# 194 Tuam Street, Christchurch Central City

14 reports on record since April 2021 · 11 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/194-tuam-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 10
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 3
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1

## Reported here
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7389719), 16 Dec 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7296282), 29 Nov 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6362906), 20 May 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6362900), 20 May 2025
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3427169), 16 Jun 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3318115), 8 May 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3275669), 23 Apr 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2538890), 10 Aug 2022
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2538880), 10 Aug 2022
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2538874), 10 Aug 2022

## Photographed here (11 on record)
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7389719), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07389719/public/1_ivpbq8vouic5.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7296282), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07296282/public/1_87kq9g9thsh.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6362906), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06362906/public/1_042nnz4uncqhx.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6362900), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06362900/public/1_6edxqcngqmep.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2538890), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02538890/public/1_v3ba9gbl3trk.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2538880), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02538880/public/1_qvnpqu5ccw9e.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2538874), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02538874/public/1_2pxzx0nfnr9w.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2338645), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02338645/public/1_vKbNyP7.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2338641), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02338641/public/1_L5DurGh.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2312622), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02312622/public/1_nBYwZnr.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1535842), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01535842/1_TlEABG.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), 50 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
- [200 Tuam Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/200-tuam-street), 29 reports
- [Tuam Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/tuam-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5355&lon=172.6381&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5355&lon=172.6381&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5355&lon=172.6381&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5355&lon=172.6381&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
- [Environment Canterbury Regional Council](https://www.chch.live/business/environment-canterbury-regional-council-christchurch-central-city), 35 m away · Government
- [Team Hutchinson Ford](https://www.chch.live/business/team-hutchinson-ford-christchurch-central-city), 79 m away · Car dealers
- [Sharpies Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/business/sharpies-christchurch-christchurch-central-city), 112 m away · Business
- [Just Hockey & Cricket Express](https://www.chch.live/business/just-hockey-cricket-express-christchurch-central-city), 115 m away · Business

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

## The bus nearby
- [Bus Interchange (Platform A)](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53100), 107 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)](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53090), 115 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), 215 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), 219 m away, “‘Corgis on High’ — Christchurch City public artwork, 6 December 2003” · 2009

*The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).*

## 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.
- **Liquefaction was mapped here after the February 2011 earthquake**, [Liquefied in February 2011](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · The survey recorded this as certain. Mapped from aerial imagery and site visits after the event, this is a record of what happened, not a model of what might.

### [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.
- **Inside a bottle-store buffer around Christchurch Bus Interchange**, [Bottle-store buffer](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Restriction on the location of new bottle stores, the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 50 m of this site.

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 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
*67 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
*74 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
*84 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
*117 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, Former P & D Duncan Ltd Building and Setting
*122 m away · 7/204 St Asaph Street · located to ±18 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/227)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1911

## The green nearby
- [Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 164 m to the edge · Botanic
- [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 254 m to the edge
- [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), 347 m to the edge
- [Wilson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1557-wilson-park), 393 m to the edge

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Re:start - Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31), 174 m away · Car park
- [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33), 312 m away · Car park
- [St Asaph](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-36), 452 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), 21 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 124 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-528-christchurch-central-city), 246 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), 383 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-502-christchurch-central-city), 400 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 194 Tuam Street?**

14 council reports on record since April 2021, most often graffiti (10), graffiti on a fence, building or structure (3), roads - general (1).

**What school is 194 Tuam 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=-43.53549467121077,172.63811948228818)

**Which suburb is 194 Tuam Street in?**

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

**What stood at 194 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 194 Tuam Street?**

[Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 164 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=194-tuam-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=tuam-street
