# 897 Cashmere Road, Kennedys Bush

12 reports on record since August 2019 · 8 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/897-cashmere-road

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 3
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 3
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 2
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 2
- Water Fountain, 1
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1

## Reported here
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/8577404), 15 Jul 2026
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3947142), 23 Nov 2023
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/3599758), 13 Aug 2023
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/3019084), 28 Jan 2023
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/2557408), 18 Aug 2022
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/2557374), 18 Aug 2022
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/2555922), 18 Aug 2022
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/2293932), 16 Apr 2022
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1634517), 15 Jun 2021
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1581339), 13 May 2021

## Photographed here (8 on record)
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/8577404), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08577404/public/1_qjnj23255bfy.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/2557374), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02557374/public/1_ofqx9nezz5f3.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/2555922), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02555922/public/1_7pt99ol381qh.jpg
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/2293932), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02293932/public/1_OkHhiDa.jpg
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1634517), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01634517/1_lbF31B.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1581339), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01581339/1_0nFQrh.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/800056), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00800056/0_Ay3VrH
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/785971), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00785971/0_XHU2ya

[More photographs on the Kennedys Bush wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=kennedys-bush)

## Also reported on Cashmere Road
- [568 Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/568-cashmere-road), 18 reports
- [895A Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/895a-cashmere-road), 4 reports
- [564 Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/564-cashmere-road), 4 reports
- [900 Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/900-cashmere-road), 2 reports
- [823 Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/823-cashmere-road), 2 reports
- [753R Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/753r-cashmere-road), 2 reports
- [570R Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/570r-cashmere-road), 2 reports
- [926 Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/926-cashmere-road), 1 report
- [Cashmere Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/kennedys-bush/cashmere-road)

## From the air, then
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.596&lon=172.5755&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.596&lon=172.5755&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 remembered names nearby
- [Ash and Scoria](https://www.chch.live/plaque/89758-halswell-quarry-park), 51 m away, “Ash and scoria” · 2005
- [The John Taylor Walkway](https://www.chch.live/plaque/89756-halswell-quarry-park), 98 m away, “The John Taylor Walkway” · 2005
- [Halswell Quarry Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/89762-halswell-quarry-park), 222 m away, “(illegible – weathered/distant plaque)” · 2001

*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: $1,700,000, land $1,550,000, improvements $150,000 · 311,566 m² · ref 23562/59600 · 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.*
- [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 72% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 19% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 72% in the worst modelled scenario.

### [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 Cashmere Road in 3 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=cashmere-road&suburb=kennedys-bush)

## 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).

## The green nearby
- [Halswell Quarry Park](https://www.chch.live/park/927-halswell-quarry-park), you are in it · Regional · 56 ha
- [Quarry View Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1872-quarry-view-drainage-reserve), 349 m to the edge · 1 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), 254 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 897 Cashmere Road?**

12 council reports on record since August 2019, most often graffiti (3), dumped rubbish (3), parks (2).

**What school is 897 Cashmere Road 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=-43.59600391603167,172.57550779062157)

**Which suburb is 897 Cashmere Road in?**

Kennedys Bush, Christchurch, on [Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/street/kennedys-bush/cashmere-road).

**What stood at 897 Cashmere Road before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.59600391603167&lon=172.57550779062157)

**What is the nearest park to 897 Cashmere Road?**

[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=897-cashmere-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Kennedys%20Bush&street=cashmere-road
