# 209–217 Cambridge Terrace, Christchurch Central City

1 report on record since March 2026 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/209%E2%80%93217-cambridge-terrace

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/7826405), 1 Mar 2026

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/7826405), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07826405/public/1_aea7tvj1h5ap.jpg

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

## Also reported on Cambridge Terrace
- [2 Cambridge Terrace](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/2-cambridge-terrace), 253 reports
- [357 Cambridge Terrace](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/357-cambridge-terrace), 116 reports
- [88 Cambridge Terrace](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/88-cambridge-terrace), 92 reports
- [351 Cambridge Terrace](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/351-cambridge-terrace), 81 reports
- [129 Cambridge Terrace](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/129-cambridge-terrace), 80 reports
- [343 Cambridge Terrace](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/343-cambridge-terrace), 79 reports
- [230 Cambridge Terrace](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/230-cambridge-terrace), 75 reports
- [131 Cambridge Terrace](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/131-cambridge-terrace), 73 reports
- [Cambridge Terrace, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/cambridge-terrace)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5269&lon=172.6371&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5269&lon=172.6371&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5269&lon=172.6371&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
- [Abbot](https://www.chch.live/business/abbot-christchurch-central-city), 36 m away · Insurance
- [Southern Eye Speicalists](https://www.chch.live/business/southern-eye-speicalists-christchurch-central-city), 59 m away · Doctors & clinics
- [Saunders Robinson Brown](https://www.chch.live/business/saunders-robinson-brown-christchurch-central-city), 60 m away · Lawyers
- [Ko Tāne](https://www.chch.live/business/ko-tane-christchurch-central-city), 75 m away · Attractions

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

## The bus nearby
- [Kilmore St near Manchester St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53159), 85 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27), [route 29](https://www.chch.live/buses/29), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)
- [Kilmore Street Town Hall](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=54520), 161 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 29](https://www.chch.live/buses/29), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Scottish Pioneer Tribute](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311079-avon-riverbank-central-city), 13 m away, “SCOTTISH PIONEER TRIBUTE / This plaque celebrates and pays tribute to the Scottish Pioneer…”
- [He Poupou Tohu Ahi-Kä o Ngäi Tahu](https://www.chch.live/plaque/307409-he-poupou-tohu-ahi-ka-o-ngai), 128 m away, “He poupou tohu ahi-kā o Ngāi Tahu / A mark of the long burning fires of Ngāi Tahu” · 2018
- [Bowker Fountain / Unveiled 26 February 1931](https://www.chch.live/plaque/307416-victoria-square), 144 m away, “BOWKER FOUNTAIN / UNVEILED 26 FEBRUARY 1931 / REPAIRED AND RECONSTRUCTED / AFTER THE 2011…” · 2018

*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: $2,240,000, land $2,230,000, improvements $10,000 · 3,700 m² · ref 22690/58200 · 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
- [Mairehau High School](https://www.chch.live/school/320-mairehau-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2020
- [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 97% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 54% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 97% 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.

### Water
- **This land flooded in 2011-2014**, [Has flooded before](https://www.chch.live/floods) · 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce

### [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 Cambridge Terrace in 44 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 11 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=cambridge-terrace&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, Colombo Street Bridge and Setting
*49 m away · located to ±24 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/46)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1835

## What was here, The Christchurch Town Hall and Setting
*122 m away · located to ±79 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/122)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Bowker Fountain and Setting
*147 m away · located to ±13 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/242)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, K2 Telephone Box and Setting
*159 m away · located to ±1 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/243)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Captain James Cook Statue and Setting
*177 m away · 89 Armagh Street · located to ±2 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/239)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1860

## The green nearby
- [Victoria Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1066-victoria-square), 66 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- [Edmonds Band Rotunda](https://www.chch.live/park/1767-edmonds-band-rotunda), 129 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Canterbury Provincial Council Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1068-canterbury-provincial-council-reserve), 293 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Victoria Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1836-victoria-triangles), 373 m to the edge
- [Cambridge Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1495-cambridge-reserve), 375 m to the edge

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Aldersgate](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-32), 335 m away · Car park
- [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56), 363 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch
- [Armagh Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-34), 384 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), 205 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-491-christchurch-central-city), 212 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-506-christchurch-central-city), 269 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-524-christchurch-central-city), 277 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-487-christchurch-central-city), 281 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 209–217 Cambridge Terrace?**

1 council report on record since March 2026, most often graffiti on a playground or in a park (1).

**What school is 209–217 Cambridge Terrace zoned for?**

[Christchurch East School](https://www.chch.live/school/3317-christchurch-east-school), [Mairehau High School](https://www.chch.live/school/320-mairehau-high-school) 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=-43.52686699860934,172.6370840000664)

**Which suburb is 209–217 Cambridge Terrace in?**

Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [Cambridge Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/cambridge-terrace).

**What stood at 209–217 Cambridge Terrace before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Colombo Street Bridge and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/46), [The Christchurch Town Hall and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/122).

**What is the nearest park to 209–217 Cambridge Terrace?**

[Victoria Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1066-victoria-square), 66 m to its edge, 2 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=209%E2%80%93217-cambridge-terrace · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=cambridge-terrace