# 23 Latimer Square, Christchurch Central City 10 reports on record since November 2023 · 9 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/23-latimer-square ## What gets reported here - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 4 - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 3 - [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/vandalism), 1 - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1 - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 1 ## Reported here - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6055666), 20 Mar 2025 - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/6021047), 13 Mar 2025 - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5739326), 22 Jan 2025 - [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5671913), 10 Jan 2025 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/5664716), 8 Jan 2025 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/4499541), 4 Apr 2024 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/4449566), 23 Mar 2024 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/4444589), 21 Mar 2024 - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/4016089), 12 Dec 2023 - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/3877844), 5 Nov 2023 ## Photographed here (9 on record) - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6055666), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06055666/public/1_ljaoq6xnku.jpg - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/6021047), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06021047/public/1_3m4ip2wl60fr.jpg - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5739326), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05739326/public/1_n2c05mjf4lhm.jpg - [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5671913), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05671913/public/1_4s16faeo67pn.jpg - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/5664716), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05664716/public/1_6vtum1ggqpmp.jpg - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/4499541), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04499541/public/1_gxbxusio61s8.jpg - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/4449566), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04449566/public/1_0kyihrlk5abia.jpg - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/4444589), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04444589/public/1_udc85bhefjsb.jpg - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/4016089), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04016089/public/1_5m1nc8bmkj9d.jpg [More photographs on the Christchurch Central City wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=christchurch-central-city) ## Also reported on Latimer Square - [1 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/1-latimer-square), 38 reports - [39 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/39-latimer-square), 28 reports - [44 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/44-latimer-square), 25 reports - [2 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/2-latimer-square), 25 reports - [22 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/22-latimer-square), 16 reports - [30 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/30-latimer-square), 15 reports - [21 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/21-latimer-square), 9 reports - [25 Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/25-latimer-square), 8 reports - [Latimer Square, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/latimer-square) ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5307&lon=172.6418&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5307&lon=172.6418&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5307&lon=172.6418&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 - [Christchurch Club](https://www.chch.live/business/christchurch-club-christchurch-central-city), 64 m away · Clubs - [Christchurch Central City Apartment](https://www.chch.live/business/christchurch-central-city-apartment-christchurch-central-city), 81 m away · Apartments - [Cathedral Square Market](https://www.chch.live/business/cathedral-square-market-christchurch-central-city), 130 m away · Markets - [Bloody Mary's](https://www.chch.live/business/bloody-mary-s-christchurch-central-city), 145 m away · Bars & pubs *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - [Gloucester St near Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=1012239), 101 m away · [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7) - [Gloucester St near Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=30688), 110 m away · [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7) *The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.* ## The remembered names nearby - [Afac](https://www.chch.live/plaque/110762-latimer-square), 130 m away, “afac / (dedication text illegible – backlit)” · 2013 - [In Memory of / Jaime Robert McDowell Gilbert](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310859-ground), 179 m away, “IN MEMORY OF / JAIME ROBERT MCDOWELL GILBERT / WHO LOST HIS LIFE / AT THIS LOCATION IN THE…” · 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: $800,000, land $370,000, improvements $430,000 · 144 m² · ref 22700/23000/C · 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 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. ### [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 Latimer Square in 17 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=latimer-square&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, Christchurch Club and Setting *52 m away · 154 Worcester Street · located to ±16 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/280)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/292 ## What was here, Latimer Square and Setting *on this spot · located to ±119 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/128)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## What was here, Shands Emporium: Former Commercial Building *203 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 *203 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, Former MED Converter Station and Substation *217 m away · 102/210 Armagh Street · located to ±30 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/506)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## The green nearby - [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square), 28 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha - [Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1431-cathedral-square), 335 m to the edge · Botanic - [Poplars Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1124-poplars-reserve), 348 m to the edge · Botanic - [Edmonds Band Rotunda](https://www.chch.live/park/1767-edmonds-band-rotunda), 359 m to the edge · Botanic - [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 389 m to the edge *Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.* ## The civic shelf nearby - [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56), 380 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch - [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33), 443 m away · Car park ## The tracks through here - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-523-christchurch-central-city), 23 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 177 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-491-christchurch-central-city), 219 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-534-linwood), 228 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-524-christchurch-central-city), 321 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 23 Latimer Square?** 10 council reports on record since November 2023, most often hazard, vehicle (4), pavement - damaged (3), vandalism - general (1). **What school is 23 Latimer Square 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=-43.53073094220758,172.6418385837381) **Which suburb is 23 Latimer Square in?** Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/latimer-square). **What stood at 23 Latimer Square before?** The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Christchurch Club and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/280), [Latimer Square and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/128). **What is the nearest park to 23 Latimer Square?** [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square), 28 m to its edge, 2 ha. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=23-latimer-square · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=latimer-square