# 8 Smacks Close, Harewood 3 reports on record since February 2023 · 2 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/harewood/8-smacks-close ## What gets reported here - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 2 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1 ## Reported here - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5421905), 17 Nov 2024 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5413829), 15 Nov 2024 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/3062176), 10 Feb 2023 ## Photographed here (2 on record) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5421905), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05421905/public/1_6ycz7nz58tlt.jpg - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5413829), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05413829/public/1_tkv5wd573qnm.jpg [More photographs on the Harewood wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=harewood) ## Also reported on Smacks Close - [3-7 Smacks Close](https://www.chch.live/harewood/3-7-smacks-close), 1 report - [Smacks Close, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/harewood/smacks-close) ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4637&lon=172.5878&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4637&lon=172.5878&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4637&lon=172.5878&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 - [City Firewood](https://www.chch.live/business/city-firewood-harewood), 357 m away · Firewood - [npd](https://www.chch.live/business/npd-harewood), 371 m away · Petrol stations *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - Gardiners Rd near Smacks Cl, 129 m away · [route 107](https://www.chch.live/buses/107) - Gardiners Rd near Smacks Cl, 134 m away · [route 107](https://www.chch.live/buses/107) *The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.* ## The rating valuation - Capital value: $1,460,000, land $800,000, improvements $660,000 · 1,276 m² · ref 21916/12505 · 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.* - [Cotswold Matahae School](https://www.chch.live/school/3324-cotswold-matahae-school), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jan 2025 - [Harewood School](https://www.chch.live/school/3370-harewood-school), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jan 2025 - [Breens Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3299-breens-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from May 2021 - [St Joseph's School (Papanui)](https://www.chch.live/school/3531-st-joseph-s-school-papanui), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026 - [Papanui High School](https://www.chch.live/school/316-papanui-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2020 - [Emmanuel Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1168-emmanuel-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026 - [St Bede's College](https://www.chch.live/school/315-st-bede-s-college), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Apr 2025 ## Bin day (Thursdays) Bins go out Thursday, by 6am. - Green bin, Weekly - Yellow bin, Fortnightly · Week Two - Red bin, Fortnightly · Week One This address is on the council’s fortnightly 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 96% 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, 96% 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) - **Inside a Christchurch Airport noise contour**, [Airport noise](https://www.chch.live/noise) - **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 civic layer This ground votes in [Harewood ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/harewood), the [Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/fendalton-waimairi-harewood) 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 - [Smacks Creek Esplanade Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1640-smacks-creek-esplanade-reserve), 18 m to the edge - [Springvale Gardens Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1799-springvale-gardens-reserve), 244 m to the edge - [Smacks Creek Riverbank Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1489-smacks-creek-riverbank-reserve), 313 m to the edge · 1 ha - [Harewood Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1207-harewood-park), 350 m to the edge · Botanic · 11 ha *Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.* ## Questions, answered briefly **What has been reported at 8 Smacks Close?** 3 council reports on record since February 2023, most often overgrown vegetation (2), water leak (1). **What school is 8 Smacks Close zoned for?** [Cotswold Matahae School](https://www.chch.live/school/3324-cotswold-matahae-school), [Harewood School](https://www.chch.live/school/3370-harewood-school), [Breens Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3299-breens-intermediate), [St Joseph's School (Papanui)](https://www.chch.live/school/3531-st-joseph-s-school-papanui), [Papanui High School](https://www.chch.live/school/316-papanui-high-school), [Emmanuel Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1168-emmanuel-christian-school) and [St Bede's College](https://www.chch.live/school/315-st-bede-s-college), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Marian College, 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=-43.46367752063876,172.5877519774762) **Which suburb is 8 Smacks Close in?** Harewood, Christchurch, on [Smacks Close](https://www.chch.live/street/harewood/smacks-close). **What stood at 8 Smacks Close before?** Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.46367752063876&lon=172.5877519774762) **What is the nearest park to 8 Smacks Close?** [Smacks Creek Esplanade Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1640-smacks-creek-esplanade-reserve), 18 m to its edge. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=harewood&address=8-smacks-close · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Harewood&street=smacks-close