# 205 Madras Street, Christchurch Central City 11 reports on record since March 2019 · 9 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/205-madras-street ## What gets reported here - [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 3 - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2 - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 1 - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 ## Reported here - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/9053883), 8 Oct 2026 - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7224215), 17 Nov 2025 - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/7224197), 17 Nov 2025 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7224186), 17 Nov 2025 - [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/7130549), 31 Oct 2025 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/4786578), 17 Jun 2024 - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4468750), 27 Mar 2024 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2808770), 15 Nov 2022 - [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1728527), 13 Aug 2021 - [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1530779), 12 Apr 2021 ## Photographed here (9 on record) - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/9053883), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09053883/public/1_vvnrxn252xg2.jpg - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7224215), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07224215/public/1_0ufvbgfd9i1d.jpg - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/7224197), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07224197/public/1_q0pr62x76ig5.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7224186), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07224186/public/1_x05l4l1puzdh.jpg - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/4786578), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04786578/public/1_09esldt7qooxm.jpg - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4468750), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04468750/public/1_d7xyg9192un6.jpg - [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1728527), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01728527/0_Ru8w4r - [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1530779), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01530779/0_mbyrNH - [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/648446), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00648446/0 [More photographs on the Christchurch Central City wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=christchurch-central-city) ## Also reported on Madras Street - [153 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/153-madras-street), 73 reports - [169 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/169-madras-street), 50 reports - [145 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/145-madras-street), 49 reports - [282 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/282-madras-street), 37 reports - [160 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/160-madras-street), 35 reports - [163 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/163-madras-street), 32 reports - [281 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/281-madras-street), 29 reports - [167 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/167-madras-street), 28 reports - [Madras Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/madras-street) ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5347&lon=172.6425&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5347&lon=172.6425&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5347&lon=172.6425&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5347&lon=172.6425&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 - [Snap Fitness](https://www.chch.live/business/snap-fitness-christchurch-central-city), 5 m away · Gyms & fitness - [Saladbar](https://www.chch.live/business/saladbar-christchurch-central-city), 8 m away · Fast food - [Brown Bread Ltd](https://www.chch.live/business/brown-bread-ltd-christchurch-central-city), 21 m away · Business - [Mosaic by Simo City Centre](https://www.chch.live/business/mosaic-by-simo-city-centre-christchurch-central-city), 28 m away · Restaurants *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - [Tuam St near Madras St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=1012456), 101 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3), [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80) - [Madras St near Southwark St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=52943), 259 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8), [route 84](https://www.chch.live/buses/84), [route 85](https://www.chch.live/buses/85), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95) *The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.* ## The remembered names nearby - [‘corgis on High’ — Christchurch City Public Artwork](https://www.chch.live/plaque/63245-corgies), 151 m away, “‘Corgis on High’ — Christchurch City public artwork, 6 December 2003” · 2009 - [The First Public Water Supply Well Was Drilled Near This](https://www.chch.live/plaque/63253-high-street-triangles), 154 m away, “THE FIRST PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY WELL was drilled near this site on 10 February 1864 by the C…” · 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: $45,000, land $35,000, improvements $10,000 · 16 m² · ref 22700/59301/FU · 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. ### Water - **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 Madras Street in 161 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 17 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=madras-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, Former C F Cotter and Company *135 m away · 101/158 High Street · located to ±19 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/110)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## What was here, Commercial Building Façade and Setting, Former A J Whites *145 m away · 181 High Street · located to ±20 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/431)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1909 ## What was here, 158 High Street *145 m away · G01/158 High Street · located to ±6 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/507)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## What was here, Triangle Reserve and Setting *155 m away · 189F High Street · located to ±17 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/415)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting. Duncan's Buildings *162 m away · 147 High Street · located to ±45 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/549)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1864 ## The green nearby - [Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 199 m to the edge · Botanic - [Wilson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1557-wilson-park), 203 m to the edge - [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square), 306 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha - [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 393 m to the edge - [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles), 420 m to the edge *Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.* ## The civic shelf nearby - [St Asaph](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-36), 185 m away · Car park - [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33), 484 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), 70 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-528-christchurch-central-city), 128 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), 191 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 233 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-523-christchurch-central-city), 417 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 205 Madras Street?** 11 council reports on record since March 2019, most often roading/streets (3), graffiti on a sign, mural or public art (2), poles and signage - general (1). **What school is 205 Madras 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=-43.534672737034114,172.64253911069292) **Which suburb is 205 Madras Street in?** Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/madras-street). **What stood at 205 Madras Street before?** The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Commercial Building and Setting, Former C F Cotter and Company](https://www.chch.live/place/110), [Commercial Building Façade and Setting, Former A J Whites](https://www.chch.live/place/431). **What is the nearest park to 205 Madras Street?** [Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 199 m to its edge. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=205-madras-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=madras-street