# 290 Durham Street North, Christchurch Central City

12 reports on record since January 2022 · 9 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/290-durham-street-north

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 3
- [Pit and Equipment - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage) — 2
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 2
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths) — 1
- [Hazard — vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles) — 1
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8254510) — 15 May 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7267742) — 25 Nov 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7221295) — 17 Nov 2025
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/5719522) — 18 Jan 2025
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5414483) — 15 Nov 2024
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/5116616) — 9 Sept 2024
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/3997606) — 7 Dec 2023
- [Hazard — vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/3983399) — 4 Dec 2023
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/3424760) — 15 Jun 2023
- [Pit and Equipment - General](https://www.chch.live/report/3064961) — 11 Feb 2023

## Photographed here (9 on record)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8254510) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08254510/public/1_yv79o1m4t0sf.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7267742) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07267742/public/1_qgn9bxt6ajd.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7221295) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07221295/public/1_vtybzdtncvdn.jpg
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/5719522) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05719522/public/1_3lne3pjfedak.jpg
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5414483) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05414483/public/1_02cjyqn0o5gdc.jpg
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/5116616) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05116616/public/1_dpfnjmphlvm.jpg
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/3997606) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/03995716/public/1_5gpw90w3p0lh.jpg
- [Hazard — vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/3983399) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/03983399/public/1_y6y2f1huw17.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2072552) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02072552/1_MjnkLz.jpg

[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)

## On the doorstep
- [Bean Adjourned Espresso](https://www.chch.live/business/bean-adjourned-espresso-christchurch-central-city) — 55 m away · Fast food
- [Bakertilly - Staples Rodway](https://www.chch.live/business/bakertilly-staples-rodway-christchurch-central-city) — 55 m away · Business
- [Laneway Espresso](https://www.chch.live/business/laneway-espresso-christchurch-central-city) — 68 m away · Cafés
- [Urban Skin & Body](https://www.chch.live/business/urban-skin-body-christchurch-central-city) — 68 m away · Business

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

## The bus nearby
- Kilmore Street Town Hall — 166 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)
- Victoria St near Peterborough St — 339 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)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [In Conjunction With the Christchurch Beautifying](https://www.chch.live/plaque/65080-victoria-square) — 76 m away — “IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CHRISTCHURCH BEAUTIFYING ASSOCIATION INC. THIS FLORAL CLOCK WAS PR…” · 2009
- [This Floral Clock Was Presented to the Citizens](https://www.chch.live/plaque/65081-victoria-square) — 76 m away — “THIS FLORAL CLOCK WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITIZENS OF CHRISTCHURCH BY CALDER MACKAY CO. LTD 1…” · 2009
- [Victoria Bridge — Historical Description 1851–1989](https://www.chch.live/plaque/65149-victoria-square) — 120 m away — “VICTORIA BRIDGE — HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION 1851–1989” · 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 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 — Floral Clock and Setting
*72 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 — Former Magistrates Court and Setting
*91 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 — Former Market Place Bridge/Hamish Hay Bridge and Setting
*119 m away · located to ±31 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/240)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here — Armagh Street Kerbstones and Setting
*121 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.

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

## The green nearby
- [Victoria Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1066-victoria-square) — 115 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- [Canterbury Provincial Council Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1068-canterbury-provincial-council-reserve) — 121 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Cranmer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1817-cranmer-square) — 215 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- [Victoria Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1836-victoria-triangles) — 235 m to the edge
- [Edmonds Band Rotunda](https://www.chch.live/park/1767-edmonds-band-rotunda) — 350 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) — 51 m away · Car park
- [Armagh St](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-34) — 107 m away · Car park
- [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56) — 381 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch
- [Civic Offices](https://www.chch.live/facility/council-office-8) — 476 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) — 111 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-487-christchurch-central-city) — 132 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-506-christchurch-central-city) — 151 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-504-christchurch-central-city) — 254 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-482-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 290 Durham Street North?**

12 council reports on record since January 2022 — most often graffiti on a fence, building or structure (3), pit and equipment - general (2), graffiti on a sign, mural or public art (2).

**Which suburb is 290 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 290 Durham Street North before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it — [Floral Clock and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/241), [Former Magistrates Court and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/8).

**What is the nearest park to 290 Durham Street North?**

[Victoria Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1066-victoria-square) — 115 m to its edge, 2 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=290-durham-street-north · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=durham-street-north
