# 161 Victoria Street, Christchurch Central City

6 reports on record since September 2017 · 5 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/161-victoria-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 3
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1

## Reported here
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6951117), 26 Sept 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5360743), 4 Nov 2024
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5120406), 10 Sept 2024
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/4905179), 20 Jul 2024
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4861277), 8 Jul 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/301835), 20 Sept 2017

## Photographed here (5 on record)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6951117), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06951117/public/1_pisd1k8y6e.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5360743), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05360743/public/1_qu3hm9970hjq.jpg
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/4905179), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04905179/public/1_l9adbl5m9n8a.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4861277), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04861277/public/1_g5o22jarafvk.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/301835), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00301835/0

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

## Also reported on Victoria Street
- [155 Victoria Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/155-victoria-street), 28 reports
- [157 Victoria Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/157-victoria-street), 22 reports
- [40 Victoria Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/40-victoria-street), 16 reports
- [20 Victoria Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/20-victoria-street), 15 reports
- [91 Victoria Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/91-victoria-street), 13 reports
- [95 Victoria Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/95-victoria-street), 12 reports
- [92 Victoria Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/92-victoria-street), 11 reports
- [143 Victoria Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/143-victoria-street), 11 reports
- [Victoria Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/victoria-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5221&lon=172.6288&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5221&lon=172.6288&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5221&lon=172.6288&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
- [Wass' Barbers](https://www.chch.live/business/wass-barbers-christchurch-central-city), 18 m away · Hairdressers
- [Kens Cameras](https://www.chch.live/business/kens-cameras-christchurch-central-city), 25 m away · Photographers
- [Mayfair Luxury Hotel](https://www.chch.live/business/mayfair-luxury-hotel-christchurch-central-city), 27 m away · Cafés
- [Procopé Coffee House Victoria Street](https://www.chch.live/business/procope-coffee-house-victoria-street-christchurch-central-city), 29 m away · Cafés

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

## The bus nearby
- [Victoria St near Dorset St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=52904), 13 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 29](https://www.chch.live/buses/29), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)
- [Bealey Ave](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=52894), 37 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 29](https://www.chch.live/buses/29), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $3,000,000, land $2,520,000, improvements $480,000 · 822 m² · ref 22680/12400 · 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 · ground about 7.63 m NZVD2016 (7.27 m–8.02 m)

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.*
- [Elmwood Normal School](https://www.chch.live/school/3334-elmwood-normal-school), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jul 2020
- [Heaton Normal Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3372-heaton-normal-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from Jan 2024
- [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
- [Burnside High School](https://www.chch.live/school/319-burnside-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2022
- [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 88% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 25% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 88% 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.

### What has been here
- **A listed activity was formerly carried out here**, [Land-use history](https://www.chch.live/history) · Vehicle refuelling, service and repair (HAIL Group F) _This is the HAIL register, a record that an activity from the Hazardous Activities and Industries List took place, not a finding that the land is contaminated. The council has not verified this, which is true of 898 of its 906 entries._

### [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 Victoria Street in 31 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 8 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=victoria-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, Former Dwellings and Setting, Santa Barbara
*60 m away · 169 Victoria Street · located to ±12 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/246)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4975

## What was here, Knox Church
*103 m away · 28 Bealey Avenue · located to ±20 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/508)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Dwellings and Setting, Dorset Street Flats
*111 m away · 8 Dorset Street · located to ±18 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/56)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Former Bishop's Chapel and Setting
*135 m away · 100 Park Terrace · located to ±8 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/429)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/296

## What was here, Dwelling and Setting
*141 m away · 122 Park Terrace · located to ±16 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/185)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1888

## The green nearby
- [Hagley Park North](https://www.chch.live/park/1572-hagley-park-north), 181 m to the edge · Sports ground · 91 ha
- [Carlton Mill Riverbank](https://www.chch.live/park/1507-carlton-mill-riverbank), 282 m to the edge
- [Little Hagley Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1638-little-hagley-park), 291 m to the edge · Botanic · 7 ha
- [Aldred Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1725-aldred-reserve), 432 m to the edge
- [Victoria Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1836-victoria-triangles), 485 m to the edge

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

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-487-christchurch-central-city), 8 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-472-christchurch-central-city), 172 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-473-christchurch-central-city), 187 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-471-christchurch-central-city), 228 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-420-christchurch-central-city), 232 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 161 Victoria Street?**

6 council reports on record since September 2017, most often graffiti on a fence, building or structure (3), water leak (1), graffiti (1).

**What school is 161 Victoria Street zoned for?**

[Elmwood Normal School](https://www.chch.live/school/3334-elmwood-normal-school), [Heaton Normal Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3372-heaton-normal-intermediate), [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), [Burnside High School](https://www.chch.live/school/319-burnside-high-school) 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=-43.522087786463366,172.62879181907178)

**Which suburb is 161 Victoria Street in?**

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

**What stood at 161 Victoria Street before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Former Dwellings and Setting, Santa Barbara](https://www.chch.live/place/246), [Knox Church](https://www.chch.live/place/508).

**What is the nearest park to 161 Victoria Street?**

[Hagley Park North](https://www.chch.live/park/1572-hagley-park-north), 181 m to its edge, 91 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=161-victoria-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=victoria-street
