# 163 Tuam Street, Christchurch Central City

24 reports on record since August 2020 · 16 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/163-tuam-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 7
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 6
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage) — 2
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 2
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 2
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage) — 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8878156) — 7 Sept 2026
- [Hazard — vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8248667) — 14 May 2026
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/5815718) — 5 Feb 2025
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/5782631) — 30 Jan 2025
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/5427980) — 18 Nov 2024
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5242265) — 9 Oct 2024
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5002325) — 13 Aug 2024
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4865919) — 9 Jul 2024
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/4713292) — 28 May 2024
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/4712263) — 28 May 2024

## Photographed here (16 on record)
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8878156) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08878156/public/1_uyqhy9m3pahq.jpg
- [Hazard — vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8248667) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08248667/public/1_plxjcmgbmmpe.jpg
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/5815718) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05815718/public/1_24hy0k85r6rk.jpg
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/5782631) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05782631/public/1_pheymgpp76sq.jpg
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/5427980) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05427980/public/1_1jq36qf5nfrn.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5242265) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05242265/public/1_3wvrdd88jr9g.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4865919) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04865919/public/1_sox2z8gifey.jpg
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/4713292) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04713292/public/1_6flyvf1qfmlr.jpg
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/4712263) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04712263/public/1_0uqgcr74sxpqf.jpg
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/4712246) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04712246/public/1_jbz38wgghwk4.jpg
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/4631257) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04631257/public/1_c4wok23ts8lk.jpg
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/4443225) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04443225/public/1_6meuxuioewg.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) — 47 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
- [290 Tuam Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/290-tuam-street) — 28 reports
- [Tuam Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/tuam-street)

## On the doorstep
- [Environment Canterbury Regional Council](https://www.chch.live/business/environment-canterbury-regional-council-christchurch-central-city) — 59 m away · Government
- [Team Hutchinson Ford](https://www.chch.live/business/team-hutchinson-ford-christchurch-central-city) — 96 m away · Car dealers
- [Isushi](https://www.chch.live/business/isushi-christchurch-central-city) — 96 m away · Restaurants
- [Miyabi Sushi Sushi](https://www.chch.live/business/miyabi-sushi-sushi-christchurch-central-city) — 99 m away · Restaurants

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

## The bus nearby
- Bus Interchange (Platform A) — 83 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3), [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [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)
- Bus Interchange (Platform D) — 91 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7), [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8), [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44), [route 91](https://www.chch.live/buses/91), [route 92](https://www.chch.live/buses/92), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)

*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) — 224 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) — 229 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) — 230 m away — “Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / The Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015 / (Māori 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 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 — Commercial Building and Setting, Lawrie and Wilson Auctioneers
*83 m away · 210 Tuam Street · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/232)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3127

## What was here — Colonial Motor Company Garage and Setting
*92 m away · 201 St Asaph Street · located to ±40 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/477)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3118

## What was here — Former Tuam Street Hall and Setting
*97 m away · 214 Tuam Street · located to ±12 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/233)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3140

## What was here — Commercial Building and Setting, Former Sargood Son and Ewen
*101 m away · 92 Lichfield Street · located to ±28 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/133)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here — Commercial Building and Setting, Former Wellington Woollen Mills Manufacturing Company
*113 m away · 96 Lichfield Street · located to ±28 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/132)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1899

## The green nearby
- [Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve) — 162 m to the edge · Botanic
- [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall) — 229 m to the edge
- [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles) — 250 m to the edge
- [The Stewart Plaza](https://www.chch.live/park/1566-the-stewart-plaza) — 321 m to the edge
- [Friendship Corner](https://www.chch.live/park/1371-friendship-corner) — 390 m to the edge · Botanic

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Re:start - Lichfield St](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31) — 154 m away · Car park
- [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33) — 285 m away · Car park
- [St Asaph](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-36) — 468 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) — 4 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city) — 137 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-528-christchurch-central-city) — 257 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-502-christchurch-central-city) — 379 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-503-christchurch-central-city) — 392 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 163 Tuam Street?**

24 council reports on record since August 2020 — most often graffiti on a sign, mural or public art (7), graffiti (6), roads - general (2).

**Which suburb is 163 Tuam Street in?**

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

**What stood at 163 Tuam Street before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it — [Commercial Building and Setting, Lawrie and Wilson Auctioneers](https://www.chch.live/place/232), [Colonial Motor Company Garage and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/477).

**What is the nearest park to 163 Tuam Street?**

[Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve) — 162 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=163-tuam-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=tuam-street