# 279 Armagh Street, Christchurch Central City

4 reports on record since May 2022 · 2 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/279-armagh-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 4

## Reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3718268), 21 Sept 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3174927), 18 Mar 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2564928), 22 Aug 2022
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2341813), 9 May 2022

## Photographed here (2 on record)
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2564928), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02564928/public/1_jccsokavzao.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2341813), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02341813/public/1_03VORyq.jpg

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

## Also reported on Armagh Street
- [177 Armagh Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/177-armagh-street), 268 reports
- [90 Armagh Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/90-armagh-street), 234 reports
- [163 Armagh Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/163-armagh-street), 118 reports
- [167 Armagh Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/167-armagh-street), 109 reports
- [89 Armagh Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/89-armagh-street), 107 reports
- [88 Armagh Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/88-armagh-street), 89 reports
- [199 Armagh Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/199-armagh-street), 74 reports
- [161 Armagh Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/161-armagh-street), 63 reports
- [Armagh Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/armagh-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5287&lon=172.6475&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5287&lon=172.6475&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5287&lon=172.6475&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5287&lon=172.6475&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
- [Chester Street Backpackers](https://www.chch.live/business/chester-street-backpackers-christchurch-central-city), 101 m away · Hostels
- [Beat Street](https://www.chch.live/business/beat-street-christchurch-central-city), 138 m away · Cafés
- [Around The World Backpackers](https://www.chch.live/business/around-the-world-backpackers-christchurch-central-city), 140 m away · Hostels
- [Armagh Automotive](https://www.chch.live/business/armagh-automotive-christchurch-central-city), 172 m away · Car repair

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

## The bus nearby
- [Gloucester St near Fitzgerald Ave](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=36033), 153 m away · [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7)
- [Gloucester St near Fitzgerald Ave](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=14024), 174 m away · [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Thanks to / Käinga ORA](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310903-te-ara-a-rongo-gloucester-worc), 156 m away, “Thanks to / Kāinga Ora / for their contribution to this seat / and the local community”

*The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).*

## 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 (Mondays)

Bins go out Monday, 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.
- **Technical category TC3**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Moderate to significant land damage from liquefaction is possible in future significant earthquakes _Foundations: Site-specific geotechnical investigation and specific engineering foundation design required eg deep pile foundations, innovative ground strengthening, etc_

### [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 Armagh Street in 86 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 13 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=armagh-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, Dwelling and Setting
*215 m away · 250 Kilmore Street · located to ±8 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/125)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Former Boiler House and Setting
*245 m away · 175 Chester Street East · located to ±10 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/424)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Chester Street East Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1665-chester-street-east-reserve), 52 m to the edge
- [Avon Riverbank Central City](https://www.chch.live/park/1868-avon-riverbank-central-city), 326 m to the edge · 6 ha
- [William Brittan](https://www.chch.live/park/1734-william-brittan), 332 m to the edge
- [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square), 380 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- [Walnut Tree Park](https://www.chch.live/park/986-walnut-tree-park), 388 m to the edge · playground, 25 pieces

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

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-534-linwood), 9 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-532-christchurch-central-city), 232 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-569-christchurch-central-city), 242 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-571-christchurch-central-city), 242 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-570-christchurch-central-city), 242 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 279 Armagh Street?**

4 council reports on record since May 2022, most often graffiti (4).

**What school is 279 Armagh 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=-43.52867299391514,172.6475382382897)

**Which suburb is 279 Armagh Street in?**

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

**What stood at 279 Armagh Street before?**

The heritage register names 2 places at or beside it, [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/125), [Former Boiler House and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/424).

**What is the nearest park to 279 Armagh Street?**

[Chester Street East Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1665-chester-street-east-reserve), 52 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=279-armagh-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=armagh-street