# 20 Aikmans Road, Merivale

3 reports on record since July 2023 · 2 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/merivale/20-aikmans-road

## What gets reported here
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 1
- General Request, 1
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1

## Reported here
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/5586667), 21 Dec 2024
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5246537), 10 Oct 2024
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/3539788), 25 Jul 2023

## Photographed here (2 on record)
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/5586667), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05586667/public/1_5qbbu1bsd8lq.jpg
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5246537), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05246537/public/1_3xm0xsenudlh.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
- [137 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/137-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
- [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=-43.5147&lon=172.6137&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5147&lon=172.6137&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5147&lon=172.6137&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
- [Elmwood Players](https://www.chch.live/business/elmwood-players-merivale), 137 m away · Cinemas & theatres
- [Repertory Theatre](https://www.chch.live/business/repertory-theatre-merivale), 137 m away · Cinemas & theatres
- [Public tennis court](https://www.chch.live/business/public-tennis-court-merivale), 228 m away · Sports centres
- [House Of Huia](https://www.chch.live/business/house-of-huia-merivale), 375 m away · Business

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

## The bus nearby
- Rossall St near Leinster Rd, 108 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)
- Rossall St near Leinster Rd, 148 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $1,630,000, land $1,130,000, improvements $500,000 · 366 m² · ref 22250/43801 · 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.

## Floor levels
- **No flooding modelled for this rating unit**, Modelled flood levels: no flooding modelled in a 50-year event; no flooding modelled in a 200-year event · ground about 10.1 m NZVD2016 (9.86 m–10.21 m)

These are modelled floor and flood levels from the council’s freeboard viewer, not a surveyed finished floor or a finding on this house, for anything with money attached, the council’s LIM is the certified property file.

## 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 79% 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, 79% 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_

### [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.
- **Inside a bottle-store buffer around Elmwood Normal 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.

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, Dwelling and Setting
*146 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

## What was here, Dwelling and Setting
*185 m away · 61 Leinster Road · located to ±17 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/131)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3718

## What was here, Elmwood School War Memorial and Setting
*228 m away · 1/76 Leinster Road · located to ±5 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/129)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Merivale Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1782-merivale-reserve), 163 m to the edge · playground, 7 pieces
- [Elmwood Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1128-elmwood-park), 271 m to the edge · Sports ground · 7 ha · playground, 38 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), 110 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-341-fendalton), 259 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-413-merivale), 319 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-405-merivale), 321 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-401-merivale), 441 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 20 Aikmans Road?**

3 council reports on record since July 2023, most often street gutters / storm water (1), general request (1), damaged road (1).

**What school is 20 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=-43.514678665861716,172.61367133381768)

**Which suburb is 20 Aikmans Road in?**

Merivale, Christchurch, on [Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/street/merivale/aikmans-road).

**What stood at 20 Aikmans Road before?**

The heritage register names 3 places at or beside it, [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/130), [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/131).

**What is the nearest park to 20 Aikmans Road?**

[Merivale Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1782-merivale-reserve), 163 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=merivale&address=20-aikmans-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Merivale&street=aikmans-road
