# 251 Madras Street, Christchurch Central City 5 reports on record since April 2023 · 3 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/251-madras-street ## What gets reported here - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/problems/potholes), 1 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 - General Request, 1 - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1 - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 1 ## Reported here - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9031938), 5 Oct 2026 - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8803194), 25 Aug 2026 - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/7103657), 26 Oct 2025 - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/3904377), 12 Nov 2023 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3259898), 17 Apr 2023 ## Photographed here (3 on record) - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9031938), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09022379/public/1_p394tiinwter.jpg - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8803194), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08803194/public/1_xonaex4opbrs.jpg - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/7103657), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07103657/public/1_4i19ke8k198d.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), 30 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=-43.5325&lon=172.6426&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5325&lon=172.6426&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5325&lon=172.6426&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5325&lon=172.6426&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 - [Miyamoto International NZ](https://www.chch.live/business/miyamoto-international-nz-christchurch-central-city), 80 m away · Engineers - [Cashel shop](https://www.chch.live/business/cashel-shop-christchurch-central-city), 83 m away · Variety Store - [Les Mills Gym](https://www.chch.live/business/les-mills-gym-christchurch-central-city), 92 m away · Gyms & fitness - [Caffeine Kick Cafe](https://www.chch.live/business/caffeine-kick-cafe-christchurch-central-city), 99 m away · Cafés *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - [Hereford St near Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=54605), 104 m away · [route 60](https://www.chch.live/buses/60) - [Hereford St near Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=54614), 105 m away · [route 60](https://www.chch.live/buses/60) *The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.* ## 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 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, Façade and Setting, Former New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association of Canterbury Ltd *125 m away · 214 Cashel Street · located to ±26 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/26)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## What was here, Latimer Square and Setting *169 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 *172 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 ## The green nearby - [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square), 68 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha - [Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 316 m to the edge · Botanic - [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 361 m to the edge - [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles), 389 m to the edge - [Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1431-cathedral-square), 428 m to the edge · Botanic *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), 417 m away · Car park - [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), 175 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 238 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-465-christchurch-central-city), 317 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-528-christchurch-central-city), 337 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-491-christchurch-central-city), 410 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 251 Madras Street?** 5 council reports on record since April 2023, most often pothole (1), graffiti (1), general request (1). **What school is 251 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=-43.53245432375881,172.64260350736282) **Which suburb is 251 Madras Street in?** Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/madras-street). **What stood at 251 Madras Street before?** The heritage register names 3 places at or beside it, [Façade and Setting, Former New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association of Canterbury Ltd](https://www.chch.live/place/26), [Latimer Square and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/128). **What is the nearest park to 251 Madras Street?** [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square), 68 m to its edge, 2 ha. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=251-madras-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=madras-street