842 Colombo Street
5 council reports since May 2023, 4 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 794 Colombo Street, 159 reports on file.
On the register here
- Former St Mary's Convent Chapel and Setting, 67/868 Colombo Street (182m)
From the air, then
Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Each frame is cut from Environment Canterbury’s historic imagery MapServer for that decade, only where the Footprints layer names a CC BY survey (NZAM-covered spots stay out). RetroLens holds more Crown aerials →
The green nearby
- Rose Historic Chapel Reserve, 155 m to the edge · Botanic
- Aldred Reserve, 221 m to the edge
- Victoria Square, 283 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- Victoria Triangles, 330 m to the edge
- Edmonds Band Rotunda, 356 m to the edge · Botanic
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
The civic shelf nearby
- Aldersgate, 455 m away · Car park
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- The Hoi Polloi Bar & Bistro, 19 m away · Restaurants
- Arden Hotel, 20 m away · Hotels
- Carnmore Hotel Christchurch, 24 m away · Hotels
- Whiskey Galore, 35 m away · Bottle stores
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Salisbury St near Gracefield Ave, 60 m away · route 1, route 29, route 95
- Colombo St near Salisbury St, 68 m away · route 27
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 170 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 242 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 319 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 436 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 449 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, 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
- Heritage Christchurch Former St Mary’S Convent Chapel Built, 181 m away ·
HERITAGE CHRISTCHURCH Former St Mary’s Convent Chapel Built 1910 Architect Luttrell Brothe
· 2009 - A.M.D.G. Hic Lapis a Rr Dd J.J. Grimes S.M ., 184 m away ·
A.M.D.G. Hic Lapis A RR DD J.J. Grimes S.M ... Latin dedication
· 2009 - Scottish Pioneer Tribute, 228 m away ·
SCOTTISH PIONEER TRIBUTE / This plaque celebrates and pays tribute to the Scottish Pioneer
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 gets reported here
Photographed here 4 on record
What’s on record
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 12 Nov 2025 Graffiti on a fence
Accessibility, 28 Sept 2025 Road signage left lying on the footpath by 835 Colombo Street presents an OHS risk to pedestrians.
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 31 Jan 2025 Purple paint tag on gatepost facing the footpath at 836 Colombo Street.
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 22 Aug 2024 At 2.15 am on 22 August someone tagged our building. 840 Colombo street. Carnmore Hotel Christchurch and The Hoi Polloi bistro. Yuri Ponstij
- Graffiti, 23 May 2023
Elsewhere 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 civic layer
This ground votes in Central ward, the Papanui-Innes-Central community board 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.
Colombo Street, the whole record → · Everything about Christchurch Central City → · What stood on this ground → · On the map → · From the air, RetroLens holds the Crown’s aerials back to 1936; search the address there →
Questions, answered briefly
5 council reports on record since May 2023, most often graffiti on a fence, building or structure (3), graffiti (1), accessibility (1).
Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on Colombo Street.
The heritage register names a place at or beside it, Former St Mary's Convent Chapel and Setting.
Rose Historic Chapel Reserve, 155 m to its edge.