# 120 Tuam Street, Christchurch Central City

8 reports on record since May 2022 · 8 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/120-tuam-street

## What gets reported here
- Damaged Asset – CCC contractor, 2
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 1
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 1
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8626981), 24 Jul 2026
- [Damaged Asset – CCC contractor](https://www.chch.live/report/7774742), 20 Feb 2026
- [Damaged Asset – CCC contractor](https://www.chch.live/report/7774367), 20 Feb 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7329127), 5 Dec 2025
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/7085654), 23 Oct 2025
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5630832), 2 Jan 2025
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/2363567), 19 May 2022
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2331000), 3 May 2022

## Photographed here (8 on record)
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8626981), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08626981/public/1_oebcjctxyt8f.jpg
- [Damaged Asset – CCC contractor](https://www.chch.live/report/7774742), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07774742/public/1_nysvruswnzy.jpg
- [Damaged Asset – CCC contractor](https://www.chch.live/report/7774367), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07774367/public/1_koof9ya8zjms.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7329127), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07329127/public/1_z4xmsdhcg4cf.jpg
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/7085654), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07085654/public/1_ftfy2om9baac.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5630832), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05630832/public/1_ub42oqhplqf.jpg
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/2363567), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02363567/1_6Uvelt.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2331000), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02331000/public/1_Am9FdEf.jpg

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

## Also reported on Tuam Street
- [278 Tuam Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/278-tuam-street), 89 reports
- [286 Tuam Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/286-tuam-street), 52 reports
- [16 Tuam Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/16-tuam-street), 52 reports
- [94 Tuam Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/94-tuam-street), 50 reports
- [189 Tuam Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/189-tuam-street), 38 reports
- [322 Tuam Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/322-tuam-street), 31 reports
- [284 Tuam Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/284-tuam-street), 29 reports
- [200 Tuam Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/200-tuam-street), 29 reports
- [Tuam Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/tuam-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5356&lon=172.633&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5356&lon=172.633&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5356&lon=172.633&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5356&lon=172.633&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
- [Armstrong's Opel](https://www.chch.live/business/armstrong-s-opel-christchurch-central-city), 18 m away · Car dealers
- [Golden Homes](https://www.chch.live/business/golden-homes-christchurch-central-city), 54 m away · Carpenters
- [The Anglican Centre](https://www.chch.live/business/the-anglican-centre-christchurch-central-city), 62 m away · Religion
- [PB Tech](https://www.chch.live/business/pb-tech-christchurch-central-city), 114 m away · Computers

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

## The bus nearby
- [St Asaph St near Colombo St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=14263), 233 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3), [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7), [route 60](https://www.chch.live/buses/60), [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80), [route 81](https://www.chch.live/buses/81), [route 84](https://www.chch.live/buses/84), [route 85](https://www.chch.live/buses/85), [route 86](https://www.chch.live/buses/86)
- [St Asaph St near Montreal St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=14271), 250 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3), [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7), [route 60](https://www.chch.live/buses/60), [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80), [route 81](https://www.chch.live/buses/81), [route 84](https://www.chch.live/buses/84), [route 85](https://www.chch.live/buses/85), [route 86](https://www.chch.live/buses/86)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Rose](https://www.chch.live/plaque/62820-friendship-corner), 227 m away, “Rose. Soroptimist International Donated and planted by Soroptimists of Christchurch To cel…” · 2009
- [The Chapel Is Open 1 Pm to 4 Pm Daily Closed Sundays](https://www.chch.live/plaque/62802-friendship-corner), 235 m away, “THE CHAPEL IS OPEN 1 PM TO 4 PM DAILY CLOSED SUNDAYS & CHRISTMAS DAY” · 2009
- [Planted on 14th April 1983 by His Excellency Premier Zhao](https://www.chch.live/plaque/62798-friendship-corner), 236 m away, “PLANTED ON 14TH APRIL 1983 BY HIS EXCELLENCY PREMIER ZHAO ZIYANG OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC…” · 2009

*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: $1,740,000, land $1,740,000, improvements $0 · 878 m² · ref 22670/46100 · 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.*
- [Addington Te Kura Taumatua](https://www.chch.live/school/3271-addington-te-kura-taumatua), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Apr 2024
- [Elmwood Normal School](https://www.chch.live/school/3334-elmwood-normal-school), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jul 2020
- [Christchurch Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/327-christchurch-boys-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2025
- [Christchurch Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/328-christchurch-girls-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2025
- [Hillmorton High School (Year 7-8)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-7-8), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Oct 2025
- [Hillmorton High School (Year 9-13)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-9-13), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Oct 2025
- [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.

### [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.
- **Inside a bottle-store buffer around St Michaels Church 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 50 m 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 Tuam Street in 144 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 18 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=tuam-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, St Michael's School Hall and Setting
*66 m away · 243 Durham Street South · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/59)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, St Michael's School Stone Building and Setting
*95 m away · located to ±16 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/171)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1927

## What was here, St. Michael and All Angels Church & Setting
*124 m away · 90 Oxford Terrace · located to ±25 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/169)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/294

## What was here, St Michael and All Angels Church Belfry and Setting
*144 m away · 90 Oxford Terrace · located to ±5 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/170)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/295

## What was here, Former Dwelling and Setting
*179 m away · 95 Oxford Terrace · located to ±18 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/294)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Tiffany Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1486-tiffany-reserve), 167 m to the edge
- [Friendship Corner](https://www.chch.live/park/1371-friendship-corner), 191 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Bridge Of Remembrance](https://www.chch.live/park/1518-bridge-of-remembrance), 265 m to the edge · Botanic
- [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 402 m to the edge
- [The Stewart Plaza](https://www.chch.live/park/1566-the-stewart-plaza), 462 m to the edge

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Re:start - Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31), 265 m away · Car park
- [Scales](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-35), 299 m away · Car park
- [Civic Offices](https://www.chch.live/facility/council-office-8), 441 m away · Council office
- [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33), 456 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), 35 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-497-christchurch-central-city), 176 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-502-christchurch-central-city), 183 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-503-christchurch-central-city), 222 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-484-addington), 439 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 120 Tuam Street?**

8 council reports on record since May 2022, most often damaged asset – ccc contractor (2), parks (1), hazard, vehicle (1).

**What school is 120 Tuam Street zoned for?**

[Addington Te Kura Taumatua](https://www.chch.live/school/3271-addington-te-kura-taumatua), [Elmwood Normal School](https://www.chch.live/school/3334-elmwood-normal-school), [Christchurch Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/327-christchurch-boys-high-school), [Christchurch Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/328-christchurch-girls-high-school), [Hillmorton High School (Year 7-8)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-7-8), [Hillmorton High School (Year 9-13)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-9-13), [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=-43.53562817860207,172.63304061103665)

**Which suburb is 120 Tuam Street in?**

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

**What stood at 120 Tuam Street before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [St Michael's School Hall and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/59), [St Michael's School Stone Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/171).

**What is the nearest park to 120 Tuam Street?**

[Tiffany Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1486-tiffany-reserve), 167 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=120-tuam-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=tuam-street