# 279 High Street, Christchurch Central City 4 reports on record since December 2024 · 4 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/279-high-street ## What gets reported here - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 3 - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 ## Reported here - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8693436), 5 Aug 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7054332), 17 Oct 2025 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6413840), 31 May 2025 - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5542539), 12 Dec 2024 ## Photographed here (4 on record) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8693436), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08693436/public/1_d6rof16oytsh.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7054332), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07054332/public/1_edct4wzcgwdr.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6413840), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06413840/public/1_iglaiviat1nf.jpg - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5542539), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05542539/public/1_8mhx0vkusdqo.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), 41 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=-43.5325&lon=172.637&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5325&lon=172.637&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5325&lon=172.637&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5325&lon=172.637&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 - [The Body Shop](https://www.chch.live/business/the-body-shop-christchurch-central-city), 11 m away · Business - [Macpac](https://www.chch.live/business/macpac-christchurch-central-city), 15 m away · Outdoor gear - [Merchant](https://www.chch.live/business/merchant-christchurch-central-city), 18 m away · Shoes - [Shut The Front Door](https://www.chch.live/business/shut-the-front-door-christchurch-central-city), 26 m away · Gift shops *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), 70 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8) - [Hereford St near Colombo St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53163), 79 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), 147 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), 203 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), 207 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: $90,300,000, land $27,400,000, improvements $62,900,000 · 3,259 m² · ref 22700/33600 · 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. - **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 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 *on this spot · 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 *75 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) *99 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 *160 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, Commercial Building and Setting, Former Chief Post Office *161 m away · 1 Cathedral Square · located to ±33 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/297)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## The green nearby - [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 5 m to the edge - [The Stewart Plaza](https://www.chch.live/park/1566-the-stewart-plaza), 5 m to the edge - [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles), 57 m to the edge - [Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1431-cathedral-square), 123 m to the edge · Botanic - [Godley Statue Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1084-godley-statue-reserve), 172 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), 37 m away · Car park - [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56), 260 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch - [Re:start - Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31), 275 m away · Car park - [Civic Offices](https://www.chch.live/facility/council-office-8), 434 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), 214 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-505-christchurch-central-city), 221 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-502-christchurch-central-city), 252 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-503-christchurch-central-city), 253 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-523-christchurch-central-city), 272 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 High Street?** 4 council reports on record since December 2024, most often graffiti on a fence, building or structure (3), graffiti somewhere else (1). **What school is 279 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=-43.532467591132104,172.6370049999428) **Which suburb is 279 High Street in?** Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [High Street](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/high-street). **What stood at 279 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 279 High Street?** [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 5 m to its edge. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=279-high-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=high-street