# 218E Madras Street, Christchurch Central City

9 reports on record since May 2016 · 8 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/218e-madras-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 4
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 1
- [Noise - Construction](https://www.chch.live/problems/noise), 1
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 1
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1
- General Request, 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5812536), 4 Feb 2025
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5726008), 20 Jan 2025
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5723815), 19 Jan 2025
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5503842), 4 Dec 2024
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5034882), 21 Aug 2024
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/4799042), 20 Jun 2024
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4664434), 15 May 2024
- [Noise - Construction](https://www.chch.live/report/4387609), 7 Mar 2024
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/141962), 13 May 2016

## Photographed here (8 on record)
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5812536), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05812536/public/1_ajimaidyjm4g.jpg
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5726008), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05726008/public/1_f6kq7be43lh.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5723815), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05723815/public/1_oysp4rqn8ihq.jpg
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5503842), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05503842/public/1_icik7u7q4kc.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5034882), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05034882/public/1_vyze1qtk8vja.jpg
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/4799042), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04799042/public/1_6ii9pg869ohf.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4664434), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04664434/public/1_rnl8u3pyy0ca.jpg
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/141962), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00141962/0

[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=-43.5337&lon=172.6428&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5337&lon=172.6428&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5337&lon=172.6428&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5337&lon=172.6428&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
- [Cashel shop](https://www.chch.live/business/cashel-shop-christchurch-central-city), 70 m away · Variety Store
- [Domino's](https://www.chch.live/business/domino-s-christchurch-central-city), 71 m away · Fast food
- [Fre Fratelli Fried Pizza](https://www.chch.live/business/fre-fratelli-fried-pizza-christchurch-central-city), 81 m away · Restaurants
- [Ginger Cafe & Eatery](https://www.chch.live/business/ginger-cafe-eatery-christchurch-central-city), 83 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), 179 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)
- [Hereford St near Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=54614), 209 m away · [route 60](https://www.chch.live/buses/60)

*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), 226 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), 227 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: $105,000, land $88,000, improvements $17,000 · 60 m² · ref 22710/69600 · 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 (Mondays)

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

This address is on the council’s Week Two 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 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.

### [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, Façade and Setting, Former New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association of Canterbury Ltd
*117 m away · 214 Cashel Street · located to ±26 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/26)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting, Former C F Cotter and Company
*196 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, 158 High Street
*207 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
*226 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 Façade and Setting
*234 m away · 201 High Street · located to ±5 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/111)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square), 201 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- [Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 240 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Wilson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1557-wilson-park), 307 m to the edge
- [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 376 m to the edge
- [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles), 404 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), 277 m away · Car park
- [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33), 466 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), 177 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-528-christchurch-central-city), 218 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 251 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), 297 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-523-christchurch-central-city), 315 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 218E Madras Street?**

9 council reports on record since May 2016, most often graffiti somewhere else (4), rubbish/recycling (1), noise - construction (1).

**What school is 218E 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=-43.53371872359373,172.6427671288076)

**Which suburb is 218E Madras Street in?**

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

**What stood at 218E Madras Street before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Façade and Setting, Former New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association of Canterbury Ltd](https://www.chch.live/place/26), [Commercial Building and Setting, Former C F Cotter and Company](https://www.chch.live/place/110).

**What is the nearest park to 218E Madras Street?**

[Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square), 201 m to its edge, 2 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=218e-madras-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=madras-street
