# 38A 38A, Merivale 1 report on record since February 2020 · 1 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/merivale/38a-38a ## What gets reported here - [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1 ## Reported here - [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/995153), 24 Feb 2020 ## Photographed here (1 on record) - [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/995153), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00995153/0_a4aCCE [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=-43.519&lon=172.6251&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.519&lon=172.6251&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.519&lon=172.6251&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 - [Adelphi Motel](https://www.chch.live/business/adelphi-motel-merivale), 71 m away · Motels - [Colonial Inn](https://www.chch.live/business/colonial-inn-merivale), 91 m away · Motels - [Ashford Motor Lodge](https://www.chch.live/business/ashford-motor-lodge-merivale), 106 m away · Motels - [Ashford Motel Lodge](https://www.chch.live/business/ashford-motel-lodge-merivale), 117 m away · Motels *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - Papanui Rd near Clare Rd, 126 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95) - Papanui Rd near Holly Rd, 198 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95) *The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.* ## The remembered names nearby - [Little Hagley Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/70519-little-hagley-park), 234 m away · 2009 - [Little Hagley Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/115802-little-hagley-park), 235 m away · 1998 *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: $445,000, land $360,000, improvements $85,000 · 190 m² · ref 22251/27100/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.* - [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 ## Bin day (Fridays) Bins go out Friday, by 6am. - Green bin, Weekly - 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 92% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 23% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 92% 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_ - **Built on fill**, [Made ground](https://www.chch.live/fill) · No NZS 4431 certificate and no record of engineering supervision · Building Consent ### Water - **Inside the modelled 10-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 10 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Avon catchment · 10 Year · A 10-year event is one expected about once a decade, not a rare one. - **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_ - **Inside a bottle-store buffer around St Margarets College**, [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, Former Dwelling and Setting, Acland House *183 m away · 85 Papanui Road · located to ±19 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/175)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting *219 m away · 20 Papanui Road · located to ±20 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/174)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## What was here, Carlton Bridge *238 m away · located to ±26 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/545)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## The green nearby - [Carlton Mill Riverbank](https://www.chch.live/park/1507-carlton-mill-riverbank), 195 m to the edge - [Little Hagley Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1638-little-hagley-park), 215 m to the edge · Botanic · 7 ha *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-472-christchurch-central-city), 226 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-456-christchurch-central-city), 236 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-420-christchurch-central-city), 285 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-473-christchurch-central-city), 288 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-471-christchurch-central-city), 303 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 38A 38A?** 1 council report on record since February 2020, most often water supply (1). **What school is 38A 38A 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), [Burnside High School](https://www.chch.live/school/319-burnside-high-school) and [Emmanuel Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1168-emmanuel-christian-school), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Marian College, 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=-43.51898448704185,172.62505995709014) **Which suburb is 38A 38A in?** Merivale, Christchurch, on A. **What stood at 38A 38A before?** The heritage register names 3 places at or beside it, [Former Dwelling and Setting, Acland House](https://www.chch.live/place/175), [Commercial Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/174). **What is the nearest park to 38A 38A?** [Carlton Mill Riverbank](https://www.chch.live/park/1507-carlton-mill-riverbank), 195 m to its edge. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=merivale&address=38a-38a