673 Colombo Street, Christchurch Central City
102 reports on record since December 2018 · 84 with photographs. The street’s heaviest record is 794 Colombo Street — 159 reports on file. Indicative rating valuation and school zones, hazards, bin day and what stood here before.
What gets reported here
Photographed here 84 on record
Reported here the newest 80 of 102
Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art —
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — graffiti on no entry signage
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure —
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure —
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure —
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure —
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — Graffiti on bin
Damaged Street Sign — Parking sign taken down
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet — These are all over the inner city and are disgusting. They encourage violence
Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset — Graffiti on power box at the Cashel and Colombo street intersection
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure —
Graffiti somewhere else —
Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art — Black paint tag on reverse side of sign by 673 Colombo Street
Graffiti somewhere else —
Graffiti somewhere else —
Damaged Road — Missing cover for utility access point in footpath near tram tracks. Due to signage & street furniture, this point of Cashel St is already a
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure —
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure —
Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset — Gold paint tag on QTC traffic controller by 673 Colombo Street.
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — On roller door at Ballantynes, Cashel mall
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure —
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure —
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure —
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure —
Graffiti somewhere else —
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — Graffiti on roller door of Ballantynes dept store at Colombo street entrance.
Road Signage — Little green men not working on the cross walk outside Balntynes crossing Colombo st.
Poles and Signage - General — Colombo Cashel pedestrian crossing lights do not display crossing symbols on the southbound side. This is the case for both of them, the oth
- Roads - General —
Pedestrian crossings lights not working on eastern side of Colombo Street and Cashel Street intersection outside Ballantynes/Kathmandu store
Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art — Black paint plus multiple sticker tags on sign at the corner of Colombo and Cashel Streets.
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure —
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure —
Street Light Outage — Pedestrian signals on poles 3 and 4 are now broken
Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge — On side of seat in city mall
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — Graffiti on display walls. Drew a moustache on models in ads?
Vandalism - General —
Graffiti somewhere else — Graffiti across power box.
Graffiti somewhere else —
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure —
Damaged Street Sign — Pedestrian lights have not been working for several weeks.
Street Light Outage — The pedestrian light is out. Only one of them other three are working.
Street Light Outage — Pole 4 ped indicators not working
Graffiti somewhere else —
Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset —
Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art — Tagging on power box by Colombo and Cashel street lights.
Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art — Badly black paint tagged City Mall sign at the corner of Cashel and Colombo Streets.
Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art — Tagging on city mall map sign and no entry sign Cashel street
Graffiti somewhere else —
Graffiti somewhere else —
Graffiti somewhere else —
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure —
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure —
Pavement - Damaged — This issue is a major health and safety issue and has not been addressed since December last year. We have had people seriously hurt themsel
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure —
Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset —
Graffiti —
Graffiti — Hi I think there is a serious problem with stickers and posters. Popping up on everything and everywhere. I know it's a tough job but rippin
Graffiti —
Roads - General — Please enforce Council bilaw on advertising. This flag is not adjacent to the premise for which it is advertising and blocks a traffic sign
Roads - General — Trip hazard in Cashel pedestrian area.
Graffiti —
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Vandalism - General —
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Dumped Rubbish — In garden Outside ballatynes in city mall
Graffiti —
Pavement - Damaged — Health and safety issue major trip hazard
Graffiti —
Pavement - Damaged — Hole in grating
Pit and Equipment - General — One of the rain grates is missing next to the tram tracks out side Ballantynes. A child just tripped and almost fell into it
Graffiti —
Graffiti — Black paint tag (plus sticky tags galore) on reverse side of sign at the corner of Cashel and Colombo Streets. NB: as per your previous advi
Pavement - General — Why have these barriers remained long after the xmas wi dows have gone. Ugly and in the way.
Graffiti —
Graffiti —
Pavement - Damaged — Missing drain grate
22 more on record — the live page pages them.
Also reported on Colombo Street
- 794 Colombo Street — 159 reports
- 781 Colombo Street — 55 reports
- 521 Colombo Street — 46 reports
- 722 Colombo Street — 45 reports
- 569 Colombo Street — 45 reports
- 527 Colombo Street — 41 reports
- 711 Colombo Street — 38 reports
- 798 Colombo Street — 37 reports
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 green nearby
- City Mall — 21 m to the edge
- The Stewart Plaza — 73 m to the edge
- High Street Triangles — 83 m to the edge
- Cathedral Square — 192 m to the edge · Botanic
- Godley Statue Reserve — 225 m to the edge · Botanic
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary — the council’s open data.
The civic shelf nearby
- Triangle — 60 m away · Car park
- Re:start - Lichfield St — 198 m away · Car park
- Turanga Library — 334 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch
- Civic Offices — 414 m away · Council office
- Scales — 452 m away · Car park
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre — the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Kathmandu — 9 m away · Outdoor gear
- ANZ Bank — 25 m away · Business
- The Barkery — 28 m away · Cafés
- Kin - Ballantynes — 29 m away · Cafés
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin — OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Bus Interchange (Intercity stop) — 137 m away · route 3, route 8, route 80
- Hereford St near Colombo St — 148 m away · route 8
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City — 212 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City — 225 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City — 247 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City — 254 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City — 260 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, measured to the line itself — the council’s open data.
The named ground
Named water within 500 m of this address, measured to the line or the edge; Named places within 1.5 km of this address; the council’s own structure register — bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby — the open map’s record.
The remembered names nearby
- Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / the Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015 — 161 m away ·
Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / The Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015 / (MÄori text and English translat
· 2015 - The Battle for Crete / May 1941 — 246 m away ·
THE BATTLE FOR CRETE / MAY 1941 / IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / AND THOSE WHO
· 2017 - On This Site on the 16th Dec — 247 m away ·
ON THIS SITE ON THE 16TH DEC. 1867 THE FIRST PARADE OF E. BATTERY CHRISTCHURCH ARTILLERY V
· 2009
Inscribed plaques within two hundred and fifty metres — the register’s pins, not surveyed spots. The whole roll is at /plaques.
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 →.
What was here — Former Beaths Department Store (components)
40 m away · 201/690 Colombo Street · located to ±21 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
What was here — Triangle Reserve and Setting
88 m away · 291F High Street · located to ±18 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
What was here — Triangle Reserve and Setting
97 m away · 261F High Street · located to ±18 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
What was here — Triangle Reserve and Setting
171 m away · 220F High Street · located to ±17 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
What was here — Commercial Building and Setting, Former Chief Post Office
197 m away · 1 Cathedral Square · located to ±33 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
The civic layer
This ground votes in Central ward — the Papanui-Innes-Central community board. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre.
What stood on this ground → · On the map → · From the air — the Crown’s aerials back to 1936; search the address on RetroLens →
Questions, answered briefly
102 council reports on record since December 2018 — most often graffiti (33), graffiti on a fence, building or structure (22), graffiti somewhere else (10).
Christchurch Central City, Christchurch — on Colombo Street.
The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it — Former Beaths Department Store (components), Triangle Reserve and Setting.
City Mall — 21 m to its edge.











