# 401 Sparks Road, Halswell 3 reports on record since April 2024 · 3 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/halswell/401-sparks-road ## What gets reported here - [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 1 - [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 1 ## Reported here - [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8337557), 31 May 2026 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5770310), 28 Jan 2025 - [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/4582594), 24 Apr 2024 ## Photographed here (3 on record) - [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8337557), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08337557/public/1_jwsq5agx13b.jpg - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5770310), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05770310/public/1_6f8g8arudz6l.jpg - [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/4582594), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04582594/public/1_dmorxk981t4b.jpg [More photographs on the Halswell wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=halswell) ## Also reported on Sparks Road - [270 Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/270-sparks-road), 20 reports - [246 Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/246-sparks-road), 18 reports - [381 Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/381-sparks-road), 11 reports - [388 Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/388-sparks-road), 8 reports - [376 Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/376-sparks-road), 8 reports - [458 Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/458-sparks-road), 6 reports - [330A Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/330a-sparks-road), 6 reports - [469 Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/469-sparks-road), 5 reports - [Sparks Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/sparks-road) ## From the air, then - [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5825&lon=172.5793&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5825&lon=172.5793&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5825&lon=172.5793&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5825&lon=172.5793&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.* ## The remembered names nearby - [Six Silvers Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310915-six-silvers-reserve), 171 m away *The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).* ## 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 (Tuesdays) Bins go out Tuesday, by 6am. - Green bin, Weekly - Yellow bin, Fortnightly · Week Two - Red bin, Fortnightly · Week Two This address is on the council’s Week Two 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. ### [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 Sparks Road in 29 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 4 seriously hurt. [The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=sparks-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 - [Sparks Road Landscape Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1087-sparks-road-landscape-reserve), 16 m to the edge - [Six Silvers Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1517-six-silvers-reserve), 166 m to the edge · playground, 3 pieces - [Sparks Walkway](https://www.chch.live/park/1512-sparks-walkway), 291 m to the edge - [Milns Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1896-milns-reserve), 330 m to the edge - [Shield Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1863-shield-reserve), 356 m to the edge *Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.* ## Questions, answered briefly **What has been reported at 401 Sparks Road?** 3 council reports on record since April 2024, most often road blockage (1), overgrown vegetation (1), accessibility (1). **What school is 401 Sparks Road 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=-43.582518674927364,172.57927530334538) **Which suburb is 401 Sparks Road in?** Halswell, Christchurch, on [Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/sparks-road). **What stood at 401 Sparks Road before?** Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.582518674927364&lon=172.57927530334538) **What is the nearest park to 401 Sparks Road?** [Sparks Road Landscape Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1087-sparks-road-landscape-reserve), 16 m to its edge. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=halswell&address=401-sparks-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Halswell&street=sparks-road