# 23 Main North Road, PAPANUI

6 reports on record since October 2020 · 6 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/papanui/23-main-north-road

## What gets reported here
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 2
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 1
- [Graffiti - Public Property](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7490985), 5 Jan 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/4183108), 23 Jan 2024
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/4176657), 22 Jan 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1658566), 1 Jul 2021
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1512931), 30 Mar 2021
- [Graffiti - Public Property](https://www.chch.live/report/1253884), 8 Oct 2020

## Photographed here (6 on record)
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7490985), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07490985/public/1_hakd9mowa5fn.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/4183108), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04183108/public/1_pkccdpsk5gl.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/4176657), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04176657/public/1_x2o6c4ea5ars.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1658566), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01658566/1_LGalOd.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1512931), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01512931/1_6xcJFk.jpg
- [Graffiti - Public Property](https://www.chch.live/report/1253884), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01253884/1_c04rOK.jpg

[More photographs on the PAPANUI wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=papanui)

## Also reported on Main North Road
- [154A Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/papanui/154a-main-north-road), 17 reports
- [94 Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/papanui/94-main-north-road), 16 reports
- [133 Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/papanui/133-main-north-road), 14 reports
- [147C Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/papanui/147c-main-north-road), 12 reports
- [140 Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/papanui/140-main-north-road), 11 reports
- [107B Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/papanui/107b-main-north-road), 10 reports
- [93 Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/papanui/93-main-north-road), 9 reports
- [18C Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/papanui/18c-main-north-road), 9 reports
- [Main North Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/papanui/main-north-road)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4956&lon=172.6082&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4956&lon=172.6082&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4956&lon=172.6082&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4956&lon=172.6082&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
- [Mobil](https://www.chch.live/business/mobil-papanui), 3 m away · Petrol stations
- [The China Kitchen Restaurant](https://www.chch.live/business/the-china-kitchen-restaurant-papanui), 21 m away · Restaurants
- [The China Kitchen](https://www.chch.live/business/the-china-kitchen-papanui), 27 m away · Restaurants
- [The Barber Lounge](https://www.chch.live/business/the-barber-lounge-papanui), 32 m away · Hairdressers

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

## The bus nearby
- Main North near Loftus St, 16 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95), [route 125](https://www.chch.live/buses/125), [the Orbiter (clockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oc)
- Main Nth Rd near Loftus St, 34 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95), [route 125](https://www.chch.live/buses/125), [the Orbiter (anticlockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oa)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Tree Planted to Commemorate Diamond Jubilee Papanui](https://www.chch.live/plaque/8685-papanui-memorial-reserve), 150 m away, “TREE PLANTED TO COMMEMORATE DIAMOND JUBILEE PAPANUI BEAUTIFYING ASSOCIATION 1986” · 2006
- [Rotary Club of Papanui / 25th Anniversary / 1983](https://www.chch.live/plaque/110859-papanui-memorial-reserve), 151 m away, “ROTARY CLUB OF PAPANUI / 25th ANNIVERSARY / 1983” · 2013
- [Rotary Club of Papanui / 25th Anniversary / 1983](https://www.chch.live/plaque/110863-papanui-memorial-reserve), 151 m away, “ROTARY CLUB OF PAPANUI / 25th ANNIVERSARY / 1983” · 2013

*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: $1,700,000, land $1,540,000, improvements $160,000 · 1,048 m² · ref 22200/60101 · 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.*
- [Paparoa Street School](https://www.chch.live/school/3467-paparoa-street-school), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jan 2024
- [Papanui School](https://www.chch.live/school/3466-papanui-school), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jun 2015
- [Casebrook Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3309-casebrook-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from May 2021
- [Heaton Normal Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3372-heaton-normal-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from Jan 2024
- [St Joseph's School (Papanui)](https://www.chch.live/school/3531-st-joseph-s-school-papanui), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026
- [Papanui High School](https://www.chch.live/school/316-papanui-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, 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
- [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 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 76% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 20% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 76% 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_

### What has been here
- **A listed activity is recorded on this land**, [Land-use history](https://www.chch.live/history) · Vehicle refuelling, service and repair (HAIL Group F) _This is the HAIL register, a record that an activity from the Hazardous Activities and Industries List took place, not a finding that the land is contaminated. The council has not verified this, which is true of 898 of its 906 entries._

### [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 Papanui alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: Seven nights a week from 6pm to 6am.
- **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 Main North Road in 119 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 19 seriously hurt.

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

## Renting nearby

New bonds in PAPANUI ran about **$572 a week**, $22 above the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/papanui#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Papanui ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/papanui), the [Papanui-Innes-Central community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/papanui-innes-central) 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 Papanui Railway Station and Setting
*172 m away · 1 Restell Street · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/191)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/7415

## What was here, St Paul's Church Graveyard
*201 m away · located to ±99 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/436)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/7635

## What was here, St Paul's Church and Setting
*209 m away · located to ±19 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/95)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/7635

## The green nearby
- [Papanui Memorial Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/975-papanui-memorial-reserve), 143 m to the edge · Botanic
- [St James Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1211-st-james-park), 189 m to the edge · Sports ground · 4 ha · playground, 88 pieces
- [Papanui Stream Esplanade](https://www.chch.live/park/1137-papanui-stream-esplanade), 328 m to the edge
- [Bridgestone Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1633-bridgestone-drainage-reserve), 353 m to the edge · 1 ha

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Papanui Service Centre](https://www.chch.live/facility/service-centre-12), 175 m away · Service centre
- [Papanui Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-29), 180 m away · Library · 35 Langdons Road & Restell Street, Papanui, Christchurch 8053

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through PAPANUI](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-382-papanui), 114 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through PAPANUI](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-383-papanui), 150 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through PAPANUI](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-381-papanui), 171 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through PAPANUI](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-374-papanui), 173 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through PAPANUI](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-370-papanui), 176 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 23 Main North Road?**

6 council reports on record since October 2020, most often water leak (2), graffiti (2), rubbish and bins - general (1).

**What school is 23 Main North Road zoned for?**

[Paparoa Street School](https://www.chch.live/school/3467-paparoa-street-school), [Papanui School](https://www.chch.live/school/3466-papanui-school), [Casebrook Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3309-casebrook-intermediate), [Heaton Normal Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3372-heaton-normal-intermediate), [St Joseph's School (Papanui)](https://www.chch.live/school/3531-st-joseph-s-school-papanui), [Papanui High School](https://www.chch.live/school/316-papanui-high-school), [Emmanuel Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1168-emmanuel-christian-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, Marian College, 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=-43.49562534014268,172.6082042024016)

**Which suburb is 23 Main North Road in?**

PAPANUI, Christchurch, on [Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/street/papanui/main-north-road).

**What stood at 23 Main North Road before?**

The heritage register names 3 places at or beside it, [Former Papanui Railway Station and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/191), [St Paul's Church Graveyard](https://www.chch.live/place/436).

**What is the nearest park to 23 Main North Road?**

[Papanui Memorial Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/975-papanui-memorial-reserve), 143 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=papanui&address=23-main-north-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=PAPANUI&street=main-north-road
