# 16 Bedford Row, Christchurch Central City

5 reports on record since October 2023 · 4 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/16-bedford-row

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

## Reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7128620), 30 Oct 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5894973), 18 Feb 2025
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5812488), 4 Feb 2025
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4690588), 22 May 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3843139), 26 Oct 2023

## Photographed here (4 on record)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7128620), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07128620/public/1_wf1pn8d1bvz.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5894973), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05894973/public/1_er5avx69uggc.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5812488), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05812488/public/1_7yeirr4eyel.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4690588), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04690588/public/1_5mp6nvdmu5vr.jpg

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

## Also reported on Bedford Row
- [19 Bedford Row](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/19-bedford-row), 27 reports
- [47 Bedford Row](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/47-bedford-row), 15 reports
- [23 Bedford Row](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/23-bedford-row), 15 reports
- [24 Bedford Row](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/24-bedford-row), 12 reports
- [30 Bedford Row](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/30-bedford-row), 6 reports
- [46 Bedford Row](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/46-bedford-row), 5 reports
- [28 Bedford Row](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/28-bedford-row), 4 reports
- [45 Bedford Row](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/45-bedford-row), 3 reports
- [Bedford Row, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/bedford-row)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5338&lon=172.6407&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5338&lon=172.6407&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5338&lon=172.6407&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5338&lon=172.6407&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
- [Kai Run](https://www.chch.live/business/kai-run-christchurch-central-city), 70 m away · Fast food
- [Earl](https://www.chch.live/business/earl-christchurch-central-city), 71 m away · Restaurants
- [Gelatiamo](https://www.chch.live/business/gelatiamo-christchurch-central-city), 73 m away · Fast food
- [Pot Sticker Dumpling Bar](https://www.chch.live/business/pot-sticker-dumpling-bar-christchurch-central-city), 86 m away · Restaurants

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

## The bus nearby
- [Hereford St near Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=54614), 193 m away · [route 60](https://www.chch.live/buses/60)
- [Hereford St near Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=54605), 215 m away · [route 60](https://www.chch.live/buses/60)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [The First Public Water Supply Well Was Drilled Near This](https://www.chch.live/plaque/63253-high-street-triangles), 150 m away, “THE FIRST PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY WELL was drilled near this site on 10 February 1864 by the C…” · 2009
- [‘corgis on High’ — Christchurch City Public Artwork](https://www.chch.live/plaque/63245-corgies), 153 m away, “‘Corgis on High’ — Christchurch City public artwork, 6 December 2003” · 2009
- [Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / the Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310887-bailer), 185 m away, “Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / The Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015 / (MÄori text and English translat…” · 2015

*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: $3,000,000, land $3,000,000, improvements $0 · 2,964 m² · ref 22700/42000 · 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 Bedford Row in 4 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=bedford-row&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, Façade and Setting, Former New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association of Canterbury Ltd
*91 m away · 214 Cashel Street · located to ±26 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/26)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, 159 Manchester Street
*97 m away · 159 Manchester Street · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/560)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Triangle Reserve and Setting
*102 m away · 215F High Street · located to ±17 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/414)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Triangle Reserve and Setting
*104 m away · 192F High Street · located to ±17 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/472)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting, Former C F Cotter and Company
*115 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), 101 m to the edge · Botanic
- [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 215 m to the edge
- [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square), 239 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles), 242 m to the edge
- [The Stewart Plaza](https://www.chch.live/park/1566-the-stewart-plaza), 324 m to the edge

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33), 306 m away · Car park
- [St Asaph](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-36), 355 m away · Car park
- [Re:start - Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31), 383 m away · Car park
- [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56), 493 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 81 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-465-christchurch-central-city), 168 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-528-christchurch-central-city), 172 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-523-christchurch-central-city), 317 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), 333 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 16 Bedford Row?**

5 council reports on record since October 2023, most often graffiti somewhere else (2), graffiti on a fence, building or structure (2), graffiti (1).

**What school is 16 Bedford Row 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=-43.53378865406699,172.64066199220957)

**Which suburb is 16 Bedford Row in?**

Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [Bedford Row](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/bedford-row).

**What stood at 16 Bedford Row before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Façade and Setting, Former New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association of Canterbury Ltd](https://www.chch.live/place/26), [159 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/place/560).

**What is the nearest park to 16 Bedford Row?**

[Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 101 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=16-bedford-row · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=bedford-row
