# 87 Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch Central City

1 report on record since October 2026 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/87-riccarton-avenue

## What gets reported here
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/problems/potholes), 1

## Reported here
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/9066051), 10 Oct 2026

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/9066051), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09066051/public/1_w8lweq9ds4ld.jpg

[More photographs on the Christchurch Central City wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=christchurch-central-city)

## Also reported on Riccarton Avenue
- [14 Riccarton Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/14-riccarton-avenue), 140 reports
- [2 Riccarton Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/2-riccarton-avenue), 84 reports
- [8 Riccarton Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/8-riccarton-avenue), 83 reports
- [16 Riccarton Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/16-riccarton-avenue), 77 reports
- [12 Riccarton Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/12-riccarton-avenue), 61 reports
- [71 Riccarton Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/71-riccarton-avenue), 52 reports
- [10 Riccarton Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/10-riccarton-avenue), 40 reports
- [6 Riccarton Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/6-riccarton-avenue), 37 reports
- [Riccarton Avenue, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/riccarton-avenue)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5299&lon=172.6138&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5299&lon=172.6138&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5299&lon=172.6138&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
- [Argyle on the Park](https://www.chch.live/business/argyle-on-the-park-riccarton), 152 m away · Motels
- [Argyle Motel](https://www.chch.live/business/argyle-motel-riccarton), 161 m away · Motels
- [Parkview Hotel](https://www.chch.live/business/parkview-hotel-riccarton), 173 m away · Hotels
- [Monster Chicken](https://www.chch.live/business/monster-chicken-riccarton), 173 m away · Restaurants

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

## The bus nearby
- [Riccarton Ave](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=17253), 228 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3), [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80), [route 86](https://www.chch.live/buses/86)
- [Riccarton Ave](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=14715), 261 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3), [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80), [route 86](https://www.chch.live/buses/86)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Planted by / W.D.F.F. / to Commemorate the / Coronation](https://www.chch.live/plaque/72282-hagley-park-south), 123 m away, “PLANTED BY / W.D.F.F. / TO COMMEMORATE THE / CORONATION OF / ELIZABETH II / 1953” · 2009
- [Hagley Park South plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/72275-hagley-park-south), 124 m away · 2009
- [The Dynes Memorial Gates / Erected by Martha Dynes Gray](https://www.chch.live/plaque/75827-hagley-park-north), 152 m away, “THE DYNES MEMORIAL GATES / ERECTED BY MARTHA DYNES GRAY / IN MEMORY OF HER FATHER / WILLIA…” · 2009

*The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).*

## 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
- [Riccarton High School](https://www.chch.live/school/334-riccarton-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 63% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 22% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 63% in the worst modelled scenario.

### Water
- **Inside the modelled 10-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 10 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Avon catchment · 10 Year · A 10-year event is one expected about once a decade, not a rare one.
- **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 Hagley Park and Environs alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: Seven days a week from 10pm to 7am.
- **In the Hagley Park and Environs alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: Applies for a 24 hour period on the day of the Large-Scale Event, commencing at 12am and concluding at 11.59pm.

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 Riccarton Avenue in 62 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 17 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=riccarton-avenue&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).

## The green nearby
- [Hagley Park South](https://www.chch.live/park/1812-hagley-park-south), 9 m to the edge · Sports ground · 71 ha
- [Hagley Park North](https://www.chch.live/park/1572-hagley-park-north), 29 m to the edge · Sports ground · 91 ha
- [Botanic Gardens](https://www.chch.live/park/1656-botanic-gardens), 328 m to the edge · Botanic · 21 ha · playground, 53 pieces

*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-419-christchurch-central-city), 45 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-420-christchurch-central-city), 66 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-418-christchurch-central-city), 93 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-421-christchurch-central-city), 164 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-362-riccarton), 177 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 87 Riccarton Avenue?**

1 council report on record since October 2026, most often pothole (1).

**What school is 87 Riccarton Avenue 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), [Riccarton High School](https://www.chch.live/school/334-riccarton-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=-43.52990299868987,172.61383599948772)

**Which suburb is 87 Riccarton Avenue in?**

Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [Riccarton Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/riccarton-avenue).

**What stood at 87 Riccarton Avenue before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.52990299868987&lon=172.61383599948772)

**What is the nearest park to 87 Riccarton Avenue?**

[Hagley Park South](https://www.chch.live/park/1812-hagley-park-south), 9 m to its edge, 71 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=87-riccarton-avenue · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=riccarton-avenue
