# 479 Selwyn Street, Christchurch Central City

4 reports on record since April 2021 · 3 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/479-selwyn-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5467395), 26 Nov 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4035597), 17 Dec 2023
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2242570), 24 Mar 2022
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1552632), 25 Apr 2021

## Photographed here (3 on record)
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5467395), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05467395/public/1_i748h8baubcx.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4035597), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04035597/public/1_mxajywuqz9p.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2242570), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02242570/public/1_NP2RnKa.jpg

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

## Also reported on Selwyn Street
- [508 Selwyn Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/508-selwyn-street), 15 reports
- [488 Selwyn Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/488-selwyn-street), 13 reports
- [504 Selwyn Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/504-selwyn-street), 10 reports
- [498A Selwyn Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/498a-selwyn-street), 6 reports
- [489 Selwyn Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/489-selwyn-street), 6 reports
- [480 Selwyn Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/480-selwyn-street), 6 reports
- [475 Selwyn Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/475-selwyn-street), 5 reports
- [492 Selwyn Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/492-selwyn-street), 3 reports
- [Selwyn Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/selwyn-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5389&lon=172.6218&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5389&lon=172.6218&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5389&lon=172.6218&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5389&lon=172.6218&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
- [Coming: Health Precinct](https://www.chch.live/business/coming-health-precinct-christchurch-central-city), 74 m away · Doctors & clinics
- [MIG Cars](https://www.chch.live/business/mig-cars-christchurch-central-city), 89 m away · Car dealers
- [Fast Autoglass](https://www.chch.live/business/fast-autoglass-addington), 172 m away · Car repair
- [Z](https://www.chch.live/business/z-addington-2), 174 m away · Petrol stations

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

## The bus nearby
- [Moorhouse Ave near Selwyn St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=14683), 118 m away · [route 140](https://www.chch.live/buses/140)
- [Selwyn St near Moorhouse Ave](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=50899), 173 m away · [route 60](https://www.chch.live/buses/60)

*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.*
- [Addington Te Kura Taumatua](https://www.chch.live/school/3271-addington-te-kura-taumatua), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Apr 2024
- [Sacred Heart School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3270-sacred-heart-school-christchurch), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026
- [Hillmorton High School (Year 7-8)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-7-8), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Oct 2025
- [Hillmorton High School (Year 9-13)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-9-13), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Oct 2025
- [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

## What the land record says

### [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_

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 Selwyn Street in 8 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=selwyn-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 West Christchurch School/Hagley Community College and Setting
*196 m away · 510E Hagley Avenue · located to ±63 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/92)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1874

## The green nearby
- [Hagley Park South](https://www.chch.live/park/1812-hagley-park-south), 326 m to the edge · Sports ground · 71 ha
- [Disraeli Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1147-disraeli-reserve), 390 m to the edge
- [Cornelius O'connor Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1307-cornelius-o-connor-reserve), 443 m to the edge · playground, 39 pieces
- [Addington Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/park/1634-addington-cemetery), 473 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 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-398-addington), 103 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-441-sydenham), 122 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-442-sydenham), 122 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-440-christchurch-central-city), 159 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-423-christchurch-central-city), 162 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 479 Selwyn Street?**

4 council reports on record since April 2021, most often graffiti (2), roading/streets (1), graffiti somewhere else (1).

**What school is 479 Selwyn Street zoned for?**

[Addington Te Kura Taumatua](https://www.chch.live/school/3271-addington-te-kura-taumatua), [Sacred Heart School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3270-sacred-heart-school-christchurch), [Hillmorton High School (Year 7-8)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-7-8), [Hillmorton High School (Year 9-13)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-9-13), [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, Middleton Grange School (Year 11-13), Villa Maria College, Christchurch Adventist School, St Thomas of Canterbury College. 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=-43.538865579088785,172.62177383084554)

**Which suburb is 479 Selwyn Street in?**

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

**What stood at 479 Selwyn Street before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [Former West Christchurch School/Hagley Community College and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/92).

**What is the nearest park to 479 Selwyn Street?**

[Hagley Park South](https://www.chch.live/park/1812-hagley-park-south), 326 m to its edge, 71 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=479-selwyn-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=selwyn-street
