is possible in future significant earthquakes _Foundations: Standard timber piled foundations or enhanced concrete foundations_

### [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 Wairakei School**, [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.
- **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 Wairakei Road in 77 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 16 seriously hurt.

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

## Renting nearby

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

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Fendalton ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/fendalton), the [Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/fendalton-waimairi-harewood) 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
- [Derwent Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1470-derwent-reserve), 291 m to the edge · playground, 4 pieces
- [Edgar Macintosh Park](https://www.chch.live/park/948-edgar-macintosh-park), 413 m to the edge · Sports ground · 5 ha · playground, 58 pieces
- [Halifax Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1687-halifax-reserve), 482 m to the edge · playground, 4 pieces

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

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Bryndwr](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-301-bishopdale), 8 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Bryndwr](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-320-bryndwr), 10 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 281 Wairakei Road?**

5 council reports on record since November 2016, most often roading/streets (3), road signage (1), graffiti (1).

**What school is 281 Wairakei Road zoned for?**

[Wairakei School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3577-wairakei-school-christchurch), [Christ The King (Burnside)](https://www.chch.live/school/3316-christ-the-king-burnside), [Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3323-wairarapa-cobham-intermediate), [Burnside High School](https://www.chch.live/school/319-burnside-high-school) and [St Bede's College](https://www.chch.live/school/315-st-bede-s-college), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Middleton Grange School (Year 1-8), Marian College, 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=-43.49971998082485,172.58621689453383)

**Which suburb is 281 Wairakei Road in?**

Bryndwr, Christchurch, on [Wairakei Road](https://www.chch.live/street/bryndwr/wairakei-road).

**What stood at 281 Wairakei Road before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.49971998082485&lon=172.58621689453383)

**What is the nearest park to 281 Wairakei Road?**

[Derwent Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1470-derwent-reserve), 291 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=bryndwr&address=281-wairakei-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Bryndwr&street=wairakei-road
