# 25 Downies Road, Halswell

2 reports on record since January 2025 · 2 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/halswell/25-downies-road

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

## Reported here
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/9069492), 11 Oct 2026
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/5643027), 4 Jan 2025

## Photographed here (2 on record)
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/9069492), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09069492/public/1_0n1dbdyu8keox.jpg
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/5643027), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05643027/public/1_9tede29tsik.jpg

[More photographs on the Halswell wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=halswell)

## Also reported on Downies Road
- [54–56 Downies Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/54%E2%80%9356-downies-road), 1 report
- [52 Downies Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/52-downies-road), 1 report
- [1 Downies Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/1-downies-road), 1 report
- [Downies Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/downies-road)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5875&lon=172.5416&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5875&lon=172.5416&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5875&lon=172.5416&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5875&lon=172.5416&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.*

## 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.*
- [Knights Stream School](https://www.chch.live/school/579-knights-stream-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Oct 2022
- [Hillmorton High School (Year 9-13)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-9-13), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Oct 2025
- [Our Lady of the Assumption School (Chch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3461-our-lady-of-the-assumption-school-chch), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026

## Bin day (Thursdays)

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

This address is on the council’s Week One 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 69% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 12% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 69% in the worst modelled scenario.

### Water
- **Inside the modelled 200-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 200 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Halswell catchment · 200 Year · climate change modelled to 16pct

### [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.

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 Downies Road in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Halswell ran about **$697 a week**, $147 above the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/halswell#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Halswell ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/halswell), the [Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/halswell-hornby-riccarton) 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
- [Quaifes Road Springlands](https://www.chch.live/park/1077-quaifes-rd-springlands), 365 m to the edge · 10 ha

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 25 Downies Road?**

2 council reports on record since January 2025, most often pothole (1), pavement - damaged (1).

**What school is 25 Downies Road zoned for?**

[Knights Stream School](https://www.chch.live/school/579-knights-stream-school), [Hillmorton High School (Year 9-13)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-9-13) and [Our Lady of the Assumption School (Chch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3461-our-lady-of-the-assumption-school-chch), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Lincoln High School, Aidanfield Christian School, Middleton Grange School (Year 11-13), Villa Maria College, Christchurch Adventist School, St Thomas of Canterbury College. 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=-43.587512499174714,172.54158300010482)

**Which suburb is 25 Downies Road in?**

Halswell, Christchurch, on [Downies Road](https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/downies-road).

**What stood at 25 Downies Road before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.587512499174714&lon=172.54158300010482)

**What is the nearest park to 25 Downies Road?**

[Quaifes Road Springlands](https://www.chch.live/park/1077-quaifes-rd-springlands), 365 m to its edge, 10 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=halswell&address=25-downies-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Halswell&street=downies-road
