# 8 Amherst Place, Cashmere 1 report on record since January 2026 · 1 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/cashmere/8-amherst-place ## What gets reported here - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1 ## Reported here - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7495210), 6 Jan 2026 ## Photographed here (1 on record) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7495210), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07495210/public/1_9erwzchmvn5u.jpg [More photographs on the Cashmere wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=cashmere) ## Also reported on Amherst Place - [21 Amherst Place](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/21-amherst-place), 3 reports - [19 Amherst Place](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/19-amherst-place), 3 reports - [4 Amherst Place](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/4-amherst-place), 1 report - [20 Amherst Place](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/20-amherst-place), 1 report - [19C Amherst Place](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/19c-amherst-place), 1 report - [19B Amherst Place](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/19b-amherst-place), 1 report - [10 Amherst Place](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/10-amherst-place), 1 report - [1 Amherst Place](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/1-amherst-place), 1 report - [Amherst Place, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/cashmere/amherst-place) ## From the air, then - [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5826&lon=172.6391&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5826&lon=172.6391&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5826&lon=172.6391&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5826&lon=172.6391&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ *Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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 - [Sign of the Takahe](https://www.chch.live/business/sign-of-the-takahe-cashmere), 323 m away · Cafés *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - Cashmere, 330 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1) - Cashmere, 331 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1) *The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.* ## The remembered names nearby - [This Olive Tree Was Planted on / 20th May 1984](https://www.chch.live/plaque/84766-elizabeth-park), 142 m away, “THIS OLIVE TREE WAS PLANTED ON / 20th MAY 1984 / TO COMMEMORATE THE BATTLE OF CRETE / WHIC…” · 1998 *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: $1,530,000, land $600,000, improvements $930,000 · 862 m² · ref 23682/56400 · 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. ## Floor levels - **No flooding modelled for this rating unit**, Modelled flood levels: no flooding modelled in a 50-year event; no flooding modelled in a 200-year event These are modelled floor and flood levels from the council’s freeboard viewer, not a surveyed finished floor or a finding on this house, for anything with money attached, the council’s LIM is the certified property file. ## 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.* - [Cashmere Primary Te Pae Kereru](https://www.chch.live/school/3310-cashmere-primary-te-pae-kereru), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Apr 2023 - [St Peter's School Te Kura Haoika](https://www.chch.live/school/3542-st-peter-s-school-te-kura-haoika), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026 - [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026 ## Bin day (Tuesdays) Bins go out Tuesday, 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. - **Slope hazard: Low risk**, [Slope hazard](https://www.chch.live/slope) ### [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). ## Renting nearby New bonds in Cashmere ran about **$707 a week**, $157 above the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/cashmere#s-living). ## The civic layer This ground votes in [Cashmere ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/cashmere), the [Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/spreydon-cashmere-heathcote) 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 - [Elizabeth Park](https://www.chch.live/park/931-elizabeth-park), 90 m to the edge · Regional · 17 ha - [Longhurst Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1772-longhurst-reserve), 115 m to the edge - [Longhurst Walkway](https://www.chch.live/park/1242-longhurst-walkway), 281 m to the edge · 2 ha - [Cracroft Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1613-cracroft-reserve), 305 m to the edge · Botanic · 3 ha - [Takahe Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1667-takahe-reserve), 337 m to the edge · playground, 29 pieces *Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.* ## Questions, answered briefly **What has been reported at 8 Amherst Place?** 1 council report on record since January 2026, most often water leak (1). **What school is 8 Amherst Place zoned for?** [Cashmere Primary Te Pae Kereru](https://www.chch.live/school/3310-cashmere-primary-te-pae-kereru), [St Peter's School Te Kura Haoika](https://www.chch.live/school/3542-st-peter-s-school-te-kura-haoika) and [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), and inside the region-wide zone of Cashmere High School, Hagley Community 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=-43.58263778564072,172.63911438030033) **Which suburb is 8 Amherst Place in?** Cashmere, Christchurch, on [Amherst Place](https://www.chch.live/street/cashmere/amherst-place). **What stood at 8 Amherst Place before?** Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.58263778564072&lon=172.63911438030033) **What is the nearest park to 8 Amherst Place?** [Elizabeth Park](https://www.chch.live/park/931-elizabeth-park), 90 m to its edge, 17 ha. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=cashmere&address=8-amherst-place · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Cashmere&street=amherst-place