# 282 Durham Street North, Christchurch Central City

9 reports on record since March 2017 · 7 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/282-durham-street-north

## What gets reported here
- [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 2
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 2
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/trees), 1
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 1
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 1

## Reported here
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/7207664), 14 Nov 2025
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/6886608), 13 Sept 2025
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6309424), 9 May 2025
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/3696087), 14 Sept 2023
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/3652893), 31 Aug 2023
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1622371), 9 Jun 2021
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1311844), 19 Nov 2020
- [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/report/738643), 23 Jun 2019
- [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/report/238261), 21 Mar 2017

## Photographed here (7 on record)
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/7207664), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07207664/public/1_46u88g8zvbuv.jpg
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/6886608), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06886608/public/1_8vlxdq6seb8a.jpg
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6309424), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06309424/public/1_peqhivyyldgr.jpg
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1622371), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01622371/1_JFoT1a.jpg
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1311844), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01311844/1_nU3ohS.jpg
- [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/report/738643), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00738643/0
- [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/report/238261), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00238261/0

[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
- [280 Durham Street North](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/280-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
- [Durham Street North, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/durham-street-north)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5282&lon=172.6344&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5282&lon=172.6344&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5282&lon=172.6344&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
- [Millie's House](https://www.chch.live/business/millie-s-house-christchurch-central-city), 43 m away · Childcare
- [Prison Escape](https://www.chch.live/business/prison-escape-christchurch-central-city), 54 m away · Attractions
- [Bean Adjourned Espresso](https://www.chch.live/business/bean-adjourned-espresso-christchurch-central-city), 74 m away · Fast food
- [Quake City](https://www.chch.live/business/quake-city-christchurch-central-city), 86 m away · Museums

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

## The bus nearby
- [Kilmore Street Town Hall](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=54520), 185 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)
- [Kilmore St near Manchester St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53159), 348 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27), [route 29](https://www.chch.live/buses/29), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [The Weeping Willows of Christchurch to Commemorate](https://www.chch.live/plaque/307412-victoria-square), 63 m away, “THE WEEPING WILLOWS OF CHRISTCHURCH TO COMMEMORATE / FRANCOIS LE LIEVRE / WHO FIRST CAME T…” · 2026
- [This Ramp, to Facilitate the Watering of Horses, Was Built](https://www.chch.live/plaque/65015-victoria-square), 67 m away, “THIS RAMP, TO FACILITATE THE WATERING OF HORSES, WAS BUILT IN DECEMBER 1874. / CHRISTCHURC…” · 2026
- [Ettie Rout 1877–1936 Guardian Angel of the ANZAC](https://www.chch.live/plaque/65009-victoria-square), 71 m away, “ETTIE ROUT 1877–1936 GUARDIAN ANGEL OF THE ANZAC” · 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 rating valuation
- Capital value: $3,730,000, land $3,540,000, improvements $190,000 · 1,531 m² · ref 22680/52904 · roll last edited May 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.*
- [Elmwood Normal School](https://www.chch.live/school/3334-elmwood-normal-school), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jul 2020
- [Heaton Normal Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3372-heaton-normal-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from Jan 2024
- [Christchurch Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/327-christchurch-boys-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2025
- [Christchurch Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/328-christchurch-girls-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2025
- [Burnside High School](https://www.chch.live/school/319-burnside-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2022
- [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 97% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 54% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 97% 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.

### Water
- **This land flooded in 2011-2014**, [Has flooded before](https://www.chch.live/floods) · 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce

### [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 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, Former Magistrates Court and Setting
*37 m away · 85 Armagh Street · located to ±21 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/8)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/5308

## What was here, Horse Watering Ramp and Setting
*61 m away · located to ±7 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/305)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Armagh Street Bridge and Setting
*68 m away · located to ±18 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/86)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1830

## What was here, Floral Clock and Setting
*68 m away · 66 Chester Street West · located to ±5 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/241)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Armagh Street Kerbstones and Setting
*73 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
- [Victoria Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1066-victoria-square), 58 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- [Canterbury Provincial Council Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1068-canterbury-provincial-council-reserve), 69 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Cranmer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1817-cranmer-square), 262 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- [Victoria Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1836-victoria-triangles), 299 m to the edge
- [Edmonds Band Rotunda](https://www.chch.live/park/1767-edmonds-band-rotunda), 307 m to the edge · Botanic

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Aldersgate](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-32), 94 m away · Car park
- [Armagh Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-34), 124 m away · Car park
- [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56), 313 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch
- [Civic Offices](https://www.chch.live/facility/council-office-8), 451 m away · Council office

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-491-christchurch-central-city), 63 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-506-christchurch-central-city), 84 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-487-christchurch-central-city), 190 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-504-christchurch-central-city), 203 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-505-christchurch-central-city), 305 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 282 Durham Street North?**

9 council reports on record since March 2017, most often wastewater/stormwater (2), parks (2), trees - general (1).

**What school is 282 Durham Street North zoned for?**

[Elmwood Normal School](https://www.chch.live/school/3334-elmwood-normal-school), [Heaton Normal Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3372-heaton-normal-intermediate), [Christchurch Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/327-christchurch-boys-high-school), [Christchurch Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/328-christchurch-girls-high-school), [Burnside High School](https://www.chch.live/school/319-burnside-high-school) 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=-43.52820964321307,172.6343646169595)

**Which suburb is 282 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 282 Durham Street North before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Former Magistrates Court and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/8), [Horse Watering Ramp and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/305).

**What is the nearest park to 282 Durham Street North?**

[Victoria Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1066-victoria-square), 58 m to its edge, 2 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=282-durham-street-north · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=durham-street-north
