# 18 Queens Avenue, Merivale

1 report on record since January 2024 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/merivale/18-queens-avenue

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

## Reported here
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/4155768), 17 Jan 2024

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/4155768), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04155768/public/1_n5z65ygrlqg8.jpg

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

## Also reported on Queens Avenue
- [28 Queens Avenue](https://www.chch.live/merivale/28-queens-avenue), 1 report
- [25 Queens Avenue](https://www.chch.live/merivale/25-queens-avenue), 1 report
- [23 Queens Avenue](https://www.chch.live/merivale/23-queens-avenue), 1 report
- [11 Queens Avenue](https://www.chch.live/merivale/11-queens-avenue), 1 report
- [1 Queens Avenue](https://www.chch.live/merivale/1-queens-avenue), 1 report
- [Queens Avenue, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/merivale/queens-avenue)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5201&lon=172.6098&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5201&lon=172.6098&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5201&lon=172.6098&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
- [Mona Vale Homestead and Pantry](https://www.chch.live/business/mona-vale-homestead-and-pantry-riccarton), 367 m away · Cafés
- [Mona Vale Homestead & Gardens Venue](https://www.chch.live/business/mona-vale-homestead-gardens-venue-riccarton), 392 m away · Cafés

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

## The bus nearby
- [Fendalton Rd near Wairarapa Tce](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=17435), 155 m away · [route 29](https://www.chch.live/buses/29)
- [Fendalton Rd near Mona Vale Ave](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=17921), 201 m away · [route 29](https://www.chch.live/buses/29)

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

## 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
- [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 79% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 30% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 79% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **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 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_

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, Mona Vale Gatehouse and Setting
*244 m away · 65 Fendalton Road · located to ±12 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/65)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1799

## The green nearby
- [Mona Vale](https://www.chch.live/park/946-mona-vale), 221 m to the edge · Botanic · 5 ha
- [Clifford Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1257-clifford-reserve), 263 m to the edge
- [Daresbury Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1012-daresbury-park), 444 m to the edge · playground, 5 pieces

*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-331-fendalton), 145 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-377-merivale), 309 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-378-fendalton), 309 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-385-riccarton), 362 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-365-fendalton), 412 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 18 Queens Avenue?**

1 council report on record since January 2024, most often water leak (1).

**What school is 18 Queens Avenue 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) 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, Middleton Grange School (Year 1-8), Marian College, Middleton Grange School (Year 9-10), 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=-43.52013655498401,172.60980941394502)

**Which suburb is 18 Queens Avenue in?**

Merivale, Christchurch, on [Queens Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/merivale/queens-avenue).

**What stood at 18 Queens Avenue before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [Mona Vale Gatehouse and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/65).

**What is the nearest park to 18 Queens Avenue?**

[Mona Vale](https://www.chch.live/park/946-mona-vale), 221 m to its edge, 5 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=merivale&address=18-queens-avenue · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Merivale&street=queens-avenue
