# 97 Worcester Street, Christchurch Central City

9 reports on record since December 2022 · 8 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/97-worcester-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 3
- [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/vandalism), 1
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 1
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/problems/public-toilets), 1
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8604237), 20 Jul 2026
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8175448), 30 Apr 2026
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/7796568), 24 Feb 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7387825), 15 Dec 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7277500), 26 Nov 2025
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/5149833), 17 Sept 2024
- [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4858274), 7 Jul 2024
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4694964), 23 May 2024
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/2926888), 28 Dec 2022

## Photographed here (8 on record)
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8604237), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08604237/public/1_skn1t7rzqd6.jpg
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8175448), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08175448/public/1_gm9j9z4qvknb.jpg
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/7796568), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07796568/public/1_sx37v8e1kidp.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7387825), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07387825/public/1_xq3pvvw31i5.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7277500), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07277500/public/1_djnemvr7ztii.jpg
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/5149833), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05149833/public/1_1ijl1nttakag.jpg
- [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4858274), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04858274/public/1_hkkt6yc2khah.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4694964), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04694964/public/1_60fr86qb1mj8.jpg

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

## Also reported on Worcester Street
- [142 Worcester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/142-worcester-street), 103 reports
- [3 Worcester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/3-worcester-street), 78 reports
- [78 Worcester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/78-worcester-street), 69 reports
- [67 Worcester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/67-worcester-street), 60 reports
- [138 Worcester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/138-worcester-street), 60 reports
- [151 Worcester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/151-worcester-street), 50 reports
- [40 Worcester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/40-worcester-street), 40 reports
- [154 Worcester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/154-worcester-street), 34 reports
- [Worcester Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/worcester-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5308&lon=172.635&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5308&lon=172.635&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5308&lon=172.635&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
- [Christchurch Tram](https://www.chch.live/business/christchurch-tram-christchurch-central-city), 55 m away · Ticket
- [Crane Brothers](https://www.chch.live/business/crane-brothers-christchurch-central-city), 84 m away · Clothing
- [Miro](https://www.chch.live/business/miro-christchurch-central-city), 84 m away · Restaurants
- [Cafe Miro](https://www.chch.live/business/cafe-miro-christchurch-central-city), 87 m away · Cafés

*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=53163), 257 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)
- [Hereford St near Colombo St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53171), 258 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Citizens’ War Memorial / Originally Dedicated on 9 June 1937](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310988-godley-statue-reserve), 103 m away, “Citizens’ War Memorial / Originally dedicated on 9 June 1937 / Damaged by the Canterbury E…” · 2023
- [The Combined Services / service Crests / Navy](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310989-godley-statue-reserve), 104 m away, “THE COMBINED SERVICES / service crests / NAVY / NEW ZEALAND ARMY / AIR FORCE / MERCHANT…” · 2023
- [Antony Gormley / Stay 2015](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310892-stay), 112 m away, “Antony Gormley / STAY 2015 / Commissioned by Christchurch City Council for integration int…”

*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: $6,650,000, land $6,650,000, improvements $0 · 1,400 m² · ref 22700/15700 · roll last edited March 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 100% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 37% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 100% in the worst modelled scenario.

### Water
- **This land flooded in 2011-2014**, [Has flooded before](https://www.chch.live/floods) · 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce
- **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 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 Worcester Street in 64 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 9 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=worcester-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, Godley Statue, Godley Plot and Setting
*82 m away · 105 Cathedral Square · located to ±17 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/29)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3666

## What was here, Former Midland Club and Setting
*86 m away · 176 Oxford Terrace · located to ±18 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/173)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3123

## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting, Former Chief Post Office
*88 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.

## What was here, Citizens' War Memorial and Setting
*108 m away · 99 Cathedral Square · located to ±8 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/548)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Public Trust Building
*111 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.

## The green nearby
- [Godley Statue Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1084-godley-statue-reserve), 62 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Scott Statue Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1727-scott-statue-reserve), 106 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1431-cathedral-square), 121 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Canterbury Provincial Council Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1068-canterbury-provincial-council-reserve), 133 m to the edge · Botanic
- [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 215 m to the edge

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56), 191 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch
- [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33), 281 m away · Car park
- [Civic Offices](https://www.chch.live/facility/council-office-8), 289 m away · Council office
- [Armagh Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-34), 311 m away · Car park
- [Aldersgate](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-32), 341 m away · Car park
- [Scales](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-35), 442 m away · Car park
- [Re:start - Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31), 462 m away · Car park

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-505-christchurch-central-city), 19 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-504-christchurch-central-city), 91 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-499-christchurch-central-city), 122 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-506-christchurch-central-city), 154 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-502-christchurch-central-city), 172 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 97 Worcester Street?**

9 council reports on record since December 2022, most often graffiti on a fence, building or structure (3), vandalism - general (1), street gutters / storm water (1).

**What school is 97 Worcester 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=-43.530782172498135,172.63501463764342)

**Which suburb is 97 Worcester Street in?**

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

**What stood at 97 Worcester Street before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Godley Statue, Godley Plot and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/29), [Former Midland Club and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/173).

**What is the nearest park to 97 Worcester Street?**

[Godley Statue Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1084-godley-statue-reserve), 62 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=97-worcester-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=worcester-street