# 123A 123A, Merivale

1 report on record since April 2016 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/merivale/123a-123a

## What gets reported here
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1

## Reported here
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/135031), 17 Apr 2016

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/135031), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00135031/0

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

## The street it is on
- [A, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/merivale/a)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5161&lon=172.6227&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5161&lon=172.6227&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5161&lon=172.6227&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
- [Diplomat Motel](https://www.chch.live/business/diplomat-motel-merivale), 116 m away · Motels
- [Truffle Cafe](https://www.chch.live/business/truffle-cafe-merivale), 118 m away · Cafés
- [Merivale Manor](https://www.chch.live/business/merivale-manor-merivale), 163 m away · Motels
- [KraiSoft](https://www.chch.live/business/kraisoft-merivale), 165 m away · IT & software

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

## The bus nearby
- Papanui Rd near Webb St, 133 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)
- Papanui Rd near Webb St, 148 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $3,810,000, land $1,380,000, improvements $2,430,000 · 673 m² · ref 22251/00202 · 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.*
- [Elmwood Normal School](https://www.chch.live/school/3334-elmwood-normal-school), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jul 2020
- [Heaton Normal Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3372-heaton-normal-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from Jan 2024
- [Christchurch Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/327-christchurch-boys-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2025
- [Christchurch Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/328-christchurch-girls-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2025
- [Burnside High School](https://www.chch.live/school/319-burnside-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2022
- [Emmanuel Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1168-emmanuel-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026

## Bin day (Fridays)

Bins go out Friday, 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 88% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 25% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 88% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **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_

### Water
- **Inside the modelled 10-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 10 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Avon catchment · 10 Year · A 10-year event is one expected about once a decade, not a rare one.
- **Inside the modelled 50-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 50 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Avon catchment · 50 Year
- **Inside the modelled 200-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 200 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Avon catchment · 200 Year · climate change modelled to 2123

### [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 Selwyn House School**, [Bottle-store buffer](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Restriction on the location of new bottle stores, the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m of this site.
- **Inside a bottle-store buffer around St Margarets College**, [Bottle-store buffer](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Restriction on the location of new bottle stores, the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m of this site.
- **Inside a bottle-store buffer around Ferndale Te Ahu**, [Bottle-store buffer](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Restriction on the location of new bottle stores, the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m 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).

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Merivale ran about **$604 a week**, $54 above the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/merivale#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Fendalton ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/fendalton), the [Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/fendalton-waimairi-harewood) 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 Dwelling/ School and Setting, Former Rangi Ruru/Roseneath House
*176 m away · 110 Papanui Road · located to ±18 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/177)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Former Dwelling and Setting
*183 m away · 108 Papanui Road · located to ±13 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/176)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Dwelling and Setting, Te Wepu
*192 m away · 122 Papanui Road · located to ±18 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/48)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4923

## What was here, Former Dwelling and Setting, Acland House
*193 m away · 85 Papanui Road · located to ±19 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/175)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Dwelling and Setting, Long Cottage
*225 m away · 10/142 Rugby Street · located to ±15 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/184)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1900

## The green nearby
- [Merivale Village Green](https://www.chch.live/park/1081-merivale-village-green), 307 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 123A 123A?**

1 council report on record since April 2016, most often roading/streets (1).

**What school is 123A 123A zoned for?**

[Elmwood Normal School](https://www.chch.live/school/3334-elmwood-normal-school), [Heaton Normal Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3372-heaton-normal-intermediate), [Christchurch Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/327-christchurch-boys-high-school), [Christchurch Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/328-christchurch-girls-high-school), [Burnside High School](https://www.chch.live/school/319-burnside-high-school) and [Emmanuel Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1168-emmanuel-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=-43.516127331527876,172.622717795733)

**Which suburb is 123A 123A in?**

Merivale, Christchurch, on A.

**What stood at 123A 123A before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Former Dwelling/ School and Setting, Former Rangi Ruru/Roseneath House](https://www.chch.live/place/177), [Former Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/176).

**What is the nearest park to 123A 123A?**

[Merivale Village Green](https://www.chch.live/park/1081-merivale-village-green), 307 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=merivale&address=123a-123a
