# 862 Colombo Street, Christchurch Central City

6 reports on record since January 2016 · 6 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/862-colombo-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5995373), 9 Mar 2025
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5730627), 20 Jan 2025
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5730619), 20 Jan 2025
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/5058217), 27 Aug 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/961849), 30 Jan 2020
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/113874), 20 Jan 2016

## Photographed here (6 on record)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5995373), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05995373/public/1_8bis65eezhah.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5730627), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05730627/public/1_q625i06qutq.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5730619), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05730619/public/1_r3a8vym6vcqn.jpg
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/5058217), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05058217/public/1_i8k7kbb8ilc.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/961849), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00961849/0_18embI
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/113874), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00113874/0

[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=-43.5237&lon=172.6369&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5237&lon=172.6369&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5237&lon=172.6369&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
- [Holiday Lodge](https://www.chch.live/business/holiday-lodge-christchurch-central-city), 6 m away · Motels
- [Centrepoint on Colombo](https://www.chch.live/business/centrepoint-on-colombo-christchurch-central-city), 46 m away · Motels
- [Centre Point on Colombo Motel](https://www.chch.live/business/centre-point-on-colombo-motel-christchurch-central-city), 54 m away · Motels
- [Colombo In The City Motel](https://www.chch.live/business/colombo-in-the-city-motel-christchurch-central-city), 57 m away · Motels

*Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.*

## The bus nearby
- [Colombo St near Salisbury St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=14180), 31 m away · [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27)
- [Colombo St near Salisbury St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=14413), 60 m away · [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27)

*The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.*

## The remembered names nearby
- [Heritage Christchurch Former St Mary’S Convent Chapel Built](https://www.chch.live/plaque/61143-rose-historic-chapel-reserve), 60 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 .](https://www.chch.live/plaque/61141-rose-historic-chapel-reserve), 63 m away, “A.M.D.G. Hic Lapis A RR DD J.J. Grimes S.M ... Latin dedication” · 2009

*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: $4,210,000, land $3,255,000, improvements $955,000 · 1,971 m² · ref 22690/43700 · 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.*
- [Christchurch East School](https://www.chch.live/school/3317-christchurch-east-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jul 2024
- [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
- [Mairehau High School](https://www.chch.live/school/320-mairehau-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2020
- [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026

## Bin day (Tuesdays)

Bins go out Tuesday, by 6am.
- Green bin, Weekly
- Yellow bin, Fortnightly · Week Two
- Red bin, Fortnightly · Week Two

This address is on the council’s Week Two calendar, which of the red and yellow bins goes out alternates, and that alternation is not published as data, so the council’s collection calendar is the check.

## What the land record says

### [What the ground is](https://www.chch.live/ground)
- **Up to 85% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 20% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 85% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Liquefaction was mapped here after the February 2011 earthquake**, [Liquefied in February 2011](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · The survey recorded this as certain. Mapped from aerial imagery and site visits after the event, this is a record of what happened, not a model of what might.
- **Technical category TC2**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Minor to moderate land damage from liquefaction is possible in future significant earthquakes _Foundations: Standard timber piled foundations or enhanced concrete foundations_

### [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, Former St Mary's Convent Chapel and Setting
*61 m away · 67/868 Colombo Street · located to ±12 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/47)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/7239

## What was here, Former Dwelling and Setting, Holly Lea/McLean's Mansion
*201 m away · 387 Manchester Street · located to ±28 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/145)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/300

## The green nearby
- [Rose Historic Chapel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1788-rose-historic-chapel-reserve), 36 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Aldred Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1725-aldred-reserve), 219 m to the edge
- [Victoria Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1836-victoria-triangles), 398 m to the edge
- [Victoria Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1066-victoria-square), 404 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- [Edmonds Band Rotunda](https://www.chch.live/park/1767-edmonds-band-rotunda), 466 m to the edge · Botanic

*Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.*

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-496-christchurch-central-city), 204 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 222 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-511-saint-albans), 323 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-487-christchurch-central-city), 417 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 862 Colombo Street?**

6 council reports on record since January 2016, most often graffiti somewhere else (2), graffiti (2), graffiti on a fence, building or structure (1).

**What school is 862 Colombo Street zoned for?**

[Christchurch East School](https://www.chch.live/school/3317-christchurch-east-school), [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), [Mairehau High School](https://www.chch.live/school/320-mairehau-high-school) 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=-43.523653761751085,172.6368801211339)

**Which suburb is 862 Colombo Street in?**

Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/colombo-street).

**What stood at 862 Colombo Street before?**

The heritage register names 2 places at or beside it, [Former St Mary's Convent Chapel and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/47), [Former Dwelling and Setting, Holly Lea/McLean's Mansion](https://www.chch.live/place/145).

**What is the nearest park to 862 Colombo Street?**

[Rose Historic Chapel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1788-rose-historic-chapel-reserve), 36 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=862-colombo-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=colombo-street
