# 2A 2A, Merivale

2 reports on record since September 2015 · 2 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/merivale/2a-2a

## What gets reported here
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 1
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 1

## Reported here
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/386986), 11 Mar 2018
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/90882), 20 Sept 2015

## Photographed here (2 on record)
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/386986), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00386986/0
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/90882), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00090882/0

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

## The street it is on
- [A, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/merivale/a)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5226&lon=172.617&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5226&lon=172.617&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5226&lon=172.617&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
- [The Preservatory](https://www.chch.live/business/the-preservatory-merivale), 334 m away · Cafés
- [Holmwood Dairy](https://www.chch.live/business/holmwood-dairy-merivale), 335 m away · Supermarkets
- [Le Panier](https://www.chch.live/business/le-panier-merivale), 335 m away · Bakeries
- [Caldera Estate](https://www.chch.live/business/caldera-estate-merivale), 340 m away · Bottle stores

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

## The bus nearby
- Rossall St near Rhodes St, 109 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)
- Rossall St near Rhodes St, 122 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 Loving Memory of / James Ryder Burford / 1944 - 2017](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311054-millbrook-reserve), 11 m away, “In loving memory of/ James Ryder Burford/ 1944 - 2017/ cherished father, brother,/ partner…” · 2009
- [In Fond Memory of Miss Betty Hart 30-3-1913 — 24-7-2003](https://www.chch.live/plaque/41206-millbrook-reserve), 34 m away, “IN FOND MEMORY OF MISS BETTY HART 30-3-1913 — 24-7-2003 LONG STANDING MEMBER OF THE CHRIST…” · 2009
- [Little Hagley Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/76080-little-hagley-park), 34 m away · 2010

*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: $1,660,000, land $1,610,000, improvements $50,000 · 2,756 m² · ref 22010/00200 · 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

## 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 90% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 43% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 90% 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.

### [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 Hagley Park and Environs alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: Seven days a week from 10pm to 7am.
- **In the Hagley Park and Environs alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: Applies for a 24 hour period on the day of the Large-Scale Event, commencing at 12am and concluding at 11.59pm.
- **Inside a bottle-store buffer around Rangi Ruru Girls' 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).

## 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
*47 m away · 2 Helmores Lane · located to ±15 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/102)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Bridge and Setting
*72 m away · located to ±18 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/101)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1798

## What was here, Dwelling and Setting
*106 m away · 16 Helmores Lane · located to ±17 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/103)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Millbrook Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1157-millbrook-reserve), you are in it · Botanic
- [Little Hagley Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1638-little-hagley-park), 22 m to the edge · Botanic · 7 ha
- [Hagley Park North](https://www.chch.live/park/1572-hagley-park-north), 156 m to the edge · Sports ground · 91 ha
- [Carlton Mill Riverbank](https://www.chch.live/park/1507-carlton-mill-riverbank), 219 m to the edge

*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-434-christchurch-central-city), 39 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-387-merivale), 83 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-427-christchurch-central-city), 117 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-420-christchurch-central-city), 184 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-449-christchurch-central-city), 191 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 2A 2A?**

2 council reports on record since September 2015, most often rubbish/recycling (1), parks (1).

**What school is 2A 2A 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) and [Burnside High School](https://www.chch.live/school/319-burnside-high-school), 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), 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=-43.5226134398321,172.616993204347)

**Which suburb is 2A 2A in?**

Merivale, Christchurch, on A.

**What stood at 2A 2A before?**

The heritage register names 3 places at or beside it, [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/102), [Bridge and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/101).

**What is the nearest park to 2A 2A?**

[Millbrook Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1157-millbrook-reserve), the address is inside it.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=merivale&address=2a-2a
