# 217 High Street, Christchurch Central City

23 reports on record since July 2019 · 16 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/217-high-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), 5
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 1
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8510040), 2 Jul 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7387115), 15 Dec 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6792285), 25 Aug 2025
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/6263463), 30 Apr 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6136358), 4 Apr 2025
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/5926029), 24 Feb 2025
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5463671), 26 Nov 2024
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5250653), 11 Oct 2024
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5079007), 1 Sept 2024
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5002514), 13 Aug 2024

## Photographed here (16 on record)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8510040), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08510040/public/1_25awhizw2yiu.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7387115), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07387115/public/1_lo6hwybwul6.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6792285), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06792285/public/1_zczhk4tmyvqq.jpg
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/6263463), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06263463/public/1_zwb94vds85p.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6136358), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06136358/public/1_f14n2wi3tam.jpg
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/5926029), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05926029/public/1_m2wanqz38cap.jpg
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5463671), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05463671/public/1_4drccsmjk36b.jpg
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5250653), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05250653/public/1_1kvu6gnfsuu6.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5079007), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05079007/public/1_fw3xb080zmsf.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5002514), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05002514/public/1_umrmd4dav1dl.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4439307), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04439307/public/1_z1nd5l1xt0ph.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4429754), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04429754/public/1_mszytlm65r9r.jpg

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

## Also reported on High Street
- [146 High Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/146-high-street), 57 reports
- [285 High Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/285-high-street), 42 reports
- [188 High Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/188-high-street), 42 reports
- [291F High Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/291f-high-street), 35 reports
- [181 High Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/181-high-street), 34 reports
- [216 High Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/216-high-street), 29 reports
- [269 High Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/269-high-street), 26 reports
- [250 High Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/250-high-street), 26 reports
- [High Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/high-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.534&lon=172.6394&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.534&lon=172.6394&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.534&lon=172.6394&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.534&lon=172.6394&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
- [Heroes Burgers - High Street](https://www.chch.live/business/heroes-burgers-high-street-christchurch-central-city), 15 m away · Fast food
- [As Colour](https://www.chch.live/business/as-colour-christchurch-central-city), 17 m away · Clothing
- [Nucleus](https://www.chch.live/business/nucleus-christchurch-central-city), 21 m away · Bars & pubs
- [The Vagabond Chefs](https://www.chch.live/business/the-vagabond-chefs-christchurch-central-city), 23 m away · Fast food

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

## The bus nearby
- [Bus Interchange (Platform D)](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53090), 118 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)
- [Bus Interchange (Platform C)](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53088), 144 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3), [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 29](https://www.chch.live/buses/29), [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)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / the Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310887-bailer), 110 m away, “Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / The Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015 / (Māori text and English translat…” · 2015
- [The First Public Water Supply Well Was Drilled Near This](https://www.chch.live/plaque/63253-high-street-triangles), 168 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), 174 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).*

## The street’s crash record

NZTA’s record names High Street in 8 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=high-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, Triangle Reserve and Setting
*on this spot · 192F High Street · located to ±17 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/472)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, 159 Manchester Street
*37 m away · 159 Manchester Street · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/560)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting
*39 m away · 225 High Street · located to ±19 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/558)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting, Former Wellington Woollen Mills Manufacturing Company
*69 m away · 96 Lichfield Street · located to ±28 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/132)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1899

## What was here, Triangle Reserve and Setting
*75 m away · 215F High Street · located to ±17 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/414)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 58 m to the edge · Botanic
- [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 134 m to the edge
- [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles), 163 m to the edge
- [The Stewart Plaza](https://www.chch.live/park/1566-the-stewart-plaza), 252 m to the edge
- [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square), 321 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha

*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), 225 m away · Car park
- [Re:start - Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31), 277 m away · Car park
- [St Asaph](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-36), 419 m away · Car park
- [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56), 464 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 23 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-465-christchurch-central-city), 146 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-528-christchurch-central-city), 204 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-523-christchurch-central-city), 341 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), 378 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 217 High Street?**

23 council reports on record since July 2019, most often graffiti (10), graffiti on a fence, building or structure (5), graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset (2).

**Which suburb is 217 High Street in?**

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

**What stood at 217 High Street before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Triangle Reserve and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/472), [159 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/place/560).

**What is the nearest park to 217 High Street?**

[Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 58 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=217-high-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=high-street