# 7 Hardwick Street, Kennedys Bush

1 report on record since May 2023.

https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/7-hardwick-street

## What gets reported here
- [Water Pollution - Sediment](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 1

## Reported here
- [Water Pollution - Sediment](https://www.chch.live/report/3366328), 25 May 2023

## The street it is on
- [Hardwick Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/kennedys-bush/hardwick-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5995&lon=172.5768&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5995&lon=172.5768&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5995&lon=172.5768&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
- [The Whare](https://www.chch.live/business/the-whare-kennedys-bush), 87 m away · Museums

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Harry Ell’S Vision](https://www.chch.live/plaque/89674-halswell-quarry-park), 54 m away, “Harry Ell’s Vision / for the hills, land and water which he loved and served / by Summit R…” · 2006
- [She Passed Beside These Quiet Waters](https://www.chch.live/plaque/89668-halswell-quarry-park), 62 m away, “SHE PASSED BESIDE THESE QUIET WATERS / SHELTERED FROM THE SILVER EASTERLY / BY CRIMSON CLO…” · 2006
- [Planted on / 29th September 1973 / H F Hay](https://www.chch.live/plaque/89633-halswell-quarry-park), 74 m away, “PLANTED ON / 29TH SEPTEMBER 1973 / H F HAY / MAYOR OF CHRISTCHURCH” · 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: $1,920,000, land $1,520,000, improvements $400,000 · 240,028 m² · ref 23562/47000 · roll last edited April 2025

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.*
- [Halswell School](https://www.chch.live/school/3366-halswell-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2022
- [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 53% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 14% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 53% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Slope hazard: Medium risk**, [Slope hazard](https://www.chch.live/slope)

### What has been here
- **Former Halswell Quarry**, [Heritage](https://www.chch.live/heritage) · Former Halswell Quarry _Category 1 · Highly Significant · Operative_

### [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 Kennedys Bush ran about **$730 a week**, $180 above the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush#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).

## What was here, Former Halswell Quarry Singlemen’s Quarters and Setting
*86 m away · located to ±12 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/434)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Remaining Former Halswell Quarry Crusher Buildings, Foundations, Retaining Walls and Setting
*90 m away · located to ±22 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/435)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Former Halswell Quarry
*on this spot · located to ±483 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/321)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1868

## The green nearby
- [Halswell Quarry Park](https://www.chch.live/park/927-halswell-quarry-park), you are in it · Regional · 56 ha

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

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Kennedys Bush](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-266-kennedys-bush), 290 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 7 Hardwick Street?**

1 council report on record since May 2023, most often water pollution - sediment (1).

**What school is 7 Hardwick Street zoned for?**

[Halswell School](https://www.chch.live/school/3366-halswell-school), [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=-43.59954069863491,172.57683130038123)

**Which suburb is 7 Hardwick Street in?**

Kennedys Bush, Christchurch, on [Hardwick Street](https://www.chch.live/street/kennedys-bush/hardwick-street).

**What stood at 7 Hardwick Street before?**

The heritage register names 3 places at or beside it, [Former Halswell Quarry Singlemen’s Quarters and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/434), [Remaining Former Halswell Quarry Crusher Buildings, Foundations, Retaining Walls and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/435).

**What is the nearest park to 7 Hardwick Street?**

[Halswell Quarry Park](https://www.chch.live/park/927-halswell-quarry-park), the address is inside it, 56 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=kennedys-bush&address=7-hardwick-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Kennedys%20Bush&street=hardwick-street
