# 3 Helmores Lane, Christchurch Central City

2 reports on record since September 2022 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/3-helmores-lane

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2

## Reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3954518), 26 Nov 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2598643), 5 Sept 2022

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2598643), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02598643/public/1_6uk70mezj6ww.jpg

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

## Also reported on Helmores Lane
- [1 Helmores Lane](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/1-helmores-lane), 13 reports
- [27 Helmores Lane](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/27-helmores-lane), 1 report
- [Helmores Lane, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/helmores-lane)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5235&lon=172.6166&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5235&lon=172.6166&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5235&lon=172.6166&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
- [Hagley Golf Club](https://www.chch.live/business/hagley-golf-club-christchurch-central-city), 274 m away · Golf courses
- [Club House Cafe](https://www.chch.live/business/club-house-cafe-christchurch-central-city), 386 m away · Cafés

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

## The bus nearby
- [Rossall St near Rhodes St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=11516), 216 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)
- [Harper Ave near Deans Ave](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=43172), 230 m away · [route 29](https://www.chch.live/buses/29)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Little Hagley Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/287220-little-hagley-park), 64 m away · 2017
- [Little Hagley Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/76080-little-hagley-park), 96 m away · 2010
- [In Loving Memory of / James Ryder Burford / 1944 - 2017](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311054-millbrook-reserve), 118 m away, “In loving memory of/ James Ryder Burford/ 1944 - 2017/ cherished father, brother,/ partner…” · 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: $55,350,000, land $52,800,000, improvements $2,550,000 · 945,331 m² · ref 22680/72704 · 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

## Bin day (Fridays)

Bins go out Friday, 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 90% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 43% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 90% 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 200-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 200 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Avon catchment · 200 Year · climate change modelled to 2123

### What has been here
- **Hagley Park**, [Heritage](https://www.chch.live/heritage) · Hagley Park _Category 1 · Highly Significant · Operative_

### [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 Helmores Lane in 4 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=helmores-lane&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, Bridge and Setting
*52 m away · located to ±18 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/101)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1798

## What was here, Dwelling and Setting
*116 m away · 2 Helmores Lane · located to ±15 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/102)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Dwelling and Setting
*178 m away · 16 Helmores Lane · located to ±17 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/103)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Little Hagley Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1638-little-hagley-park), you are in it · Botanic · 7 ha
- [Millbrook Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1157-millbrook-reserve), 63 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Hagley Park North](https://www.chch.live/park/1572-hagley-park-north), 111 m to the edge · Sports ground · 91 ha
- [Carlton Mill Riverbank](https://www.chch.live/park/1507-carlton-mill-riverbank), 281 m to the edge
- [Mona Vale](https://www.chch.live/park/946-mona-vale), 462 m to the edge · Botanic · 5 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-427-christchurch-central-city), 31 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-434-christchurch-central-city), 57 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-420-christchurch-central-city), 85 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-387-merivale), 184 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-426-christchurch-central-city), 191 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 Helmores Lane?**

2 council reports on record since September 2022, most often graffiti (2).

**What school is 3 Helmores Lane 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) and [Burnside High School](https://www.chch.live/school/319-burnside-high-school), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Middleton Grange School (Year 1-8), Marian College, Middleton Grange School (Year 9-10), 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=-43.52354240325737,172.61662292428554)

**Which suburb is 3 Helmores Lane in?**

Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [Helmores Lane](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/helmores-lane).

**What stood at 3 Helmores Lane before?**

The heritage register names 3 places at or beside it, [Bridge and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/101), [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/102).

**What is the nearest park to 3 Helmores Lane?**

[Little Hagley Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1638-little-hagley-park), the address is inside it, 7 ha.

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