# 344 Manchester Street, Christchurch Central City

9 reports on record since February 2020 · 7 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/344-manchester-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2
- [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/vandalism), 1
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 1
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8218468), 8 May 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7225323), 17 Nov 2025
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5801595), 3 Feb 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5741136), 22 Jan 2025
- [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/report/3411925), 10 Jun 2023
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/3411883), 10 Jun 2023
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/2091955), 21 Jan 2022
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1210909), 3 Sept 2020
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/999130), 26 Feb 2020

## Photographed here (7 on record)
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8218468), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08218468/public/1_grpf7htd7puq.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7225323), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07225323/public/1_0vagvur6eibl.jpg
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5801595), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05801595/public/1_chg6thswr5n5.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5741136), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05741136/public/1_3m7ncv0fye5r.jpg
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/2091955), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02091955/1_hCPYF0.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1210909), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01210909/0
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/999130), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00999130/0_4sye70

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

## Also reported on Manchester Street
- [297-299 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/297-299-manchester-street), 103 reports
- [293 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/293-manchester-street), 72 reports
- [214 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/214-manchester-street), 72 reports
- [153 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/153-manchester-street), 52 reports
- [218 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/218-manchester-street), 48 reports
- [76 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/76-manchester-street), 45 reports
- [204 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/204-manchester-street), 45 reports
- [192 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/192-manchester-street), 40 reports
- [Manchester Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/manchester-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5219&lon=172.6398&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5219&lon=172.6398&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5219&lon=172.6398&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5219&lon=172.6398&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
- [Red Cross Shop](https://www.chch.live/business/red-cross-shop-christchurch-central-city), 55 m away · Clothing
- [Two Thumb Brewing Company](https://www.chch.live/business/two-thumb-brewing-company-christchurch-central-city), 60 m away · Bars & pubs
- [Two Thumb on Manchester](https://www.chch.live/business/two-thumb-on-manchester-christchurch-central-city), 64 m away · Bars & pubs
- [Frobisher](https://www.chch.live/business/frobisher-christchurch-central-city), 91 m away · Interior Decoration

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

## The bus nearby
- [Bealey Ave](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=14840), 38 m away · [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44)
- [Bealey Ave](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=28830), 141 m away · [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44)

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $1,620,000, land $1,330,000, improvements $290,000 · 1,063 m² · ref 22690/40001 · 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
- [Mairehau High School](https://www.chch.live/school/320-mairehau-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2020
- [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 85% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 20% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 85% 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.
- **Liquefaction was mapped here after the September 2010 earthquake**, [Liquefied in September 2010](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
- **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 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 Manchester Street in 236 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 38 seriously hurt.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=manchester-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, Former Dwelling and Setting, Holly Lea/McLean's Mansion
*107 m away · 387 Manchester Street · located to ±28 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/145)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/300

## What was here, Former St Mary's Convent Chapel and Setting
*250 m away · 67/868 Colombo Street · located to ±12 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/47)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/7239

## The green nearby
- [Rose Historic Chapel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1788-rose-historic-chapel-reserve), 235 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Moa Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1636-moa-reserve), 330 m to the edge · playground, 18 pieces
- [Barbadoes Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/park/1341-barbadoes-cemetery), 487 m to the edge · Botanic · 3 ha
- [Aldred Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1725-aldred-reserve), 490 m to the edge

*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-522-christchurch-central-city), 12 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-511-saint-albans), 350 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 344 Manchester Street?**

9 council reports on record since February 2020, most often graffiti on a fence, building or structure (2), vandalism - general (1), rubbish/recycling (1).

**What school is 344 Manchester Street zoned for?**

[Christchurch East School](https://www.chch.live/school/3317-christchurch-east-school), [Mairehau High School](https://www.chch.live/school/320-mairehau-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=-43.52194929807602,172.63978771180916)

**Which suburb is 344 Manchester Street in?**

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

**What stood at 344 Manchester Street before?**

The heritage register names 2 places at or beside it, [Former Dwelling and Setting, Holly Lea/McLean's Mansion](https://www.chch.live/place/145), [Former St Mary's Convent Chapel and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/47).

**What is the nearest park to 344 Manchester Street?**

[Rose Historic Chapel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1788-rose-historic-chapel-reserve), 235 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=344-manchester-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=manchester-street
