# 185 Hereford Street, Christchurch Central City

1 report on record since November 2019 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/185-hereford-street

## What gets reported here
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 1

## Reported here
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/894638), 30 Nov 2019

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/894638), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00894638/0_DL9bpk

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

## Also reported on Hereford Street
- [53 Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/53-hereford-street), 125 reports
- [71 Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/71-hereford-street), 91 reports
- [48 Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/48-hereford-street), 76 reports
- [197 Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/197-hereford-street), 62 reports
- [141 Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/141-hereford-street), 62 reports
- [262 Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/262-hereford-street), 59 reports
- [214 Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/214-hereford-street), 54 reports
- [147 Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/147-hereford-street), 46 reports
- [Hereford Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/hereford-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5318&lon=172.6408&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5318&lon=172.6408&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5318&lon=172.6408&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5318&lon=172.6408&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
- [Christchurch Club](https://www.chch.live/business/christchurch-club-christchurch-central-city), 81 m away · Clubs
- [Mexico](https://www.chch.live/business/mexico-christchurch-central-city), 106 m away · Restaurants
- [Mexico Restaurant](https://www.chch.live/business/mexico-restaurant-christchurch-central-city), 109 m away · Restaurants
- [Paddy McNaughton's](https://www.chch.live/business/paddy-mcnaughton-s-christchurch-central-city), 121 m away · Bars & pubs

*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), 65 m away · [route 60](https://www.chch.live/buses/60)
- [Hereford St near Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=54605), 65 m away · [route 60](https://www.chch.live/buses/60)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [In Memory of / Jaime Robert McDowell Gilbert](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310859-ground), 203 m away, “IN MEMORY OF / JAIME ROBERT MCDOWELL GILBERT / WHO LOST HIS LIFE / AT THIS LOCATION IN THE…” · 2018
- [Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / the Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310887-bailer), 245 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 rating valuation
- Capital value: $2,890,000, land $2,890,000, improvements $0 · 2,621 m² · ref 22700/25600 · 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.

### [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 Hereford Street in 154 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 25 seriously hurt.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=hereford-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, Christchurch Club and Setting
*91 m away · 154 Worcester Street · located to ±16 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/280)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/292

## What was here, Shands Emporium: Former Commercial Building
*116 m away · 217 Manchester Street · located to ±6 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/105)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/307

## What was here, Former Trinity Congregational Church and Setting
*127 m away · 124 Worcester Street · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/279)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/306

## What was here, 167 Hereford Street
*130 m away · 167 Hereford Street · located to ±11 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/528)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting, Former State Insurance
*140 m away · 58/28 Cathedral Square · located to ±28 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/278)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1931

## The green nearby
- [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square), 114 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 251 m to the edge
- [Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1431-cathedral-square), 262 m to the edge · Botanic
- [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles), 275 m to the edge
- [The Stewart Plaza](https://www.chch.live/park/1566-the-stewart-plaza), 306 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), 315 m away · Car park
- [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56), 339 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), 90 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-523-christchurch-central-city), 90 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-491-christchurch-central-city), 333 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-534-linwood), 366 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-465-christchurch-central-city), 394 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 185 Hereford Street?**

1 council report on record since November 2019, most often parks (1).

**What school is 185 Hereford Street 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=-43.531756065756795,172.64076579343885)

**Which suburb is 185 Hereford Street in?**

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

**What stood at 185 Hereford Street before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Christchurch Club and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/280), [Shands Emporium: Former Commercial Building](https://www.chch.live/place/105).

**What is the nearest park to 185 Hereford Street?**

[Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square), 114 m to its edge, 2 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=185-hereford-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=hereford-street