# 438 Wairakei Road, Burnside

1 report on record since January 2025 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/burnside/438-wairakei-road

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

## Reported here
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/5755432), 25 Jan 2025

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/5755432), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05755432/public/1_8lt3wh72gq4d.jpg

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

## Also reported on Wairakei Road
- [536 Wairakei Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/536-wairakei-road), 24 reports
- [656 Wairakei Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/656-wairakei-road), 22 reports
- [490 Wairakei Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/490-wairakei-road), 13 reports
- [442 Wairakei Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/442-wairakei-road), 11 reports
- [319 Wairakei Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/319-wairakei-road), 8 reports
- [379 Wairakei Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/379-wairakei-road), 7 reports
- [330 Wairakei Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/330-wairakei-road), 7 reports
- [585E Wairakei Road](https://www.chch.live/burnside/585e-wairakei-road), 6 reports
- [Wairakei Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/burnside/wairakei-road)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4929&lon=172.5743&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4929&lon=172.5743&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4929&lon=172.5743&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
- [npd](https://www.chch.live/business/npd-burnside), 174 m away · Petrol stations
- [Westpark Chapel](https://www.chch.live/business/westpark-chapel-burnside), 239 m away · Funeral directors

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

## The bus nearby
- Wairakei Rd near Breens Rd, 30 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)
- Wairakei Rd near Breens Rd, 37 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $680,000, land $470,000, improvements $210,000 · 613 m² · ref 21912/14500 · 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.*
- [Isleworth School](https://www.chch.live/school/3385-isleworth-school), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jan 2019
- [Te Ara Maurea Roydvale School](https://www.chch.live/school/3493-te-ara-maurea-roydvale-school), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jan 2020
- [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
- [Breens Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3299-breens-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from May 2021
- [St Joseph's School (Papanui)](https://www.chch.live/school/3531-st-joseph-s-school-papanui), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026
- [Emmanuel Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1168-emmanuel-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026
- [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 90% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 12% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 90% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Technical category TC1**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Future land damage from liquefaction is unlikely _Foundations: Standard foundations for concrete slabs and timber floors acceptable. Minor additional foundation works may be required eg more reinforcing_

### [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_

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 89 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 25 seriously hurt.

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

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Burnside ran about **$641 a week**, $91 above the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/burnside#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Harewood ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/harewood), 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
- [Nepal Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1855-nepal-reserve), 262 m to the edge · 4 ha · playground, 22 pieces
- [Twyford Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/943-twyford-reserve), 284 m to the edge · playground, 5 pieces
- [Grant Armstrong Park](https://www.chch.live/park/920-grant-armstrong-park), 342 m to the edge · Sports ground · 3 ha
- [Wairakei Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1534-wairakei-reserve), 387 m to the edge · 1 ha
- [Hockey Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1386-hockey-park), 460 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 Burnside](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-280-burnside), 26 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Burnside](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-273-burnside), 35 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Burnside](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-254-burnside), 195 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Burnside](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-292-bishopdale), 368 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 438 Wairakei Road?**

1 council report on record since January 2025, most often fallen tree (1).

**What school is 438 Wairakei Road zoned for?**

[Isleworth School](https://www.chch.live/school/3385-isleworth-school), [Te Ara Maurea Roydvale School](https://www.chch.live/school/3493-te-ara-maurea-roydvale-school), [Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3323-wairarapa-cobham-intermediate), [Burnside High School](https://www.chch.live/school/319-burnside-high-school), [Breens Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3299-breens-intermediate), [St Joseph's School (Papanui)](https://www.chch.live/school/3531-st-joseph-s-school-papanui), [Emmanuel Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1168-emmanuel-christian-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, Marian 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=-43.49290239908727,172.57432069991353)

**Which suburb is 438 Wairakei Road in?**

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

**What stood at 438 Wairakei Road before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.49290239908727&lon=172.57432069991353)

**What is the nearest park to 438 Wairakei Road?**

[Nepal Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1855-nepal-reserve), 262 m to its edge, 4 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=burnside&address=438-wairakei-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Burnside&street=wairakei-road
