# 281 Madras Street, Christchurch Central City 29 reports on record since December 2017 · 28 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/281-madras-street ## What gets reported here - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 7 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 4 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 4 - [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance) — 3 - [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 3 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation) — 2 ## Reported here - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8803182) — 25 Aug 2026 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7112846) — 28 Oct 2025 - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/6795500) — 25 Aug 2025 - [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/6417570) — 1 Jun 2025 - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/5956902) — 1 Mar 2025 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5923338) — 24 Feb 2025 - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5652593) — 6 Jan 2025 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5573892) — 18 Dec 2024 - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5549801) — 13 Dec 2024 - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5549797) — 13 Dec 2024 ## Photographed here (28 on record) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8803182) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08803182/public/1_bz7mm9ut4jhq.jpg - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7112846) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07112846/public/1_66nhlvwffqd4.jpg - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/6795500) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06795500/public/1_62c0ategru9p.jpg - [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/6417570) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06417570/public/1_3mnffxhr69jn.jpg - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/5956902) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05956902/public/1_dz4vgbvr8qa9.jpg - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5923338) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05923338/public/1_dgq1e9bvv2v1.jpg - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5652593) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05652593/public/1_70lvk6v7ygws.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5573892) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05573892/public/1_ryr74kmgsak.jpg - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5549801) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05549801/public/1_uni273m9zqep.jpg - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5549797) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05549797/public/1_0iu41vb397ggj.jpg - [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5533678) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05533678/public/1_m2jol0a8c99l.jpg - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5533208) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05533208/public/1_25mkihssatwj8.jpg [More photographs on the Christchurch Central City wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=christchurch-central-city) ## Also reported on Madras Street - [153 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/153-madras-street) — 73 reports - [169 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/169-madras-street) — 50 reports - [145 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/145-madras-street) — 49 reports - [282 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/282-madras-street) — 37 reports - [160 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/160-madras-street) — 35 reports - [163 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/163-madras-street) — 32 reports - [167 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/167-madras-street) — 28 reports - [264 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/264-madras-street) — 27 reports - [Madras Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/madras-street) ## On the doorstep - [Table at Monks](https://www.chch.live/business/table-at-monks-christchurch-central-city) — 30 m away · Restaurants - [City Putt and Cruise](https://www.chch.live/business/city-putt-and-cruise-christchurch-central-city) — 58 m away · Attractions - [Christchurch Sea Kayaking](https://www.chch.live/business/christchurch-sea-kayaking-christchurch-central-city) — 101 m away · Attractions - [Kea Coffee Cafe Cart](https://www.chch.live/business/kea-coffee-cafe-cart-christchurch-central-city) — 111 m away · Cafés *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin — OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - Gloucester St near Latimer Square — 168 m away · [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7) - Gloucester St near Latimer Square — 184 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 - [ANZCO Foods](https://www.chch.live/plaque/284636-margaret-mahy-family-playgroun) — 96 m away — “ANZCO FOODS / Donated for the people of Canterbury to enjoy, following fundraising by ANZC…” · 2017 - [Heritage Christchurch Edmonds’ Telephone Cabinet Presented](https://www.chch.live/plaque/60544-poplars-reserve) — 105 m away — “HERITAGE CHRISTCHURCH Edmonds’ Telephone Cabinet Presented 1929 Architect H. Francis Willi…” · 2009 - [H. Francis Willis](https://www.chch.live/plaque/60549-poplars-reserve) — 105 m away — “H. FRANCIS WILLIS. RENNELL BROS / ARCHITECT BUILDERS / W T TRETHEWEY / SCULPTOR” · 2009 *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 Madras Street in 161 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006 — 17 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=madras-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 — Dwellings and Setting *65 m away · 86 Chester Street East · located to ±15 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/34)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1881 ## What was here — Dwellings and Setting *96 m away · 100 Chester Street East · located to ±13 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/36)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/7323 ## What was here — Edmonds Clock Tower, Telephone Cabinet and Setting *106 m away · 295F Madras Street · located to ±15 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/322)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## What was here — Poplars, Lamp Standards and Setting *153 m away · located to ±139 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/318)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## What was here — Former MED Converter Station and Substation *158 m away · 102/210 Armagh Street · located to ±30 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/506)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## The green nearby - [Poplars Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1124-poplars-reserve) — 96 m to the edge · Botanic - [Cambridge Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1495-cambridge-reserve) — 155 m to the edge - [Fire Fighters Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/949-fire-fighters-reserve) — 164 m to the edge - [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square) — 167 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha - [Edmonds Band Rotunda](https://www.chch.live/park/1767-edmonds-band-rotunda) — 248 m to the edge · Botanic *Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary — the council’s open data.* ## The civic shelf nearby - [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56) — 467 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch ## The tracks through here - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-491-christchurch-central-city) — 34 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-534-christchurch-central-city) — 36 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-533-christchurch-central-city) — 92 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-524-christchurch-central-city) — 121 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-532-christchurch-central-city) — 211 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 281 Madras Street?** 29 council reports on record since December 2017 — most often graffiti somewhere else (7), graffiti on a fence, building or structure (4), graffiti (4). **Which suburb is 281 Madras Street in?** Christchurch Central City, Christchurch — on [Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/madras-street). **What stood at 281 Madras Street before?** The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it — [Dwellings and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/34), [Dwellings and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/36). **What is the nearest park to 281 Madras Street?** [Poplars Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1124-poplars-reserve) — 96 m to its edge. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=281-madras-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=madras-street