# 40 Garden Road, Merivale 1 report on record since May 2025 · 1 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/merivale/40-garden-road ## What gets reported here - [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 1 ## Reported here - [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/6283331), 4 May 2025 ## Photographed here (1 on record) - [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/6283331), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06283331/public/1_h5zi2gfet64a.jpg [More photographs on the Merivale wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=merivale) ## Also reported on Garden Road - [33 Garden Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/33-garden-road), 3 reports - [57 Garden Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/57-garden-road), 2 reports - [52 Garden Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/52-garden-road), 2 reports - [50a Garden Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/50a-garden-road), 2 reports - [41 Garden Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/41-garden-road), 2 reports - [3 Garden Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/3-garden-road), 2 reports - [11B Garden Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/11b-garden-road), 2 reports - [71 Garden Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/71-garden-road), 1 report - [Garden Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/merivale/garden-road) ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5183&lon=172.6111&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5183&lon=172.6111&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5183&lon=172.6111&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 - [Alexanders Digital Marketing](https://www.chch.live/business/alexanders-digital-marketing-merivale), 301 m away · Advertising Agency - [The Preservatory](https://www.chch.live/business/the-preservatory-merivale), 390 m away · Cafés - [Holmwood Dairy](https://www.chch.live/business/holmwood-dairy-merivale), 393 m away · Supermarkets - [Le Panier](https://www.chch.live/business/le-panier-merivale), 396 m away · Bakeries *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - Rossall St near Office Rd, 283 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8) - Rossall St near Highgate Ave, 287 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8) *The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.* ## 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 - [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: 30% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 79% in the worst modelled scenario. - **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 - **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_ 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). ## The green nearby - [Clifford Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1257-clifford-reserve), 375 m to the edge - [Mona Vale](https://www.chch.live/park/946-mona-vale), 398 m to the edge · Botanic · 5 ha - [Merivale Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1782-merivale-reserve), 436 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), 264 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-331-fendalton), 356 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-377-merivale), 411 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-378-fendalton), 462 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-376-strowan), 485 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 40 Garden Road?** 1 council report on record since May 2025, most often street cleaning (1). **What school is 40 Garden 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) 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, Middleton Grange School (Year 1-8), Marian College, Middleton Grange School (Year 9-10), 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=-43.51828299935304,172.61107000057584) **Which suburb is 40 Garden Road in?** Merivale, Christchurch, on [Garden Road](https://www.chch.live/street/merivale/garden-road). **What stood at 40 Garden Road before?** Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.51828299935304&lon=172.61107000057584) **What is the nearest park to 40 Garden Road?** [Clifford Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1257-clifford-reserve), 375 m to its edge. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=merivale&address=40-garden-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Merivale&street=garden-road