# 5 Ruru Road, Linwood

7 reports on record since April 2022.

https://www.chch.live/linwood/5-ruru-road

## What gets reported here
- [Sewer Odour](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 6
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1

## Reported here
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/3335721), 14 May 2023
- [Sewer Odour](https://www.chch.live/report/2311254), 25 Apr 2022
- [Sewer Odour](https://www.chch.live/report/2311252), 25 Apr 2022
- [Sewer Odour](https://www.chch.live/report/2308755), 23 Apr 2022
- [Sewer Odour](https://www.chch.live/report/2297750), 19 Apr 2022
- [Sewer Odour](https://www.chch.live/report/2292585), 15 Apr 2022
- [Sewer Odour](https://www.chch.live/report/2279843), 9 Apr 2022

## Also reported on Ruru Road
- [20 Ruru Road](https://www.chch.live/linwood/20-ruru-road), 3 reports
- [3 Ruru Road](https://www.chch.live/linwood/3-ruru-road), 2 reports
- [9A Ruru Road](https://www.chch.live/linwood/9a-ruru-road), 1 report
- [4 Ruru Road](https://www.chch.live/linwood/4-ruru-road), 1 report
- [18 Ruru Road](https://www.chch.live/linwood/18-ruru-road), 1 report
- [12 Ruru Road](https://www.chch.live/linwood/12-ruru-road), 1 report
- [10 Ruru Road](https://www.chch.live/linwood/10-ruru-road), 1 report
- [1 Ruru Road](https://www.chch.live/linwood/1-ruru-road), 1 report
- [Ruru Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/linwood/ruru-road)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5301&lon=172.6855&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5301&lon=172.6855&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5301&lon=172.6855&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 bus nearby
- Mcgregors Rd near Ruru Rd, 96 m away · [route 155](https://www.chch.live/buses/155)
- Mcgregors Rd near Ruru Rd, 116 m away · [route 155](https://www.chch.live/buses/155)

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $565,000, land $275,000, improvements $290,000 · 692 m² · ref 22400/08315 · 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.*
- [Bromley School](https://www.chch.live/school/3302-bromley-school), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jul 2017
- [Te Aratai College (Year 7&8)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-7-8), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2021
- [St Francis of Assisi Catholic School](https://www.chch.live/school/738-st-francis-of-assisi-catholic-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2027
- [Te Aratai College (Year 9-15)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-9-15), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2021
- [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026

## Bin day (Mondays)

Bins go out Monday, 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 89% 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, 89% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Liquefaction was mapped here after the February 2011 earthquake**, [Liquefied in February 2011](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · The survey recorded this as certain. Mapped from aerial imagery and site visits after the event, this is a record of what happened, not a model of what might.
- **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)
- **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_
- **Inside a bottle-store buffer around Areas of high deprivation**, [Bottle-store buffer](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Freeze on the issue of new off-licences, the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences a set distance of this site.

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 Ruru Road in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Linwood ran about **$478 a week**, $72 below the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/linwood#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Linwood ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/linwood), the [Coastal-Burwood-Linwood community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/coastal-burwood-linwood) 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, Linwood Cemetery
*on this spot · located to ±322 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/505)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Merrilees Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1544-merrilees-reserve), 122 m to the edge
- [Bromley Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1119-bromley-park), 292 m to the edge · Sports ground · 4 ha · playground, 60 pieces
- [Cuthberts Green](https://www.chch.live/park/1755-cuthberts-green), 418 m to the edge · Sports ground · 35 ha · playground, 72 pieces

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Linwood Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/facility/cemetery-79), 60 m away · Cemetery
- [Ruru Lawn Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/facility/cemetery-64), 369 m away · Cemetery

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Linwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-99-christchurch), 466 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Linwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-114-wainoni), 466 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 5 Ruru Road?**

7 council reports on record since April 2022, most often sewer odour (6), water leak (1).

**What school is 5 Ruru Road zoned for?**

[Bromley School](https://www.chch.live/school/3302-bromley-school), [Te Aratai College (Year 7&8)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-7-8), [St Francis of Assisi Catholic School](https://www.chch.live/school/738-st-francis-of-assisi-catholic-school), [Te Aratai College (Year 9-15)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-9-15) and [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Marian College, Middleton Grange School (Year 11-13), Christchurch Adventist School. 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=-43.53008056939998,172.6855184969725)

**Which suburb is 5 Ruru Road in?**

Linwood, Christchurch, on [Ruru Road](https://www.chch.live/street/linwood/ruru-road).

**What stood at 5 Ruru Road before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [Linwood Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/place/505).

**What is the nearest park to 5 Ruru Road?**

[Merrilees Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1544-merrilees-reserve), 122 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=linwood&address=5-ruru-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Linwood&street=ruru-road
