# 2G Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch Central City

1 report on record since November 2024 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/2g-riccarton-avenue

## What gets reported here
- General Request, 1

## Reported here
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5382634), 8 Nov 2024

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5382634), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05382634/public/1_puq28a57g8tg.jpg

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

## Also reported on Riccarton Avenue
- [14 Riccarton Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/14-riccarton-avenue), 140 reports
- [2 Riccarton Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/2-riccarton-avenue), 84 reports
- [8 Riccarton Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/8-riccarton-avenue), 83 reports
- [16 Riccarton Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/16-riccarton-avenue), 77 reports
- [12 Riccarton Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/12-riccarton-avenue), 61 reports
- [71 Riccarton Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/71-riccarton-avenue), 52 reports
- [10 Riccarton Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/10-riccarton-avenue), 40 reports
- [6 Riccarton Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/6-riccarton-avenue), 37 reports
- [Riccarton Avenue, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/riccarton-avenue)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5337&lon=172.6263&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5337&lon=172.6263&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5337&lon=172.6263&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5337&lon=172.6263&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
- [Waipapa Cafe & Retail Store - Public Hospital](https://www.chch.live/business/waipapa-cafe-retail-store-public-hospital-christchurch-central-city), 73 m away · Cafés
- [Christchurch Hospital](https://www.chch.live/business/christchurch-hospital-christchurch-central-city), 84 m away · Hospital
- [Christchurch Public Hospital](https://www.chch.live/business/christchurch-public-hospital-christchurch-central-city), 98 m away · Hospital
- [Christchurch Bike & Walking Tours](https://www.chch.live/business/christchurch-bike-walking-tours-christchurch-central-city), 122 m away · Attractions

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

## The bus nearby
- [Christchurch Hospital Main Stop WB](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=14704), 175 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3), [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7), [route 60](https://www.chch.live/buses/60), [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80), [route 81](https://www.chch.live/buses/81), [route 84](https://www.chch.live/buses/84), [route 85](https://www.chch.live/buses/85), [route 86](https://www.chch.live/buses/86), [route 91](https://www.chch.live/buses/91), [route 92](https://www.chch.live/buses/92)
- [Christchurch Hospital Main Stop EB](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=51824), 199 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3), [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7), [route 60](https://www.chch.live/buses/60), [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80), [route 81](https://www.chch.live/buses/81), [route 84](https://www.chch.live/buses/84), [route 85](https://www.chch.live/buses/85), [route 86](https://www.chch.live/buses/86), [route 91](https://www.chch.live/buses/91), [route 92](https://www.chch.live/buses/92)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [In Memory of / Basil Naughton and / Margaret Naughton](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310951-hagley-park-north), 122 m away, “In memory of / Basil Naughton and / Margaret Naughton / illegible line / Christchurch Ho…” · 1899
- [Botanic Gardens plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/86819-botanic-gardens), 133 m away · 2004
- [Botanic Gardens plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/78286-botanic-gardens), 149 m away · 1998

*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: $1,068,400,000, land $44,400,000, improvements $1,024,000,000 · 58,362 m² · ref 22680/72604 · 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.*
- [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 63% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 22% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 63% 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.

### Water
- **This land flooded in 2011-2014**, [Has flooded before](https://www.chch.live/floods) · 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce
- **Inside the modelled 50-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 50 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Avon catchment · 50 Year
- **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 Hagley Park and Environs alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: Seven days a week from 10pm to 7am.
- **In the Hagley Park and Environs alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: Applies for a 24 hour period on the day of the Large-Scale Event, commencing at 12am and concluding at 11.59pm.

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 Riccarton Avenue in 62 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 17 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=riccarton-avenue&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, Fitzgerald Statue and Setting
*112 m away · located to ±2 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/199)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Curator's House and Setting
*122 m away · 5 Rolleston Avenue · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/202)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1863

## What was here, Antigua Boatsheds and Setting
*141 m away · 2 Cambridge Terrace · located to ±22 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/18)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1825

## What was here, Nurses' Memorial Chapel and Setting
*173 m away · 2J Riccarton Avenue · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/194)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1851

## What was here, Moorhouse Statue and Setting
*188 m away · located to ±2 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/24)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Botanic Gardens](https://www.chch.live/park/1656-botanic-gardens), 97 m to the edge · Botanic · 21 ha · playground, 53 pieces
- [Hagley Park North](https://www.chch.live/park/1572-hagley-park-north), 128 m to the edge · Sports ground · 91 ha
- [Nurses Memorial Chapel](https://www.chch.live/park/1472-nurses-memorial-chapel), 157 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Tiffany Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1486-tiffany-reserve), 490 m to the edge

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Christchurch Hospital Grounds](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-30), 153 m away · Car park
- [Rolleston Avenue](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-29), 372 m away · Car park
- [Scales](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-35), 375 m away · Car park
- [Civic Offices](https://www.chch.live/facility/council-office-8), 485 m away · Council office

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-477-christchurch-central-city), 104 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-398-addington), 114 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-478-christchurch-central-city), 127 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-483-christchurch-central-city), 140 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-465-christchurch-central-city), 141 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 2G Riccarton Avenue?**

1 council report on record since November 2024, most often general request (1).

**What school is 2G Riccarton Avenue 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=-43.53366002451917,172.62627683623592)

**Which suburb is 2G Riccarton Avenue in?**

Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [Riccarton Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/riccarton-avenue).

**What stood at 2G Riccarton Avenue before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Fitzgerald Statue and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/199), [Curator's House and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/202).

**What is the nearest park to 2G Riccarton Avenue?**

[Botanic Gardens](https://www.chch.live/park/1656-botanic-gardens), 97 m to its edge, 21 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=2g-riccarton-avenue · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=riccarton-avenue
