# 248 Tuam Street, Christchurch Central City 19 reports on record since January 2020 · 15 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/248-tuam-street ## What gets reported here - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 4 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 4 - [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 4 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 3 - [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 2 - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1 ## Reported here - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/7999192), 30 Mar 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7716666), 10 Feb 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7716660), 10 Feb 2026 - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/7463880), 31 Dec 2025 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7463870), 31 Dec 2025 - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/6838912), 3 Sept 2025 - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/6319518), 11 May 2025 - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/6319498), 11 May 2025 - [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5432859), 19 Nov 2024 - [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5250686), 11 Oct 2024 ## Photographed here (15 on record) - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/7999192), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07999192/public/1_njzkm5zgqrli.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7716666), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07716666/public/1_rwabuaa12ahd.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7716660), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07716660/public/1_ji0g9fywfoiw.jpg - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/7463880), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07463880/public/1_aymgdlmtnikb.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7463870), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07463870/public/1_f1wdx4uzzmq8.jpg - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/6838912), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06838912/public/1_q9xhkp2yc8qg.jpg - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/6319518), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06319518/public/1_s040kb2n39na.jpg - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/6319498), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06319498/public/1_7j6mt4l5z9sk.jpg - [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5432859), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05432859/public/1_zc02jxrhfmgg.jpg - [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5250686), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05250686/public/1_pjot7n7ccgtq.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4933692), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04933692/public/1_vburem581yqk.jpg - [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/4766688), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04766688/public/1_ycbxolbf05fn.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=-43.5354&lon=172.6419&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5354&lon=172.6419&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5354&lon=172.6419&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5354&lon=172.6419&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 - [Wash](https://www.chch.live/business/wash-christchurch-central-city), 32 m away · Car washes - [Mobil Mart](https://www.chch.live/business/mobil-mart-christchurch-central-city), 37 m away · Dairies & convenience - [Mobil](https://www.chch.live/business/mobil-christchurch-central-city-2), 42 m away · Petrol stations - [Utopia Ice - High Street](https://www.chch.live/business/utopia-ice-high-street-christchurch-central-city), 45 m away · Business *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), 130 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), 189 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), 94 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), 99 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 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 *68 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 *74 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, 129 High Street *98 m away · 1/129 High Street · located to ±17 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/503)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## What was here, Triangle Reserve and Setting *103 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, 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. ## The green nearby - [Wilson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1557-wilson-park), 143 m to the edge - [Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 170 m to the edge · Botanic - [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square), 382 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha - [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 391 m to the edge - [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles), 419 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), 163 m away · Car park - [Re:start - Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31), 469 m away · Car park - [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33), 482 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), 7 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-528-christchurch-central-city), 38 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), 130 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 183 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-523-christchurch-central-city), 493 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 Tuam Street?** 19 council reports on record since January 2020, most often graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa (4), graffiti on a fence, building or structure (4), graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset (4). **Which suburb is 248 Tuam Street in?** Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [Tuam Street](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/tuam-street). **What stood at 248 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 248 Tuam Street?** [Wilson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1557-wilson-park), 143 m to its edge. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=248-tuam-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=tuam-street