# 235 Papanui Road, Merivale

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

https://www.chch.live/merivale/235-papanui-road

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

## Reported here
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8993482), 28 Sept 2026
- [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/8716529), 10 Aug 2026
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8489871), 29 Jun 2026
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/3556250), 30 Jul 2023

## Photographed here (3 on record)
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8993482), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08993482/public/1_li646twd08sf.jpg
- [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/8716529), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08716529/public/1_ewcv09afqyoc.jpg
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8489871), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08489871/public/1_z01kb0zlnqcf.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=-43.5107&lon=172.6203&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5107&lon=172.6203&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5107&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
- [Coffee Culture](https://www.chch.live/business/coffee-culture-merivale), 7 m away · Cafés
- [Merivale Gourmet Seafood](https://www.chch.live/business/merivale-gourmet-seafood-merivale), 10 m away · Delis
- [House of Travel](https://www.chch.live/business/house-of-travel-merivale), 12 m away · Travel agents
- [Cousteau's Takeaways](https://www.chch.live/business/cousteau-s-takeaways-merivale), 13 m away · Fast food

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

## The bus nearby
- [Merivale Mall](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=39706), 30 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)
- [Papanui Rd near Murray Pl](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=12483), 59 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 rating valuation
- Capital value: $1,280,000, land $355,000, improvements $925,000 · 138 m² · ref 22250/31701 · 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 9.37 m NZVD2016 (9.25 m–9.47 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
- [Papanui High School](https://www.chch.live/school/316-papanui-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2020
- [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.

### [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 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
*67 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

## What was here, Former Dwelling and Setting, Fitzroy
*143 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

## The green nearby
- [Merivale Village Green](https://www.chch.live/park/1081-merivale-village-green), 310 m to the edge
- [Elmwood Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1128-elmwood-park), 499 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-341-fendalton), 189 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 235 Papanui Road?**

4 council reports on record since July 2023, most often street gutters / storm water (1), road blockage (1), pavement - damaged (1).

**What school is 235 Papanui 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), [Papanui High School](https://www.chch.live/school/316-papanui-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=-43.51069124911272,172.6202725001263)

**Which suburb is 235 Papanui Road in?**

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

**What stood at 235 Papanui Road before?**

The heritage register names 2 places at or beside it, [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/180), [Former Dwelling and Setting, Fitzroy](https://www.chch.live/place/148).

**What is the nearest park to 235 Papanui Road?**

[Merivale Village Green](https://www.chch.live/park/1081-merivale-village-green), 310 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=merivale&address=235-papanui-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Merivale&street=papanui-road
