# 248 Madras Street, Christchurch Central City 6 reports on record since November 2025 · 6 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/248-madras-street ## What gets reported here - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 4 - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 - [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 1 ## Reported here - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8963761), 22 Sept 2026 - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8898836), 10 Sept 2026 - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8854853), 2 Sept 2026 - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8610554), 21 Jul 2026 - [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8059828), 10 Apr 2026 - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/7285141), 27 Nov 2025 ## Photographed here (6 on record) - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8963761), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08963761/public/1_jpdtxhg46ngq.jpg - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8898836), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08898836/public/1_5zoibmvyk4rj.jpg - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8854853), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08854853/public/1_4kx6v8owwe2b.jpg - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8610554), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08610554/public/1_i00xdkdq41qh.jpg - [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8059828), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08059828/public/1_nii80wn5i5k.jpg - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/7285141), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07285141/public/1_7pe1h3dt26nb.jpg [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=-43.5299&lon=172.6427&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5299&lon=172.6427&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5299&lon=172.6427&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 Central City Apartment](https://www.chch.live/business/christchurch-central-city-apartment-christchurch-central-city), 93 m away · Apartments - [City Putt and Cruise](https://www.chch.live/business/city-putt-and-cruise-christchurch-central-city), 101 m away · Attractions - [Bloody Mary's](https://www.chch.live/business/bloody-mary-s-christchurch-central-city), 116 m away · Bars & pubs - [Rydges Latimer](https://www.chch.live/business/rydges-latimer-christchurch-central-city), 121 m away · Hotels *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=30688), 97 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=1012239), 106 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), 32 m away, “afac / (dedication text illegible – backlit)” · 2013 - [ANZCO Foods](https://www.chch.live/plaque/284636-margaret-mahy-family-playgroun), 232 m away, “ANZCO FOODS / Donated for the people of Canterbury to enjoy, following fundraising by ANZC…” · 2017 - [In Memory of / Jaime Robert McDowell Gilbert](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310859-ground), 233 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).* ## 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 (Tuesdays) Bins go out Tuesday, 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, Latimer Square and Setting *120 m away · 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, Christchurch Club and Setting *171 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, Former MED Converter Station and Substation *190 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. ## What was here, Dwellings and Setting *213 m away · 86 Chester Street East · located to ±15 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/34)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1881 ## What was here, Dwellings and Setting *223 m away · 100 Chester Street East · located to ±13 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/36)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/7323 ## The green nearby - [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square), 39 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha - [Poplars Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1124-poplars-reserve), 252 m to the edge · Botanic - [Cambridge Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1495-cambridge-reserve), 310 m to the edge - [Fire Fighters Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/949-fire-fighters-reserve), 319 m to the edge - [Edmonds Band Rotunda](https://www.chch.live/park/1767-edmonds-band-rotunda), 331 m to the edge · Botanic *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), 444 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch ## The tracks through here - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-534-linwood), 122 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-491-christchurch-central-city), 122 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-523-christchurch-central-city), 132 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 245 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-533-christchurch-central-city), 247 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 248 Madras Street?** 6 council reports on record since November 2025, most often graffiti on a sign, mural or public art (4), graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa (1), accessibility (1). **What school is 248 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=-43.529859662727254,172.64269184297086) **Which suburb is 248 Madras Street in?** Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/madras-street). **What stood at 248 Madras Street before?** The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Latimer Square and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/128), [Christchurch Club and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/280). **What is the nearest park to 248 Madras Street?** [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square), 39 m to its edge, 2 ha. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=248-madras-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=madras-street