# 34 Ensign Street, Halswell

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

https://www.chch.live/halswell/34-ensign-street

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

## Reported here
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8145997), 25 Apr 2026

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8145997), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08145997/public/1_p9znxj93oy2.jpg

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

## Also reported on Ensign Street
- [69 Ensign Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/69-ensign-street), 8 reports
- [74E Ensign Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/74e-ensign-street), 7 reports
- [73 Ensign Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/73-ensign-street), 5 reports
- [44 Ensign Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/44-ensign-street), 5 reports
- [38A Ensign Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/38a-ensign-street), 5 reports
- [77 Ensign Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/77-ensign-street), 4 reports
- [75 Ensign Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/75-ensign-street), 4 reports
- [38 Ensign Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/38-ensign-street), 4 reports
- [Ensign Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/ensign-street)

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5745&lon=172.568&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5745&lon=172.568&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5745&lon=172.568&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5745&lon=172.568&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.*

## On the doorstep
- [Domino's](https://www.chch.live/business/domino-s-halswell), 31 m away · Fast food
- [Halswell Pharmacy](https://www.chch.live/business/halswell-pharmacy-halswell), 31 m away · Chemist
- [Roti Chai Indian Street Kitchen](https://www.chch.live/business/roti-chai-indian-street-kitchen-halswell), 32 m away · Restaurants
- [Halswell Health](https://www.chch.live/business/halswell-health-halswell), 34 m away · Doctors & clinics

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

## The bus nearby
- Halswell Rd near Lillian St, 124 m away · [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7), [route 100](https://www.chch.live/buses/100)
- Halswell Rd near Milns Rd, 129 m away · [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7), [route 100](https://www.chch.live/buses/100)

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

## 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 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 51% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 10% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 51% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **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_

### Water
- **Inside the modelled 10-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 10 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Heathcote 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) · Heathcote catchment · 50 Year
- **Inside the modelled 200-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 200 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Heathcote catchment · 200 Year · climate change modelled to 2115 (CC16)

### [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 Ensign Street 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=ensign-street&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
- [Old Red Barn Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1232-old-red-barn-drainage-reserve), 125 m to the edge
- [The Oaks Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1458-the-oaks-park), 182 m to the edge
- [Cunningham Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1822-cunningham-reserve), 184 m to the edge · playground, 2 pieces
- [Balcairn Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1457-balcairn-reserve), 206 m to the edge · playground, 30 pieces
- [Halswell Domain](https://www.chch.live/park/1367-halswell-domain), 228 m to the edge · Sports ground · 26 ha · playground, 61 pieces

*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), 115 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Halswell](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-279-halswell), 452 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 34 Ensign Street?**

1 council report on record since April 2026, most often pavement - damaged (1).

**What school is 34 Ensign Street zoned for?**

[Oaklands Te Kura o Owaka](https://www.chch.live/school/3450-oaklands-te-kura-o-owaka), [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=-43.57448196360426,172.56800842285935)

**Which suburb is 34 Ensign Street in?**

Halswell, Christchurch, on [Ensign Street](https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/ensign-street).

**What stood at 34 Ensign Street before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.57448196360426&lon=172.56800842285935)

**What is the nearest park to 34 Ensign Street?**

[Old Red Barn Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1232-old-red-barn-drainage-reserve), 125 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=halswell&address=34-ensign-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Halswell&street=ensign-street
