# 137 Aikmans Road, Merivale 7 reports on record since November 2022 · 4 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/merivale/137-aikmans-road ## What gets reported here - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 3 - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1 - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 1 - General Request, 1 - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/problems/flooding), 1 ## Reported here - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/7667153), 3 Feb 2026 - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6977872), 2 Oct 2025 - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/4741023), 4 Jun 2024 - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/4722037), 29 May 2024 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/2768215), 2 Nov 2022 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/2767820), 2 Nov 2022 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/2767768), 2 Nov 2022 ## Photographed here (4 on record) - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/7667153), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07667153/public/1_ijuiofudffpn.jpg - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6977872), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06977872/public/1_dvk7lwy6a6eq.jpg - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/4741023), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04741023/public/1_dgptbro8anbj.jpg - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/4722037), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04722037/public/1_zdhz5yu379hn.jpg [More photographs on the Merivale wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=merivale) ## Also reported on Aikmans Road - [129 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/129-aikmans-road), 49 reports - [95 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/95-aikmans-road), 8 reports - [125 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/125-aikmans-road), 8 reports - [29 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/29-aikmans-road), 7 reports - [150 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/150-aikmans-road), 7 reports - [133A Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/133a-aikmans-road), 7 reports - [91 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/91-aikmans-road), 6 reports - [64 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/64-aikmans-road), 6 reports - [Aikmans Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/merivale/aikmans-road) ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.512&lon=172.6203&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.512&lon=172.6203&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.512&lon=172.6203&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 - [Mods Hair Merivale](https://www.chch.live/business/mods-hair-merivale), 22 m away · Business - [JDV](https://www.chch.live/business/jdv-merivale), 46 m away · Restaurants - [Little India](https://www.chch.live/business/little-india-merivale), 47 m away · Restaurants - [Savoire](https://www.chch.live/business/savoire-merivale), 47 m away · Cafés *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - Merivale Mall, 82 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95), [route 100](https://www.chch.live/buses/100) - Merivale Mall, 141 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95), [route 100](https://www.chch.live/buses/100) *The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.* ## The remembered names nearby - [Donated by the Merivale Precinct Society to Commemorate](https://www.chch.live/plaque/41294-merivale-village-green), 208 m away, “DONATED BY THE MERIVALE PRECINCT SOCIETY TO COMMEMORATE THEIR 21ST ANNIVERSARY IN 1991” · 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: $1,350,000, land $1,200,000, improvements $150,000 · 398 m² · ref 22250/24600 · 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.* - [St Patrick's School (Bryndwr)](https://www.chch.live/school/3537-st-patrick-s-school-bryndwr), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026 - [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 - [St Bede's College](https://www.chch.live/school/315-st-bede-s-college), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Apr 2025 ## 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 97% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 33% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 97% 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. - **Liquefaction was mapped here after the September 2010 earthquake**, [Liquefied in September 2010](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 TC3**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Moderate to significant land damage from liquefaction is possible in future significant earthquakes _Foundations: Site-specific geotechnical investigation and specific engineering foundation design required eg deep pile foundations, innovative ground strengthening, etc_ ### Water - **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_ - **In the Merivale alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: Seven nights a week from 6pm to 6am. 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 Aikmans Road in 19 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 4 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=aikmans-road&suburb=merivale) ## 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 and Setting, Fitzroy *194 m away · located to ±25 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/148)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1908 ## What was here, Dwelling and Setting *212 m away · 236 Papanui Road · located to ±19 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/180)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1885 ## The green nearby - [Merivale Village Green](https://www.chch.live/park/1081-merivale-village-green), 189 m to the edge *Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.* ## The tracks through here - [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-341-fendalton), 314 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 137 Aikmans Road?** 7 council reports on record since November 2022, most often water leak (3), poles and signage - general (1), pavement - damaged (1). **What school is 137 Aikmans Road zoned for?** [St Patrick's School (Bryndwr)](https://www.chch.live/school/3537-st-patrick-s-school-bryndwr), [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), [Emmanuel Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1168-emmanuel-christian-school) and [St Bede's College](https://www.chch.live/school/315-st-bede-s-college), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Marian College, 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=-43.512009781810875,172.62033922497787) **Which suburb is 137 Aikmans Road in?** Merivale, Christchurch, on [Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/street/merivale/aikmans-road). **What stood at 137 Aikmans Road before?** The heritage register names 2 places at or beside it, [Former Dwelling and Setting, Fitzroy](https://www.chch.live/place/148), [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/180). **What is the nearest park to 137 Aikmans Road?** [Merivale Village Green](https://www.chch.live/park/1081-merivale-village-green), 189 m to its edge. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=merivale&address=137-aikmans-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Merivale&street=aikmans-road