# 749 Colombo Street, Christchurch Central City 2 reports on record since September 2025 · 2 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/749-colombo-street ## What gets reported here - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2 ## Reported here - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8031579), 5 Apr 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6967334), 30 Sept 2025 ## Photographed here (2 on record) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8031579), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08031579/public/1_jntrbju5se8x.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6967334), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06967334/public/1_qz8qjpt6yxqj.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=-43.53&lon=172.6356&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.53&lon=172.6356&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.53&lon=172.6356&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 - [Te PAE Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/business/te-pae-christchurch-christchurch-central-city), 65 m away · Venues & events - [Te Pae Convention Centre](https://www.chch.live/business/te-pae-convention-centre-christchurch-central-city), 82 m away · Business - [Imagination Station](https://www.chch.live/business/imagination-station-christchurch-central-city), 96 m away · Business - [Christchurch Tram](https://www.chch.live/business/christchurch-tram-christchurch-central-city), 99 m away · Ticket *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - [Hereford St near Colombo St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53163), 281 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8) - [Hereford St near Colombo St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53171), 285 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8) *The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.* ## The remembered names nearby - [The Combined Services / service Crests / Navy](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310989-godley-statue-reserve), 93 m away, “THE COMBINED SERVICES / service crests / NAVY / NEW ZEALAND ARMY / AIR FORCE / MERCHANT…” · 2023 - [Citizens’ War Memorial / Originally Dedicated on 9 June 1937](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310988-godley-statue-reserve), 97 m away, “Citizens’ War Memorial / Originally dedicated on 9 June 1937 / Damaged by the Canterbury E…” · 2023 - [Godley Statue Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311005-godley-statue-reserve), 122 m away · 1899 *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: $336,100,000, land $44,850,000, improvements $291,250,000 · 17,199 m² · ref 22700/17400 · 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 - [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. - **Built on fill: buried topsoil**, [Made ground](https://www.chch.live/fill) · No NZS 4431 certificate and no record of engineering supervision ### Water - **This land flooded in 2011-2014**, [Has flooded before](https://www.chch.live/floods) · 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce - **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, Citizens' War Memorial and Setting *98 m away · 99 Cathedral Square · located to ±8 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/548)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## What was here, Godley Statue, Godley Plot and Setting *110 m away · 105 Cathedral Square · located to ±17 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/29)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3666 ## What was here, Former Midland Club and Setting *115 m away · 176 Oxford Terrace · located to ±18 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/173)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3123 ## What was here, Gloucester Street Bridge and Setting *122 m away · located to ±26 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/35)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1831 ## What was here, Cathedral Square and Setting *on this spot · located to ±138 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/28)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## The green nearby - [Godley Statue Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1084-godley-statue-reserve), 89 m to the edge · Botanic - [Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1431-cathedral-square), 94 m to the edge · Botanic - [Canterbury Provincial Council Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1068-canterbury-provincial-council-reserve), 111 m to the edge · Botanic - [Victoria Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1066-victoria-square), 147 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha - [Scott Statue Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1727-scott-statue-reserve), 188 m to the edge · Botanic *Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.* ## The civic shelf nearby - [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56), 131 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch - [Armagh Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-34), 278 m away · Car park - [Aldersgate](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-32), 293 m away · Car park - [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33), 334 m away · Car park - [Civic Offices](https://www.chch.live/facility/council-office-8), 370 m away · Council office ## The tracks through here - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-506-christchurch-central-city), 93 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-504-christchurch-central-city), 109 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-505-christchurch-central-city), 110 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-491-christchurch-central-city), 136 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-499-christchurch-central-city), 198 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 749 Colombo Street?** 2 council reports on record since September 2025, most often graffiti on a fence, building or structure (2). **What school is 749 Colombo 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), [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=-43.52999999905542,172.63558900001715) **Which suburb is 749 Colombo Street in?** Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/colombo-street). **What stood at 749 Colombo Street before?** The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Citizens' War Memorial and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/548), [Godley Statue, Godley Plot and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/29). **What is the nearest park to 749 Colombo Street?** [Godley Statue Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1084-godley-statue-reserve), 89 m to its edge. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=749-colombo-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=colombo-street