# 40 Keppel Street, New Brighton

1 report on record since January 2024 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/40-keppel-street

## What gets reported here
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 1

## Reported here
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/4174969), 21 Jan 2024

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/4174969), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04174969/public/1_u2z1j26djep.jpg

[More photographs on the New Brighton wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=new-brighton)

## Also reported on Keppel Street
- [35 Keppel Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/35-keppel-street), 7 reports
- [33 Keppel Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/33-keppel-street), 6 reports
- [64 Keppel Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/64-keppel-street), 5 reports
- [31 Keppel Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/31-keppel-street), 5 reports
- [55 Keppel Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/55-keppel-street), 4 reports
- [51 Keppel Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/51-keppel-street), 3 reports
- [28 Keppel Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/28-keppel-street), 3 reports
- [27 Keppel Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/27-keppel-street), 3 reports
- [Keppel Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/new-brighton/keppel-street)

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5049&lon=172.7284&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5049&lon=172.7284&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5049&lon=172.7284&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5049&lon=172.7284&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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
- [Saturdays Cafe](https://www.chch.live/business/saturdays-cafe-new-brighton), 155 m away · Cafés
- [Waitomo](https://www.chch.live/business/waitomo-new-brighton), 157 m away · Petrol stations
- [New Brighton Club](https://www.chch.live/business/new-brighton-club-new-brighton), 162 m away · Restaurants
- [Pierview Restaurant](https://www.chch.live/business/pierview-restaurant-new-brighton), 165 m away · Restaurants

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

## The bus nearby
- [Marine Pde near Hawke St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=40277), 127 m away · [route 135](https://www.chch.live/buses/135)
- [Hawke St near Keppel St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53486), 161 m away · [route 60](https://www.chch.live/buses/60)

*The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.*

## The remembered names nearby
- [Jason Reeves – World Champion – ‘crippa’](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310905-he-puna-taimoana), 184 m away, “JASON REEVES – WORLD CHAMPION – ‘CRIPPA’”
- [In Memory of the Love / of the Sea and the Zephyr Wind](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310906-he-puna-taimoana), 184 m away, “IN MEMORY OF THE LOVE / OF THE SEA AND THE ZEPHYR WIND / names list”
- [New Brighton Beach Developed plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/286999-new-brighton-beach-developed), 246 m away, “(illegible – small bench plaque)” · 2017

*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: $550,000, land $285,000, improvements $265,000 · 501 m² · ref 22820/11600 · 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.*
- [Rawhiti School](https://www.chch.live/school/696-rawhiti-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2017
- [Shirley Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/321-shirley-boys-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Mar 2021
- [Avonside Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/324-avonside-girls-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Mar 2021
- [Haeata Community College (Year 9-15)](https://www.chch.live/school/704-haeata-community-college-year-9-15), Composite, years 1–13, 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

## Bin day (Wednesdays)

Bins go out Wednesday, by 6am.
- Green bin, Weekly
- Yellow bin, Fortnightly · Week One
- Red bin, Fortnightly · Week One

This address is on the council’s Week One 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 36% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 2% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 36% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Technical category TC2**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Minor to moderate land damage from liquefaction is possible in future significant earthquakes _Foundations: Standard timber piled foundations or enhanced concrete foundations_

### [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 New Brighton Mall, Marine Parade, and Environs alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: At all times, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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 Keppel Street in 3 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=keppel-street&suburb=new-brighton)

## Renting nearby

New bonds in New Brighton ran about **$520 a week**, $30 below the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Coastal ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/coastal), the [Coastal-Burwood-Linwood community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/coastal-burwood-linwood) 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, St Faith's Church and Setting
*237 m away · 50 Hawke Street · located to ±19 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/97)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [New Brighton Beach Developed](https://www.chch.live/park/1037-new-brighton-beach-developed), 139 m to the edge · Regional · 2 ha · playground, 34 pieces
- [New Brighton Beach](https://www.chch.live/park/1794-new-brighton-beach), 157 m to the edge · Regional · 10 ha
- [Rawhiti Domain](https://www.chch.live/park/1304-rawhiti-domain), 231 m to the edge · Sports ground · 61 ha · playground, 92 pieces
- [New Brighton Mall Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1448-new-brighton-mall-playground), 292 m to the edge · playground, 3 pieces

*Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.*

## The civic shelf nearby
- [New Brighton Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-20), 347 m away · Library · 60 Brighton Mall, New Brighton, Christchurch 8061

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-182-new-brighton), 229 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-180-new-brighton), 268 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-173-new-brighton), 286 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-181-new-brighton), 495 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 Keppel Street?**

1 council report on record since January 2024, most often playground equipment (1).

**What school is 40 Keppel Street zoned for?**

[Rawhiti School](https://www.chch.live/school/696-rawhiti-school), [Shirley Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/321-shirley-boys-high-school), [Avonside Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/324-avonside-girls-high-school), [Haeata Community College (Year 9-15)](https://www.chch.live/school/704-haeata-community-college-year-9-15) 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, 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=-43.50486373842656,172.72840881301406)

**Which suburb is 40 Keppel Street in?**

New Brighton, Christchurch, on [Keppel Street](https://www.chch.live/street/new-brighton/keppel-street).

**What stood at 40 Keppel Street before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [St Faith's Church and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/97).

**What is the nearest park to 40 Keppel Street?**

[New Brighton Beach Developed](https://www.chch.live/park/1037-new-brighton-beach-developed), 139 m to its edge, 2 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=new-brighton&address=40-keppel-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=New%20Brighton&street=keppel-street
