# 149 Papanui Road, Merivale 3 reports on record since December 2024 · 3 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/merivale/149-papanui-road ## What gets reported here - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 1 - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 ## Reported here - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8592503), 18 Jul 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7679804), 4 Feb 2026 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5623003), 31 Dec 2024 ## Photographed here (3 on record) - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8592503), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08592503/public/1_x7a37im585j4.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7679804), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07679804/public/1_4el70hzhgwar.jpg - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5623003), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05623003/public/1_twdrb9wj23o.jpg [More photographs on the Merivale wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=merivale) ## Also reported on Papanui Road - [258 Papanui Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/258-papanui-road), 37 reports - [165 Papanui Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/165-papanui-road), 18 reports - [1 Papanui Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/1-papanui-road), 17 reports - [176 Papanui Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/176-papanui-road), 16 reports - [27 Papanui Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/27-papanui-road), 15 reports - [177 Papanui Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/177-papanui-road), 15 reports - [175 Papanui Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/175-papanui-road), 14 reports - [71 Papanui Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/71-papanui-road), 12 reports - [Papanui Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/merivale/papanui-road) ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5142&lon=172.623&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5142&lon=172.623&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5142&lon=172.623&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), 115 m away · Motels - [Issimo](https://www.chch.live/business/issimo-merivale), 120 m away · Shoes - [Six Ounces Cafe](https://www.chch.live/business/six-ounces-cafe-merivale), 126 m away · Cafés - [Expression Tattoo Studio](https://www.chch.live/business/expression-tattoo-studio-merivale), 144 m away · Tattoo & piercing *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - [Papanui Rd near St Albans St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=12505), 42 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95) - [Papanui Rd near Rugby St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=12925), 73 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 remembered names nearby - [Donated by the Merivale Precinct Society to Commemorate](https://www.chch.live/plaque/41294-merivale-village-green), 118 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: $1,420,000, land $750,000, improvements $670,000 · 729 m² · ref 22251/04200/D · 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. - **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_ 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 Papanui Road in 160 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 27 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=papanui-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, Dwelling and Setting, Long Cottage *33 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 ## What was here, Dwelling and Setting, Orana *75 m away · 146 Papanui Road · located to ±18 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/178)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1910 ## What was here, Dwelling and Setting, Amwell *122 m away · 166 Papanui Road · located to ±16 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/179)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## What was here, Dwelling and Setting, Te Wepu *160 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/ School and Setting, Former Rangi Ruru/Roseneath House *222 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. ## The green nearby - [Merivale Village Green](https://www.chch.live/park/1081-merivale-village-green), 114 m to the edge - [Abberley Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1453-abberley-park), 498 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha · playground, 24 pieces *Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.* ## Questions, answered briefly **What has been reported at 149 Papanui Road?** 3 council reports on record since December 2024, most often overgrown vegetation (1), graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa (1), graffiti on a fence, building or structure (1). **What school is 149 Papanui Road 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=-43.514199199258975,172.62304053336524) **Which suburb is 149 Papanui Road in?** Merivale, Christchurch, on [Papanui Road](https://www.chch.live/street/merivale/papanui-road). **What stood at 149 Papanui Road before?** The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Dwelling and Setting, Long Cottage](https://www.chch.live/place/184), [Dwelling and Setting, Orana](https://www.chch.live/place/178). **What is the nearest park to 149 Papanui Road?** [Merivale Village Green](https://www.chch.live/park/1081-merivale-village-green), 114 m to its edge. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=merivale&address=149-papanui-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Merivale&street=papanui-road