# 79 Hereford Street, Christchurch Central City 6 reports on record since September 2022 · 4 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/79-hereford-street ## What gets reported here - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 3 - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 1 ## Reported here - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8160952), 28 Apr 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6829060), 1 Sept 2025 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4960266), 3 Aug 2024 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4891212), 16 Jul 2024 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3418696), 13 Jun 2023 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/2597338), 5 Sept 2022 ## Photographed here (4 on record) - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8160952), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08160952/public/1_3uvpti5kbk9.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6829060), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06829060/public/1_hcwwgca8fecp.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4960266), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04960266/public/1_48n0mrn7sm6z.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4891212), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04891212/public/1_k1578zkfmpes.jpg [More photographs on the Christchurch Central City wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=christchurch-central-city) ## Also reported on Hereford Street - [53 Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/53-hereford-street), 125 reports - [71 Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/71-hereford-street), 92 reports - [48 Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/48-hereford-street), 76 reports - [141 Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/141-hereford-street), 64 reports - [197 Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/197-hereford-street), 63 reports - [262 Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/262-hereford-street), 59 reports - [214 Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/214-hereford-street), 54 reports - [147 Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/147-hereford-street), 48 reports - [Hereford Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/hereford-street) ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5319&lon=172.6344&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5319&lon=172.6344&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5319&lon=172.6344&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 - [Opening soon: The Modern Hotel](https://www.chch.live/business/opening-soon-the-modern-hotel-christchurch-central-city), 3 m away · Hotels - [SuRa Sushi - Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/business/sura-sushi-hereford-street-christchurch-central-city), 6 m away · Fast food - [The Rockpool](https://www.chch.live/business/the-rockpool-christchurch-central-city), 13 m away · Bars & pubs - [Kebab on Terrace](https://www.chch.live/business/kebab-on-terrace-christchurch-central-city), 25 m away · Fast food *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=53171), 268 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8) - [Hereford St near Montreal St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=52915), 271 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8) *The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.* ## The remembered names nearby - [Avon Riverbank Central City plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310891-avon-riverbank-central-city), 64 m away, “(illegible – tree plaque at base, distant)” - [The Somme](https://www.chch.live/plaque/283599-park-of-remembrance), 81 m away, “THE SOMME / This tree was planted to commemorate the 100th anniversary of New Zealand's in…” · 2016 - [In Memory of the A‑bomb Victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki](https://www.chch.live/plaque/75329-avon-riverbank-central-city), 90 m away, “In memory of the A‑Bomb victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki / He tohu whakamaumahara kite iw…” · 2000 *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: $3,190,000, land $2,940,000, improvements $250,000 · 591 m² · ref 22700/27800 · 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. ### [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 Hereford Street in 154 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 25 seriously hurt. [The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=hereford-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, Public Trust Building *37 m away · 152 Oxford Terrace · located to ±24 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/502)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## What was here, Mill Island and Setting *66 m away · 71 Hereford Street · located to ±19 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/296)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## What was here, Hereford Street Bridge *67 m away · 71 Hereford Street · located to ±24 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/546)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## What was here, Captain Robert Falcon Scott Statue and Setting *103 m away · 153 Oxford Terrace · located to ±3 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/275)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1840 ## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting, Former Chief Post Office *111 m away · 1 Cathedral Square · located to ±33 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/297)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## The green nearby - [Scott Statue Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1727-scott-statue-reserve), 91 m to the edge · Botanic - [Bridge Of Remembrance](https://www.chch.live/park/1518-bridge-of-remembrance), 141 m to the edge · Botanic - [Godley Statue Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1084-godley-statue-reserve), 152 m to the edge · Botanic - [Friendship Corner](https://www.chch.live/park/1371-friendship-corner), 163 m to the edge · Botanic - [Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1431-cathedral-square), 182 m to the edge · Botanic *Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.* ## The civic shelf nearby - [Civic Offices](https://www.chch.live/facility/council-office-8), 215 m away · Council office - [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33), 242 m away · Car park - [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56), 304 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch - [Scales](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-35), 323 m away · Car park - [Re:start - Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31), 356 m away · Car park - [Armagh Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-34), 404 m away · Car park - [Aldersgate](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-32), 447 m away · Car park ## The tracks through here - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-502-christchurch-central-city), 42 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-503-christchurch-central-city), 53 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-504-christchurch-central-city), 62 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-499-christchurch-central-city), 129 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 79 Hereford Street?** 6 council reports on record since September 2022, most often graffiti on a fence, building or structure (3), poles and signage - general (1), graffiti (1). **What school is 79 Hereford 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=-43.53193338102173,172.6343589532654) **Which suburb is 79 Hereford Street in?** Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/hereford-street). **What stood at 79 Hereford Street before?** The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Public Trust Building](https://www.chch.live/place/502), [Mill Island and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/296). **What is the nearest park to 79 Hereford Street?** [Scott Statue Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1727-scott-statue-reserve), 91 m to its edge. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=79-hereford-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=hereford-street