# 16A Gracefield Avenue, Christchurch Central City

2 reports on record since December 2017 · 2 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/16a-gracefield-avenue

## What gets reported here
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 1
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/5170010), 22 Sept 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/337934), 10 Dec 2017

## Photographed here (2 on record)
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/5170010), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05170010/public/1_45yi4cbh061p.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/337934), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00337934/0

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

## Also reported on Gracefield Avenue
- [49 Gracefield Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/49-gracefield-avenue), 11 reports
- [3 Gracefield Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/3-gracefield-avenue), 10 reports
- [58 Gracefield Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/58-gracefield-avenue), 6 reports
- [20 Gracefield Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/20-gracefield-avenue), 6 reports
- [41 Gracefield Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/41-gracefield-avenue), 4 reports
- [27 Gracefield Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/27-gracefield-avenue), 4 reports
- [2 Gracefield Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/2-gracefield-avenue), 4 reports
- [42 Gracefield Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/42-gracefield-avenue), 3 reports
- [Gracefield Avenue, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/gracefield-avenue)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5237&lon=172.6358&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5237&lon=172.6358&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5237&lon=172.6358&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
- [Centre Point on Colombo Motel](https://www.chch.live/business/centre-point-on-colombo-motel-christchurch-central-city), 30 m away · Motels
- [Colombo In The City Motel](https://www.chch.live/business/colombo-in-the-city-motel-christchurch-central-city), 36 m away · Motels
- [Centrepoint on Colombo](https://www.chch.live/business/centrepoint-on-colombo-christchurch-central-city), 37 m away · Motels
- [Holiday Lodge](https://www.chch.live/business/holiday-lodge-christchurch-central-city), 87 m away · Motels

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

## The bus nearby
- [Colombo St near Salisbury St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=14180), 72 m away · [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27)
- [Colombo St near Salisbury St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=14413), 73 m away · [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Heritage Christchurch Former St Mary’S Convent Chapel Built](https://www.chch.live/plaque/61143-rose-historic-chapel-reserve), 114 m away, “HERITAGE CHRISTCHURCH Former St Mary’s Convent Chapel Built 1910 Architect Luttrell Brothe…” · 2009
- [A.M.D.G. Hic Lapis a Rr Dd J.J. Grimes S.M .](https://www.chch.live/plaque/61141-rose-historic-chapel-reserve), 117 m away, “A.M.D.G. Hic Lapis A RR DD J.J. Grimes S.M ... Latin dedication” · 2009
- [Aldred Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310931-aldred-reserve), 167 m away, “ALDRED PARK / IN 1993 A SUGGESTION WAS PUT TO THE CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL BY THE VICTORI…” · 2004

*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: $1,200,000, land $670,000, improvements $530,000 · 292 m² · ref 22680/00702 · 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 6.28 m NZVD2016 (6.17 m–6.44 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 (Tuesdays)

Bins go out Tuesday, by 6am.
- Green bin, Weekly
- Yellow bin, Fortnightly · Week Two
- Red bin, Fortnightly · Week Two

This address is on the council’s Week Two calendar, which of the red and yellow bins goes out alternates, and that alternation is not published as data, so the council’s collection calendar is the check.

## What the land record says

### [What the ground is](https://www.chch.live/ground)
- **Up to 85% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 20% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 85% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Technical category TC2**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Minor to moderate land damage from liquefaction is possible in future significant earthquakes _Foundations: Standard timber piled foundations or enhanced concrete foundations_

### [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).

## 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 St Mary's Convent Chapel and Setting
*122 m away · 67/868 Colombo Street · located to ±12 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/47)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/7239

## The green nearby
- [Rose Historic Chapel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1788-rose-historic-chapel-reserve), 81 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Aldred Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1725-aldred-reserve), 136 m to the edge
- [Victoria Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1836-victoria-triangles), 328 m to the edge
- [Victoria Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1066-victoria-square), 403 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- [Edmonds Band Rotunda](https://www.chch.live/park/1767-edmonds-band-rotunda), 488 m to the edge · Botanic

*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-496-christchurch-central-city), 130 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 305 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-511-saint-albans), 313 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-487-christchurch-central-city), 355 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 16A Gracefield Avenue?**

2 council reports on record since December 2017, most often hazard, vehicle (1), graffiti (1).

**What school is 16A Gracefield Avenue 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=-43.5236877991269,172.63584849949626)

**Which suburb is 16A Gracefield Avenue in?**

Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [Gracefield Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/gracefield-avenue).

**What stood at 16A Gracefield Avenue before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [Former St Mary's Convent Chapel and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/47).

**What is the nearest park to 16A Gracefield Avenue?**

[Rose Historic Chapel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1788-rose-historic-chapel-reserve), 81 m to its edge.

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