# 40 Murphys Road, Halswell

1 report on record since October 2024 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/halswell/40-murphys-road

## What gets reported here
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 1

## Reported here
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5309531), 23 Oct 2024

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5309531), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05309531/public/1_nyvrwrlup5rr.jpg

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

## Also reported on Murphys Road
- [20 Murphys Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/20-murphys-road), 11 reports
- [77 Murphys Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/77-murphys-road), 8 reports
- [70R Murphys Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/70r-murphys-road), 4 reports
- [2 Murphys Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/2-murphys-road), 4 reports
- [1 Murphys Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/1-murphys-road), 4 reports
- [66 Murphys Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/66-murphys-road), 3 reports
- [62 Murphys Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/62-murphys-road), 3 reports
- [50 Murphys Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/50-murphys-road), 3 reports
- [Murphys Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/murphys-road)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5804&lon=172.5493&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5804&lon=172.5493&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5804&lon=172.5493&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
- [Verge Cafe](https://www.chch.live/business/verge-cafe-halswell), 306 m away · Cafés
- [Bombay Butler - Halswell](https://www.chch.live/business/bombay-butler-halswell), 320 m away · Restaurants
- [Longhurst Pharmacy](https://www.chch.live/business/longhurst-pharmacy-halswell), 321 m away · Pharmacies
- [Longhurst Health](https://www.chch.live/business/longhurst-health-halswell), 324 m away · Business

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

## The bus nearby
- Caulfield Ave & Gosling Cres, 257 m away · [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7)
- Longhurst Medical Centre, 346 m away · [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7)

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $2,230,000, land $2,230,000, improvements $0 · 35,466 m² · ref 23447/02451 · roll last edited February 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.*
- [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 76% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 19% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 76% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Liquefaction was mapped here after the September 2010 earthquake**, [Liquefied in September 2010](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · The survey recorded this as certain. Mapped from aerial imagery and site visits after the event, this is a record of what happened, not a model of what might.

### [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.
- **Inside a bottle-store buffer around Seven Oaks School**, [Bottle-store buffer](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Restriction on the location of new bottle stores, the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m of this site.

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 Murphys Road in 4 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=murphys-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), 321 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 40 Murphys Road?**

1 council report on record since October 2024, most often overgrown vegetation (1).

**What school is 40 Murphys 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, 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=-43.58043299873295,172.54934699961552)

**Which suburb is 40 Murphys Road in?**

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

**What stood at 40 Murphys Road before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.58043299873295&lon=172.54934699961552)

**What is the nearest park to 40 Murphys Road?**

[Quaifes Road Springlands](https://www.chch.live/park/1077-quaifes-rd-springlands), 321 m to its edge, 10 ha.

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