# 617 Colombo Street, Christchurch Central City

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

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/617-colombo-street

## What gets reported here
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 2
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 2
- [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/vandalism), 1
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7797275), 24 Feb 2026
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5575937), 19 Dec 2024
- [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4477268), 30 Mar 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4385684), 7 Mar 2024
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/3946327), 23 Nov 2023
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/3485488), 7 Jul 2023
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/3295738), 29 Apr 2023
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1202527), 28 Aug 2020
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/710584), 20 May 2019

## Photographed here (6 on record)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7797275), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07797275/public/1_01a3mqvq99z4j.jpg
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5575937), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05575937/public/1_skp08s9s0wco.jpg
- [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4477268), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04477268/public/1_hy8f8x4n8wbx.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4385684), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04385684/public/1_3nvztw6p89zo.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1202527), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01202527/1_wlJbGp.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/710584), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00710584/0

[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=-43.5349&lon=172.6365&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5349&lon=172.6365&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5349&lon=172.6365&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5349&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
- [Holey Moley](https://www.chch.live/business/holey-moley-christchurch-central-city), 12 m away · Arcades
- [Archie Brothers And Holey Moley](https://www.chch.live/business/archie-brothers-and-holey-moley-christchurch-central-city), 19 m away · Business
- [Hoyts Entertainment Exchange](https://www.chch.live/business/hoyts-entertainment-exchange-christchurch-central-city), 19 m away · Cinemas & theatres
- [EntX](https://www.chch.live/business/entx-christchurch-central-city), 22 m away · Food courts

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

## The bus nearby
- [Bus Interchange (Platform A)](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53100), 49 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)
- [Bus Interchange (Platform B)](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53116), 71 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7), [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8), [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44), [route 91](https://www.chch.live/buses/91), [route 92](https://www.chch.live/buses/92), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / the Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310887-bailer), 246 m away, “Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / The Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015 / (Māori text and English translat…” · 2015

*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: $24,200,000, land $11,200,000, improvements $13,000,000 · 4,497 m² · ref 22700/52803 · roll last edited September 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
- [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
- [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.

### [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 Christchurch Bus Interchange**, [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
*160 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 Beaths Department Store (components)
*175 m away · 201/690 Colombo Street · located to ±21 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/25)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3094

## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting, Former Sargood Son and Ewen
*180 m away · 92 Lichfield Street · located to ±28 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/133)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting, Former Wellington Woollen Mills Manufacturing Company
*199 m away · 96 Lichfield Street · located to ±28 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/132)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1899

## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting, Lawrie and Wilson Auctioneers
*209 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

## The green nearby
- [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 189 m to the edge
- [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles), 224 m to the edge
- [Friendship Corner](https://www.chch.live/park/1371-friendship-corner), 264 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 266 m to the edge · Botanic
- [The Stewart Plaza](https://www.chch.live/park/1566-the-stewart-plaza), 272 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), 28 m away · Car park
- [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33), 241 m away · Car park
- [Scales](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-35), 478 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), 46 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-502-christchurch-central-city), 253 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 256 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-503-christchurch-central-city), 267 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-497-christchurch-central-city), 267 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 617 Colombo Street?**

9 council reports on record since May 2019, most often roads - general (2), roading/streets (2), vandalism - general (1).

**What school is 617 Colombo Street zoned for?**

[Elmwood Normal School](https://www.chch.live/school/3334-elmwood-normal-school), [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), [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=-43.5349011677524,172.63649144012345)

**Which suburb is 617 Colombo Street in?**

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

**What stood at 617 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 Beaths Department Store (components)](https://www.chch.live/place/25).

**What is the nearest park to 617 Colombo Street?**

[City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 189 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=617-colombo-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=colombo-street