# 280 Durham Street North, Christchurch Central City

28 reports on record since March 2017 · 13 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/280-durham-street-north

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 17
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage) — 2
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths) — 2
- [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/vandalism) — 1
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage) — 1
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths) — 1

## Reported here
- [Noise - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8638803) — 26 Jul 2026
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4542952) — 15 Apr 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3376720) — 29 May 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3376710) — 29 May 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3354006) — 20 May 2023
- [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/report/3296331) — 30 Apr 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3296329) — 30 Apr 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3296325) — 30 Apr 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3216855) — 1 Apr 2023
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/3187667) — 22 Mar 2023

## Photographed here (13 on record)
- [Noise - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8638803) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08638803/public/1_s1ocjv7ywmmz.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4542952) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04542952/public/1_zo9y3c4ngra.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2590630) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02590630/public/1_cmdti1m469d.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2507142) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02507142/public/1_5h5svc1j2qll.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1869446) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01869446/1_xNBXbw.jpg
- [Graffiti - Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/1254134) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01254134/1_UQOmmt.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/743434) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00743434/0
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/624535) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00624535/0
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/454795) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00454795/0
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/444378) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00444378/0
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/409908) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00409908/0
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/361231) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00361231/0

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

## Also reported on Durham Street North
- [329 Durham Street North](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/329-durham-street-north) — 55 reports
- [287 Durham Street North](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/287-durham-street-north) — 47 reports
- [398 Durham Street North](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/398-durham-street-north) — 36 reports
- [380 Durham Street North](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/380-durham-street-north) — 34 reports
- [423 Durham Street North](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/423-durham-street-north) — 28 reports
- [414 Durham Street North](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/414-durham-street-north) — 25 reports
- [378 Durham Street North](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/378-durham-street-north) — 23 reports
- [335 Durham Street North](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/335-durham-street-north) — 23 reports
- [Durham Street North, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/durham-street-north)

## On the doorstep
- [Chill Out](https://www.chch.live/business/chill-out-christchurch-central-city) — 48 m away · Attractions
- [Chill](https://www.chch.live/business/chill-christchurch-central-city) — 52 m away · Bike shops
- [BDO Financial Services](https://www.chch.live/business/bdo-financial-services-christchurch-central-city) — 56 m away · Business
- [Hikari Sushi Bar & Japanese Cuisine](https://www.chch.live/business/hikari-sushi-bar-japanese-cuisine-christchurch-central-city) — 56 m away · Restaurants

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

## The bus nearby
- Kilmore Street Town Hall — 335 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 29](https://www.chch.live/buses/29), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)
- Hereford St near Montreal St — 362 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Provincial Council Building 1865 — Canterbury Centenary](https://www.chch.live/plaque/63095-canterbury-provincial-council) — 17 m away — “PROVINCIAL COUNCIL BUILDING 1865 — Canterbury Centenary plaque” · 2009
- [… Golden Jubilee / 1962](https://www.chch.live/plaque/75291-avon-riverbank-central-city) — 69 m away — “… GOLDEN JUBILEE / 1962” · 2000
- [Planted by / Miss R. Medlicott / Dominion President 1968–69](https://www.chch.live/plaque/75289-avon-riverbank-central-city) — 88 m away — “PLANTED BY / Miss R. MEDLICOTT / DOMINION PRESIDENT 1968–69 / TO MARK THE / 21st ANNUAL GE…” · 2000

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

## The street’s crash record

NZTA’s record names Durham Street North in 24 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006 — 4 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=durham-street-north&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 — Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings
*on this spot · 280 Durham Street North · located to ±51 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/60)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/45

## What was here — Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings Courtyard/Grounds
*on this spot · 280 Durham Street North · located to ±64 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/316)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/45

## What was here — Gloucester Street Bridge and Setting
*40 m away · located to ±26 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/35)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1831

## What was here — Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings Former Land Transfer Office
*69 m away · 86 Armagh Street · located to ±15 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/458)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/45

## What was here — Armagh Street Kerbstones and Setting
*78 m away · 280A Durham Street North · located to ±26 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/303)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Canterbury Provincial Council Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1068-canterbury-provincial-council-reserve) — you are in it · Botanic
- [Victoria Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1066-victoria-square) — 120 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- [Scott Statue Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1727-scott-statue-reserve) — 168 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Godley Statue Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1084-godley-statue-reserve) — 207 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1431-cathedral-square) — 231 m to the edge · Botanic

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Armagh St](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-34) — 149 m away · Car park
- [Aldersgate](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-32) — 181 m away · Car park
- [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56) — 269 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch
- [Civic Offices](https://www.chch.live/facility/council-office-8) — 310 m away · Council office
- [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33) — 442 m away · Car park
- [Rolleston Avenue](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-29) — 497 m away · Car park
- [Scales](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-35) — 498 m away · Car park

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-504-christchurch-central-city) — 60 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-506-christchurch-central-city) — 66 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-491-christchurch-central-city) — 85 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-505-christchurch-central-city) — 159 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-499-christchurch-central-city) — 162 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 280 Durham Street North?**

28 council reports on record since March 2017 — most often graffiti (17), roading/streets (2), pavement - damaged (2).

**Which suburb is 280 Durham Street North in?**

Christchurch Central City, Christchurch — on [Durham Street North](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/durham-street-north).

**What stood at 280 Durham Street North before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it — [Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings](https://www.chch.live/place/60), [Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings Courtyard/Grounds](https://www.chch.live/place/316).

**What is the nearest park to 280 Durham Street North?**

[Canterbury Provincial Council Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1068-canterbury-provincial-council-reserve) — the address is inside it.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=280-durham-street-north · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=durham-street-north
