# 288 Oxford Terrace, Christchurch Central City

8 reports on record since April 2018 · 8 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/288-oxford-terrace

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 5
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1
- General Request, 1

## Reported here
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/8122466), 21 Apr 2026
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7234480), 19 Nov 2025
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/4881117), 13 Jul 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/653190), 18 Mar 2019
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/578879), 28 Dec 2018
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/468796), 22 Jul 2018
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/448183), 18 Jun 2018
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/414349), 26 Apr 2018

## Photographed here (8 on record)
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/8122466), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08122466/public/1_1ulrzt3od5xm.jpg
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7234480), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07222658/public/1_llgjyg482tbv.jpg
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/4881117), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04881117/public/1_i8pgguwzanrh.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/653190), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00653190/0
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/578879), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00578879/0
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/468796), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00468796/0
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/448183), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00448183/0
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/414349), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00414349/0

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

## Also reported on Oxford Terrace
- [159 Oxford Terrace](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/159-oxford-terrace), 181 reports
- [153 Oxford Terrace](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/153-oxford-terrace), 174 reports
- [95 Oxford Terrace](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/95-oxford-terrace), 126 reports
- [211 Oxford Terrace](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/211-oxford-terrace), 126 reports
- [182 Oxford Terrace](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/182-oxford-terrace), 122 reports
- [184 Oxford Terrace](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/184-oxford-terrace), 109 reports
- [294 Oxford Terrace](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/294-oxford-terrace), 92 reports
- [152 Oxford Terrace](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/152-oxford-terrace), 87 reports
- [Oxford Terrace, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/oxford-terrace)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5272&lon=172.6428&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5272&lon=172.6428&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5272&lon=172.6428&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5272&lon=172.6428&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
- [Pillars Cafe](https://www.chch.live/business/pillars-cafe-christchurch-central-city), 4 m away · Cafés
- [Christchurch Sea Kayaking](https://www.chch.live/business/christchurch-sea-kayaking-christchurch-central-city), 131 m away · Attractions
- [Table at Monks](https://www.chch.live/business/table-at-monks-christchurch-central-city), 149 m away · Restaurants
- [Foley Towers](https://www.chch.live/business/foley-towers-christchurch-central-city), 166 m away · Hostels

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

## The bus nearby
- [Manchester St near Kilmore St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53144), 272 m away · [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44), [route 91](https://www.chch.live/buses/91), [route 92](https://www.chch.live/buses/92)
- [Manchester St near Kilmore St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=14318), 275 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 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44), [route 91](https://www.chch.live/buses/91), [route 92](https://www.chch.live/buses/92), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [City Care](https://www.chch.live/plaque/61667-fire-fighters-reserve), 38 m away, “city care (logo paving stone)” · 2009
- [This Clock Tower, Telephone Cabinet and All Standard Lights](https://www.chch.live/plaque/60548-poplars-reserve), 41 m away, “THIS CLOCK TOWER, TELEPHONE CABINET AND ALL STANDARD LIGHTS IN POPLAR CRESCENT WERE PRESEN…” · 2009
- [H. Francis Willis](https://www.chch.live/plaque/60549-poplars-reserve), 43 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 rating valuation
- Capital value: $19,100,000, land $6,760,000, improvements $12,340,000 · 4,003 m² · ref 22710/20700 · 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 (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 100% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 37% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 100% 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.
- **Liquefaction was mapped here after the September 2010 earthquake**, [Liquefied in September 2010](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 Oxford Terrace in 56 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 11 seriously hurt.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=oxford-terrace&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, Edmonds Clock Tower, Telephone Cabinet and Setting
*51 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, Dwellings and Setting
*78 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
*91 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, Poplars, Lamp Standards and Setting
*on this spot · 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 Vicarage of the Church of St Luke the Evangelist and Setting
*208 m away · 185 Kilmore Street · located to ±12 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/123)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3132

## The green nearby
- [Poplars Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1124-poplars-reserve), 27 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Fire Fighters Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/949-fire-fighters-reserve), 28 m to the edge
- [Cambridge Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1495-cambridge-reserve), 54 m to the edge
- [Edmonds Band Rotunda](https://www.chch.live/park/1767-edmonds-band-rotunda), 273 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square), 301 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha

*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-533-christchurch-central-city), 15 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-524-christchurch-central-city), 17 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-532-christchurch-central-city), 75 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-536-christchurch-central-city), 96 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-538-christchurch-central-city), 135 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 288 Oxford Terrace?**

8 council reports on record since April 2018, most often graffiti (5), road signage (1), graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset (1).

**What school is 288 Oxford Terrace 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=-43.52724295724516,172.6428250958656)

**Which suburb is 288 Oxford Terrace in?**

Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [Oxford Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/oxford-terrace).

**What stood at 288 Oxford Terrace before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Edmonds Clock Tower, Telephone Cabinet and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/322), [Dwellings and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/34).

**What is the nearest park to 288 Oxford Terrace?**

[Poplars Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1124-poplars-reserve), 27 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=288-oxford-terrace · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=oxford-terrace
