# 144 Lichfield Street, Christchurch Central City

5 reports on record since September 2020 · 2 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/144-lichfield-street

## What gets reported here
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 1
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 1
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7224248), 17 Nov 2025
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/3204230), 28 Mar 2023
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/2638229), 19 Sept 2022
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1454032), 22 Feb 2021
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1212578), 5 Sept 2020

## Photographed here (2 on record)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7224248), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07224248/public/1_7mvv9ifu9xhy.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1454032), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01454032/1_NI4Gex.jpg

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

## Also reported on Lichfield Street
- [160 Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/160-lichfield-street), 37 reports
- [84 Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/84-lichfield-street), 27 reports
- [90 Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/90-lichfield-street), 25 reports
- [71 Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/71-lichfield-street), 25 reports
- [116 Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/116-lichfield-street), 22 reports
- [60 Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/60-lichfield-street), 19 reports
- [140 Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/140-lichfield-street), 19 reports
- [81 Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/81-lichfield-street), 18 reports
- [Lichfield Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/lichfield-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5345&lon=172.6415&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5345&lon=172.6415&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5345&lon=172.6415&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5345&lon=172.6415&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
- [The Poplar Social Club](https://www.chch.live/business/the-poplar-social-club-christchurch-central-city), 3 m away · Bars & pubs
- [Brew Bar - Dux Central](https://www.chch.live/business/brew-bar-dux-central-christchurch-central-city), 9 m away · Restaurants
- [The Emerald Room - Dux Central](https://www.chch.live/business/the-emerald-room-dux-central-christchurch-central-city), 9 m away · Restaurants
- [The Upper Dux - Dux Central](https://www.chch.live/business/the-upper-dux-dux-central-christchurch-central-city), 9 m away · Restaurants

*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), 185 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)
- [Hereford St near Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=54614), 262 m away · [route 60](https://www.chch.live/buses/60)

*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), 94 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), 95 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).*

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $10,650,000, land $3,050,000, improvements $7,600,000 · 940 m² · ref 22700/59801 · 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.*
- [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.
- **Liquefaction was mapped here after the February 2011 earthquake**, [Liquefied in February 2011](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · The survey recorded this as certain. Mapped from aerial imagery and site visits after the event, this is a record of what happened, not a model of what might.

### [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 Lichfield Street in 71 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 14 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=lichfield-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 and Setting, Former C F Cotter and Company
*62 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.

## What was here, 158 High Street
*73 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, Triangle Reserve and Setting
*93 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, Commercial Building Façade and Setting
*104 m away · 201 High Street · located to ±5 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/111)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Commercial Building Façade and Setting, Former A J Whites
*112 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

## The green nearby
- [Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 116 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Wilson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1557-wilson-park), 247 m to the edge
- [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square), 288 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 307 m to the edge
- [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles), 335 m to the edge

*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), 253 m away · Car park
- [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33), 399 m away · Car park
- [Re:start - Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31), 433 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), 91 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-528-christchurch-central-city), 94 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 148 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), 234 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-523-christchurch-central-city), 394 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 144 Lichfield Street?**

5 council reports on record since September 2020, most often roading/streets (1), litter (1), hazard, vehicle (1).

**What school is 144 Lichfield 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=-43.5344810547501,172.64148775052212)

**Which suburb is 144 Lichfield Street in?**

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

**What stood at 144 Lichfield Street before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Commercial Building and Setting, Former C F Cotter and Company](https://www.chch.live/place/110), [158 High Street](https://www.chch.live/place/507).

**What is the nearest park to 144 Lichfield Street?**

[Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 116 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=144-lichfield-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=lichfield-street
