Smiths Auctions
Checked 13 Oct 2026
Smiths Auctions is a premises filed under Business at 83 Orbell Street Sydenham, Christchurch. It holds a current off-licence auctioneer on the council’s register.
Auction house on Orbell Street holding an auctioneer off-licence under Colin Smiths Auctions Limited, current to 2026-12-14: read from the public record
Licensed to Colin Smiths Auctions Limited, current to 14 Dec 2026 · The spot itself carries an ECan consent, large scale burner, held by Colin Smiths Auctions Limited
83 Orbell Street Sydenham
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Also in Sydenham
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 83 Orbell Street Sydenham | Council licence register |
| Kind | Business | — |
| NZBN | 9429039122247, NZ Limited Company | NZBN register |
| Registered name | COLIN SMITHS AUCTIONS LIMITED | NZBN register |
| Registered since | 20 May 1991 | NZBN register |
| Alcohol licence | Off-licence auctioneer, current to 14 Dec 2026, held by Colin Smiths Auctions Limited | Council licence register |
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The ground it stands on
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District Plan zone | Industrial General | District Plan |
| Consent CRC962365 | Large Scale Burner, held by Colin Smiths Auctions Limited, to 3 July 2031, 9 m from the pin | ECan consents |
The reports nearby
1,265 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 1,048 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
The 1,265 reports on file
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Pavement - Damaged
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Graffiti on a fence, building or structureQuestions, answered briefly
Business in Sydenham, Christchurch.
83 Orbell Street Sydenham, on Orbell Street Sydenham. On the map →
Holds a current off-licence auctioneer on the council’s register, running to 14 Dec 2026, the strongest sign the record can give that it trades.
Decra Art (286 m), The Tucker Shop (344 m), The Clubroom Christchurch (476 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record covers the valuation, zones and what stood there; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Anybody Can Art - Art Gallery & Giftshop (86 m); the Antigua St near Disraeli St bus stop is 274 m away: route 120; a separated cycleway on the Quarryman's Trail route passes within 260 m; nearest park: Braddon Reserve (343 m).
The record behind this
This page is the union of what these public sources say, each fact above names the one it came from. A listing is a lead, not a promise the business still trades:
- Christchurch City Council licensed-premises register, a licence must be current for the premises to sell alcohol (CC BY 4.0)
- Christchurch District Plan layers, zones, commercial centres and scheduled heritage items, from the council’s open data (CC BY 4.0)
- Christchurch City Council off-street parking layer (CC BY 4.0),
- Environment Canterbury’s active resource consents, recorded where the consented activity happens (CC BY 4.0)
- Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record, distances measured here from the pin
- Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer, lanes, separated paths and the named Major Cycle Routes (CC BY 4.0)
- New Zealand Business Number register, the public facts every NZBN entity files (legal name, status, registration date, industry), matched here by name and address
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