# 3 Cathedral Square, Christchurch Central City

4 reports on record since February 2018 · 4 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/3-cathedral-square

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 3
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/problems/flooding), 1

## Reported here
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/732386), 15 Jun 2019
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/373583), 18 Feb 2018
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/368031), 9 Feb 2018
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/365376), 5 Feb 2018

## Photographed here (4 on record)
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/732386), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00732386/0
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/373583), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00373583/0
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/368031), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00368031/0
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/365376), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00365376/0

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

## Also reported on Cathedral Square
- [105 Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/105-cathedral-square), 173 reports
- [53 Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/53-cathedral-square), 108 reports
- [100 Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/100-cathedral-square), 95 reports
- [9 Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/9-cathedral-square), 91 reports
- [31 Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/31-cathedral-square), 82 reports
- [99 Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/99-cathedral-square), 81 reports
- [2 Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/2-cathedral-square), 79 reports
- [50 Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/50-cathedral-square), 54 reports
- [Cathedral Square, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/cathedral-square)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5317&lon=172.6365&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5317&lon=172.6365&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5317&lon=172.6365&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
- [Canterbury Winery Tours](https://www.chch.live/business/canterbury-winery-tours-christchurch-central-city), 14 m away · Wineries
- [Liberty Food Truck](https://www.chch.live/business/liberty-food-truck-christchurch-central-city), 20 m away · Fast food
- [Alpine Safari](https://www.chch.live/business/alpine-safari-christchurch-central-city), 23 m away · Attractions
- [Christchurch 360 Trail](https://www.chch.live/business/christchurch-360-trail-christchurch-central-city), 24 m away · Attractions

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

## The bus nearby
- [Hereford St near Colombo St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53171), 103 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)
- [Hereford St near Colombo St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53163), 104 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Citizens’ War Memorial / Originally Dedicated on 9 June 1937](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310988-godley-statue-reserve), 109 m away, “Citizens’ War Memorial / Originally dedicated on 9 June 1937 / Damaged by the Canterbury E…” · 2023
- [The Combined Services / service Crests / Navy](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310989-godley-statue-reserve), 114 m away, “THE COMBINED SERVICES / service crests / NAVY / NEW ZEALAND ARMY / AIR FORCE / MERCHANT…” · 2023
- [Godley Statue Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311005-godley-statue-reserve), 170 m away · 1899

*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: $12,300,000, land $12,300,000, improvements $0 · 1,318 m² · ref 22700/27102 · 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
- [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 69% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 10% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 69% 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 Cathedral Square in 8 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=cathedral-square&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, Triangle Reserve and Setting
*81 m away · 291F High Street · located to ±18 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/109)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting, Former Chief Post Office
*81 m away · 1 Cathedral Square · located to ±33 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/297)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Cathedral Square and Setting
*on this spot · located to ±138 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/28)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Godley Statue, Godley Plot and Setting
*92 m away · 105 Cathedral Square · located to ±17 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/29)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3666

## What was here, ChristChurch Cathedral and Setting
*102 m away · 100 Cathedral Square · located to ±44 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/30)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/46

## The green nearby
- [Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1431-cathedral-square), 36 m to the edge · Botanic
- [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 62 m to the edge
- [The Stewart Plaza](https://www.chch.live/park/1566-the-stewart-plaza), 64 m to the edge
- [Godley Statue Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1084-godley-statue-reserve), 77 m to the edge · Botanic
- [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles), 150 m to the edge

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33), 132 m away · Car park
- [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56), 181 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch
- [Re:start - Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31), 354 m away · Car park
- [Civic Offices](https://www.chch.live/facility/council-office-8), 388 m away · Council office
- [Armagh Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-34), 464 m away · Car park
- [Aldersgate](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-32), 488 m away · Car park
- [Scales](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-35), 491 m away · Car park

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-505-christchurch-central-city), 132 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-504-christchurch-central-city), 214 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-502-christchurch-central-city), 217 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-503-christchurch-central-city), 222 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 253 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 3 Cathedral Square?**

4 council reports on record since February 2018, most often graffiti (3), flooding (1).

**What school is 3 Cathedral Square 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), [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=-43.53168356393032,172.63651883089415)

**Which suburb is 3 Cathedral Square in?**

Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/cathedral-square).

**What stood at 3 Cathedral Square before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Triangle Reserve and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/109), [Commercial Building and Setting, Former Chief Post Office](https://www.chch.live/place/297).

**What is the nearest park to 3 Cathedral Square?**

[Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1431-cathedral-square), 36 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=3-cathedral-square · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=cathedral-square
