# 254 High Street, Christchurch Central City

3 reports on record since April 2021 · 3 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/254-high-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1
- General Request, 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4868457), 10 Jul 2024
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/4565159), 20 Apr 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1551064), 24 Apr 2021

## Photographed here (3 on record)
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4868457), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04868457/public/1_6clcwp3ay9vr.jpg
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/4565159), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04565159/public/1_vuobdv5q7sf.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1551064), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01551064/1_7YsuQC.jpg

[More photographs on the Christchurch Central City wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=christchurch-central-city)

## Also reported on High Street
- [146 High Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/146-high-street), 57 reports
- [285 High Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/285-high-street), 42 reports
- [188 High Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/188-high-street), 42 reports
- [291F High Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/291f-high-street), 35 reports
- [181 High Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/181-high-street), 34 reports
- [216 High Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/216-high-street), 29 reports
- [269 High Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/269-high-street), 26 reports
- [250 High Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/250-high-street), 26 reports
- [High Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/high-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5324&lon=172.6375&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5324&lon=172.6375&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5324&lon=172.6375&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5324&lon=172.6375&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
- [SuRa Sushi - High Street](https://www.chch.live/business/sura-sushi-high-street-christchurch-central-city), 4 m away · Fast food
- [Crocs](https://www.chch.live/business/crocs-christchurch-central-city), 5 m away · Shoes
- [Max](https://www.chch.live/business/max-christchurch-central-city), 9 m away · Clothing
- [Max Fashions](https://www.chch.live/business/max-fashions-christchurch-central-city), 12 m away · Business

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

## The bus nearby
- [Hereford St near Colombo St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53171), 42 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)
- [Hereford St near Colombo St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53163), 51 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)

*The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.*

## The remembered names nearby
- [Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / the Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310887-bailer), 121 m away, “Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / The Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015 / (Māori text and English translat…” · 2015
- [Citizens’ War Memorial / Originally Dedicated on 9 June 1937](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310988-godley-statue-reserve), 212 m away, “Citizens’ War Memorial / Originally dedicated on 9 June 1937 / Damaged by the Canterbury E…” · 2023
- [The Combined Services / service Crests / Navy](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310989-godley-statue-reserve), 216 m away, “THE COMBINED SERVICES / service crests / NAVY / NEW ZEALAND ARMY / AIR FORCE / MERCHANT…” · 2023

*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: $13,150,000, land $6,930,000, improvements $6,220,000 · 1,189 m² · ref 22700/36101 · 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 High Street in 8 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=high-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, Triangle Reserve and Setting
*47 m away · 291F High Street · located to ±18 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/109)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Triangle Reserve and Setting
*58 m away · 261F High Street · located to ±18 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/469)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Former Beaths Department Store (components)
*115 m away · 201/690 Colombo Street · located to ±21 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/25)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3094

## What was here, Triangle Reserve and Setting
*135 m away · 220F High Street · located to ±17 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/413)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, 167 Hereford Street
*148 m away · 167 Hereford Street · located to ±11 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/528)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 8 m to the edge
- [The Stewart Plaza](https://www.chch.live/park/1566-the-stewart-plaza), 33 m to the edge
- [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles), 43 m to the edge
- [Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1431-cathedral-square), 127 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Godley Statue Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1084-godley-statue-reserve), 187 m to the edge · Botanic

*Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.*

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33), 50 m away · Car park
- [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56), 255 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch
- [Re:start - Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31), 292 m away · Car park
- [Civic Offices](https://www.chch.live/facility/council-office-8), 472 m away · Council office

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 175 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-523-christchurch-central-city), 239 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-505-christchurch-central-city), 245 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-502-christchurch-central-city), 291 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-503-christchurch-central-city), 292 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 254 High Street?**

3 council reports on record since April 2021, most often graffiti somewhere else (1), graffiti (1), general request (1).

**What school is 254 High 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=-43.532419578524014,172.63748967669406)

**Which suburb is 254 High Street in?**

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

**What stood at 254 High Street before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Triangle Reserve and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/109), [Triangle Reserve and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/469).

**What is the nearest park to 254 High Street?**

[City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 8 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=254-high-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=high-street