# 40 Arkwright Place, Halswell

4 reports on record since December 2019 · 3 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/halswell/40-arkwright-place

## What gets reported here
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 1
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 1
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 1
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8061420), 10 Apr 2026
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5800026), 2 Feb 2025
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2694591), 9 Oct 2022
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/909891), 13 Dec 2019

## Photographed here (3 on record)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8061420), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08061420/public/1_12ca96pl0pb8.jpg
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5800026), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05800026/public/1_o24hjvf5avpf.jpg
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/909891), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00909891/0_sJXgOD

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

## Also reported on Arkwright Place
- [42 Arkwright Place](https://www.chch.live/halswell/42-arkwright-place), 9 reports
- [38 Arkwright Place](https://www.chch.live/halswell/38-arkwright-place), 2 reports
- [19B Arkwright Place](https://www.chch.live/halswell/19b-arkwright-place), 2 reports
- [11 Arkwright Place](https://www.chch.live/halswell/11-arkwright-place), 2 reports
- [6 Arkwright Place](https://www.chch.live/halswell/6-arkwright-place), 1 report
- [32 Arkwright Place](https://www.chch.live/halswell/32-arkwright-place), 1 report
- [28 Arkwright Place](https://www.chch.live/halswell/28-arkwright-place), 1 report
- [26 Arkwright Place](https://www.chch.live/halswell/26-arkwright-place), 1 report
- [Arkwright Place, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/arkwright-place)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5716&lon=172.5576&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5716&lon=172.5576&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5716&lon=172.5576&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.*

## The bus nearby
- Lancewood Dr near Westlake Dr, 144 m away · [route 125](https://www.chch.live/buses/125)
- Westlake Dr near Lancewood Dr, 174 m away · [route 125](https://www.chch.live/buses/125)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [In Memory of AJ Tragically Taken on 29-12-2004 Aged](https://www.chch.live/plaque/17970-westlake-reserve), 180 m away, “IN MEMORY OF AJ TRAGICALLY TAKEN ON 29-12-2004 AGED 18 YEARS LOVED BY HIS FAMILY AND FRIEN…” · 2008
- [Built As a Joint Project Together With the Rotary Club](https://www.chch.live/plaque/17813-westlake-reserve), 198 m away, “BUILT AS A JOINT PROJECT TOGETHER WITH THE ROTARY CLUB OF SAKAI-SOUTH EAST, JAPAN AND ROTA…” · 2008

*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: $1,050,000, land $520,000, improvements $530,000 · 653 m² · ref 23441/50000 · 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.*
- [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 59% 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, 59% 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_
- **Built on fill**, [Made ground](https://www.chch.live/fill) · Certified to NZS 4431, the engineered-fill standard

### What has been here
- **A listed activity was formerly carried out here**, [Land-use history](https://www.chch.live/history) · Cemeteries and waste recycling, treatment and disposal (HAIL Group G) _This is the HAIL register, a record that an activity from the Hazardous Activities and Industries List took place, not a finding that the land is contaminated. The council has not verified this, which is true of 898 of its 906 entries._

### [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).

## 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
- [Westlake Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1174-westlake-reserve), 5 m to the edge · Sports ground · 11 ha · playground, 48 pieces
- [Campion Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1391-campion-reserve), 235 m to the edge · playground, 18 pieces
- [Lancewood Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1233-lancewood-reserve), 271 m to the edge
- [Ridder Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/993-ridder-reserve), 367 m to the edge · playground, 1 pieces
- [Vanderbilt Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1505-vanderbilt-reserve), 384 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-239-halswell), 15 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Halswell](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-236-halswell), 162 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Halswell](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-234-halswell), 217 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Halswell](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-233-halswell), 258 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Halswell](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-243-halswell), 309 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 40 Arkwright Place?**

4 council reports on record since December 2019, most often parks (1), park - general request (1), overgrown vegetation (1).

**What school is 40 Arkwright Place 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=-43.57156417399952,172.55761679373032)

**Which suburb is 40 Arkwright Place in?**

Halswell, Christchurch, on [Arkwright Place](https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/arkwright-place).

**What stood at 40 Arkwright Place before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.57156417399952&lon=172.55761679373032)

**What is the nearest park to 40 Arkwright Place?**

[Westlake Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1174-westlake-reserve), 5 m to its edge, 11 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=halswell&address=40-arkwright-place · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Halswell&street=arkwright-place
