# 12 Ruakaka Street, Hornby

1 report on record since December 2023 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/hornby/12-ruakaka-street

## What gets reported here
- [Animal - Domestic](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 1

## Reported here
- [Animal - Domestic](https://www.chch.live/report/4061188), 25 Dec 2023

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Animal - Domestic](https://www.chch.live/report/4061188), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04061188/public/1_aguy4dgow3oe.jpg

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

## Also reported on Ruakaka Street
- [21B Ruakaka Street](https://www.chch.live/hornby/21b-ruakaka-street), 3 reports
- [1A Ruakaka Street](https://www.chch.live/hornby/1a-ruakaka-street), 3 reports
- [18 Ruakaka Street](https://www.chch.live/hornby/18-ruakaka-street), 3 reports
- [2 Ruakaka Street](https://www.chch.live/hornby/2-ruakaka-street), 2 reports
- [21 Ruakaka Street](https://www.chch.live/hornby/21-ruakaka-street), 1 report
- [20 Ruakaka Street](https://www.chch.live/hornby/20-ruakaka-street), 1 report
- [10 Ruakaka Street](https://www.chch.live/hornby/10-ruakaka-street), 1 report
- [Ruakaka Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/hornby/ruakaka-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.546&lon=172.5197&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.546&lon=172.5197&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.546&lon=172.5197&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.546&lon=172.5197&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
- [Denton Park Motel](https://www.chch.live/business/denton-park-motel-hornby), 245 m away · Motels
- [AA Vehicle Testing Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/business/aa-vehicle-testing-christchurch-hornby), 267 m away · Car repair
- [Hornby Hairdressers](https://www.chch.live/business/hornby-hairdressers-hornby), 319 m away · Hairdressers
- [Faircity Finance](https://www.chch.live/business/faircity-finance-hornby), 320 m away · Financial advisors

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

## The bus nearby
- [Main South Rd near Seymour St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=17754), 255 m away · [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 130](https://www.chch.live/buses/130)
- [Main South Rd near Chalmers St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=17777), 265 m away · [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 130](https://www.chch.live/buses/130)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [This Tree Was Planted by the Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/plaque/111509-denton-park), 245 m away, “THIS TREE WAS PLANTED BY THE RICCARTON / WIGRAM COMMUNITY BOARD TO COMMEMORATE 100 YEARS O…” · 2013

*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: $590,000, land $330,000, improvements $260,000 · 304 m² · ref 23432/52422 · roll last edited March 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.*
- [South Hornby School](https://www.chch.live/school/3507-south-hornby-school), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jul 2017
- [Hornby High School Years 7-8](https://www.chch.live/school/338-hornby-high-school-years-7-8), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2019
- [St Bernadette's School (Hornby)](https://www.chch.live/school/3521-st-bernadette-s-school-hornby), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026
- [Hornby High School Years 9-15](https://www.chch.live/school/338-hornby-high-school-years-9-15), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2019

## 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 11% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 1% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 11% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Built on engineered fill**, [Made ground](https://www.chch.live/fill) · Certified to NZS 4431, the engineered-fill standard · Subdivision

### [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).

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Hornby ran about **$550 a week**, about the city median, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/hornby#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Hornby ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/hornby), 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
- [Denton Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1905-denton-park), 221 m to the edge · Sports ground · 7 ha · playground, 2 pieces
- [Waitohi Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/959-waitohi-reserve), 323 m to the edge · playground, 8 pieces
- [Goulding Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1854-goulding-playground), 328 m to the edge · playground, 39 pieces
- [Springmead Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1086-springmead-park), 417 m to the edge · playground, 21 pieces

*Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.*

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Hornby Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-24), 272 m away · Library · Goulding Avenue, Hornby, Christchurch 8042

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Hornby](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-205-hornby-south), 204 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hornby](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-210-hornby), 428 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hornby](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-213-hornby), 428 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hornby](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-211-hornby), 474 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 12 Ruakaka Street?**

1 council report on record since December 2023, most often animal - domestic (1).

**What school is 12 Ruakaka Street zoned for?**

[South Hornby School](https://www.chch.live/school/3507-south-hornby-school), [Hornby High School Years 7-8](https://www.chch.live/school/338-hornby-high-school-years-7-8), [St Bernadette's School (Hornby)](https://www.chch.live/school/3521-st-bernadette-s-school-hornby) and [Hornby High School Years 9-15](https://www.chch.live/school/338-hornby-high-school-years-9-15), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Middleton Grange School (Year 1-8), Middleton Grange School (Year 9-10), 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=-43.545961998869586,172.5197380000897)

**Which suburb is 12 Ruakaka Street in?**

Hornby, Christchurch, on [Ruakaka Street](https://www.chch.live/street/hornby/ruakaka-street).

**What stood at 12 Ruakaka Street before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.545961998869586&lon=172.5197380000897)

**What is the nearest park to 12 Ruakaka Street?**

[Denton Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1905-denton-park), 221 m to its edge, 7 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=hornby&address=12-ruakaka-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Hornby&street=ruakaka-street
