# 18 Forest Drive, Parklands

1 report on record since August 2025 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/parklands/18-forest-drive

## What gets reported here
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 1

## Reported here
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6808453), 28 Aug 2025

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6808453), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06808453/public/1_a7g9px19sv9t.jpg

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

## Also reported on Forest Drive
- [51 Forest Drive](https://www.chch.live/parklands/51-forest-drive), 20 reports
- [77 Forest Drive](https://www.chch.live/parklands/77-forest-drive), 7 reports
- [63 Forest Drive](https://www.chch.live/parklands/63-forest-drive), 5 reports
- [55 Forest Drive](https://www.chch.live/parklands/55-forest-drive), 5 reports
- [2 Forest Drive](https://www.chch.live/parklands/2-forest-drive), 5 reports
- [21 Forest Drive](https://www.chch.live/parklands/21-forest-drive), 4 reports
- [73 Forest Drive](https://www.chch.live/parklands/73-forest-drive), 3 reports
- [53 Forest Drive](https://www.chch.live/parklands/53-forest-drive), 3 reports
- [Forest Drive, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/parklands/forest-drive)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4729&lon=172.7048&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4729&lon=172.7048&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4729&lon=172.7048&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4729&lon=172.7048&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.*

## The bus nearby
- Broadhaven Ave near Anglesea Ave, 277 m away · [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7)
- Broadhaven Ave near Inwoods Rd, 282 m away · [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [In Memory of Kem Jervous‑chenery 29 August 1930 — 8 October](https://www.chch.live/plaque/44143-broadhaven-reserve), 226 m away, “IN MEMORY OF KEM JERVOUS‑CHENERY 29 AUGUST 1930 — 8 OCTOBER 2005 FOR HIS LONG AND DEDICATE…” · 2009

*The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).*

## 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.*
- [Parkview School](https://www.chch.live/school/3470-parkview-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Aug 2016
- [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
- [St Francis of Assisi Catholic School](https://www.chch.live/school/738-st-francis-of-assisi-catholic-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2027
- [Mairehau High School](https://www.chch.live/school/320-mairehau-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 (Wednesdays)

Bins go out Wednesday, 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 97% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 44% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 97% 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.
- **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 10-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 10 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Avon catchment · 10 Year · A 10-year event is one expected about once a decade, not a rare one.
- **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
- **In the coastal inundation hazard zone from 2130**, [Coastal inundation](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Inside the mapped coastal inundation zone in 1 modelled scenario, covering 2130 (1.5m SLR). _Source: 2021 Coastal Hazard Assessment - Full Technical Report_

### [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).

## The street’s crash record

NZTA’s record names Forest 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=forest-drive&suburb=parklands)

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Parklands ran about **$579 a week**, $29 above the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/parklands#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
- [Monterey Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1080-monterey-reserve), 82 m to the edge
- [Broadhaven Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1501-broadhaven-reserve), 177 m to the edge · Sports ground · 4 ha · playground, 57 pieces
- [Inwoods Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1462-inwoods-reserve), 227 m to the edge
- [Copperfield Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1065-copperfield-reserve), 264 m to the edge · playground, 30 pieces
- [Evergreen Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1756-evergreen-reserve), 434 m to the edge · playground, 6 pieces

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 18 Forest Drive?**

1 council report on record since August 2025, most often abandoned vehicle (1).

**What school is 18 Forest Drive zoned for?**

[Parkview School](https://www.chch.live/school/3470-parkview-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), [St Francis of Assisi Catholic School](https://www.chch.live/school/738-st-francis-of-assisi-catholic-school), [Mairehau High School](https://www.chch.live/school/320-mairehau-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), 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=-43.472949999342454,172.70477400047287)

**Which suburb is 18 Forest Drive in?**

Parklands, Christchurch, on [Forest Drive](https://www.chch.live/street/parklands/forest-drive).

**What stood at 18 Forest Drive before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.472949999342454&lon=172.70477400047287)

**What is the nearest park to 18 Forest Drive?**

[Monterey Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1080-monterey-reserve), 82 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=parklands&address=18-forest-drive · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Parklands&street=forest-drive
