# 1/181 High Street, Christchurch Central City

3 reports on record since March 2024 · 3 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/1-181-high-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/5969558), 4 Mar 2025
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4945081), 30 Jul 2024
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4443140), 21 Mar 2024

## Photographed here (3 on record)
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/5969558), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05969558/public/1_jso8elsg3w3.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4945081), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04945081/public/1_7vnon8h1lvo7.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4443140), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04443140/public/1_vx3r8necjyor.jpg

[More photographs on the Christchurch Central City wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=christchurch-central-city)

## Also reported on High Street
- [146 High Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/146-high-street), 57 reports
- [285 High Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/285-high-street), 42 reports
- [188 High Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/188-high-street), 41 reports
- [291F High Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/291f-high-street), 35 reports
- [181 High Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/181-high-street), 34 reports
- [216 High Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/216-high-street), 29 reports
- [269 High Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/269-high-street), 26 reports
- [250 High Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/250-high-street), 26 reports
- [High Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/high-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5353&lon=172.6409&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5353&lon=172.6409&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5353&lon=172.6409&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5353&lon=172.6409&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
- [Earth Organic Hairdressing](https://www.chch.live/business/earth-organic-hairdressing-christchurch-central-city), 16 m away · Business
- [Duck Island](https://www.chch.live/business/duck-island-christchurch-central-city), 19 m away · Ice cream
- [Eight Grains](https://www.chch.live/business/eight-grains-christchurch-central-city), 20 m away · Restaurants
- [Social - Event & Experience Agency](https://www.chch.live/business/social-event-experience-agency-christchurch-central-city), 21 m away · Business

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

## The bus nearby
- [Tuam St near Madras St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=1012456), 216 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3), [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80)
- [Madras St near Southwark St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=52943), 230 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8), [route 84](https://www.chch.live/buses/84), [route 85](https://www.chch.live/buses/85), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [‘corgis on High’ — Christchurch City Public Artwork](https://www.chch.live/plaque/63245-corgies), 20 m away, “‘Corgis on High’ — Christchurch City public artwork, 6 December 2003” · 2009
- [The First Public Water Supply Well Was Drilled Near This](https://www.chch.live/plaque/63253-high-street-triangles), 25 m away, “THE FIRST PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY WELL was drilled near this site on 10 February 1864 by the C…” · 2009

*The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).*

## 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.*
- [Christchurch East School](https://www.chch.live/school/3317-christchurch-east-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jul 2024
- [Te Aratai College (Year 9-15)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-9-15), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2021
- [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026

## Bin day

This address is not on a single weekly kerbside round.
- Green bin, not collected here
- Yellow bin, Weekly · Wednesdays
- Red bin, Daily

## What the land record says

### [What the ground is](https://www.chch.live/ground)
- **Up to 69% 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, 69% in the worst modelled scenario.

### Water
- **Inside the modelled 50-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 50 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Avon catchment · 50 Year
- **Inside the modelled 200-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 200 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Avon catchment · 200 Year · climate change modelled to 2123

### [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 Central City alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: At all times, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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 High Street in 8 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=high-street&suburb=christchurch-central-city)

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Christchurch Central City ran about **$508 a week**, $42 below the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Central ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/central), the [Papanui-Innes-Central community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/papanui-innes-central) 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, Commercial Building Façade and Setting, Former A J Whites
*21 m away · 181 High Street · located to ±20 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/431)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1909

## What was here, Triangle Reserve and Setting
*30 m away · 189F High Street · located to ±17 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/415)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Former High Street Post Office and Setting
*48 m away · 209 Tuam Street · located to ±21 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/234)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, 158 High Street
*53 m away · G01/158 High Street · located to ±6 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/507)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting, Former C F Cotter and Company
*59 m away · 101/158 High Street · located to ±19 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/110)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 102 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Wilson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1557-wilson-park), 201 m to the edge
- [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 326 m to the edge
- [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles), 354 m to the edge
- [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square), 393 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [St Asaph](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-36), 241 m away · Car park
- [Re:start - Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31), 384 m away · Car park
- [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33), 415 m away · Car park

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-465-christchurch-central-city), 6 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-528-christchurch-central-city), 24 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 97 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), 188 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-523-christchurch-central-city), 490 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 1/181 High Street?**

3 council reports on record since March 2024, most often graffiti somewhere else (2), graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet (1).

**What school is 1/181 High Street zoned for?**

[Christchurch East School](https://www.chch.live/school/3317-christchurch-east-school), [Te Aratai College (Year 9-15)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-9-15) and [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Marian College, Middleton Grange School (Year 11-13), Christchurch Adventist School. 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=-43.53534848320901,172.6408675017707)

**Which suburb is 1/181 High Street in?**

Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [High Street](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/high-street).

**What stood at 1/181 High Street before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Commercial Building Façade and Setting, Former A J Whites](https://www.chch.live/place/431), [Triangle Reserve and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/415).

**What is the nearest park to 1/181 High Street?**

[Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 102 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=1-181-high-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=high-street
