# 229 Tuam Street, Christchurch Central City

10 reports on record since July 2022 · 5 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/229-tuam-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 4
- [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/vandalism), 1
- [Road Signage](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 fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6343916), 16 May 2025
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5068939), 29 Aug 2024
- [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4705376), 26 May 2024
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/3853169), 29 Oct 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3826485), 22 Oct 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3769250), 7 Oct 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3139021), 6 Mar 2023
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/3059012), 9 Feb 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2538750), 10 Aug 2022
- [General - Abandoned Trolley](https://www.chch.live/report/2502814), 26 Jul 2022

## Photographed here (5 on record)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6343916), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06343916/public/1_g3mcpc6zrnsn.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5068939), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05068939/public/1_njzjqi0mh5bv.jpg
- [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4705376), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04705376/public/1_br3aq633e8al.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2538750), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02538750/public/1_pnvltg9y78o.jpg
- [General - Abandoned Trolley](https://www.chch.live/report/2502814), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02502814/public/1_c8dbuadwjxm.jpg

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

## Also reported on Tuam Street
- [278 Tuam Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/278-tuam-street), 89 reports
- [286 Tuam Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/286-tuam-street), 52 reports
- [16 Tuam Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/16-tuam-street), 52 reports
- [94 Tuam Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/94-tuam-street), 50 reports
- [189 Tuam Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/189-tuam-street), 38 reports
- [322 Tuam Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/322-tuam-street), 31 reports
- [284 Tuam Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/284-tuam-street), 29 reports
- [290 Tuam Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/290-tuam-street), 28 reports
- [Tuam Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/tuam-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5352&lon=172.6421&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5352&lon=172.6421&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5352&lon=172.6421&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5352&lon=172.6421&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
- [Kathmandu Head Office](https://www.chch.live/business/kathmandu-head-office-christchurch-central-city), 30 m away · Company
- [Wash](https://www.chch.live/business/wash-christchurch-central-city), 34 m away · Car washes
- [One NZ](https://www.chch.live/business/one-nz-christchurch-central-city-2), 37 m away · Company
- [Mobil Mart](https://www.chch.live/business/mobil-mart-christchurch-central-city), 52 m away · Dairies & convenience

*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), 118 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), 206 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), 103 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), 108 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).*

## 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.
- **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
- **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

### What has been here
- **A listed activity was formerly carried out here**, [Land-use history](https://www.chch.live/history) · Metal extraction, refining and reprocessing, storage and use (HAIL Group D) _This is the HAIL register, a record that an activity from the Hazardous Activities and Industries List took place, not a finding that the land is contaminated. The council has not verified this, which is true of 898 of its 906 entries._

### [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 Tuam Street in 144 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 18 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=tuam-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 Façade and Setting, Former A J Whites
*85 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, Commercial Building and Setting. Duncan's Buildings
*96 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

## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting, Former C F Cotter and Company
*105 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
*110 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
*111 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.

## The green nearby
- [Wilson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1557-wilson-park), 156 m to the edge
- [Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 172 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square), 361 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 388 m to the edge
- [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles), 416 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), 165 m away · Car park
- [Re:start - Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31), 479 m away · Car park
- [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33), 480 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), 13 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-528-christchurch-central-city), 60 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), 143 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 195 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-523-christchurch-central-city), 473 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 229 Tuam Street?**

10 council reports on record since July 2022, most often graffiti (4), vandalism - general (1), road signage (1).

**What school is 229 Tuam 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=-43.535185842718086,172.64207201959783)

**Which suburb is 229 Tuam Street in?**

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

**What stood at 229 Tuam Street before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Commercial Building Façade and Setting, Former A J Whites](https://www.chch.live/place/431), [Commercial Building and Setting. Duncan's Buildings](https://www.chch.live/place/549).

**What is the nearest park to 229 Tuam Street?**

[Wilson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1557-wilson-park), 156 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=229-tuam-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=tuam-street
