# 52 Peterborough Street, Christchurch Central City

13 reports on record since October 2016 · 11 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/52-peterborough-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 5
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2
- General Request, 2
- [Sewer - Leak / Blockage](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 1
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1
- [Pit and Equipment - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1

## Reported here
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6171152), 10 Apr 2025
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/4948491), 31 Jul 2024
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4948437), 31 Jul 2024
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4948433), 31 Jul 2024
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4948415), 31 Jul 2024
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4948412), 31 Jul 2024
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4509282), 7 Apr 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4437052), 20 Mar 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4351051), 28 Feb 2024
- [Pit and Equipment - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4261155), 9 Feb 2024

## Photographed here (11 on record)
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6171152), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06171152/public/1_jrkjqp420zqi.jpg
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/4948491), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04948491/public/1_9h77578c97l4.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4948437), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04948437/public/1_pct91o1myudp.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4948433), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04948433/public/1_wh606jfx8mom.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4948415), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04948415/public/1_ry30jfp986or.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4948412), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04948412/public/1_4l9bcyt7k2qt.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4509282), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04509282/public/1_0nshkycgve6u.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4437052), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04437052/public/1_q0gimteisjgd.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4351051), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04351051/public/1_193uwfdmzhoa.jpg
- [Pit and Equipment - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4261155), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04261155/public/1_phfr0usayccw.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/183091), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00183091/0

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

## Also reported on Peterborough Street
- [152 Peterborough Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/152-peterborough-street), 35 reports
- [11 Peterborough Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/11-peterborough-street), 26 reports
- [170 Peterborough Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/170-peterborough-street), 23 reports
- [51 Peterborough Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/51-peterborough-street), 16 reports
- [76 Peterborough Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/76-peterborough-street), 15 reports
- [25 Peterborough Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/25-peterborough-street), 14 reports
- [181 Peterborough Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/181-peterborough-street), 14 reports
- [39 Peterborough Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/39-peterborough-street), 13 reports
- [Peterborough Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/peterborough-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5256&lon=172.6317&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5256&lon=172.6317&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5256&lon=172.6317&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
- [Cruz Nightclub](https://www.chch.live/business/cruz-nightclub-christchurch-central-city), 28 m away · Bars & pubs
- [Black & White Coffee Cartel](https://www.chch.live/business/black-white-coffee-cartel-christchurch-central-city), 29 m away · Cafés
- [Club Arcadia](https://www.chch.live/business/club-arcadia-christchurch-central-city), 31 m away · Bars & pubs
- [Kum Pun](https://www.chch.live/business/kum-pun-christchurch-central-city), 41 m away · Restaurants

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

## The bus nearby
- [Victoria St near Peterborough St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=54260), 44 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 29](https://www.chch.live/buses/29), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)
- [Salisbury St near Victoria St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=52887), 135 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 29](https://www.chch.live/buses/29), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Victoria Triangles plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310919-victoria-triangles), 116 m away · 2014
- [Victoria Triangles plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310928-victoria-triangles), 116 m away · 2009
- [Diamondjubilee / 1837 - 1897](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310925-victoria-triangles), 117 m away, “DiamondJubilee / 1837 - 1897” · 2009

*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: $4,570,000, land $4,570,000, improvements $0 · 1,830 m² · ref 22680/38703 · 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.*
- [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 84% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 33% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 84% 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.
- **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.

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 Peterborough Street in 47 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 12 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=peterborough-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, Victoria Mansions and Setting
*94 m away · F/91 Victoria Street · located to ±21 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/244)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/342

## What was here, Jubilee Clock Tower and Setting
*118 m away · 95 Victoria Street · located to ±5 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/245)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3679

## What was here, Former Shop/Dwelling and Setting
*130 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, Former Christchurch Teachers College and Setting
*142 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

## What was here, Dwelling and Setting
*143 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.

## The green nearby
- [Victoria Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1836-victoria-triangles), 57 m to the edge
- [Cranmer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1817-cranmer-square), 133 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- [Aldred Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1725-aldred-reserve), 251 m to the edge
- [Hagley Park North](https://www.chch.live/park/1572-hagley-park-north), 290 m to the edge · Sports ground · 91 ha
- [Victoria Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1066-victoria-square), 386 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha

*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), 297 m away · Car park
- [Armagh Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-34), 336 m away · Car park

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-487-christchurch-central-city), 31 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-496-christchurch-central-city), 163 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-472-christchurch-central-city), 284 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-473-christchurch-central-city), 296 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-466-christchurch-central-city), 314 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 52 Peterborough Street?**

13 council reports on record since October 2016, most often graffiti on a fence, building or structure (5), graffiti (2), general request (2).

**What school is 52 Peterborough Street 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=-43.52556924860853,172.6316870121426)

**Which suburb is 52 Peterborough Street in?**

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

**What stood at 52 Peterborough Street before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Victoria Mansions and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/244), [Jubilee Clock Tower and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/245).

**What is the nearest park to 52 Peterborough Street?**

[Victoria Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1836-victoria-triangles), 57 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=52-peterborough-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=peterborough-street
