# 603 Colombo Street, Christchurch Central City

9 reports on record since January 2019 · 6 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/603-colombo-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 4
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 1
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 1

## Reported here
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7269606), 25 Nov 2025
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4930004), 26 Jul 2024
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4843389), 3 Jul 2024
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/3836934), 25 Oct 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3356428), 21 May 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3356420), 21 May 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2070039), 12 Jan 2022
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1077567), 8 May 2020
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/592066), 13 Jan 2019

## Photographed here (6 on record)
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7269606), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07269606/public/1_hms6px8xcrw3.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4930004), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04930004/public/1_fikb1ttqvm7i.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4843389), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04843389/public/1_lf3h387z9nkh.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2070039), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02070039/1_UheQ84.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1077567), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01077567/0_8LYRu8
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/592066), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00592066/0

[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=-43.5358&lon=172.6365&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5358&lon=172.6365&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5358&lon=172.6365&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5358&lon=172.6365&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
- [The Food Den](https://www.chch.live/business/the-food-den-christchurch-central-city), 45 m away · Fast food
- [D&N Souvlaki](https://www.chch.live/business/d-n-souvlaki-christchurch-central-city), 55 m away · Fast food
- [The Little Kitchen](https://www.chch.live/business/the-little-kitchen-christchurch-central-city), 57 m away · Fast food
- [Tradestaff](https://www.chch.live/business/tradestaff-christchurch-central-city), 65 m away · Recruitment

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

## The bus nearby
- [St Asaph St near Colombo St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=14263), 100 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3), [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7), [route 60](https://www.chch.live/buses/60), [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80), [route 81](https://www.chch.live/buses/81), [route 84](https://www.chch.live/buses/84), [route 85](https://www.chch.live/buses/85), [route 86](https://www.chch.live/buses/86)
- [Bus Interchange (Platform A)](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53100), 112 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3), [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 60](https://www.chch.live/buses/60), [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80), [route 81](https://www.chch.live/buses/81), [route 84](https://www.chch.live/buses/84), [route 85](https://www.chch.live/buses/85), [route 86](https://www.chch.live/buses/86)

*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
- [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

## 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 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.
- **Inside a bottle-store buffer around Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery**, [Bottle-store buffer](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Restriction on the location of new bottle stores, the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 50 m of this site.

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, Colonial Motor Company Garage and Setting
*100 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

## What was here, Former P & D Duncan Ltd Building and Setting
*162 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
*181 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, Commercial Building and Setting, Lawrie and Wilson Auctioneers
*202 m away · 210 Tuam Street · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/232)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3127

## What was here, Former Tuam Street Hall and Setting
*219 m away · 214 Tuam Street · located to ±12 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/233)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3140

## The green nearby
- [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 286 m to the edge
- [Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 294 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Friendship Corner](https://www.chch.live/park/1371-friendship-corner), 316 m to the edge · Botanic
- [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles), 317 m to the edge
- [Tiffany Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1486-tiffany-reserve), 351 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), 106 m away · Car park
- [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33), 336 m away · Car park

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-465-christchurch-central-city), 52 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 257 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-502-christchurch-central-city), 303 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-497-christchurch-central-city), 314 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-503-christchurch-central-city), 327 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 603 Colombo Street?**

9 council reports on record since January 2019, most often graffiti (4), graffiti somewhere else (2), water supply (1).

**What school is 603 Colombo Street zoned for?**

[Addington Te Kura Taumatua](https://www.chch.live/school/3271-addington-te-kura-taumatua), [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, 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=-43.53577681781914,172.63647750025376)

**Which suburb is 603 Colombo Street in?**

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

**What stood at 603 Colombo Street before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Colonial Motor Company Garage and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/477), [Former P & D Duncan Ltd Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/227).

**What is the nearest park to 603 Colombo Street?**

[City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 286 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=603-colombo-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=colombo-street
