# 394 Madras Street, Christchurch Central City

5 reports on record since February 2024 · 5 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/394-madras-street

## What gets reported here
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1
- General Request, 1
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8896928), 10 Sept 2026
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6076411), 24 Mar 2025
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5084417), 2 Sept 2024
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/4854251), 5 Jul 2024
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/4300503), 17 Feb 2024

## Photographed here (5 on record)
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8896928), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08896928/public/1_feq4vkybit1.jpg
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6076411), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06074769/public/1_avjb3ahf2kah.jpg
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5084417), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05084417/public/1_ircv8hm1ainu.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/4854251), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04854251/public/1_2vvyt93vhbbt.jpg
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/4300503), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04300503/public/1_tzbfi1p88bcn.jpg

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

## Also reported on Madras Street
- [153 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/153-madras-street), 73 reports
- [169 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/169-madras-street), 50 reports
- [145 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/145-madras-street), 49 reports
- [282 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/282-madras-street), 37 reports
- [160 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/160-madras-street), 35 reports
- [163 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/163-madras-street), 32 reports
- [281 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/281-madras-street), 29 reports
- [167 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/167-madras-street), 28 reports
- [Madras Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/madras-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5223&lon=172.6427&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5223&lon=172.6427&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5223&lon=172.6427&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5223&lon=172.6427&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
- [Engenium](https://www.chch.live/business/engenium-christchurch-central-city), 73 m away · Consulting
- [Carters](https://www.chch.live/business/carters-christchurch-central-city), 75 m away · Hardware
- [Pegasus Primary Mental Health Services](https://www.chch.live/business/pegasus-primary-mental-health-services-christchurch-central-city), 84 m away · Doctors & clinics
- [The Belle Curve](https://www.chch.live/business/the-belle-curve-christchurch-central-city), 95 m away · Cafés

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

## The bus nearby
- [Bealey Ave near Madras St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=28797), 152 m away · [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44)
- [Bealey Ave near Madras St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=28811), 174 m away · [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44)

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

## 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 (Mondays)

Bins go out Monday, 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.
- **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_

### Water
- **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 Madras Street in 161 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 17 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=madras-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).

## The green nearby
- [Moa Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1636-moa-reserve), 93 m to the edge · playground, 18 pieces
- [Barbadoes Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/park/1341-barbadoes-cemetery), 246 m to the edge · Botanic · 3 ha
- [Cambridge Green](https://www.chch.live/park/1025-cambridge-green), 343 m to the edge
- [Avon Riverbank Central City](https://www.chch.live/park/1868-avon-riverbank-central-city), 357 m to the edge · 6 ha
- [Rose Historic Chapel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1788-rose-historic-chapel-reserve), 445 m to the edge · Botanic

*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), 250 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-538-christchurch-central-city), 322 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-546-christchurch-central-city), 349 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-542-christchurch-central-city), 420 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-536-christchurch-central-city), 428 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 394 Madras Street?**

5 council reports on record since February 2024, most often water leak (1), graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa (1), graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset (1).

**What school is 394 Madras 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=-43.52227212077545,172.64273539405008)

**Which suburb is 394 Madras Street in?**

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

**What stood at 394 Madras Street before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.52227212077545&lon=172.64273539405008)

**What is the nearest park to 394 Madras Street?**

[Moa Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1636-moa-reserve), 93 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=394-madras-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=madras-street
