# 43 Helmores Lane, Merivale 1 report on record since June 2025 · 1 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/merivale/43-helmores-lane ## What gets reported here - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1 ## Reported here - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/6479170), 15 Jun 2025 ## Photographed here (1 on record) - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/6479170), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06479170/public/1_s1ia3ue639u.jpg [More photographs on the Merivale wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=merivale) ## Also reported on Helmores Lane - [2 Helmores Lane](https://www.chch.live/merivale/2-helmores-lane), 12 reports - [1 Helmores Lane](https://www.chch.live/merivale/1-helmores-lane), 6 reports - [48 Helmores Lane](https://www.chch.live/merivale/48-helmores-lane), 5 reports - [2A Helmores Lane](https://www.chch.live/merivale/2a-helmores-lane), 3 reports - [3 Helmores Lane](https://www.chch.live/merivale/3-helmores-lane), 2 reports - [27 Helmores Lane](https://www.chch.live/merivale/27-helmores-lane), 2 reports - [19 Helmores Lane](https://www.chch.live/merivale/19-helmores-lane), 2 reports - [17 Helmores Lane](https://www.chch.live/merivale/17-helmores-lane), 2 reports - [Helmores Lane, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/merivale/helmores-lane) ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5203&lon=172.6141&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5203&lon=172.6141&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5203&lon=172.6141&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), 113 m away · Cafés - [Holmwood Dairy](https://www.chch.live/business/holmwood-dairy-merivale), 118 m away · Supermarkets - [Le Panier](https://www.chch.live/business/le-panier-merivale), 122 m away · Bakeries *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - [Rossall St near Holmwood Rd](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=10687), 142 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8) - [Rossall St near Highgate Ave](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=43537), 230 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: $3,700,000, land $3,400,000, improvements $300,000 · 1,599 m² · ref 22010/04100 · 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 8.84 m NZVD2016 (8.52 m–9.04 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.* - [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 79% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 26% 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_ ### [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 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). ## The street’s crash record NZTA’s record names Helmores Lane in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=helmores-lane&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 *68 m away · 43 Holmwood Road · located to ±12 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/113)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3808 ## What was here, St Andrew's Church and Setting *239 m away · 16 Merivale Lane · located to ±26 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/108)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/304 ## What was here, Dwelling and Setting *246 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), 330 m to the edge · Botanic - [Little Hagley Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1638-little-hagley-park), 351 m to the edge · Botanic · 7 ha - [Mona Vale](https://www.chch.live/park/946-mona-vale), 369 m to the edge · Botanic · 5 ha - [Merivale Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1782-merivale-reserve), 459 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), 147 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-331-fendalton), 312 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-434-christchurch-central-city), 380 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-427-christchurch-central-city), 381 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-415-riccarton), 452 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 43 Helmores Lane?** 1 council report on record since June 2025, most often road signage (1). **What school is 43 Helmores Lane 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=-43.520252998847845,172.61412000000715) **Which suburb is 43 Helmores Lane in?** Merivale, Christchurch, on [Helmores Lane](https://www.chch.live/street/merivale/helmores-lane). **What stood at 43 Helmores Lane before?** The heritage register names 3 places at or beside it, [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/113), [St Andrew's Church and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/108). **What is the nearest park to 43 Helmores Lane?** [Millbrook Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1157-millbrook-reserve), 330 m to its edge. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=merivale&address=43-helmores-lane · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Merivale&street=helmores-lane