# 26 Kearns Drive, Halswell

4 reports on record since February 2024 · 3 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/halswell/26-kearns-drive

## What gets reported here
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 2
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 1

## Reported here
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/8398501), 11 Jun 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5978521), 5 Mar 2025
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/4278263), 13 Feb 2024
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/4245100), 6 Feb 2024

## Photographed here (3 on record)
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/8398501), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08398501/public/1_tzxqislchwma.jpg
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/4278263), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04278263/public/1_dmqqk5dyl8kc.jpg
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/4245100), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04245100/public/1_1pqj3q4x8d9.jpg

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

## Also reported on Kearns Drive
- [17 Kearns Drive](https://www.chch.live/halswell/17-kearns-drive), 4 reports
- [1 Kearns Drive](https://www.chch.live/halswell/1-kearns-drive), 4 reports
- [9 Kearns Drive](https://www.chch.live/halswell/9-kearns-drive), 3 reports
- [50 Kearns Drive](https://www.chch.live/halswell/50-kearns-drive), 2 reports
- [28R Kearns Drive](https://www.chch.live/halswell/28r-kearns-drive), 2 reports
- [5 Kearns Drive](https://www.chch.live/halswell/5-kearns-drive), 1 report
- [14 Kearns Drive](https://www.chch.live/halswell/14-kearns-drive), 1 report
- [Kearns Drive, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/kearns-drive)

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5729&lon=172.5766&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5729&lon=172.5766&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5729&lon=172.5766&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5729&lon=172.5766&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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.*
- [Oaklands Te Kura o Owaka](https://www.chch.live/school/3450-oaklands-te-kura-o-owaka), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Oct 2025
- [Hillmorton High School (Year 7-8)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-7-8), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Oct 2025
- [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

## What the land record says

### [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_

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 Kearns Drive in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=kearns-drive&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
- [Forgan Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/987-forgan-reserve), 337 m to the edge
- [John Olliver Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1873-john-olliver-reserve), 399 m to the edge · 2 ha
- [The Oaks Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1458-the-oaks-park), 433 m to the edge

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

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Halswell](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-256-halswell), 437 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Halswell](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-279-halswell), 438 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 26 Kearns Drive?**

4 council reports on record since February 2024, most often overgrown vegetation (2), road signage (1), dumped rubbish (1).

**What school is 26 Kearns Drive zoned for?**

[Oaklands Te Kura o Owaka](https://www.chch.live/school/3450-oaklands-te-kura-o-owaka), [Hillmorton High School (Year 7-8)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-7-8), [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, 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=-43.57289769814638,172.57655610319338)

**Which suburb is 26 Kearns Drive in?**

Halswell, Christchurch, on [Kearns Drive](https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/kearns-drive).

**What stood at 26 Kearns Drive before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.57289769814638&lon=172.57655610319338)

**What is the nearest park to 26 Kearns Drive?**

[Forgan Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/987-forgan-reserve), 337 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=halswell&address=26-kearns-drive · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Halswell&street=kearns-drive
