# 295F Madras Street, Christchurch Central City

10 reports on record since August 2024 · 10 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/295f-madras-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 4
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8262948), 17 May 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6783564), 23 Aug 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6783563), 23 Aug 2025
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/6636651), 21 Jul 2025
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/5956942), 1 Mar 2025
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5652599), 6 Jan 2025
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/5435607), 19 Nov 2024
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/5206793), 1 Oct 2024
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5030286), 20 Aug 2024
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4966617), 5 Aug 2024

## Photographed here (10 on record)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8262948), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08262948/public/1_q08ew30p86r.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6783564), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06783564/public/1_abaalca8ipj8.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6783563), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06783563/public/1_ytfq4ldrgbgw.jpg
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/6636651), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06636651/public/1_jk47rh80imo.jpg
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/5956942), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05956942/public/1_ikigatumjmcm.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5652599), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05652599/public/1_zvz1x1v58hjz.jpg
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/5435607), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05435607/public/1_dyyqylsae9dz.jpg
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/5206793), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05206793/public/1_gpx7fzgi8oar.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5030286), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05030286/public/1_k5wc258ulcqk.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4966617), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04966617/public/1_vrbw62op2eno.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
- [281 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/281-madras-street), 30 reports
- [167 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/167-madras-street), 28 reports
- [Madras Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/madras-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5274&lon=172.6424&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5274&lon=172.6424&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5274&lon=172.6424&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5274&lon=172.6424&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), 41 m away · Cafés
- [Christchurch Sea Kayaking](https://www.chch.live/business/christchurch-sea-kayaking-christchurch-central-city), 94 m away · Attractions
- [Table at Monks](https://www.chch.live/business/table-at-monks-christchurch-central-city), 137 m away · Restaurants
- [Kea Coffee Cafe Cart](https://www.chch.live/business/kea-coffee-cafe-cart-christchurch-central-city), 139 m away · Cafés

*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), 246 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), 253 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
- [This Clock Tower, Telephone Cabinet and All Standard Lights](https://www.chch.live/plaque/60548-poplars-reserve), 10 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), 13 m away, “H. FRANCIS WILLIS. RENNELL BROS / ARCHITECT BUILDERS / W T TRETHEWEY / SCULPTOR” · 2009
- [Heritage Christchurch Edmonds’ Telephone Cabinet Presented](https://www.chch.live/plaque/60544-poplars-reserve), 27 m away, “HERITAGE CHRISTCHURCH Edmonds’ Telephone Cabinet Presented 1929 Architect H. Francis Willi…” · 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: $495,000, land $480,000, improvements $15,000 · 1,456 m² · ref 22700/04900 · 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

This address is not on a single weekly kerbside round.
- Green bin, not collected here
- Yellow bin, Weekly · Wednesdays
- Red bin, Daily

## 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.

### [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 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, Edmonds Clock Tower, Telephone Cabinet and Setting
*16 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
*73 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
*103 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
*190 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), you are in it · Botanic
- [Cambridge Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1495-cambridge-reserve), 45 m to the edge
- [Fire Fighters Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/949-fire-fighters-reserve), 53 m to the edge
- [Edmonds Band Rotunda](https://www.chch.live/park/1767-edmonds-band-rotunda), 237 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square), 284 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-524-christchurch-central-city), 14 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-533-christchurch-central-city), 19 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-532-christchurch-central-city), 93 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-536-christchurch-central-city), 123 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-491-christchurch-central-city), 153 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 295F Madras Street?**

10 council reports on record since August 2024, most often graffiti on a fence, building or structure (4), graffiti somewhere else (2), road signage (1).

**What school is 295F Madras Street 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=-43.527390171225804,172.64240695267853)

**Which suburb is 295F Madras Street in?**

Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/madras-street).

**What stood at 295F Madras Street 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 295F Madras Street?**

[Poplars Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1124-poplars-reserve), the address is inside it.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=295f-madras-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=madras-street
