# 189 Hereford Street, Christchurch Central City

14 reports on record since September 2024 · 14 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/189-hereford-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 8
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling) — 2
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage) — 2
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage) — 1
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 1

## Reported here
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/7303575) — 1 Dec 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7128573) — 30 Oct 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7031279) — 13 Oct 2025
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6716090) — 8 Aug 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6664477) — 28 Jul 2025
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6629807) — 20 Jul 2025
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/6427457) — 3 Jun 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5972658) — 4 Mar 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5972659) — 4 Mar 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5972571) — 4 Mar 2025

## Photographed here (14 on record)
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/7303575) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07303575/public/1_i0hi4cdrvke.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7128573) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07128573/public/1_laup0gtfef8q.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7031279) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07031279/public/1_epdhg4jl4etb.jpg
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6716090) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06716090/public/1_9eocfgj9aera.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6664477) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06664477/public/1_houxc1mh7u66.jpg
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6629807) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06629807/public/1_yqzj2x7ybi5.jpg
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/6427457) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06427457/public/1_qz4zyrn87gek.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5972658) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05972658/public/1_neld48zssne4.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5972659) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05972659/public/1_i6s6s6l6zck.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5972571) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05972571/public/1_cd7ucxmv02np.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5934136) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05934136/public/1_lkz4p23qufbu.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5741038) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05741038/public/1_088sqna3bwfwr.jpg

[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) — 53 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)

## On the doorstep
- [Mexico](https://www.chch.live/business/mexico-christchurch-central-city) — 93 m away · Restaurants
- [Mexico Restaurant](https://www.chch.live/business/mexico-restaurant-christchurch-central-city) — 98 m away · Restaurants
- [Christchurch Club](https://www.chch.live/business/christchurch-club-christchurch-central-city) — 104 m away · Clubs
- [Kensington Fun House Bar](https://www.chch.live/business/kensington-fun-house-bar-christchurch-central-city) — 108 m away · Venues & events

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

## The bus nearby
- Hereford St near Latimer Square — 66 m away · [route 60](https://www.chch.live/buses/60)
- Hereford St near Latimer Square — 73 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) — 219 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) — 222 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 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
*114 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 — 167 Hereford Street
*117 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 — Former Trinity Congregational Church and Setting
*129 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 — Commercial Building and Setting, Former State Insurance
*139 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) — 124 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- [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) — 254 m to the edge
- [Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1431-cathedral-square) — 258 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve) — 285 m to the edge · Botanic

*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) — 297 m away · Car park
- [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56) — 341 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch
- [Re:start - Lichfield St](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31) — 485 m away · Car park

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city) — 78 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-523-christchurch-central-city) — 111 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-491-christchurch-central-city) — 353 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-465-christchurch-central-city) — 374 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-528-christchurch-central-city) — 376 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 189 Hereford Street?**

14 council reports on record since September 2024 — most often graffiti on a fence, building or structure (8), rubbish and bins - general (2), damaged street sign (2).

**Which suburb is 189 Hereford Street in?**

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

**What stood at 189 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 189 Hereford Street?**

[Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square) — 124 m to its edge, 2 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=189-hereford-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=hereford-street