# 27 Welles Street, Christchurch Central City

10 reports on record since December 2017 · 9 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/27-welles-street

## What gets reported here
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 3
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9028566), 4 Oct 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8869470), 5 Sept 2026
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5607232), 27 Dec 2024
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/3758324), 4 Oct 2023
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/742202), 27 Jun 2019
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/731613), 14 Jun 2019
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/731230), 14 Jun 2019
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/366778), 7 Feb 2018
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/345025), 27 Dec 2017
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/340294), 14 Dec 2017

## Photographed here (9 on record)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9028566), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09028566/public/1_v3kgdk57lyh.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8869470), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08869470/public/1_19sy3255ygqa.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5607232), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05607232/public/1_obk6ppuph8ie.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/742202), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00742202/0
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/731613), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00731613/0
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/731230), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00731230/0
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/366778), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00366778/0
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/345025), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00345025/0
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/340294), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00340294/0

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

## Also reported on Welles Street
- [25 Welles Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/25-welles-street), 37 reports
- [10 Welles Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/10-welles-street), 33 reports
- [22 Welles Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/22-welles-street), 30 reports
- [44 Welles Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/44-welles-street), 28 reports
- [41 Welles Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/41-welles-street), 27 reports
- [7 Welles Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/7-welles-street), 23 reports
- [37 Welles Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/37-welles-street), 18 reports
- [45 Welles Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/45-welles-street), 17 reports
- [Welles Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/welles-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5368&lon=172.6382&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5368&lon=172.6382&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5368&lon=172.6382&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5368&lon=172.6382&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
- [Kokomo](https://www.chch.live/business/kokomo-christchurch-central-city), 29 m away · Restaurants
- [Corkin and Friends](https://www.chch.live/business/corkin-and-friends-christchurch-central-city-2), 30 m away · Hairdressers
- [Ciao](https://www.chch.live/business/ciao-christchurch-central-city), 35 m away · Restaurants
- [Dhi Ferrari](https://www.chch.live/business/dhi-ferrari-christchurch-central-city), 35 m away · Restaurants

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

## The bus nearby
- [Manchester St near Welles St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53673), 136 m away · [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27)
- [Manchester St near Allen St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53687), 192 m away · [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27), [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 rating valuation
- Capital value: $660,000, land $290,000, improvements $370,000 · 154 m² · ref 22670/27300/C · 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 (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.
- **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.

### [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 Welles Street in 6 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=welles-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 P & D Duncan Ltd Building and Setting
*28 m away · 7/204 St Asaph Street · located to ±18 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/227)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1911

## What was here, Former R. Buchanan & Sons' City Foundry and Setting
*36 m away · 2/210 St Asaph Street · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/226)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1917

## What was here, Colonial Motor Company Garage and Setting
*96 m away · 201 St Asaph Street · located to ±40 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/477)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3118

## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting, Lawrie and Wilson Auctioneers
*162 m away · 210 Tuam Street · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/232)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3127

## What was here, Former Tuam Street Hall and Setting
*177 m away · 214 Tuam Street · located to ±12 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/233)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3140

## The green nearby
- [Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 276 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Wilson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1557-wilson-park), 372 m to the edge
- [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 404 m to the edge
- [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles), 425 m to the edge
- [Carlyle Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1273-carlyle-reserve), 487 m to the edge

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Re:start - Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31), 275 m away · Car park
- [St Asaph](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-36), 448 m away · Car park
- [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33), 459 m away · Car park

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 119 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-465-christchurch-central-city), 171 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-528-christchurch-central-city), 295 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-442-sydenham), 345 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-514-waltham), 345 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 27 Welles Street?**

10 council reports on record since December 2017, most often roading/streets (3), graffiti on a fence, building or structure (2), graffiti (2).

**What school is 27 Welles 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=-43.53684364709985,172.63818915963373)

**Which suburb is 27 Welles Street in?**

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

**What stood at 27 Welles Street before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Former P & D Duncan Ltd Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/227), [Former R. Buchanan & Sons' City Foundry and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/226).

**What is the nearest park to 27 Welles Street?**

[Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 276 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=27-welles-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=welles-street
