# 294 Durham Street North, Christchurch Central City 2 reports on record since August 2025 · 2 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/294-durham-street-north ## What gets reported here - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 - [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1 ## Reported here - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7252130), 22 Nov 2025 - [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/6748436), 15 Aug 2025 ## Photographed here (2 on record) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7252130), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07252130/public/1_0htaprmiwvvj.jpg - [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/6748436), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06748436/public/1_5tl6wczgs1nl.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) ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5277&lon=172.634&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5277&lon=172.634&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5277&lon=172.634&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 - [Bakertilly - Staples Rodway](https://www.chch.live/business/bakertilly-staples-rodway-christchurch-central-city), 62 m away · Business - [Bean Adjourned Espresso](https://www.chch.live/business/bean-adjourned-espresso-christchurch-central-city), 72 m away · Fast food - [Laneway Espresso](https://www.chch.live/business/laneway-espresso-christchurch-central-city), 72 m away · Cafés - [Urban Skin & Body](https://www.chch.live/business/urban-skin-body-christchurch-central-city), 73 m away · Business *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), 148 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](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=54260), 344 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), 55 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), 55 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), 101 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).* ## 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. ### [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, Floral Clock and Setting *52 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 *92 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 *100 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, Horse Watering Ramp and Setting *115 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 Kerbstones and Setting *125 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), 98 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha - [Canterbury Provincial Council Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1068-canterbury-provincial-council-reserve), 129 m to the edge · Botanic - [Cranmer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1817-cranmer-square), 234 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha - [Victoria Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1836-victoria-triangles), 237 m to the edge - [Edmonds Band Rotunda](https://www.chch.live/park/1767-edmonds-band-rotunda), 330 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), 72 m away · Car park - [Armagh Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-34), 126 m away · Car park - [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56), 372 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch - [Civic Offices](https://www.chch.live/facility/council-office-8), 490 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), 118 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-487-christchurch-central-city), 128 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-506-christchurch-central-city), 145 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-504-christchurch-central-city), 259 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-482-christchurch-central-city), 327 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 294 Durham Street North?** 2 council reports on record since August 2025, most often graffiti on a fence, building or structure (1), damaged street sign (1). **What school is 294 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=-43.52770805274831,172.63402557397535) **Which suburb is 294 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 294 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 294 Durham Street North?** [Victoria Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1066-victoria-square), 98 m to its edge, 2 ha. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=294-durham-street-north · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=durham-street-north