# 2 Rees Street, Christchurch Central City

6 reports on record since March 2018 · 6 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/2-rees-street

## What gets reported here
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 2
- Facility - General Request, 2
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 1
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1

## Reported here
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8873441), 6 Sept 2026
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7134860), 1 Nov 2025
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6614092), 16 Jul 2025
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6488616), 17 Jun 2025
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/466412), 18 Jul 2018
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/390725), 17 Mar 2018

## Photographed here (6 on record)
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8873441), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08873441/public/1_m739uim855qa.jpg
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7134860), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07134860/public/1_euda0jzad1b9.jpg
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6614092), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06614092/public/1_7aq40d4gqqp8.jpg
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6488616), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06488616/public/1_54u05jbj8ps8.jpg
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/466412), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00466412/0
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/390725), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00390725/0

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

## Also reported on Rees Street
- [7 Rees Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/7-rees-street), 9 reports
- [5 Rees Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/5-rees-street), 7 reports
- [9 Rees Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/9-rees-street), 6 reports
- [11 Rees Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/11-rees-street), 5 reports
- [Rees Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/rees-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5254&lon=172.6495&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5254&lon=172.6495&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5254&lon=172.6495&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5254&lon=172.6495&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
- [Gourmet Grub Food Truck](https://www.chch.live/business/gourmet-grub-food-truck-richmond), 132 m away · Fast food
- [Scott Base Motors](https://www.chch.live/business/scott-base-motors-richmond), 140 m away · Car dealers
- [Pomeroys Old Brewery Inn](https://www.chch.live/business/pomeroys-old-brewery-inn-christchurch-central-city), 148 m away · Restaurants
- [Pomeroy's](https://www.chch.live/business/pomeroy-s-christchurch-central-city), 151 m away · Bars & pubs

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

## The bus nearby
- [Fitzgerald Ave near River Rd](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=28491), 111 m away · [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7)
- [Fitzgerald Ave near Harvey Tce](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=36046), 155 m away · [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [William Guise Brittan Historical Garden on 26 November 1994](https://www.chch.live/plaque/59723-william-brittan-garden-opening), 191 m away, “WILLIAM GUISE BRITTAN HISTORICAL GARDEN On 26 November 1994 the first shrubs were planted…” · 2009
- [He Tohu Whakamaumahara o Matou Tipuna](https://www.chch.live/plaque/59732-william-brittan-reserve-ancest), 202 m away, “He tohu whakamaumahara o matou tipuna” · 2009

*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: $1,100,000, land $1,100,000, improvements $0 · 30,082 m² · ref 22710/07700 · 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 (Thursdays)

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

This address is on the council’s Week One 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 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.
- **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.
- **Liquefaction was mapped here after the September 2010 earthquake**, [Liquefied in September 2010](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.
- **In the residential red zone**, [Residential red zone](https://www.chch.live/redzone) · Land repair would be prolonged and uneconomic. Land here was zoned after the 2010-11 earthquakes and almost all of it has since been cleared.

### Water
- **This land flooded in 2011-2014**, [Has flooded before](https://www.chch.live/floods) · 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce
- **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
- **Blue tsunami evacuation zone**, [Tsunami evacuation](https://www.chch.live/tsunami) · Evacuate zone after long or strong earthquake or in any official advisory or warning of greater than 0.3m wave height at coast _Zone includes sea, rivers, beaches, lagoons and estuaries._

### [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 Rees Street in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 0 seriously hurt.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=rees-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, Former Maturing Cellars and Administration Offices and Setting
*159 m away · 294 Kilmore Street · located to ±24 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/76)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/7512

## What was here, Former Boiler House and Setting
*226 m away · 175 Chester Street East · located to ±10 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/424)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Dwelling and Setting
*229 m away · 250 Kilmore Street · located to ±8 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/125)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Dwelling and Setting, Englefield
*230 m away · 230 Fitzgerald Avenue · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/75)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1867

## What was here, Bangor Street No. 3 Pumphouse and Setting
*245 m away · located to ±4 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/315)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Walnut Tree Park](https://www.chch.live/park/986-walnut-tree-park), 45 m to the edge · playground, 25 pieces
- [Avon Riverbank Central City](https://www.chch.live/park/1868-avon-riverbank-central-city), 45 m to the edge · 6 ha
- [William Brittan](https://www.chch.live/park/1734-william-brittan), 188 m to the edge
- [Cambridge Green](https://www.chch.live/park/1025-cambridge-green), 266 m to the edge
- [Barbadoes Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/park/1341-barbadoes-cemetery), 294 m to the edge · Botanic · 3 ha

*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-532-christchurch-central-city), 136 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-569-christchurch-central-city), 162 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-571-christchurch-central-city), 162 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-572-linwood), 162 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-575-richmond), 240 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 2 Rees Street?**

6 council reports on record since March 2018, most often park - general request (2), facility - general request (2), rubbish/recycling (1).

**What school is 2 Rees 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=-43.525351105773645,172.64947773169595)

**Which suburb is 2 Rees Street in?**

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

**What stood at 2 Rees Street before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Former Maturing Cellars and Administration Offices and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/76), [Former Boiler House and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/424).

**What is the nearest park to 2 Rees Street?**

[Walnut Tree Park](https://www.chch.live/park/986-walnut-tree-park), 45 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=2-rees-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=rees-street
