# 5 Wattle Drive, New Brighton

1 report on record since March 2016 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/5-wattle-drive

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

## Reported here
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/125591), 7 Mar 2016

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/125591), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00125591/0

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

## Also reported on Wattle Drive
- [74 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/74-wattle-drive), 8 reports
- [1 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/1-wattle-drive), 8 reports
- [78D Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/78d-wattle-drive), 7 reports
- [2 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/2-wattle-drive), 5 reports
- [8 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/8-wattle-drive), 4 reports
- [9 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/9-wattle-drive), 3 reports
- [89 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/89-wattle-drive), 3 reports
- [54 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/54-wattle-drive), 3 reports
- [Wattle Drive, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/new-brighton/wattle-drive)

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5014&lon=172.7064&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5014&lon=172.7064&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5014&lon=172.7064&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5014&lon=172.7064&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5014&lon=172.7064&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
- [Urban Corner Cafe](https://www.chch.live/business/urban-corner-cafe-new-brighton), 290 m away · Cafés
- [The Bower](https://www.chch.live/business/the-bower-new-brighton), 300 m away · Bars & pubs
- [Fast Camel Souvlaki Takeaway](https://www.chch.live/business/fast-camel-souvlaki-takeaway-new-brighton), 344 m away · Fast food
- [Bower Fish Supply](https://www.chch.live/business/bower-fish-supply-new-brighton), 347 m away · Fast food

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

## The bus nearby
- Wainoni Rd near Bexley Rd, 292 m away · [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80)
- New Brighton Rd near Bower Ave, 305 m away · [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80)

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $1,560,000, land $1,560,000, improvements $0 · 45,564 m² · ref 22792/08400 · 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 (Thursdays)

Bins go out Thursday, 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 99% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 60% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 99% 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.
- **In the residential red zone**, [Residential red zone](https://www.chch.live/redzone) · Land repair would be prolonged and uneconomic. Land here was zoned after the 2010-11 earthquakes and almost all of it has since been cleared.

### [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 Areas of high deprivation**, [Bottle-store buffer](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Freeze on the issue of new off-licences, the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences a set distance 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 Wattle Drive in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=wattle-drive&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).

## The green nearby
- [Bower Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1549-bower-park), 84 m to the edge · Sports ground · 4 ha · playground, 9 pieces
- [Hulverstone Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1694-hulverstone-reserve), 140 m to the edge
- [Cockayne Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1091-cockayne-reserve), 246 m to the edge · Regional · 6 ha
- [Cedarwood Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1387-cedarwood-reserve), 420 m to the edge · 1 ha
- [Ripene Ma](https://www.chch.live/park/925-ripene-ma), 426 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 New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-158-new-brighton), 85 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-119-burwood), 97 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-112-avondale), 135 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-166-new-brighton), 237 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-167-new-brighton), 284 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 5 Wattle Drive?**

1 council report on record since March 2016, most often rubbish/recycling (1).

**What school is 5 Wattle Drive 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=-43.50136199929502,172.70641899971443)

**Which suburb is 5 Wattle Drive in?**

New Brighton, Christchurch, on [Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/street/new-brighton/wattle-drive).

**What stood at 5 Wattle Drive before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.50136199929502&lon=172.70641899971443)

**What is the nearest park to 5 Wattle Drive?**

[Bower Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1549-bower-park), 84 m to its edge, 4 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=new-brighton&address=5-wattle-drive · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=New%20Brighton&street=wattle-drive
