# 188 Rossall Street, Merivale

3 reports on record since November 2022 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/merivale/188-rossall-street

## What gets reported here
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 1

## Reported here
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/6382278), 24 May 2025
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/3879243), 5 Nov 2023
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/2811410), 16 Nov 2022

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/6382278), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06382278/public/1_mfzvkorz9kmm.jpg

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

## Also reported on Rossall Street
- [3 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/3-rossall-street), 31 reports
- [7A Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/7a-rossall-street), 11 reports
- [109 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/109-rossall-street), 8 reports
- [92 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/92-rossall-street), 7 reports
- [37A Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/37a-rossall-street), 7 reports
- [20 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/20-rossall-street), 5 reports
- [129 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/129-rossall-street), 5 reports
- [7C Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/7c-rossall-street), 4 reports
- [Rossall Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/merivale/rossall-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.514&lon=172.6106&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.514&lon=172.6106&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.514&lon=172.6106&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
- [House Of Huia](https://www.chch.live/business/house-of-huia-merivale), 146 m away · Business
- [Elmwood Park Bowling Club](https://www.chch.live/business/elmwood-park-bowling-club-merivale), 235 m away · Clubs
- [Elmwood Tennis Club](https://www.chch.live/business/elmwood-tennis-club-merivale), 235 m away · Clubs
- [Tillman Wine Merchants](https://www.chch.live/business/tillman-wine-merchants-strowan), 315 m away · Bottle stores

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

## The bus nearby
- [Rossall St near Glandovey Rd](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=16577), 37 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)
- [Rossall St near Glandovey Rd](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=16078), 73 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [In Memory of / Jean Nichol / 1931-2006](https://www.chch.live/plaque/112685-elmwood-park), 178 m away, “In memory of / Jean Nichol / 1931-2006” · 2013

*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: $980,000, land $770,000, improvements $210,000 · 510 m² · ref 22250/20700/A · 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 100% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 35% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 100% 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
- **This land flooded in 2011-2014**, [Has flooded before](https://www.chch.live/floods) · 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce
- **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_
- **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 Rossall Street in 36 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 10 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=rossall-street&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
*212 m away · 41 Leinster Road · located to ±15 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/130)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3717

## The green nearby
- [Elmwood Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1128-elmwood-park), 103 m to the edge · Sports ground · 7 ha · playground, 38 pieces
- [Plynlimon Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1221-plynlimon-park), 370 m to the edge · Sports ground · 1 ha · playground, 53 pieces
- [Merivale Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1782-merivale-reserve), 423 m to the edge · playground, 7 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-387-merivale), 15 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-341-fendalton), 93 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-405-merivale), 134 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-401-merivale), 269 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-413-merivale), 297 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 188 Rossall Street?**

3 council reports on record since November 2022, most often water leak (1), road signage (1), pavement - damaged (1).

**What school is 188 Rossall Street 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=-43.51395652177464,172.61057164231207)

**Which suburb is 188 Rossall Street in?**

Merivale, Christchurch, on [Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/street/merivale/rossall-street).

**What stood at 188 Rossall Street before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/130).

**What is the nearest park to 188 Rossall Street?**

[Elmwood Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1128-elmwood-park), 103 m to its edge, 7 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=merivale&address=188-rossall-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Merivale&street=rossall-street
