# 70 Ensign Street, Halswell 2 reports on record since April 2023. https://www.chch.live/halswell/70-ensign-street ## What gets reported here - [Noise - Construction](https://www.chch.live/problems/noise), 1 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 ## Reported here - [Noise - Construction](https://www.chch.live/report/7143089), 3 Nov 2025 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3276251), 23 Apr 2023 ## 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=-43.5721&lon=172.5697&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5721&lon=172.5697&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5721&lon=172.5697&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5721&lon=172.5697&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 - [BP](https://www.chch.live/business/bp-halswell), 82 m away · Petrol stations - [BP Petrol Station Halswell Road](https://www.chch.live/business/bp-petrol-station-halswell-road-halswell), 103 m away · Petrol stations - [Hoi An House](https://www.chch.live/business/hoi-an-house-halswell), 256 m away · Restaurants - [Halswell Medical Centre](https://www.chch.live/business/halswell-medical-centre-halswell), 278 m away · Doctors & clinics *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - Dunbars Rd near Ensign St, 93 m away · [route 100](https://www.chch.live/buses/100) - Halswell Rd near Milns Rd, 117 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.* ## The rating valuation - Capital value: $640,000, land $320,000, improvements $320,000 · 545 m² · ref 23443/00500/A · 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.* - [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. - **Liquefaction was mapped here after the February 2011 earthquake**, [Liquefied in February 2011](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. - **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. - **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_ ### [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 - [Cunningham Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1822-cunningham-reserve), 108 m to the edge · playground, 2 pieces - [Dunbars Landscape Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/921-dunbars-landscape-reserve), 154 m to the edge - [The Oaks Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1458-the-oaks-park), 160 m to the edge - [Bishops Green](https://www.chch.live/park/1791-bishops-green), 223 m to the edge - [Old Red Barn Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1232-old-red-barn-drainage-reserve), 301 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), 100 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 70 Ensign Street?** 2 council reports on record since April 2023, most often noise - construction (1), graffiti (1). **What school is 70 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=-43.57208812422404,172.56973012548974) **Which suburb is 70 Ensign Street in?** Halswell, Christchurch, on [Ensign Street](https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/ensign-street). **What stood at 70 Ensign Street before?** Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.57208812422404&lon=172.56973012548974) **What is the nearest park to 70 Ensign Street?** [Cunningham Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1822-cunningham-reserve), 108 m to its edge. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=halswell&address=70-ensign-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Halswell&street=ensign-street