# 97 Old Tai Tapu Road, Kennedys Bush

5 reports on record since December 2024 · 4 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/97-old-tai-tapu-road

## What gets reported here
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 3
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/problems/potholes), 1

## Reported here
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8727255), 11 Aug 2026
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6940768), 24 Sept 2025
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/6679607), 31 Jul 2025
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/6536399), 28 Jun 2025
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/5537575), 11 Dec 2024

## Photographed here (4 on record)
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8727255), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08727255/public/1_u4b1sjnmxce.jpg
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6940768), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06940768/public/1_ww21u8k1escq.jpg
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/6679607), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06679607/public/1_af554wnkqfca.jpg
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/6536399), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06536399/public/1_c266l0jmnx8m.jpg

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

## Also reported on Old Tai Tapu Road
- [10 Old Tai Tapu Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/10-old-tai-tapu-road), 7 reports
- [31 Old Tai Tapu Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/31-old-tai-tapu-road), 4 reports
- [50 Old Tai Tapu Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/50-old-tai-tapu-road), 3 reports
- [266 Old Tai Tapu Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/266-old-tai-tapu-road), 3 reports
- [93 Old Tai Tapu Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/93-old-tai-tapu-road), 2 reports
- [92–96 Old Tai Tapu Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/92%E2%80%9396-old-tai-tapu-road), 2 reports
- [163 Old Tai Tapu Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/163-old-tai-tapu-road), 2 reports
- [136 Old Tai Tapu Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/136-old-tai-tapu-road), 2 reports
- [Old Tai Tapu Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/kennedys-bush/old-tai-tapu-road)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.6057&lon=172.5696&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.6057&lon=172.5696&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.6057&lon=172.5696&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.6057&lon=172.5696&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
- [Rossendale Restaurant](https://www.chch.live/business/rossendale-restaurant-kennedys-bush), 277 m away · Restaurants

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $2,620,000, land $870,000, improvements $1,750,000 · 32,105 m² · ref 23562/60600 · 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
- [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)
- **No moderate-to-severe liquefaction damage in any modelled scenario**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 0% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 0% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Slope hazard: Low risk**, [Slope hazard](https://www.chch.live/slope)

### [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.

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 Old Tai Tapu Road in 5 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=old-tai-tapu-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
- [Stowe Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1561-stowe-drainage-reserve), 367 m to the edge

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 97 Old Tai Tapu Road?**

5 council reports on record since December 2024, most often damaged road (3), roads - general (1), pothole (1).

**What school is 97 Old Tai Tapu Road zoned for?**

[Halswell School](https://www.chch.live/school/3366-halswell-school) 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, Lincoln High School, 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=-43.6056920041064,172.569563791664)

**Which suburb is 97 Old Tai Tapu Road in?**

Kennedys Bush, Christchurch, on [Old Tai Tapu Road](https://www.chch.live/street/kennedys-bush/old-tai-tapu-road).

**What stood at 97 Old Tai Tapu Road before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.6056920041064&lon=172.569563791664)

**What is the nearest park to 97 Old Tai Tapu Road?**

[Stowe Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1561-stowe-drainage-reserve), 367 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=kennedys-bush&address=97-old-tai-tapu-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Kennedys%20Bush&street=old-tai-tapu-road
