# 170 Oxford Terrace, Christchurch Central City

10 reports on record since February 2018 · 4 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/170-oxford-terrace

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 4
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 2
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 2
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1
- [Noise - Construction](https://www.chch.live/problems/noise), 1

## Reported here
- [Noise - Construction](https://www.chch.live/report/7846780), 4 Mar 2026
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7230153), 18 Nov 2025
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6628439), 19 Jul 2025
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3954855), 26 Nov 2023
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/3814543), 19 Oct 2023
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/3678389), 8 Sept 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3601558), 14 Aug 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3487867), 8 Jul 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2654334), 25 Sept 2022
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/375921), 21 Feb 2018

## Photographed here (4 on record)
- [Noise - Construction](https://www.chch.live/report/7846780), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07846780/public/1_58kvyf63nngq.jpg
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7230153), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07230153/public/1_r2g57a8kj4cm.jpg
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6628439), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06628439/public/1_ln96rc1f4gm4.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/375921), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00375921/0

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

## Also reported on Oxford Terrace
- [159 Oxford Terrace](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/159-oxford-terrace), 181 reports
- [153 Oxford Terrace](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/153-oxford-terrace), 174 reports
- [95 Oxford Terrace](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/95-oxford-terrace), 126 reports
- [211 Oxford Terrace](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/211-oxford-terrace), 126 reports
- [182 Oxford Terrace](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/182-oxford-terrace), 122 reports
- [184 Oxford Terrace](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/184-oxford-terrace), 109 reports
- [294 Oxford Terrace](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/294-oxford-terrace), 92 reports
- [152 Oxford Terrace](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/152-oxford-terrace), 87 reports
- [Oxford Terrace, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/oxford-terrace)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5308&lon=172.634&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5308&lon=172.634&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5308&lon=172.634&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
- [Avon River Precinct](https://www.chch.live/business/avon-river-precinct-christchurch-central-city), 34 m away · Attractions
- [Cafe Miro](https://www.chch.live/business/cafe-miro-christchurch-central-city), 40 m away · Cafés
- [Crane Brothers](https://www.chch.live/business/crane-brothers-christchurch-central-city), 53 m away · Clothing
- [Miro](https://www.chch.live/business/miro-christchurch-central-city), 62 m away · Restaurants

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

## The bus nearby
- [Hereford St near Montreal St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=52915), 275 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)
- [Hereford St near Montreal St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53205), 284 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Avon Riverbank Central City plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310894-avon-riverbank-central-city), 41 m away, “(illegible – long inscription panel at memorial)”
- [The Kate Sheppard National Memorial to Woman'S Suffrage](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310893-kate-sheppard-memorial), 42 m away, “The Kate Sheppard National Memorial to Woman's Suffrage. / Unveiled by Her Excellency Dame…”
- [Kate Sheppard Memorial plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310895-kate-sheppard-memorial), 43 m away, “(illegible – ground plaque near riverside path)”

*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: $17,600,000, land $11,800,000, improvements $5,800,000 · 1,883 m² · ref 22700/15400 · 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.*
- [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
- [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 100% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 37% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 100% in the worst modelled scenario.

### Water
- **This land flooded in 2011-2014**, [Has flooded before](https://www.chch.live/floods) · 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce
- **Inside the modelled 10-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 10 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Avon catchment · 10 Year · A 10-year event is one expected about once a decade, not a rare one.
- **Inside the modelled 50-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 50 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Avon catchment · 50 Year
- **Inside the modelled 200-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 200 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Avon catchment · 200 Year · climate change modelled to 2123

### [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 Oxford Terrace in 56 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 11 seriously hurt.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=oxford-terrace&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 Municipal Chambers and Setting
*30 m away · 159 Oxford Terrace · located to ±15 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/172)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1844

## What was here, Captain Robert Falcon Scott Statue and Setting
*54 m away · 153 Oxford Terrace · located to ±3 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/275)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1840

## What was here, Former Midland Club and Setting
*60 m away · 176 Oxford Terrace · located to ±18 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/173)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3123

## What was here, Worcester Street Bridge and Setting
*69 m away · located to ±17 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/282)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1833

## What was here, Public Trust Building
*95 m away · 152 Oxford Terrace · located to ±24 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/502)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Scott Statue Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1727-scott-statue-reserve), 35 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Canterbury Provincial Council Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1068-canterbury-provincial-council-reserve), 107 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Godley Statue Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1084-godley-statue-reserve), 145 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1431-cathedral-square), 203 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Victoria Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1066-victoria-square), 244 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Civic Offices](https://www.chch.live/facility/council-office-8), 215 m away · Council office
- [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56), 269 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch
- [Armagh Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-34), 272 m away · Car park
- [Aldersgate](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-32), 315 m away · Car park
- [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33), 338 m away · Car park
- [Scales](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-35), 384 m away · Car park
- [Rolleston Avenue](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-29), 485 m away · Car park
- [Re:start - Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31), 486 m away · Car park

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-504-christchurch-central-city), 8 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-505-christchurch-central-city), 26 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-499-christchurch-central-city), 42 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-493-christchurch-central-city), 126 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-502-christchurch-central-city), 147 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 170 Oxford Terrace?**

10 council reports on record since February 2018, most often graffiti (4), pavement - general (2), hazard, vehicle (2).

**What school is 170 Oxford Terrace 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), [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=-43.530776395852484,172.6339799289477)

**Which suburb is 170 Oxford Terrace in?**

Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [Oxford Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/oxford-terrace).

**What stood at 170 Oxford Terrace before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Former Municipal Chambers and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/172), [Captain Robert Falcon Scott Statue and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/275).

**What is the nearest park to 170 Oxford Terrace?**

[Scott Statue Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1727-scott-statue-reserve), 35 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=170-oxford-terrace · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=oxford-terrace
