# 236 Tuam Street, Christchurch Central City

5 reports on record since August 2017 · 5 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/236-tuam-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 4
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/472005), 27 Jul 2018
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/391010), 18 Mar 2018
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/353256), 14 Jan 2018
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/345033), 27 Dec 2017
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/285130), 5 Aug 2017

## Photographed here (5 on record)
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/472005), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00472005/0
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/391010), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00391010/0
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/353256), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00353256/0
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/345033), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00345033/0
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/285130), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00285130/0

[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), 49 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=-43.5355&lon=172.6407&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5355&lon=172.6407&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5355&lon=172.6407&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5355&lon=172.6407&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
- [Dice & Slice](https://www.chch.live/business/dice-slice-christchurch-central-city), 11 m away · Restaurants
- [Little Social](https://www.chch.live/business/little-social-christchurch-central-city), 22 m away · Cafés
- [Earth Organic Hairdressing](https://www.chch.live/business/earth-organic-hairdressing-christchurch-central-city), 24 m away · Business
- [Bacon Brothers](https://www.chch.live/business/bacon-brothers-christchurch-central-city), 25 m away · Fast food

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

## The bus nearby
- [Madras St near Southwark St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=52943), 221 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)
- [Tuam St near Madras St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=1012456), 230 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)

*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), 41 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), 44 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: $21,350,000, land $3,400,000, improvements $17,950,000 · 1,280 m² · ref 22700/63408 · 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 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
*31 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, Triangle Reserve and Setting
*48 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, Former High Street Post Office and Setting
*54 m away · 209 Tuam Street · located to ±21 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/234)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, 158 High Street
*73 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, Commercial Building and Setting, Former C F Cotter and Company
*81 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.

## The green nearby
- [Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 113 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Wilson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1557-wilson-park), 199 m to the edge
- [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 334 m to the edge
- [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles), 362 m to the edge
- [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square), 417 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha

*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), 246 m away · Car park
- [Re:start - Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31), 376 m away · Car park
- [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33), 421 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), 27 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-528-christchurch-central-city), 44 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 85 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), 186 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-442-sydenham), 490 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 236 Tuam Street?**

5 council reports on record since August 2017, most often graffiti (4), roading/streets (1).

**What school is 236 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=-43.535536867512405,172.6407192811321)

**Which suburb is 236 Tuam Street in?**

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

**What stood at 236 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), [Triangle Reserve and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/415).

**What is the nearest park to 236 Tuam Street?**

[Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 113 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=236-tuam-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=tuam-street
