# 296 Montreal Street, Christchurch Central City

8 reports on record since July 2018 · 6 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/296-montreal-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 3
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 2
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9048293), 7 Oct 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8831810), 30 Aug 2026
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3991228), 5 Dec 2023
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/3421339), 14 Jun 2023
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/3347754), 18 May 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2351584), 13 May 2022
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/475673), 2 Aug 2018
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/464719), 15 Jul 2018

## Photographed here (6 on record)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9048293), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09048293/public/1_o7lb181ci1sr.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8831810), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08831810/public/1_r1mplzeq08az.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3991228), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/03991228/public/1_085vfbrb8z4kt.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2351584), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02351584/public/1_V9WEbIk.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/475673), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00475673/0
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/464719), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00464719/0

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

## Also reported on Montreal Street
- [310 Montreal Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/310-montreal-street), 49 reports
- [262 Montreal Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/262-montreal-street), 48 reports
- [245 Montreal Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/245-montreal-street), 43 reports
- [325 Montreal Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/325-montreal-street), 39 reports
- [248 Montreal Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/248-montreal-street), 35 reports
- [327 Montreal Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/327-montreal-street), 34 reports
- [208 Montreal Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/208-montreal-street), 32 reports
- [338 Montreal Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/338-montreal-street), 30 reports
- [Montreal Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/montreal-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5313&lon=172.6306&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5313&lon=172.6306&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5313&lon=172.6306&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
- [Ashley and Martin](https://www.chch.live/business/ashley-and-martin-christchurch-central-city), 19 m away · Centre
- [Fiddlesticks](https://www.chch.live/business/fiddlesticks-christchurch-central-city), 24 m away · Restaurants
- [Rent Right Property Management](https://www.chch.live/business/rent-right-property-management-christchurch-central-city), 25 m away · Business
- [The Physics Room](https://www.chch.live/business/the-physics-room-christchurch-central-city), 28 m away · Galleries

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

## The bus nearby
- [Hereford St near Montreal St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=52915), 85 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)
- [Hereford St near Montreal St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53205), 98 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Avon Riverbank Central City plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310896-avon-riverbank-central-city), 196 m away, “(illegible – inscription panel at memorial)”
- [International Federation of University Women 22nd Triennial](https://www.chch.live/plaque/75336-avon-riverbank-central-city), 197 m away, “INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN 22ND TRIENNIAL CONFERENCE CHRISTCHURCH 1986 /…” · 2000
- [Avon Riverbank Central City plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/75298-avon-riverbank-central-city), 208 m away, “(no text found)” · 2000

*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 84% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 29% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 84% in the worst modelled scenario.

### Water
- **Inside the modelled 200-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 200 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Avon catchment · 200 Year · climate change modelled to 2123

### [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 Montreal Street in 118 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 18 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=montreal-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, Registry and Setting
*28 m away · 40 Worcester Street · located to ±13 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/267)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Students' Union and Setting
*70 m away · 39 Hereford Street · located to ±30 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/104)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Dwelling and Setting
*90 m away · 311 Montreal Street · located to ±12 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/154)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Christchurch Boys' High School Gymnasium and Setting
*94 m away · 2B Worcester Street · located to ±15 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/269)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Christchurch Boys' High School and Setting
*97 m away · located to ±25 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/254)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3658

## The green nearby
- [Scott Statue Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1727-scott-statue-reserve), 229 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Botanic Gardens](https://www.chch.live/park/1656-botanic-gardens), 269 m to the edge · Botanic · 21 ha · playground, 53 pieces
- [Bridge Of Remembrance](https://www.chch.live/park/1518-bridge-of-remembrance), 271 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Cranmer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1817-cranmer-square), 289 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- [Friendship Corner](https://www.chch.live/park/1371-friendship-corner), 300 m to the edge · Botanic

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Civic Offices](https://www.chch.live/facility/council-office-8), 103 m away · Council office
- [Rolleston Avenue](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-29), 229 m away · Car park
- [Scales](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-35), 242 m away · Car park
- [Armagh Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-34), 358 m away · Car park
- [Aldersgate](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-32), 418 m away · Car park

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-493-christchurch-central-city), 47 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-488-christchurch-central-city), 55 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-499-christchurch-central-city), 205 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-504-christchurch-central-city), 261 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-491-christchurch-central-city), 274 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 296 Montreal Street?**

8 council reports on record since July 2018, most often graffiti (3), hazard, vehicle (2), graffiti on a fence, building or structure (2).

**What school is 296 Montreal Street 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=-43.5312589890571,172.6306447608754)

**Which suburb is 296 Montreal Street in?**

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

**What stood at 296 Montreal Street before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Registry and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/267), [Students' Union and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/104).

**What is the nearest park to 296 Montreal Street?**

[Scott Statue Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1727-scott-statue-reserve), 229 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=296-montreal-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=montreal-street
