# 33 Cranmer Sq, Christchurch Central City

1 report on record since September 2026 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/33-cranmer-sq

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8940425), 18 Sept 2026

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8940425), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08940425/public/1_076fm8r9zb0bb.jpg

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

## Also reported on Cranmer Sq
- [6 Cranmer Sq](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/6-cranmer-sq), 6 reports
- [24 Cranmer Sq](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/24-cranmer-sq), 3 reports
- [18 Cranmer Sq](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/18-cranmer-sq), 3 reports
- [1 Cranmer Sq](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/1-cranmer-sq), 3 reports
- [5–9 Cranmer Sq](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/5%E2%80%939-cranmer-sq), 2 reports
- [29 Cranmer Sq](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/29-cranmer-sq), 2 reports
- [25 Cranmer Sq](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/25-cranmer-sq), 2 reports
- [19 Cranmer Sq](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/19-cranmer-sq), 2 reports
- [Cranmer Sq, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/cranmer-sq)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5267&lon=172.6298&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5267&lon=172.6298&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5267&lon=172.6298&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
- [Polo Bar & Restaurant](https://www.chch.live/business/polo-bar-restaurant-christchurch-central-city), 70 m away · Restaurants
- [Hotel Montreal](https://www.chch.live/business/hotel-montreal-christchurch-central-city), 80 m away · Hotels
- [The George Hotel](https://www.chch.live/business/the-george-hotel-christchurch-central-city), 106 m away · Hotels
- [The Tack Rooms](https://www.chch.live/business/the-tack-rooms-christchurch-central-city), 110 m away · Motels

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

## The bus nearby
- [Park Tce near Peterborough St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=14743), 200 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)
- [Park Tce near Peterborough St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=14394), 202 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Mischa Kuball / Solidarity Grid, 2013 / Belgrade](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310873-hagley-park-north), 146 m away, “Mischa Kuball / Solidarity Grid, 2013 / BELGRADE” · 2013
- [Mischa Kuball / Solidarity Grid, 2014 / Sendai](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310874-hagley-park-north), 147 m away, “Mischa Kuball / Solidarity Grid, 2014 / SENDAI” · 2013
- [Mischa Kuball / Solidarity Grid, 2014 / Montreal](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310875-hagley-park-north), 148 m away, “Mischa Kuball / Solidarity Grid, 2014 / MONTREAL” · 2013

*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: $580,000, land $540,000, improvements $40,000 · 151 m² · ref 22680/49200/B · 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.

## Floor levels
- **No flooding modelled for this rating unit**, Modelled flood levels: no flooding modelled in a 50-year event; no flooding modelled in a 200-year event · ground about 7.02 m NZVD2016 (6.65 m–7.25 m)

These are modelled floor and flood levels from the council’s freeboard viewer, not a surveyed finished floor or a finding on this house, for anything with money attached, the council’s LIM is the certified property file.

## 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 88% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 25% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 88% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Technical category TC3**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Moderate to significant land damage from liquefaction is possible in future significant earthquakes _Foundations: Site-specific geotechnical investigation and specific engineering foundation design required eg deep pile foundations, innovative ground strengthening, etc_

### [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.
- **Inside a bottle-store buffer around The Cathedral Grammar School**, [Bottle-store buffer](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Restriction on the location of new bottle stores, the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 50 m of this site.

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).

## 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, Former St Margaret's School Building and Setting
*93 m away · 25A Cranmer Square · located to ±24 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/51)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3105

## What was here, Former Shop/Dwelling and Setting
*128 m away · 40 Cranmer Square · located to ±6 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/53)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Cranmer Square and Setting
*130 m away · 1P Cranmer Square · located to ±119 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/50)*
- In the winter of 1869 the City Council fenced Cranmer Square — the works committee had fencing plans prepared in July, and the fortnightly works return at the end of August records men "erecting posts for fencing Cranmer Square"., CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL. (Star, 27 July 1869) (https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18690727.2.6), 1869-07-27T00:00:00.000Z
- In January 1882 the promoters Joubert and Twopeny asked the City Council for the use of Cranmer Square to erect buildings for an international exhibition they planned to open that April., THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. (Star, 14 January 1882) (https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18820114.2.21), 1882-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- At an informal council meeting on 13 January 1882, Twopeny said the promoters would sign a bond to give the square back "in exactly the same condition as it was before" and would not injure any of its trees; he asked for Cranmer rather than Latimer Square because money had just been spent laying Latimer out., THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. (Star, 14 January 1882) (https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18820114.2.21), 1882-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- The exhibition never came to Cranmer Square. When it opened in April 1882 its buildings stood in Hagley Park, on the angle formed by the junction of the Riccarton and Lincoln roads., THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION AT CHRISTCHURCH. (Timaru Herald, 12 April 1882) (https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18820412.2.15), 1882-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
- By the early 1900s the houses around Cranmer Square ran heavily as lodging and boarding houses — the Star's columns carry years of boarders wanted, rooms to let and servants sought addressed to numbers 2, 3, 10, 20, 22 and 30., Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 14 January 1905) (https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19050114.2.62.1), 1905-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Written: [The exhibition the square didn't get](https://www.chch.live/article/the-exhibition-the-square-didnt-get)

## What was here, Dwelling and Setting
*131 m away · 38 Cranmer Square · located to ±5 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/52)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Former Christchurch Teachers College and Setting
*165 m away · located to ±45 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/183)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1914

## The green nearby
- [Cranmer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1817-cranmer-square), 16 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- [Hagley Park North](https://www.chch.live/park/1572-hagley-park-north), 138 m to the edge · Sports ground · 91 ha
- [Armagh Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1254-armagh-reserve), 219 m to the edge
- [Victoria Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1836-victoria-triangles), 239 m to the edge
- [Botanic Gardens](https://www.chch.live/park/1656-botanic-gardens), 313 m to the edge · Botanic · 21 ha · playground, 53 pieces

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Aldersgate](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-32), 314 m away · Car park
- [Armagh Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-34), 318 m away · Car park
- [Rolleston Avenue](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-29), 456 m away · Car park

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-472-christchurch-central-city), 130 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-473-christchurch-central-city), 143 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-471-christchurch-central-city), 185 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-487-christchurch-central-city), 224 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-482-christchurch-central-city), 237 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 33 Cranmer Sq?**

1 council report on record since September 2026, most often graffiti on a fence, building or structure (1).

**What school is 33 Cranmer Sq 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=-43.52666799875414,172.6297999999549)

**Which suburb is 33 Cranmer Sq in?**

Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [Cranmer Sq](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/cranmer-sq).

**What stood at 33 Cranmer Sq before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Former St Margaret's School Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/51), [Former Shop/Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/53).

**What is the nearest park to 33 Cranmer Sq?**

[Cranmer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1817-cranmer-square), 16 m to its edge, 2 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=33-cranmer-sq · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=cranmer-sq