# 30 Allen Street, Christchurch Central City

10 reports on record since August 2017 · 9 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/30-allen-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 5
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 4
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5426614), 18 Nov 2024
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5426610), 18 Nov 2024
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5222154), 4 Oct 2024
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5222151), 4 Oct 2024
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/4893775), 17 Jul 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4112561), 8 Jan 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3601961), 14 Aug 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1111916), 9 Jun 2020
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1026075), 18 Mar 2020
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/285285), 6 Aug 2017

## Photographed here (9 on record)
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5426614), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05426614/public/1_euq45zlhsbdp.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5426610), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05426610/public/1_tcdq38ot9al.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5222154), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05222154/public/1_8e0v2cdk6xuo.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5222151), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05222151/public/1_a0mgi9rqzpc8.jpg
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/4893775), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04893775/public/1_ef4h4mgihq57.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4112561), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04112561/public/1_z3cuh4lxio8.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1111916), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01111916/1_TKq4sq.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1026075), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01026075/0_CYPBZ8
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/285285), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00285285/0

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

## Also reported on Allen Street
- [9 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/9-allen-street), 17 reports
- [37 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/37-allen-street), 17 reports
- [17 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/17-allen-street), 16 reports
- [23 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/23-allen-street), 15 reports
- [38 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/38-allen-street), 10 reports
- [35 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/35-allen-street), 10 reports
- [31 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/31-allen-street), 9 reports
- [34 Allen Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/34-allen-street), 8 reports
- [Allen Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/allen-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.538&lon=172.6413&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.538&lon=172.6413&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.538&lon=172.6413&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.538&lon=172.6413&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
- [Showgirls](https://www.chch.live/business/showgirls-ex-the-diamond-lounge-christchurch-central-city), 47 m away · Clubs
- [Green Lane Market](https://www.chch.live/business/green-lane-market-christchurch-central-city), 67 m away · Markets
- [Besuto Bites Sushi & BBQ](https://www.chch.live/business/besuto-bites-sushi-bbq-christchurch-central-city), 74 m away · Fast food
- [Countdown Moorhouse](https://www.chch.live/business/countdown-moorhouse-christchurch-central-city), 84 m away · Supermarkets

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

## The bus nearby
- [Manchester St near Allen St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53687), 126 m away · [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27), [route 84](https://www.chch.live/buses/84), [route 85](https://www.chch.live/buses/85), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)
- [Madras St Terminus](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=52936), 132 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8), [route 84](https://www.chch.live/buses/84), [route 85](https://www.chch.live/buses/85)

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $6,600,000, land $6,570,000, improvements $30,000 · 5,215 m² · ref 22670/20700 · 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 (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 90% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 18% 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.

### [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 Allen Street in 4 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=allen-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, 129 High Street
*208 m away · 1/129 High Street · located to ±17 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/503)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting. Duncan's Buildings
*221 m away · 147 High Street · located to ±45 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/549)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1864

## What was here, Former Grosvenor Hotel and Setting
*230 m away · 367 Moorhouse Avenue · located to ±15 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/160)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Wilson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1557-wilson-park), 176 m to the edge
- [Gasson Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1083-gasson-reserve), 252 m to the edge
- [Science Alive Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1753-science-alive-reserve), 295 m to the edge
- [Washington Way Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1316-washington-way-reserve), 369 m to the edge · Sports ground
- [Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 384 m to the edge · Botanic

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [St Asaph](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-36), 282 m away · Car park

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 130 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-528-christchurch-central-city), 210 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), 211 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-442-sydenham), 218 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-514-waltham), 218 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 30 Allen Street?**

10 council reports on record since August 2017, most often graffiti (5), graffiti somewhere else (4), graffiti on a sign, mural or public art (1).

**What school is 30 Allen 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=-43.537978263205474,172.6412806072886)

**Which suburb is 30 Allen Street in?**

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

**What stood at 30 Allen Street before?**

The heritage register names 3 places at or beside it, [129 High Street](https://www.chch.live/place/503), [Commercial Building and Setting. Duncan's Buildings](https://www.chch.live/place/549).

**What is the nearest park to 30 Allen Street?**

[Wilson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1557-wilson-park), 176 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=30-allen-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=allen-street
