798 Colombo Street, Christchurch Central City
37 reports on record since February 2019 · 27 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 27 on record
Reported here
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — Graffiti on building wall with signpost saying Tech recruitment
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa — Black paint tag on traffic controller at 798 Colombo Street corner of Kilmore Street.
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa — Traffic control cabinets this corner
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa — Traffic control cabinets this corner
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa — Traffic light box graffitied please remove as unsightly
Graffiti somewhere else —
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure —
Graffiti somewhere else —
Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset — Black paint tags on 2 traffic controllers by 798 Colombo Street corner of Kilmore Street.
Graffiti somewhere else —
Damaged Road — sink hole developing in middle of road kilmore/Colombo. immediate Danger to cyclist
Graffiti somewhere else —
Graffiti somewhere else —
Graffiti somewhere else — Kilmore St, North east corner Colombo St - double traffic light control
Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset —
Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset — Black paint tags on 2 traffic controllers by 798 Colombo Street.
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Graffiti somewhere else —
Graffiti somewhere else —
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure —
Graffiti somewhere else —
Vandalism - General —
Graffiti somewhere else —
Pavement - General — There is a dead, squashed mouse on the bike lane outside 798 Colombo St, just before the lights. I ride past it everyday (it's pretty gross)
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- Pavement - Damaged —
- Damaged Street Sign —
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Vandalism - General —
Graffiti — Offensive sticky tags on ATSC4 traffic controller on the corner of Colombo and Kilmore Streets need removal.
Wastewater/Stormwater —
Also reported on Colombo Street
- 794 Colombo Street — 159 reports
- 673 Colombo Street — 102 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
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
- Victoria Square — 83 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- Edmonds Band Rotunda — 173 m to the edge · Botanic
- Canterbury Provincial Council Reserve — 304 m to the edge · Botanic
- Victoria Triangles — 337 m to the edge
- Rose Historic Chapel Reserve — 357 m to the edge · Botanic
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary — the council’s open data.
The civic shelf nearby
- Aldersgate — 326 m away · Car park
- Armagh St — 379 m away · Car park
- Turanga Library — 400 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre — the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Krung Thep Thai Street Food — 34 m away · Restaurants
- OrthoSouth — 42 m away · Dentists
- Abbot — 65 m away · Insurance
- Hotel 818 — 73 m away · Hotels
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin — OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Kilmore St near Manchester St — 109 m away · route 1, route 27, route 29, route 95
- Kilmore Street Town Hall — 132 m away · route 1, route 29, route 95
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City — 232 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 — 253 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City — 284 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City — 297 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
- Scottish Pioneer Tribute — 31 m away ·
SCOTTISH PIONEER TRIBUTE / This plaque celebrates and pays tribute to the Scottish Pioneer
- He Poupou Tohu Ahi-Kä o Ngäi Tahu — 141 m away ·
He poupou tohu ahi-kÄ o NgÄi Tahu / A mark of the long burning fires of NgÄi Tahu
· 2018 - Bowker Fountain / Unveiled 26 February 1931 — 167 m away ·
BOWKER FOUNTAIN / UNVEILED 26 FEBRUARY 1931 / REPAIRED AND RECONSTRUCTED / AFTER THE 2011
· 2018
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 — Colombo Street Bridge and Setting
69 m away · located to ±24 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
What was here — The Christchurch Town Hall and Setting
111 m away · located to ±79 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
What was here — Bowker Fountain and Setting
169 m away · located to ±13 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
What was here — Former Market Place Bridge/Hamish Hay Bridge and Setting
183 m away · located to ±31 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
What was here — K2 Telephone Box and Setting
188 m away · located to ±1 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
37 council reports on record since February 2019 — most often graffiti somewhere else (10), graffiti (8), graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa (4).
Christchurch Central City, Christchurch — on Colombo Street.
The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it — Colombo Street Bridge and Setting, The Christchurch Town Hall and Setting.
Victoria Square — 83 m to its edge, 2 ha.











