# 209A Manchester Street, Christchurch Central City

11 reports on record since February 2021 · 7 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/209a-manchester-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 5
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 3
- [Traffic Signals urgent safety issue](https://www.chch.live/problems/traffic-signals), 1
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 1
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8317136), 27 May 2026
- [Traffic Signals urgent safety issue](https://www.chch.live/report/8284403), 21 May 2026
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5984482), 6 Mar 2025
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/5696238), 14 Jan 2025
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/4655495), 13 May 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3810911), 18 Oct 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3470028), 2 Jul 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3176791), 19 Mar 2023
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/2698304), 10 Oct 2022
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1416270), 1 Feb 2021

## Photographed here (7 on record)
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8317136), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08317136/public/1_gk6csofveiie.jpg
- [Traffic Signals urgent safety issue](https://www.chch.live/report/8284403), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08284403/public/1_w95vz7j7rvn.jpg
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5984482), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05984482/public/1_8urw1ybadn3h.jpg
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/5696238), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05696238/public/1_4w1f02feke3o.jpg
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/4655495), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04655495/public/1_e1t9ljvs9r7l.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1416270), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01416270/1_LSD0Vg.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1416266), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01416266/1_n6Qfs8.jpg

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

## Also reported on Manchester Street
- [297-299 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/297-299-manchester-street), 103 reports
- [293 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/293-manchester-street), 72 reports
- [214 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/214-manchester-street), 72 reports
- [153 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/153-manchester-street), 52 reports
- [218 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/218-manchester-street), 48 reports
- [76 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/76-manchester-street), 45 reports
- [204 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/204-manchester-street), 45 reports
- [192 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/192-manchester-street), 40 reports
- [Manchester Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/manchester-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5315&lon=172.6396&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5315&lon=172.6396&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5315&lon=172.6396&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
- [Paddy McNaughton's](https://www.chch.live/business/paddy-mcnaughton-s-christchurch-central-city), 24 m away · Bars & pubs
- [The Church Pub](https://www.chch.live/business/the-church-pub-christchurch-central-city), 37 m away · Bars & pubs
- [Mexico Restaurant](https://www.chch.live/business/mexico-restaurant-christchurch-central-city), 38 m away · Restaurants
- [The Church Pub And Paddy McNaughton's](https://www.chch.live/business/the-church-pub-and-paddy-mcnaughton-s-christchurch-central-city), 39 m away · Bars & pubs

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

## The bus nearby
- [Manchester St Super Stop](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53061), 15 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [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 29](https://www.chch.live/buses/29), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44), [route 86](https://www.chch.live/buses/86), [route 91](https://www.chch.live/buses/91), [route 92](https://www.chch.live/buses/92), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)
- [Manchester St Super Stop](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53074), 82 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [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 29](https://www.chch.live/buses/29), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44), [route 86](https://www.chch.live/buses/86), [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
- [In Memory of / Jaime Robert McDowell Gilbert](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310859-ground), 161 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), 210 m away, “Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / The Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015 / (Māori text and English translat…” · 2015
- [Godley Statue Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311006-godley-statue-reserve), 243 m away · 1899

*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

## What the land record says

### [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_

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 Manchester Street in 236 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 38 seriously hurt.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=manchester-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, Shands Emporium: Former Commercial Building
*21 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, Former Trinity Congregational Church and Setting
*36 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
*42 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

## What was here, 167 Hereford Street
*54 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 Government Buildings and Setting
*96 m away · 26/28 Cathedral Square · located to ±43 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/276)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/301

## The green nearby
- [Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1431-cathedral-square), 161 m to the edge · Botanic
- [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 199 m to the edge
- [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square), 214 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles), 219 m to the edge
- [The Stewart Plaza](https://www.chch.live/park/1566-the-stewart-plaza), 227 m to the edge

*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), 244 m away · Car park
- [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56), 244 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch
- [Re:start - Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31), 465 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), 6 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-523-christchurch-central-city), 61 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-491-christchurch-central-city), 304 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-505-christchurch-central-city), 356 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-524-christchurch-central-city), 372 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 209A Manchester Street?**

11 council reports on record since February 2021, most often graffiti (5), graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet (3), traffic signals urgent safety issue (1).

**What school is 209A Manchester 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=-43.53149447392787,172.63957045378268)

**Which suburb is 209A Manchester Street in?**

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

**What stood at 209A Manchester Street before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Shands Emporium: Former Commercial Building](https://www.chch.live/place/105), [Former Trinity Congregational Church and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/279).

**What is the nearest park to 209A Manchester Street?**

[Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1431-cathedral-square), 161 m to its edge.

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