# 556A Colombo Street, Christchurch Central City 10 reports on record since June 2023 · 8 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/556a-colombo-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 - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 ## Reported here - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9028487), 4 Oct 2026 - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8751834), 16 Aug 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7335894), 6 Dec 2025 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6308086), 8 May 2025 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6308054), 8 May 2025 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6260477), 29 Apr 2025 - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/5911900), 21 Feb 2025 - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4746019), 5 Jun 2024 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3886542), 7 Nov 2023 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3410826), 10 Jun 2023 ## Photographed here (8 on record) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9028487), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09028487/public/1_y0f50zab2pdl.jpg - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8751834), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08751834/public/1_eredvbxbll2.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7335894), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07335894/public/1_bg462jvhfv6r.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6308086), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06308086/public/1_syyb8u0opbl.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6308054), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06308054/public/1_dokmp4e0azhf.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6260477), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06260477/public/1_tltap7lgy2db.jpg - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/5911900), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05911900/public/1_wct6ejax9wir.jpg - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4746019), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04746019/public/1_spsp14rm4xf.jpg [More photographs on the Christchurch Central City wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=christchurch-central-city) ## Also reported on Colombo Street - [794 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/794-colombo-street), 159 reports - [673 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/673-colombo-street), 102 reports - [781 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/781-colombo-street), 55 reports - [521 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/521-colombo-street), 46 reports - [722 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/722-colombo-street), 45 reports - [569 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/569-colombo-street), 45 reports - [527 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/527-colombo-street), 41 reports - [711 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/711-colombo-street), 38 reports - [Colombo Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/colombo-street) ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.538&lon=172.6367&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.538&lon=172.6367&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.538&lon=172.6367&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.538&lon=172.6367&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 - [Smiths City Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/business/smiths-city-colombo-street-christchurch-central-city), 17 m away · Department stores - [Mak's Photo Lab](https://www.chch.live/business/mak-s-photo-lab-christchurch-central-city), 43 m away · Photographic Laboratory - [South City Mall](https://www.chch.live/business/south-city-mall-christchurch-central-city), 43 m away · Malls - [Tank Juice Bar - South City](https://www.chch.live/business/tank-juice-bar-south-city-christchurch-central-city), 46 m away · Delis *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - [South City (Northbound)](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=14974), 50 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44) - [Smiths City (Southbound)](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=14151), 61 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8), [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 - [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 ## Bin day This address is not on a single weekly kerbside round. - Green bin, not collected here - Yellow bin, Weekly · Wednesdays - Red bin, Daily ## What the land record says ### [What the ground is](https://www.chch.live/ground) - **Up to 69% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 10% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 69% in the worst modelled scenario. ### 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 Colombo Street in 177 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 32 seriously hurt. [The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=colombo-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, New City Hotel and Setting *135 m away · located to ±20 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/443)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3124 ## What was here, Former P & D Duncan Ltd Building and Setting *194 m away · 7/204 St Asaph Street · located to ±18 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/227)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1911 ## What was here, Former R. Buchanan & Sons' City Foundry and Setting *210 m away · 2/210 St Asaph Street · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/226)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1917 ## What was here, Colonial Motor Company Garage and Setting *226 m away · 201 St Asaph Street · located to ±40 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/477)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3118 ## The green nearby - [Carlyle Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1273-carlyle-reserve), 354 m to the edge - [Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 447 m to the edge · Botanic - [Science Alive Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1753-science-alive-reserve), 498 m to the edge *Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.* ## The civic shelf nearby - [Re:start - Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31), 351 m away · Car park ## The tracks through here - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-442-sydenham), 217 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-441-sydenham), 217 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-513-sydenham), 217 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-514-waltham), 218 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 236 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 556A Colombo Street?** 10 council reports on record since June 2023, most often graffiti on a fence, building or structure (5), graffiti (2), graffiti somewhere else (1). **What school is 556A Colombo Street zoned for?** [Christchurch East School](https://www.chch.live/school/3317-christchurch-east-school), [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, 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=-43.53798900465349,172.6367059724249) **Which suburb is 556A Colombo Street in?** Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/colombo-street). **What stood at 556A Colombo Street before?** The heritage register names 4 places at or beside it, [New City Hotel and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/443), [Former P & D Duncan Ltd Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/227). **What is the nearest park to 556A Colombo Street?** [Carlyle Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1273-carlyle-reserve), 354 m to its edge. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=556a-colombo-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=colombo-street