# 79 Dunbars Road, Halswell

6 reports on record since January 2023 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/halswell/79-dunbars-road

## What gets reported here
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 2
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 1
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/problems/potholes), 1
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 1
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/problems/trees), 1

## Reported here
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8798096), 24 Aug 2026
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/6537908), 28 Jun 2025
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/5339219), 30 Oct 2024
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/3303822), 2 May 2023
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/2944546), 4 Jan 2023
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/2940594), 3 Jan 2023

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/5339219), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05339219/public/1_c9j7przwvp86.jpg

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

## Also reported on Dunbars Road
- [23 Dunbars Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/23-dunbars-road), 8 reports
- [89 Dunbars Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/89-dunbars-road), 7 reports
- [3A Dunbars Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/3a-dunbars-road), 6 reports
- [183 Dunbars Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/183-dunbars-road), 6 reports
- [87 Dunbars Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/87-dunbars-road), 4 reports
- [81 Dunbars Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/81-dunbars-road), 4 reports
- [137 Dunbars Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/137-dunbars-road), 4 reports
- [128 Dunbars Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/128-dunbars-road), 4 reports
- [Dunbars Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/dunbars-road)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.569&lon=172.5629&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.569&lon=172.5629&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.569&lon=172.5629&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
- Dunbars Rd near Hindess St, 175 m away · [route 100](https://www.chch.live/buses/100)
- Dunbars Rd near Lancewood Dr, 175 m away · [route 100](https://www.chch.live/buses/100)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Dunbars Landscape Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/37859-dunbars-landscape-reserve), 33 m away, “(Carved motif with letter A, no inscription)” · 2006

*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: $630,000, land $375,000, improvements $255,000 · 422 m² · ref 23443/14400 · 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.
- **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 Dunbars Road in 30 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 10 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=dunbars-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
- [Dunbars Landscape Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/921-dunbars-landscape-reserve), 23 m to the edge
- [Dunbars Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1792-dunbars-reserve), 72 m to the edge
- [Cobra Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1571-cobra-reserve), 124 m to the edge · playground, 5 pieces
- [Lancewood Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1233-lancewood-reserve), 173 m to the edge
- [Rooney Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1250-rooney-reserve), 188 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-243-halswell), 186 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Halswell](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-239-halswell), 454 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 79 Dunbars Road?**

6 council reports on record since January 2023, most often water leak (2), rubbish and bins - general (1), pothole (1).

**What school is 79 Dunbars 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=-43.56899340173627,172.56288694018588)

**Which suburb is 79 Dunbars Road in?**

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

**What stood at 79 Dunbars Road before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.56899340173627&lon=172.56288694018588)

**What is the nearest park to 79 Dunbars Road?**

[Dunbars Landscape Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/921-dunbars-landscape-reserve), 23 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=halswell&address=79-dunbars-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Halswell&street=dunbars-road
