# 248 Manchester Street, Christchurch Central City 9 reports on record since October 2022 · 7 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/248-manchester-street ## What gets reported here - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2 - General Request, 2 - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 1 - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1 - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1 - [Noise - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/noise), 1 ## Reported here - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8488784), 28 Jun 2026 - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/7348702), 9 Dec 2025 - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7248910), 21 Nov 2025 - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7031019), 13 Oct 2025 - [Noise - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7030999), 13 Oct 2025 - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6306756), 8 May 2025 - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5302819), 22 Oct 2024 - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/3493291), 10 Jul 2023 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2698511), 10 Oct 2022 ## Photographed here (7 on record) - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8488784), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08488784/public/1_acv65hha83r.jpg - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/7348702), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07348702/public/1_qy147cagmfr.jpg - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7248910), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07248910/public/1_ogxkgtki9ey.jpg - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7031019), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07031019/public/1_bsl6xyz6l0hl.jpg - [Noise - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7030999), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07030999/public/1_u377day2casg.jpg - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6306756), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06306756/public/1_cp152syix7q.jpg - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5302819), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05302819/public/1_f4meryzggjq6.jpg [More photographs on the Christchurch Central City wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=christchurch-central-city) ## Also reported on Manchester Street - [297-299 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/297-299-manchester-street), 103 reports - [293 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/293-manchester-street), 72 reports - [214 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/214-manchester-street), 72 reports - [153 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/153-manchester-street), 52 reports - [218 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/218-manchester-street), 48 reports - [76 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/76-manchester-street), 45 reports - [204 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/204-manchester-street), 45 reports - [192 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/192-manchester-street), 40 reports - [Manchester Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/manchester-street) ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5264&lon=172.64&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5264&lon=172.64&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5264&lon=172.64&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 - [Forte 2](https://www.chch.live/business/forte-2-christchurch-central-city), 129 m away · Doctors & clinics - [Knit World](https://www.chch.live/business/knit-world-christchurch-central-city), 170 m away · Wool - [Urology Associates](https://www.chch.live/business/urology-associates-christchurch-central-city), 176 m away · Doctors & clinics - [Mainland Uniforms](https://www.chch.live/business/mainland-uniforms-christchurch-central-city), 177 m away · Clothing *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - [Manchester St near Kilmore St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=14318), 31 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27), [route 29](https://www.chch.live/buses/29), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44), [route 91](https://www.chch.live/buses/91), [route 92](https://www.chch.live/buses/92), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95) - [Manchester St near Kilmore St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53144), 35 m away · [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44), [route 91](https://www.chch.live/buses/91), [route 92](https://www.chch.live/buses/92) *The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.* ## The remembered names nearby - [These Trees Were Planted by / Past Presidents](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310924-cambridge-reserve), 180 m away, “THESE TREES WERE PLANTED BY / PAST PRESIDENTS OF / NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN / CHRISTCHURC…” · 2009 - [Planted by the / Canterbury Provincial / to Commemorate](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310922-cambridge-reserve), 181 m away, “PLANTED BY THE / CANTERBURY PROVINCIAL illegible / TO COMMEMORATE / THE GOLDEN JUBILEE /…” · 2009 - [This Rotunda Shelter and Circular Seat Were Presented](https://www.chch.live/plaque/64699-edmonds-band-rotunda), 184 m away, “THIS ROTUNDA SHELTER AND CIRCULAR SEAT WERE PRESENTED BY T.J. EDMONDS TO CELEBRATE FIFTY Y…” · 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: $680,000, land $285,000, improvements $395,000 · 1,088 m² · ref 22690/27522 · 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 - [Mairehau High School](https://www.chch.live/school/320-mairehau-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2020 - [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 84% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 33% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 84% 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. - **Liquefaction was mapped here after the September 2010 earthquake**, [Liquefied in September 2010](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. ### [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 Manchester Street in 235 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 38 seriously hurt. [The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=manchester-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, Former Church of St Luke the Evangelist Bell Tower and Setting *30 m away · 258 Manchester Street · located to ±4 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/421)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## What was here, Former Vicarage of the Church of St Luke the Evangelist and Setting *53 m away · 185 Kilmore Street · located to ±12 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/123)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3132 ## What was here, Poplars, Lamp Standards and Setting *153 m away · located to ±139 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/318)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## What was here, Edmonds Band Rotunda Area including Rotunda, Shelter, Balustrades, Landing and Lamp Standards and Setting *190 m away · 230 Cambridge Terrace · located to ±57 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/21)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1865 ## What was here, Edmonds Clock Tower, Telephone Cabinet and Setting *224 m away · 295F Madras Street · located to ±15 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/322)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## The green nearby - [Cambridge Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1495-cambridge-reserve), 142 m to the edge - [Edmonds Band Rotunda](https://www.chch.live/park/1767-edmonds-band-rotunda), 155 m to the edge · Botanic - [Poplars Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1124-poplars-reserve), 188 m to the edge · Botanic - [Fire Fighters Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/949-fire-fighters-reserve), 230 m to the edge - [Victoria Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1066-victoria-square), 299 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha *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), 472 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch ## The tracks through here - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 31 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-524-christchurch-central-city), 177 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-532-christchurch-central-city), 214 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-533-christchurch-central-city), 216 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-536-christchurch-central-city), 249 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 Manchester Street?** 9 council reports on record since October 2022, most often graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa (2), general request (2), rubbish and bins - general (1). **What school is 248 Manchester Street zoned for?** [Christchurch East School](https://www.chch.live/school/3317-christchurch-east-school), [Mairehau High School](https://www.chch.live/school/320-mairehau-high-school) 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=-43.52640587631162,172.64000164451525) **Which suburb is 248 Manchester Street in?** Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/manchester-street). **What stood at 248 Manchester Street before?** The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Former Church of St Luke the Evangelist Bell Tower and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/421), [Former Vicarage of the Church of St Luke the Evangelist and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/123). **What is the nearest park to 248 Manchester Street?** [Cambridge Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1495-cambridge-reserve), 142 m to its edge. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=248-manchester-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=manchester-street